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    #422
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 38,975 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
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    Just looking at this, are the blue lines in the background for decorative purposes of do they mean something?


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    #423
    cruizer101
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    Seth Brundle wrote: »
    Just looking at this, are the blue lines in the background for decorative purposes of do they mean something?

    I'm gonna hazard a guess it is male/female. They seem to line up with individuals, and in general women live longer than men.


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    #424
    Victor
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    https://twitter.com/simongerman600/status/1220000676849254402


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    #425
    LaFuton
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    hey has anyone seen that dual map of ireland showing all the rail lines 100 years ago compared to the lower amount of todays railways on the opposite panel?
    saw it on here but cant find it now :(


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    #426
    El Weirdo
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    LaFuton wrote: »
    hey has anyone seen that dual map of ireland showing all the rail lines 100 years ago compared to the lower amount of todays railways on the opposite panel?
    saw it on here but cant find it now :(

    This was on Reddit yesterday...

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    #427
    WrenBoy
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    El Weirdo wrote: »
    This was on Reddit yesterday...

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    How great would that be today and could be a big boost for tourism with rail tours around the country.


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    #428
    LaFuton
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    thank you for that. im not on reddit tho so must have seen it here somewhere


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    #429
    LaFuton
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    WrenBoy wrote: »
    How great would that be today and could be a big boost for tourism with rail tours around the country.

    not just tourism! freight, transport, inter-city commuting and obviously localised job creation.
    pity they turned them into greenways, we could have a cool all island electric rail network of small eco carriages.


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    #430
    blackwhite
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    LaFuton wrote: »
    not just tourism! freight, transport, inter-city commuting and obviously localised job creation.
    pity they turned them into greenways, we could have a cool all island electric rail network of small eco carriages.

    Did a project on the disused rail network back in school.

    An awful lot of the old lines plotted meandering slow routes that wouldn't be able to compete against road alternatives - and all were single track alignments.

    A lot of the old connections would be immeasurably better served by looking at high-speed rail alignments alongside motorways or major roads.


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    #431
    The Tetrarch
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    LaFuton wrote: »
    not just tourism! freight, transport, inter-city commuting and obviously localised job creation.
    pity they turned them into greenways, we could have a cool all island electric rail network of small eco carriages.
    You can't run a business with no customers. That is why lines closed. Road transport too over.

    Fwiw racehorses went almost exclusively by rail in the early 1900.
    The Curragh had a rail siding, Thurles is beside the track (it was called Limerick Junction); Cork racecourse is in Mallow and the main line runs through there.
    Now they travel by road, stable to racecourse.


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    #432
    blackwhite
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    The Tetrarch wrote: »
    You can't run a business with no customers. That is why lines closed. Road transport too over.

    Fwiw racehorses went almost exclusively by rail in the early 1900.
    The Curragh had a rail siding, Thurles is beside the track (it was called Limerick Junction); Cork racecourse is in Mallow and the main line runs through there.
    Now they travel by road, stable to racecourse.

    That's the Tipperary racecourse - not Thurles ;)


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    #433
    The Tetrarch
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    blackwhite wrote: »
    That's the Tipperary racecourse - not Thurles ;)
    Correct. I actually looked it up on Google maps before I got it wrong. :pac:


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    #434
    KevRossi
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    The Tetrarch wrote: »
    You can't run a business with no customers. That is why lines closed. Road transport too over.

    Fwiw racehorses went almost exclusively by rail in the early 1900.
    The Curragh had a rail siding, Thurles is beside the track (it was called Limerick Junction); Cork racecourse is in Mallow and the main line runs through there.
    Now they travel by road, stable to racecourse.

    Off topic here, but up till the 1990's the only planes with exemptions to make night landings at Heathrow Airport were those carrying race horses to and from races in the UK. Even government aircraft had to divert to Biggins Hill.

    I'm not sure if that exemption still exists, but it was the case until about 1997 at least.


