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  1. oldrock

    oldrock New Member

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    Why is Train Simulator Classic not on Microsoft Store?
     
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  2. tft#6439

    tft#6439 Well-Known Member

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    Not tried it.
     
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    tft#6439 Well-Known Member

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    No I just thought i would make it cuz why not.
     
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    tft#6439 Well-Known Member

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    That is a good question. Now this may sound silly but Dovetail might need permission to it on the store or something to do with copyright.
     
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    tft#6439 Well-Known Member

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    As I said a second ago I've not tried it so I can't give opinions on it.
     
  6. Shackamaxon

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    Given that the distance between the earth & the moon is 240 thousand miles & the melting point of Cobalt is 2723 degrees Fahrenheit.

    Assuming the wind resistance to be 0 & the value of g as 10m/s^2, How much money would it take to build the HS2 between King's Cross & Hogwarts ?
     
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  7. tft#6439

    tft#6439 Well-Known Member

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    Not a clue but the HS2 will take about 44.6 million so a bit more?
     
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  8. AtherianKing

    AtherianKing Well-Known Member

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    probably still less than a Fraud raid on politicians

    but in all seriousness the issue is where Hogwarts is exactly and why the train now changes to going directly to Hogwarts and not Hogsmeade
     
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  9. rennekton#1349

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    What are your top 5 dlcs in tsw?
     
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  10. tft#6439

    tft#6439 Well-Known Member

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    5. Birmingham Cross-City
    4. Northern Trans Pennine
    3. West Somerset
    2. Great Western Express
    1. Spirit Of Steam
     
  11. oldrock

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    Ok, now I know, thanks!
     
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  12. Scotrail156467

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    Biscuit isle obviously
     
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    tft#6439 Well-Known Member

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    Ok, QNA has been reversed. Like for Cristiano Ronaldo & Helpful for Lionel Messi. Ignore if neither.
     
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    Sorry but this has muddled me, could you explain what you mean? Again sorry!!!
     
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    tft#6439 Well-Known Member

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    As in which football/soccer player is better.
     
  17. matt#4801

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    Personally I think it is either Brennan Johnston, Awoniyi or Gibbs-White. :D
     
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  18. AtherianKing

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    Us fellow Europeans call Football, Football.

    Americans call whatever they play Football and what we do as Soccer and not Football.

    Wouldn’t it just be simple to call what we do Football and they do Soccer ?. I mean they use their hands and pick it up…
     
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  19. JJTimothy

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    Where does your lap go when you stand up?
     
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    Thats actually a fair point. Not sure.
     
  21. andrewandjane66

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    They're all football.
    Soccer is an abbreviation for Association Football, the 11 a side game.
    Then you have the handling variants.
    Rugby Football
    American Football
    Gaelic Football
    Aussie Rules Football

    So it's correct to call Association Football football or soccer, but American Football can only be football.
     
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  22. andrewandjane66

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    It really doesn't matter who's best, we're are fortunate to have lived in the era where they both played.
    Anyway, the correct answer is Gareth Bale:)
     
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  23. matt#4801

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    Haha yes, well in terms of golf anyway!

    Also to answer your signature, no you most definitely aren't!
     
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    What came first. The chicken or the egg?.
     
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    If the islanders built the wall to keep King Kong out why did they put a door in it big enough to let him in?
     
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    Crotch / thighs...
     
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    tft#6439 Well-Known Member

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    Well in my opinion the egg. Hear me out. The scientists made an experiment that we now know as the egg - Inside the egg came a chicken which wasn't supposed to be part of the experiment. That's how they were created.
     
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    Probably not that far from the truth actually:
    Natural selection (and someone called Charles Darwin) would suggest that the chicken as we know it evolved through random genetic mutation from a different species of bird. These mutations would have happened in the egg.

    Now it's a case of is it a chicken egg or not (I don't know what bird they would have evolved from, and I don't want to do any research).
     
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  29. ARuscoe

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    You can't evolve into a chicken from a chicken.
    It must have been from something else that was very much like a chicken, but one of the fallacies of evolution is that there are distinct lines where you go from one state (no chicken) to another state (chicken). It's very much likely there were loads of "almost chicken" for a long time before "chicken" became a default state
     
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    Oh yes, but I don't know the name of the 'almost chicken'. Similar to how the 'almost human' is (I think) something called a 'great ape'.

    my question was is it a 'chicken' egg or an 'almost chicken' egg, because it would have been laid by an 'almost chicken', but it hatched a 'chicken'.
     
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    A chicken egg that came from an almost chicken
     
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    So the egg did indeed come first! tft is correct according to this logic. Now back to the QNA, why has tft's profile picture changed, and what is it?
     
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    In reality the question in itself is flawed as it doesn't specify what kind of egg, or what species was within the egg... But yes eggs existed in various species and classes before chickens existed, and likely will do long after the chicken no longer exists
     
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    It is 34046 Braunton leaving Salisbury for london victoria on Wednesday evening. I will post an image when I'm not typing on my switch so I can charge my phone for tomorrow's session at Salisbury.
    20230524_183224.jpg
     
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    What is your favorite train in real life?
     
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    Ah personally I would agree with Matt!! (Yes I am a forest fan too!!!)
     
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    tft#6439 Well-Known Member

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    Well for steam it is 45596 Bahamas, Diesel is Class 67 (very underrated), and electric is Class 91. Though if I had to pick one. I really could not. It's a hard decision.
     
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    Mines is split even more...

    Best Steam: 45596 'Bahamas' or 60163 'Tornado' because of the looks of either loco
    Best Diesel: HST or Class 66 because of the sounds they make
    Best DMU: Class 158 or Class 170 because they are my local trains
    Best Electric: Class 91 because when they start up, the fans start too, and I like when the 91s do that
    Best EMU: Class 390 because it's my favourite train

    Worst Steam: N/A
    Worst Diesel: N/A
    Worst DMU: Class 142, Class 143 & Class 144 because they are Pacers
    Worst Electric: N/A
    Worst EMU: N/A

    That's my rankings :)

    Note: Those with 'N/A' after them I don't have an opinion for those ones ;)
     
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    I'm on the dislike side I'm afraid, so no lol :D
     
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    I don't understand why they're so hated upon.
     
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    Anyways gotta pop to the shop for a bit. Then going down the station for a quick session. Maybe be an hour or so. Expect some pics and maybe just maybe a new pfp.
     
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    Probably because of the noise they make (the constant screeching for one) and the ride quality of them as well (they bounced about quite a bit) so that's my reason behind it :)

    Imagine Pacers on my local line... I'd not go on the line until they go lol :D, but I suppose you like them then?
     
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    This bit was hilarious! All that just to say Pacers are rubbish! Brilliant!
     
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  45. andrewandjane66

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    I think Pacers are disliked for two reasons.

    They are awful to ride in, particularly on jointed track, hence the nickname Nodding Donkeys due to the involuntary movement of passengers as the train went on its way. A journey on one from Pembroke to Whitland on the original bus seats is undoubtedly my worst rail travel experience.

    Secondly, they are the embodiment of the Thatcher governments view of the railway. At a time when delapitated DMU's needed replacing, the solution was as cheap as you could get. A train based on a fifteen year old bus welded to a wagon chassis.
     
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    Unfortunately unable to do the Trainspotting. I was very ill when I came back cuz of the heat.
     
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    How long is a piece of string?
     
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    not nearly as long as forum thread if someone finds something of several colours and it ain’t in the sky. just kidding ;) or am I.
     
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    As long as you need I guess.
     
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    This thread is slowly turning into the script for a Vsauce video !
     
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