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chloe, to random
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What the FUCK did I do?

quixoticgeek,
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@chloe this doesn't add up...

quixoticgeek, to random
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A friend of mine is a Doctor. On the train this morning on their way to work the call comes out. "Do we have any doctors on board?".

Finally. Friend grabs their bag and makes way through the train. Only to find 14 other doctors had done the same thing...

Guess that route is popular with medical staff on their way to work...

quixoticgeek,
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@christianschwaegerl @cstross fortunately when it comes to CPR, the consensus is pretty strong.

quixoticgeek,
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@WellsiteGeo on a train. Domestically. Yeah. My friend carries some tools with them (mainly a really nice stethoscope and a manual bp thingy). But mostly they picked up their bag so they didn't leave the work laptop on a train...

afewbugs, to random
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Over a decade ago when I was in The Gambia we had one of these badboys https://doulton.com/products/british-berkefeld-stainless-steel-gravity-system?variant=47184177824078 because as a poor country hammered by the legacy of colonialism it didn't the infrastructure to provide safe clean drinking water on tap, and today here I am in the UK in 2024 wondering if I should consider buying one of the damn things https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/15/devon-resident-told-to-boil-tap-water-over-risk-parasitic-disease-south-west

quixoticgeek,
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@afewbugs i carry a katadyne befree water bottle when travelling. Works great and gives me reassurance about not needing to worry too much about water sources. Before that I used a Sawyer Mini.

BethanyBlack, to random
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Had to call paramedics and currently sat with them in our house is a weird experience, they’re like the most aggressively heterosexual people I’ve spent any time around for ages

quixoticgeek,
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@BethanyBlack eek. Hope you're ok. Get well soon!

quixoticgeek,
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@BethanyBlack I hope she's ok now and wish her a speedy recovery. I hope you get some good rest too.

bkero, to random
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Does anybody I know on here have experience cycle touring in England? I'm headed to EMF Camp at the end of the month and it sounds really fun to simply cycle there (from London). I have many questions.

quixoticgeek,
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@kim @bkero assume anything built by sustrans is the longest route from a to b.

Work on the assumption that everyone behind the wheel wants you dead. And ride on the left. Then you'll be fine.

jon, to random
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From 22 May, SNCF in ticket offices or through SNCF Connect can no longer sell you tickets for at least these neighbouring railways (this list might not be complete)

NS 🇳🇱
SNCB 🇧🇪
SBB* 🇨🇭
Renfe 🇪🇸
Trenitalia 🇮🇹
DB** 🇩🇪
ÖBB 🇦🇹

The scale of this absurd decision is amazing. And it plays right into the hands of the likes of Trainline

    • except Lyria
      ** - except cross border FR-DE TGVs and ICEs
quixoticgeek,
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@jon can those companies sell tickets into France ?

jon, to random
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While the rest of Europe is wondering how to sell more international rail tickets, SNCF is doing the opposite from 23 May 🙄

@bilginveperk alerted me

Pretty simple international trips like
Paris - Verviers 🇧🇪
Paris - Rastatt 🇩🇪
can no longer be bought!

Paris - Verviers - 24 May nothing
Paris - Rastatt 22 May gives some options
Paris - Rastatt 24 May suggests I go to Lauterbourg close to the border French side

quixoticgeek,
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@jon SNCF really needs a completely new management team, and a change in company culture. None of what they operate makes any sense at all.

quixoticgeek,
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@jon yes. But they do that by running a bare minimum of trains. There seems to be no drive to do more. To improve anything. It's a "this is what we do, this is what we have always done, we will do no more, we may do less".

In many ways it feels like their timetables are an exercise in malicious compliance. There's certainly no logic to them.

quixoticgeek,
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@jon i don't understand the total lack of aspiration. While all the other state operators are looking at expanding their international options. SNCF seem to just look blankly and ask "why would anyone ever want to leave France?"

Also given the french will happily riot over almost anything. Why is their not a mob with flaming torches at SNCF HQ?

quixoticgeek, to random
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Wtf was I on when I put away the grocery delivery? I just found another tub of ice-cream in the veg drawer of the freezer...

quixoticgeek,
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@SkipHuffman no. Dairy.

BethanyBlack, to random
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Thanks to everyone who helped me out financially this month, it was a horrible month and this year has been awful, but everyone who helped either through Ko-fi, joining my Patreon or buying my new stand-up special has made a huge difference. I’ve really been struggling with depression lately and the help and love I received this week has made it melt away.

You all did that. Thank you x

quixoticgeek,
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@BethanyBlack you're welcome. Glad you're feeling better.

quixoticgeek, to random
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Definitely in the middle of nowhere. Phone signal sucks... And buses are once an hour...

quixoticgeek,
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@mjr yes. It's the middle of nowhere, it's not the UK...

quixoticgeek, to random
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Interesting fact about painkillers. The work better if you actually take them. Having lay in bed waiting for the painkillers to kick in and nothing happening, I wanderes back to my desk to find them sat there next to my drink...

quixoticgeek,
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@cibomahto ouch. Ow. Applauds

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