In message , at 03:54:34 on Tue, 14 Nov 2017,
Recliner remarked:
That's going to make Edinburgh Council look like a paragon of
financial prudence. Especially as it'll be "Britain’s first new
underground railway in decades", so there are no workers available with
recent experience of tunnelling in, say, London.

Huh? Crossrail, HS2 and the Northern line extension all have significant
London tunnels.

Is this national "fail to spot sarcasm day", or what?

For you, vigorously participating in usenet threads is a full-time
occupation, as a substitute for the paid work which you'd much rather be
doing.

I telecommute around the world (of which uk.r is only a small outpost),
chewing up the environment by flying only when strictly necessary. These
days I rarely leave the UK.

Haven't worked in a full-time job for 15yrs now, but have been active
online for 30yrs, much of that time in environments where online
participation was part of the brief.

But I readily agree that usenet is more of a displacement activity than
anything else these days.

For most of the rest of us, uk.r is something we dip into in idle
moments, and we don't carefully analyse every post for sarcasm.

I'm not sure how much care is required to spot the sarcasm in: "there
are no workers available with recent experience of tunnelling in, say,
London."
--
Roland Perry

On Mon, 13 Nov 2017 22:47:14 +0000
Mark Goodge wrote:
On Mon, 13 Nov 2017 18:13:27 +0000, "Richard J."
wrote:
In what sense is the CamTram a proper railway whereas the Elizabeth Line
isn't?

The Elizabeth Line is a new part of an existing railway, not a new
railway.

That depends how you look at it. It could be viewed as a new railway joining
up 2 previously (operationally) seperate railways, or you could view it as
simply an underground section of the national rail network.

I believe TfL has overall control of the underground section even though a
conscession will run it, so to me it seems more like an entirely new line.

On 14.11.17 3:54, Recliner wrote:
Roland Perry wrote:
In message
-septe
mber.org, at 15:28:49 on Mon, 13 Nov 2017, Recliner
remarked:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/p...66c31bc93f5152
e2fd0

That's going to make Edinburgh Council look like a paragon of
financial prudence. Especially as it'll be "Britain’s first new
underground railway in decades", so there are no workers available with
recent experience of tunnelling in, say, London.

Huh? Crossrail, HS2 and the Northern line extension all have significant
London tunnels.

Is this national "fail to spot sarcasm day", or what?

For you, vigorously participating in usenet threads is a full-time
occupation, as a substitute for the paid work which you'd much rather be
doing. For most of the rest of us, uk.r is something we dip into in idle
moments, and we don't carefully analyse every post for sarcasm. For
example, I'm currently sitting in the lounge in Vientiane airport, sipping
an early beer, and will soon be taking off. I won't be checking uk.r until
at least tonight.

I hear that Vientiane has some impressive French colonial architecture,
though narcotics abuse there is more obvious.

wrote:
On 14.11.17 3:54, Recliner wrote:
Roland Perry wrote:
In message
-septe
mber.org, at 15:28:49 on Mon, 13 Nov 2017, Recliner
remarked:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/p...66c31bc93f5152
e2fd0

That's going to make Edinburgh Council look like a paragon of
financial prudence. Especially as it'll be "Britain’s first new
underground railway in decades", so there are no workers available with
recent experience of tunnelling in, say, London.

Huh? Crossrail, HS2 and the Northern line extension all have significant
London tunnels.

Is this national "fail to spot sarcasm day", or what?

For you, vigorously participating in usenet threads is a full-time
occupation, as a substitute for the paid work which you'd much rather be
doing. For most of the rest of us, uk.r is something we dip into in idle
moments, and we don't carefully analyse every post for sarcasm. For
example, I'm currently sitting in the lounge in Vientiane airport, sipping
an early beer, and will soon be taking off. I won't be checking uk.r until
at least tonight.

I hear that Vientiane has some impressive French colonial architecture,
though narcotics abuse there is more obvious.

