If you can't be distressed by the loss of Deltics hammering down the East Coast Mainline then you have a heart of stone. And don't get me started about the carpark... (View Post)

So much of what features in the film is long gone: the train, the carpark, the flats, the boozer, the ferry, the coal waste conveyor. All is impermanence. (View Post)

Technological progress means that we don’t need to deal with floppies any more. That and viagra. (View Post)

Checking in for a flight is the thing that puzzles me. It used to mean "here I am at the airport". Now it just means you've clicked something on your phone from anywhere in the world. (View Post)

I love how we still use the term 'carbon copy'. Although I suspect many younger folk have no idea that this is what cc stands for. (View Post)