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Archive for November, 2009

Network Rail – Epic fail!

Nice one Network Rail. Perhaps now you’ll see why I don’t use rail travel more often. Sure, it’s cheap if you book in advance and go at certain times, but when I walked up to the counter at Birmingham International it cost me nearly 140 for a return to London! That’s just mental, especially when [...]

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A little too much to drink in Boston..

Woha, this lady had a very lucky escape after falling in front of a train in Boston. It looks like she’d had quite a bit to drink and fell head-long in front of a “T”. Luckily some very quick-thinking passengers waved down the train and it stopped just short, saving her life. She then wobbled [...]

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Top Gear returns once more – essential viewing

Eekk! The greatest TV show on earth returns on November 15th ! It’s shifted back and hour to 9PM but the original British version of the programme will be on this Sunday for it’s 14th series. Unfortunately there’s only 7 episodes in this series, so soak it up! Link – BBC Top Gear

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F1 Designer reveals his electric car

Gordon Murray is an ex-McLaren Formula One designer. He’s worked on the fastest, sleekest, most awe-inspiring cars in the world. Today he’s shown off his first ever electric car… errr…. Via – BBC News

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Here’s the Google Maps car….

Look what I saw on the way to work this morning… He was driving like a maniac too. It could’ve had something to do with me waving like a fool at the cameras :) I can’t wait for Google Maps to update!!! :) More (bigger) shots here, here and here.

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