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Old September 15th 05, 01:29 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Chris Tolley Chris Tolley is offline
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Default HST at Waterloo today

Clive wrote:
By the way, just to stir up things a little, why does the HST have
Paxman units

Is this a starter for 10? ;-)

This was a serious question based on the unreliability of the Paxman
units in D830

I know. Mine was just a light-hearted remark based on the fact that Paxo
presents University Challenge.

But to address yours, the fact that a manufacturer comes up with one
particular product that may not be very good in one particular
application is not a guarantee either that all other products from that
manufacturer will prove poor, or even that the original flop won't do
well in another context. Not every Ford was an Edsel.

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