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« Reply #15 on: May 16, 2021, 15:28:02 »
Quote from: TonyK on May 15, 2021, 15:35:18
Quote from: broadgage on May 15, 2021, 10:57:15
Surface dwelling "smoke breathing, fire spitting iron monsters roaming the countryside at will" are bad enough, but now we have subterranean monsters burrowing at will and making underground lairs.

House prices will fall, healing crystals be drained of their magic, children thrown from their beds, historic churches will collapse, Ley lines disrupted, and misery will crowd the land.
Large rivers seem unlikely to be fully drained, but floods and droughts will worsen and newt ponds be drained.
The false energy fields of the burrowing iron monsters will entice whales and other marine mammals to their deaths, as happened last week.

The afternoon will be sunny with occasional showers and a sufficiency of port.

Yesterday afternoon WAS sunny and with the odd shower. A sufficiency of port was available, but none was consumed, beer only.
« Last Edit: May 16, 2021, 15:35:45 by broadgage » Logged
A proper intercity train has a minimum of 8 coaches, gangwayed throughout, with first at one end, and a full sized buffet car between first and standard.
It has space for cycles, surfboards,luggage etc.
A 5 car DMU▸ (Diesel Multiple Unit) is not a proper inter-city train. The 5+5 and 9 car DMUs are almost as bad.
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