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Badger Oct 2016 9:14pm, 27 Oct 2016 7,780 posts	0 Badger Tsundoku. I can spell nearly all my favourite words on a good day. Jagged jagged jagged.
Wobbling Nov 2016 7:15pm, 7 Nov 2016 4,077 posts	0 Wobbling That City of London police (probably) invented the traditional 'custodial' policing helmet.
Dvorak Nov 2016 12:33pm, 8 Nov 2016 12,443 posts	0 Dvorak The brother of Bernie Sanders (erstwhile Democratic nominee contender) stood as Green candidate in the recent Witney by-election.
Dvorak Dec 2016 9:13pm, 4 Dec 2016 12,636 posts	0 Dvorak About the very existence of the Railway Ramblers railwayramblers.org.uk (they ramble along former railways) and from there the discovery of the Gobbins Cliff Path in Northern Ireland, which was built by a railway as a tourist attraction, fell into decrepitude, but has recently been restored and reopened thegobbinscliffpath.com .
FergusG Dec 2016 4:42pm, 6 Dec 2016 847 posts	0 FergusG That the Royal Mail still have an underground train system in London that's been unused since 2003. It's now destined to become a tourist attraction. theregister.co.uk
Dvorak Dec 2016 5:47pm, 6 Dec 2016 12,690 posts	0 Dvorak That sounds spiffing :-).
Fragile Glass Bauble Dec 2016 12:11am, 8 Dec 2016 1,263 posts	0 Fragile Glass Bauble That bacon and banana trifle is a thing 😳 waitrose.com
Carpathius Dec 2016 1:27am, 8 Dec 2016 10,854 posts	0 Carpathius Why am I unsurprised that Heston Blumenthal is to blame for that?
GlennR Dec 2016 7:14am, 8 Dec 2016 23,365 posts	0 GlennR I am appalled at the idea of bacon and banana trifle.
GlennR Dec 2016 7:16am, 8 Dec 2016 23,366 posts	0 GlennR (That's meant to be taken TSWTSBC style)