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Night-owl Nov 2022 5:33pm, 11 Nov 2022 40,642 posts	Quote Pin Night-owl I've just played my air guitar for about 20 seconds or so added 30+ steps
Silent Runner Nov 2022 5:53pm, 11 Nov 2022 871 posts	Quote Pin Silent Runner Early modern humans diverged from other human species around 200,000 years ago (possibly earlier). Does that count as recent?
Ocelot Spleens Nov 2022 5:59pm, 11 Nov 2022 35,216 posts	Quote Pin Ocelot Spleens No. In the very big scheme of things. No.
Night-owl Nov 2022 10:59pm, 11 Nov 2022 40,646 posts	Quote Pin Night-owl Despite geographically having 5 time zones. China has only 1 time zone Beijing time nytimes.com
DeeGee Nov 2022 10:36am, 14 Nov 2022 22,234 posts	Quote Pin DeeGee The four stations on the London Monopoly Board were chosen as they were the four stations owned by the London and North Eastern Railway. Waddingtons, who owned the rights to the game in the UK, were based in Leeds and chose the locations for the London version of the game based on a single day-trip to London from Leeds. The four stations featured on the LNER map, and that was how they travelled down from Leeds.
GregP Nov 2022 10:40am, 14 Nov 2022 140,440 posts	Quote Pin GregP Bollocks. With respect.
DeeGee Nov 2022 10:41am, 14 Nov 2022 22,235 posts	Quote Pin DeeGee Fair enough.
Cerrertonia Nov 2022 10:53am, 14 Nov 2022 17,882 posts	Quote Pin Cerrertonia Not complete bollocks, though, I think. The four stations on the Monopoly board were indeed the LNER stations, and Waddingtons were based in Leeds. The Angel Islington had a plaque commemorating the fact that it was included on the board as it was the Lyons tea room where the Waddingtons director and his secretary met after they'd won the deal from Parker Brothers to produce a UK version.
GordonG Nov 2022 11:09am, 14 Nov 2022 9,454 posts	Quote Pin GordonG [The Lyons Tea Room being the one that opened on the spot of what was (either) the original or subsequent Angel pub, from where the area takes its name]
ChrisHB Nov 2022 1:33pm, 14 Nov 2022 22,045 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB I always thought Fenchurch St was operated by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway but that is only half-true. The LNER ran the other half.