    This is a detailed map of the railways with all towns marked.
    Good link here to this map: https://www.lbrowncollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Ireland-Railways-2.jpg
    Link to other old railway maps: https://www.lbrowncollection.com/ireland-maps-of-railways/

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    #435
    Professor Moriarty
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    Victor wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/simongerman600/status/1220000676849254402

    And the day after that tweet:

    The Trump administration is scrapping protections for America's streams and wetlands, repealing Barack Obama's Waters of the United States regulation.

    Under the new regulations, landowners and property developers will be able to pour pesticides, fertilisers and other pollutants directly into millions of miles of the nation's waterways for the first time in decades.

    BBC


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    #436
    LaFuton
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    The Tetrarch wrote: »
    You can't run a business with no customers. That is why lines closed. Road transport too over.
    .
    fair enough
    BUT (i like big buts)
    wouldn't there be a renewed massive customer base today with the whole green yearning, 'cars bad' 'grr traffic' yay ecotravel mindsets.
    traffic data can be quantified to show demand of routes (im sure)


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    #437
    Roadtoad
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    El Weirdo wrote: »
    This was on Reddit yesterday...

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    Oh no, they dug up the Mullingar-Athlone cycleway and put the tracks back down!

    The shortest way from Ballina to Sligo by rail is through Dublin.:eek:


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    #438
    blackwhite
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    Roadtoad wrote: »
    Oh no, they dug up the Mullingar-Athlone cycleway and put the tracks back down!

    The shortest way from Ballina to Sligo by rail is through Dublin.:eek:

    The 2020 map has a few anomolies actually. Waterford-New Ross has been closed for a long time, and Waterford-Rosslare section was closed in 2010.

    Cork commuter line to Middleton and to Cobh is missing from it also.


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    #439
    Scarinae
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    The extent of snow cover in Europe on 22nd January, 2020 (source )

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    #440
    Charles Babbage
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    Link to other old railway maps: https://www.lbrowncollection.com/ireland-maps-of-railways/

    The really interesting stuff here is the 1837 atlas which analysed traffic and proposed railway routes, not all of which were every built on the routes proposed.


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    JupiterKid
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    Lowest temperatures in Europe ever recorded, by Country

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    #442
    Deja Boo
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    According to Hot World Report (never heard of them), these Travel Risk Maps reveal places to avoid on holiday.

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    #443
    Deja Boo
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    Flitto shows 13 of the hottest places on earth...
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    #444
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    IAMAMORON wrote: »
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    Think this is out of date.

    Quite certain we’ve an embassy in Kenya


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    #445
    Deja Boo
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    While doing genealogical research, I happened upon this interactive story map of Passengers of the Titanic.


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    #446
    greenttc
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    Deja Boo wrote: »
    While doing genealogical research, I happened upon this interactive story map of Passengers of the Titanic.

    That's an interesting map, I had never really thought about how diverse the population of the Titanic was, there were people from almost every continent on that boat. There is some suspicious placing of the markers though, they have marked Limerick and Mayo passengers in some spots that are definitely not Limerick or Mayo :P


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    #447
    gordongekko
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    JupiterKid wrote: »
    Lowest temperatures in Europe ever recorded, by Country

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    We are one of the warmest places in Europe


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    #448
    Capt'n Midnight
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    #449
    Wibbs
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    gordongekko wrote: »
    We are one of the warmest places in Europe
    Oh we're certainly mild alright G, but when compared to countries like France, Spain, Italy, Switzerland and the like, we also don't have high mountain ranges. Areas where the lowest temps are more likely to have been recorded.

    Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.



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    #450
    Seth Brundle
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    Wibbs wrote: »
    Oh we're certainly mild alright G, but when compared to countries like France, Spain, Italy, Switzerland and the like, we also don't have high mountain ranges. Areas where the lowest temps are more likely to have been recorded.
    Yes but my ex lives here and she's colder than any of those places!


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    #451
    Bobblehats
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    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
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    I see the sole time Mr. Big played Dimapur has registered.


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