Richmond Transits

A blog about Richmond upon Thames local issues by a local resident.

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Open letter to Plaxo

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The great things with blogs is to be able to post anything. Like rants about customer service or else. In this case, here's an open lett...
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Friday, July 17, 2009

My do Barclays offer Oyster on a Barclaycard if they can't manage both seamlessly?

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I've got a Barclaycard. It used to be Gold (no idea what it add to the standard, but it's a bit cooler). Used to be, because...
Wednesday, July 15, 2009

A commuter's week...

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This week, I'm wondering why we have to make do with third world infrastructures? Of course, we should have adequate sewage systems. Of ...
Monday, June 29, 2009

Sourdough Instructable

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I found a nice instructable for Sourdough Bread , with lots of pictures. The blog post from Personally, I have tried the "Dutch oven...
Friday, June 26, 2009

Ramblings on the US healthcare systems

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I could not help myself to comment s on this post: Health insurance versus health - Boing Boing Just some facts: - the US spends almost twi...
Tuesday, June 23, 2009

What is the use of roadside census?

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I happenned to be caught in tailbacks caused by a roadside census, like this one: Roadside census causes rush-hour chaos - Halifax Today . I...
Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Are London Taxis and tube really the best

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The BBC reports today that London's taxis [have been] voted world's best . The article is quite un-interesting overall, with a quot...
Monday, June 08, 2009

Ready for the pizza party!

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I just came up with a new entertaining concept! As I bake bread almost every week , I just thought about doing a pizza party -it's the s...
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Monday, May 11, 2009

Are high-speed trains viable in the US?

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Interesting article here: tripso.com | Are high-speed trains viable in the U.S.? Certainly thought provoquing in a country where "high-...
Thursday, May 07, 2009

Time to nationalise the trains?

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Read in The Times this am: National Express wants taxpayers’ cash to keep running East Coast trains - Times Online At a time where rail fare...
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Tuesday, May 05, 2009

My no-knead sourdough bread

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I've now been baking bread almost every week-end for well over 3 years and have tried many different recipes, including this one or tha...
Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Earth day: NOx, electric cars and diesel

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I was listening to Robert Evans from Cenex , a company developping fuel-cell and "low carbon" (whatever that really means) technol...
Thursday, April 16, 2009

Scrap the VAT, introduce the PAT

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I was tweeted this link yesterday: Health risks of shipping pollution have been 'underestimated' | Environment | guardian.co.uk Conf...
Thursday, March 12, 2009

Comment on new cars vs. old cars

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Interesting post here: Re*Move: New Cars vs Old Cars II And my comment: Interesting conundrum. 1. Yes, rewarding for failure is wrong. Let...
Friday, March 06, 2009

Another petition, for Bushy park

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Just got this email from Mich Miller about Bushy park. Not much to add, except that I still have to figure out why Royal Parks, local and na...
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Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Sign the petition to keep Richmond park free

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Probably inspired by Richmond Council's never ending quest to extract more taxes from motorists , the Royal Parks has launched a consul...
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Monday, March 02, 2009

Social city guides

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One of my pictures went into the Schmap guides, under Borough market , in their market section: very difficult to navigate to but a good re...
Friday, February 27, 2009

Heathrow is just dangerous where it is

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Last year, the BA038 flight narrowly avoided catastrophe when the Boeing 777 crash-landed just short of Heathrow's perimeter fence aft...
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Thursday, February 12, 2009

Highway Robbery In Richmond

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BBC NEWS | England | London | Loading bay takes £1,400 in fines A London council has taken an average of £1,400 in parking fines per day fro...
Tuesday, February 03, 2009

Why were school closed today?

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The weather reports were not that bad yesterday, yet most schools in Richmond were closed. BBC NEWS | UK | Education | More schools 'mig...
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