robschneider wrote:Since 1997 the British people have been sick and tired of being pushed around letting the minorities take the upper hand and political correctness being allowed to win the day.

Thanks very much for speaking on behalf of the British people. I'm sure we all appreciate it.

Alexia wrote:FGW not getting rid of all HSTs mind, will still need some for Westcountry non-electrified lines.

Aren't these new ones bi-mode trains though - in that they can switch between diesel and electric propulsion?

First great western, it seems their are due new stock. Correct. They'll be getting those new Hitatchi Intercity Express trains when the electrification works which are in progress are complete. Apparently in December 2017. http://www.hitachirail-eu.com/medialibrary/_genpagemainimage/2012/07/25/5b24...

JAS84 wrote:Depends how much P4U had already paid, I suppose. If they paid 40% of the arranged fee, then that's two years paid, and the name should remain for that time.

Is there any benefit to anybody in retaining the name of a collapsed firm though?

nodnirG kraM wrote:This sounds like a MetroSnap occasion.

MetroSnap you say...?



Desperately tried not to look suspect when I snapped this in my Vodafone uniform! haha

That was a quick refit!! How does it look? Brighton has had 3 EE stores since "Retail Transformation" in October 2012 - 2 were T-Mobile and one was Orange. But there were also 2 Phones4Us - so presumably there are now 5 EE branches ;) The new store opened yesterday I think. It all looks v...

One of the Phones4U stores in Reading has been converted to an EE store. Which doesn't make any sense, seeing as there are now 3 of the bloody things within spitting distance of each other.

According to a Microsoft developer on Reddit, the reason for the jump from 8 to 10 is this:


I've not seen the thread on Reddit myself - I got this image from here.

DanielK's obsession with logging every single thing that happens on Good Morning Britain is starting to grate.

The Asda near my dad's house in North Wales has green conveyor belt self service tills that seem to flip around to allow a member of staff to operate it as a normal checkout too. http://greenroom.asda.com/media/BAhbB1sHOgZmIjUyMDEzLzA1LzE1LzEzXzAyXzAyXzQyN19mZWJ1YXJ5MjAxM2hvbGxhXzQ5OS5qcGdbCDoGcDoKd...

Not High Street, but I've seen this new logo for Blinkbox knocking around a few places recently - including on the Xbox One dashboard.