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Old April 16th 05, 02:35 AM posted to uk.transport.london
John Rowland John Rowland is offline
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I noticed on the engineering poster at Moorgate
that the multi coloured screws have a left hand
thread - anyone else noticed?


The old light bulbs that they had (have?) in Routemasters had left hand
threads - this was to stop anyone pinching them to use them at home.

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