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@jon So two tunnels longer than the channel, to connect to a island with 1/12 of the population of France alone?
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Also this stupid thing reminds me of a 2021 1st April joke I made... laughing at Boris Johnson
But it is not 1st April!
@jon A perfect send-up of both.
I enjoyed it so much I read it twice.
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@jon A perfect send-up of both.
I enjoyed it so much I read it twice.
@samueljohnson Also I had forgotten Arc Uri Ltd providing services to Boris Johnson.
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Yeah
A loop railway line connecting British and Irish cities
And to think Chris Williamson is apparently serious, normally
https://jonworth.eu/loop-line-to-connnect-british-and-irish-cities/
@jon The Irish Sea is clearly the issue here. Let's learn from the Dutch, put some dams across the St George's & North Channels, pump out the water and bingo, problem solved. This even gives the Isle of Man a nice hilltop location from where to waive at the bypassing trains.
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@samueljohnson Also I had forgotten Arc Uri Ltd providing services to Boris Johnson.
@jon I confess I corresponded with the CEO of said enterprise via Twitter. Gondolas on fire off the shoulder of the Isle of Man... Moments lost in time like tears in the rain - - I deleted everything (had to do it twice, they restored it all). She was v much unamused by her former client.
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Yeah
A loop railway line connecting British and Irish cities
And to think Chris Williamson is apparently serious, normally
https://jonworth.eu/loop-line-to-connnect-british-and-irish-cities/
@jon That northern crossing reminds me of an old what-if idea:
What if there was an island SW of the Mull of Kintyre? i.e. so that even the Victorians would at least do serious plans for bridging the gaps.
Then there'd be a connection in the present day - put it'd be *VERY* inconvenient for almost all trips. Freight? sure. Scotland - Ireland, sure. But Liverpool - Dublin? nope. -
Yeah
A loop railway line connecting British and Irish cities
And to think Chris Williamson is apparently serious, normally
https://jonworth.eu/loop-line-to-connnect-british-and-irish-cities/
@jon i don't think it's fair to call RIBA serious
the anglosphere has the worst construction costs in the rich world and they've done nothing to stop it
this kind of rubbish is very on-brand
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@jon he is quoted in Architects Journal as saying, "Maybe I have been too influenced by the Line."
Quite.
@tops suspect a generous editor has capitalised that and misunderstood the kind of lines he was influenced by
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@bovine3dom you're right, it's a pull-quote. I believe it represents the spirit of what he said, though - the full text is, "Maybe I have been too influenced by the scale, the vision and the ambition of NEOM the Line in Saudi Arabia, having worked on the high-speed stations running alongside the 170km city for the last few years."
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@bovine3dom you're right, it's a pull-quote. I believe it represents the spirit of what he said, though - the full text is, "Maybe I have been too influenced by the scale, the vision and the ambition of NEOM the Line in Saudi Arabia, having worked on the high-speed stations running alongside the 170km city for the last few years."
@tops sorry, i was being mischievous and making a joke about cocaine...
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@tops sorry, i was being mischievous and making a joke about cocaine...
@bovine3dom ahhhh!