There are a few of the old French colonial buildings left in Vientiane, but
they're not particularly valued or protected against replacement by a more
practical and profitable modern building. You'd be hard-pressed to spot
that it was once a French colony, apart from a few French street names.
Bilingual signs mostly feature English or Chinese, and you see very few
European cars, none of which are French (but there some shiny Range Rovers
and even an old London taci). Their new boss, the world's most powerful
man, followed me to the city, whse roads were accordingly lined with
Chinese flags and flag-waving, uniformed kids.

The old colonial buildings in Phnom Penh are also disappearing fast, under
a wave of Chinese investment in new skyscrapers. The traffic jams are
terrible, as the new Chinese flyover is still under construction.

What they need at Cambridge is an almost undetectable mole.

On Tue, 14 Nov 2017 11:44:35 +0000
" wrote:
On 14.11.17 3:54, Recliner wrote:
Roland Perry wrote:
In message
-septe
mber.org, at 15:28:49 on Mon, 13 Nov 2017, Recliner
remarked:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/p...run-under-camb
idge-centre-s29mmk858?shareToken=0fdf69714488066c31bc93f5152
e2fd0

That's going to make Edinburgh Council look like a paragon of
financial prudence. Especially as it'll be "Britain’s first new
underground railway in decades", so there are no workers available with
recent experience of tunnelling in, say, London.

Huh? Crossrail, HS2 and the Northern line extension all have significant
London tunnels.

Is this national "fail to spot sarcasm day", or what?

For you, vigorously participating in usenet threads is a full-time
occupation, as a substitute for the paid work which you'd much rather be
doing. For most of the rest of us, uk.r is something we dip into in idle
moments, and we don't carefully analyse every post for sarcasm. For
example, I'm currently sitting in the lounge in Vientiane airport, sipping
an early beer, and will soon be taking off. I won't be checking uk.r until
at least tonight.

I hear that Vientiane has some impressive French colonial architecture,
though narcotics abuse there is more obvious.

Last month central america, this month is east asia. You ever get the feeling
he's on the run?

On Tue, 14 Nov 2017 12:16:05 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:
wrote:
On 14.11.17 3:54, Recliner wrote:
Roland Perry wrote:
In message
-septe
mber.org, at 15:28:49 on Mon, 13 Nov 2017, Recliner
remarked:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/p...run-under-camb
idge-centre-s29mmk858?shareToken=0fdf69714488066c31bc93f5152
e2fd0

That's going to make Edinburgh Council look like a paragon of
financial prudence. Especially as it'll be "Britain’s first new
underground railway in decades", so there are no workers available with
recent experience of tunnelling in, say, London.

Huh? Crossrail, HS2 and the Northern line extension all have significant
London tunnels.

Is this national "fail to spot sarcasm day", or what?

For you, vigorously participating in usenet threads is a full-time
occupation, as a substitute for the paid work which you'd much rather be
doing. For most of the rest of us, uk.r is something we dip into in idle
moments, and we don't carefully analyse every post for sarcasm. For
example, I'm currently sitting in the lounge in Vientiane airport, sipping
an early beer, and will soon be taking off. I won't be checking uk.r until
at least tonight.

I hear that Vientiane has some impressive French colonial architecture,
though narcotics abuse there is more obvious.

There are a few of the old French colonial buildings left in Vientiane, but
they're not particularly valued or protected against replacement by a more
practical and profitable modern building. You'd be hard-pressed to spot

The place looks a bit of a dump on streetview. Which I suppose is why you've
visited - anywhere thats a bit rough and seedy eh?

wrote:
On Tue, 14 Nov 2017 11:44:35 +0000
" wrote:
On 14.11.17 3:54, Recliner wrote:
Roland Perry wrote:
In message
-septe
mber.org, at 15:28:49 on Mon, 13 Nov 2017, Recliner
remarked:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/p...run-under-camb
idge-centre-s29mmk858?shareToken=0fdf69714488066c31bc93f5152
e2fd0

That's going to make Edinburgh Council look like a paragon of
financial prudence. Especially as it'll be "Britain’s first new
underground railway in decades", so there are no workers available with
recent experience of tunnelling in, say, London.

