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Old June 5th 06, 08:30 AM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
Terry Harper Terry Harper is offline
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Default Some better, some worse - Amsterdam

On Sun, 04 Jun 2006 21:54:59 +0100, James Moody
wrote:

[1] Main problem was trying to locate one that was still installed and
running, in a public location, and without background noise. Actually
recording the sound[2] was the easy part...

[2] That gets a whole selection of odd looks, I can tell you. The
normals seem to engage the 'somebody elses problem' field, but neither
the staff nor the spotters can understand why on earth you'd want to
record the sound of a clock, and no-one will stay quiet at the right
moment...


Luton Airport Parkway has them, but you have the added distraction of
aircraft movements overhead at about one-minute intervals.
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Terry Harper
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