http://crookedtimber.org/2003/10/22/leaves-on-the-line/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:39:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://crookedtimber.org/2003/10/22/leaves-on-the-line/comment-page-1/#comment-6604 Tripp Fri, 24 Oct 2003 17:17:27 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=462#comment-6604 I think the next step in the "passengers" to "customers" progression is "guests." I think the next step in the “passengers” to “customers” progression is “guests.”

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2003/10/22/leaves-on-the-line/comment-page-1/#comment-6603 john c. halasz Fri, 24 Oct 2003 02:48:17 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=462#comment-6603 You mean in Tony Blair's U.K. even the railways run on spin? You mean in Tony Blair’s U.K. even the railways run on spin?

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2003/10/22/leaves-on-the-line/comment-page-1/#comment-6602 Mark Thu, 23 Oct 2003 21:15:36 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=462#comment-6602 If my memory serves me correctly, The rationale for 'wrong kind of snow' was this. Southern Britain, on the rare occasion that it snows normally gets a fairly wet, heavy snow because the of the climactic conditions (low elevation,gulf stream, blah blah). The snow therefore settles easily and is not stirred by the passage of trains, In this case, the snow was accompanied by an extremely cold snap, which made it much lighter. The snow was sucked upwards into air intakes on the trains and shorted electrical components, causing train failures. If my memory serves me correctly, The rationale for ‘wrong kind of snow’ was this. Southern Britain, on the rare occasion that it snows normally gets a fairly wet, heavy snow because the of the climactic conditions (low elevation,gulf stream, blah blah). The snow therefore settles easily and is not stirred by the passage of trains, In this case, the snow was accompanied by an extremely cold snap, which made it much lighter. The snow was sucked upwards into air intakes on the trains and shorted electrical components, causing train failures.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2003/10/22/leaves-on-the-line/comment-page-1/#comment-6601 Davis X. Machina Wed, 22 Oct 2003 19:57:45 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=462#comment-6601 Shades of Reginald Perrin: "11 minutes late -- seasonal manpower shortage, Clapham Junction." There is a full list here: http://www.mgnet.karoo.net/11mins.htm Shades of Reginald Perrin: “11 minutes late—seasonal manpower shortage, Clapham Junction.” There is a full list here: http://www.mgnet.karoo.net/11mins.htm

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