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Old 15-10-18, 04:43 PM   #6441
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySBxMMidbEg

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Old 15-10-18, 05:27 PM   #6442
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Just stick a sign up saying "no mopeds"

Or, really big magnets in the door frame.

Steps.

Chicane.

Are these landlords? Video surveillance.
Sadly armed robbers don't worry about 'No Moped' signs and wheelchair users tend to complain about steps etc.

Video surveillance is great for watching it over again and, boy, do we have cameras!


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Old 15-10-18, 07:17 PM   #6443
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If it really matters use a set of welded steel railings to make a chicane outside the door. People and wheelchairs can turn through 180 degrees in a small space, mopeds can't.

Better still add a narrow trough along the center with spikes at the bottom. Cover it with a steel plate which pivots when more than 150kg is placed on it. This should be located immediately after the 'No Mopeds' sign.

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Old 15-10-18, 07:46 PM   #6444
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I know moped crime's bad down there but Burglaries??
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Old 16-10-18, 08:27 AM   #6445
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Better still add a narrow trough along the center with spikes at the bottom. Cover it with a steel plate which pivots when more than 150kg is placed on it. This should be located immediately after the 'No Mopeds' sign.
Except that the sign would have to read:

"no mopeds, deliveries or bodybuilders
or fat people

on pain of death
or free acupuncture"
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Old 16-10-18, 08:25 PM   #6446
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Bloody electric trains, overhead power lines down between Reading and Paddington. Now on a slow train to Waterloo, I'll miss my connection, so hopefully I will make the 2300 home at 0055
Or a hotel in London. Been on the go since 0700
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Old 16-10-18, 09:39 PM   #6447
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Bloody electric trains, overhead power lines down between Reading and Paddington. Now on a slow train to Waterloo, I'll miss my connection, so hopefully I will make the 2300 home at 0055
Or a hotel in London. Been on the go since 0700
Not the pikeys at it again ?
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Old 17-10-18, 07:55 AM   #6448
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Nah just our old overhead lines. Ironically I was on a diesel train!
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Old 17-10-18, 09:06 AM   #6449
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You'd think that such long established technology would be largely foolproof by now. We lagged decades behind most of Europe and many other advanced nations with overhead power for trains but still it causes problems for a route that's only recently had them installed. You don't hear about it failing all the time on the c2c or SouthEast services, or the East Coast Mainline, so why is the GWR Mainline such a problem area?
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Old 17-10-18, 01:38 PM   #6450
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ECM to Peterborough frequently has problems.
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