Although that is modded 'Funny', it's pretty damn accurate. I worked for a UK government justice agency for 12 years up to 2022.

Not 'almost' 200 years old. https://railway200.co.uk/

Same here. Eweka Usenet account, 6000 days retention, NZBKIng searches in rars, FBReader is free too, all is good.

Dame JUDI (no Y).

Don't know why this is showing as 'troll'; it seems right on the nail.

There's the problem. McDonald's is a burger company. No aero expertise.

66 weeks is 1 year and 14 weeks.

I was 11 in April 1963 and I remember the early Hartnell Doctor very well. I had a pal who was into drama and we used to 'do' the Doctor, gripping the lapels of our jackets and exclaiming 'The Daleks!'

The performance was reined in (like a horse being restrained by use of reins). Why can't people get that right? They have free rein to use dictionaries, surely?

My wife supervises training of pharmacy technicians in a UK hospital pharmacy. The 'short class' is two years of on-the-job and classroom training. There is a very high standard and students can and do flunk the course. At the end they get an accreditation qualification. They need good marks in high school in mathematics, English language, science, and one other subject.

Built from a kit in 1981 by a friend, followed by a Sinclair ZX-81, Sinclair QL, and Epson IBM XT clone.

The KISS platform looks to European/British eyes like a commuter or regional multiple-unit, and, according to Railway Age, and others, the Caltrain ones have a maximum speed of 110 miles per hour (177 kilometers per hour). Still, nice trains.

SNCF use separate power cars at the ends of double-deck ('Duplex') TGVs, because the passenger cars have, necessarily, lower floors than single-deck ones, and that means there's no room for the traction equipment (transformers, inverters, etc) to be placed under the floor, as is now common in single-deck designs.

I think the figurative sense is mainly American, which probably explains why I haven't seen it before.

Is that even a word?