Huh? Crossrail, HS2 and the Northern line extension all have significant
London tunnels.

Is this national "fail to spot sarcasm day", or what?

For you, vigorously participating in usenet threads is a full-time
occupation, as a substitute for the paid work which you'd much rather be
doing. For most of the rest of us, uk.r is something we dip into in idle
moments, and we don't carefully analyse every post for sarcasm. For
example, I'm currently sitting in the lounge in Vientiane airport, sipping
an early beer, and will soon be taking off. I won't be checking uk.r until
at least tonight.

I hear that Vientiane has some impressive French colonial architecture,
though narcotics abuse there is more obvious.

Last month central america, this month is east asia.

You need to learn some geography, even if your fear of flying and
xenophobia stop you actually seeing the world. I've not been to Central
America for several years, and have yet to visit most of the Central
American countries.

wrote:
On Tue, 14 Nov 2017 12:16:05 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:
wrote:
On 14.11.17 3:54, Recliner wrote:
Roland Perry wrote:
In message
-septe
mber.org, at 15:28:49 on Mon, 13 Nov 2017, Recliner
remarked:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/p...run-under-camb
idge-centre-s29mmk858?shareToken=0fdf69714488066c31bc93f5152
e2fd0

That's going to make Edinburgh Council look like a paragon of
financial prudence. Especially as it'll be "Britain’s first new
underground railway in decades", so there are no workers available with
recent experience of tunnelling in, say, London.

Huh? Crossrail, HS2 and the Northern line extension all have significant
London tunnels.

Is this national "fail to spot sarcasm day", or what?

For you, vigorously participating in usenet threads is a full-time
occupation, as a substitute for the paid work which you'd much rather be
doing. For most of the rest of us, uk.r is something we dip into in idle
moments, and we don't carefully analyse every post for sarcasm. For
example, I'm currently sitting in the lounge in Vientiane airport, sipping
an early beer, and will soon be taking off. I won't be checking uk.r until
at least tonight.

I hear that Vientiane has some impressive French colonial architecture,
though narcotics abuse there is more obvious.

There are a few of the old French colonial buildings left in Vientiane, but
they're not particularly valued or protected against replacement by a more
practical and profitable modern building. You'd be hard-pressed to spot

The place looks a bit of a dump on streetview. Which I suppose is why you've
visited - anywhere thats a bit rough and seedy eh?

I could visit your part of north London if that's all I wanted.

On 2017\11\14 23:21, Recliner wrote:
wrote:
On Tue, 14 Nov 2017 11:44:35 +0000
" wrote:
On 14.11.17 3:54, Recliner wrote:
Roland Perry wrote:
In message
-septe
mber.org, at 15:28:49 on Mon, 13 Nov 2017, Recliner
remarked:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/p...run-under-camb
idge-centre-s29mmk858?shareToken=0fdf69714488066c31bc93f5152
e2fd0

That's going to make Edinburgh Council look like a paragon of
financial prudence. Especially as it'll be "Britain’s first new
underground railway in decades", so there are no workers available with
recent experience of tunnelling in, say, London.

Huh? Crossrail, HS2 and the Northern line extension all have significant
London tunnels.

Is this national "fail to spot sarcasm day", or what?

For you, vigorously participating in usenet threads is a full-time
occupation, as a substitute for the paid work which you'd much rather be
doing. For most of the rest of us, uk.r is something we dip into in idle
moments, and we don't carefully analyse every post for sarcasm. For
example, I'm currently sitting in the lounge in Vientiane airport, sipping
an early beer, and will soon be taking off. I won't be checking uk.r until
at least tonight.

I hear that Vientiane has some impressive French colonial architecture,
though narcotics abuse there is more obvious.

Last month central america, this month is east asia.

You need to learn some geography, even if your fear of flying and
xenophobia stop you actually seeing the world. I've not been to Central
America for several years, and have yet to visit most of the Central
American countries.

So you're on the run from the Central Americans as well... ;-)