test please delete

[voodooflux]

Well done VF

well done that man

Thank you kind sirs and lizards

[voodooflux]

Jammy dodgers?

Alas no, but the selection was pretty decent. Coffee was good too.

[zeitghost]

I believe this is my 8000th TPD post

I think that makes my contribution pale into insignificance... 11k since June 2008...

14k in total...

[voodooflux]

Ever so good to hear that the Japanese will be building the next lot of high speed trains.

Something else we can't do in this country thanks to the idiots in the Major government.

Top speed will *only* be the same as the current 125 though - shame. Better acceleration though

[zeitghost]

I remember the advent of the HST125... what a difference from the rattley old coaches... plus aircon...

[zeitghost]

I feel a lurking in the force...

[voodooflux]

I remember the advent of the HST125... what a difference from the rattley old coaches... plus aircon...

I was dead impressed with the Eurostar on Monday - I'd forgotten how quick it is. They pack in a lot of power to pull that many coaches at such a speed.

[BrowneIssue]

Evening denizens

That's a relief! I thought you had been apenapped and sold to a German zoo for experiments as part of a trans-species breeding amongst primates programme. They're renowned for it, you know, these Germans.

I've spent the last two days ploughing through some of the lousiest code I've seen in years

It's good for you. Good for the soul. Character building.

Anyway, it's chucking out time. Being a small company, one can only stay as late as the last keyholder, and they all seem to have this peculiar obsession with work-life balance which is totally unhelpful to a contractor working out of reach of home

There's no pleasing some people...

Still, home tomorrow - I'll have quite a bit of catching up to do here in TPD

Quite right too.

[zeitghost]

I also feel a pain in my knee.... the ibuprofen is wearing off...

[voodooflux]

Ahem.