(Donning anorak.) Yes, but nowadays since technically much of UK's passenger stock is multiple-unit, there are many cases where an engine as such no longer exists: there are driving cars, but the power bogies may be distributed throughout the train.

As a matter of interest, why did they become railway stations in the first place? Police stations and stations of the cross already existed, but there were no bus or power stations; looking at the derivation of the word (a standing place) train station, for all its ugliness, is more accurate: it's a place where the trains stand, not the railway.

a true grump, i'm afraid

Just opened Chichivache's link in the "A to Z of Wagner's Ring" thread and what does I see in that there fifth paragraphy, just below the header Just a fairytale??

Examine the facts, Neil!!!!! PLEASE!!!! And just in case he visits...



ed. having read the rest of the article through, I see the issue has already been raised by a commenter. Bravo to him.

I told you that your neighbour had camouflaged it - leaves wasn't it?  These "Bin Monitors" have special "Bin Homing" devices, which is why they, and only they, can detect the presence of a camouflaged Bin.

Sadly, MI5 and the CIA haven't used them in a certain search on the Afghanistan / Pakistan border...... 

Tommo

Hello Dr HH!

I agree with Mary Chambers (I think it was she) that it is enough just to say station, when talking about trains and railways. Anything more is superfluous, but police and bus stations should be specified so. The case is much the same with riding, although the usage is rather old-fashioned now perhaps. If you simply say you are going riding then it means a horse is involved. If you are going to ride a bicycle, then you have to be more specific.

Interesting point: stationers (and stationery) are so called because they sold their wares from fixed places instead of moving around like others.

Music (so called) in shops really winds me up.  I term it unnecessary noise.

I have an idea which I'll post on another thread.

I hope to God you haven't got the bug from me!!!  I haven't been this ill since I had glandular fever when I was 20.   I'm on my third week and on my second course of antibiotics which will make 15 days' worth in all.  I had a 5-day course to start with which only half did the job and now another 10 days' worth.  The antibiotics aren't even for the 'flu bug because they don't work for viruses - they're for the secondary infections that set in - sinusitis and a weird eye infection.  I had this thing come up on my eye like a stye only much bigger, then I woke up one morning with a black eye! It had obviously burst internally.  I looked as though I'd tried to do a round with Tyson.  Totally weird.  I must have been so run down.  It'll take me a while to pick up I think, especially being so grief-stricken at the moment about Alfie.  I'm very down.

I take no responsibility whatever for your cyber-loo problems!

Regarding bins - when one of mine disappeared I took myself off to the local depot where the bin lorries congregate.  They have a huge stock of spare bins there.  I just told one very obliging young bin man that mine had been nicked and he dropped me one off within about half an hour.  No charge.  You can actually buy them if you need extra - for £40.00.  We're only allowed one grey bin, two green bins, two green boxes and two blue bags - unless there are more than five of you in the household.  Any more and you have to buy them, but they're very sympathetic if you tell them it's been stolen.  (A tip though Mary....good idea to wear tight, v-necked top when you go to the depot  ).

Ooops, I didn't realise the faulty loo was contagious 

Mine is fixed, after nearly a week out (starting the Tuesday before last, and finally fixed last Monday after I finally found a plumber who could be arsed to turn up.  Grrrr).  However I now have a leak under the sink - something to do with the U-bend that takes the waste pipe from the washing machine.  Why couldn't I have discovered this BEFORE I called the plumber to fix the loo, and paid the minimum charge, equivalent to two hours work, for the hour he spent fixing my loo?  He could have fixed the leaky pipe as well for no greater outlay...

Am going to see if I can remedy the under-sink leak myself.