Friday, April 10, 2009
London Transport Museum
Stephenson Horse Tram, London Transport Museum
Metropolitan Railway Steam Locomotive, London Transport Museum
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
I don't know which is cooler, is it the cardboard bike (presumably not for use in the British Isles or anywhere else where there is any moisture in the air more than, oh let's say thirty percent of the time) or the solar powered rickshaw (again, I see problems ahead)?
Labels: environment, transport
Monday, December 17, 2007
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Stop seeking to further extend pre-charge detention.
Anyone suspected of having committed an extremely serious offence, such as murder, can be held without charge for a maximum of 4 days. Police can already detain people under anti-terrorism legislation for seven times as long (28 days). Prolonged detention without charge or trial undermines fair trial rights, including the right to be promptly informed of any charges, the right to be free from arbitrary detention and the presumption of innocence.
Everybody arrested is entitled to be charged promptly and tried within a reasonable time, in proceedings that fully comply with fair trial standards, or to be released. The UK already has by far the longest period of pre-charge detention of any Common Law country. Any further extension of pre-charge detention risks being counterproductive, damaging community relations and undermining the UK’s moral authority around the world.
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Close Charring [sic] Cross Gender Indentity [sic] Clinic.
Charring [sic] Cross G.I.C. should be closed down due to it's failiure to comply to the standards as laid out by Harry Benjiman [sic]. They bring thier [sic] own personal wiews [sic] into work with them and only select those who fit thier [sic] idea of what a woman / female is and should be each person is different, no two people are the same, we should therefore not be treated as stereotypes in one catagory [sic].
(Aside: As all the petitions are supposedly personally vetted by someone before they are posted for people to vote on you'd think they'd run them through a spell-check first)
Notice the first person to sign this petition seems less interested in Miss Sommer's thrust and is just against the surgery for anyone.
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Hold a referendum on ID cards and the National Identity Register.
There are any number of ID Card petitions up on the site there, yet supposedly one of the criteria for turning down a new petition is if it covers the same ground as other petitions. I got one turned down a few months back which asked Gordon Brown specifically to give up the scheme.
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to to not allow the import of biofuel from countries which are destroying rain forest to grow the crops..
We need to cut down on the current forms of travel, rather than transfer to using up a different natural resource.
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Hold a public referendum on Trident and the defence of our country.
Anyone suspected of having committed an extremely serious offence, such as murder, can be held without charge for a maximum of 4 days. Police can already detain people under anti-terrorism legislation for seven times as long (28 days). Prolonged detention without charge or trial undermines fair trial rights, including the right to be promptly informed of any charges, the right to be free from arbitrary detention and the presumption of innocence.
Everybody arrested is entitled to be charged promptly and tried within a reasonable time, in proceedings that fully comply with fair trial standards, or to be released. The UK already has by far the longest period of pre-charge detention of any Common Law country. Any further extension of pre-charge detention risks being counterproductive, damaging community relations and undermining the UK’s moral authority around the world.
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Close Charring [sic] Cross Gender Indentity [sic] Clinic.
Charring [sic] Cross G.I.C. should be closed down due to it's failiure to comply to the standards as laid out by Harry Benjiman [sic]. They bring thier [sic] own personal wiews [sic] into work with them and only select those who fit thier [sic] idea of what a woman / female is and should be each person is different, no two people are the same, we should therefore not be treated as stereotypes in one catagory [sic].
(Aside: As all the petitions are supposedly personally vetted by someone before they are posted for people to vote on you'd think they'd run them through a spell-check first)
Notice the first person to sign this petition seems less interested in Miss Sommer's thrust and is just against the surgery for anyone.
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Hold a referendum on ID cards and the National Identity Register.
There are any number of ID Card petitions up on the site there, yet supposedly one of the criteria for turning down a new petition is if it covers the same ground as other petitions. I got one turned down a few months back which asked Gordon Brown specifically to give up the scheme.
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to to not allow the import of biofuel from countries which are destroying rain forest to grow the crops..
We need to cut down on the current forms of travel, rather than transfer to using up a different natural resource.
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Hold a public referendum on Trident and the defence of our country.
Labels: Government, ID cards, petitions, sex/gender, The War Against Terror, transport
Sunday, March 04, 2007
Evening kids. I've spent the weekend with my parents, celebrating my Mum's fifty-sixth birthday. We all dressed up smartly and had a family portrait taken on Friday. And you know, after all that, my soul does feel a little smaller.
Anyway, the Tube Zone One walking map that shows the walking distance between tube stations, from The Shortwalk Blog, via Going Underground.
Anyway, the Tube Zone One walking map that shows the walking distance between tube stations, from The Shortwalk Blog, via Going Underground.
Labels: London Underground, maps, transport
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Live UK Railmap. An approximately realtime map of Railway stations in the UK and the trains moving between them. Matthew Somerville may well have become my god for the day.
A Google Earth version of Douglas Adams's Last Chance to See.
[both via Google Maps Mania]
A Google Earth version of Douglas Adams's Last Chance to See.
[both via Google Maps Mania]
