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Used to get the train from Naples down to Calabria with my fiancée who was from there. Itc arried on to Sicily and the carriages actually went on the ferry - not sure if that happens anymore.

That was a long time ago - 1986 - it was a very long journey & it stopped everywhere....

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Now then, how can anyone write an article about Hawaiian lava without mentioning the legendary pahoehoe

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I wonder if Ivor Biggun will performs a naughty ditty at the funeral?...

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They stopped prduction in 1985. Might be worth hanging on to - seems to be a market for them on eBay....

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Yes - the HM Duet! Had 2 controllers - one for the up line, the other for the down line....

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With everything going on in the world at the moment, my heart sinks whenever I visit a news site and so many column inches are given over to this pair.

I just wish they'd fade away gracefully and enjoy their lives together out of the public spotlight.

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Congratulations Willendure!...

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Going back 10 years ago or so, I had a number of ex-colleagues who said they'd been taken on by TCS only for the role to be canned after a few weeks. The claim was that they were being used as a stop gap to keep up the head count while some other guy from overseas was having his paperwork finalised...

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Tata, according to Gemini -

So Burnham saying he will only award contracts to UK companies won't change anything then, will it? I'm guessing what goes for Tata will also be the same for all the other big consultancies.

But you can bet your bottom dollar that they will gaslight...