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DismalChips's Recent Activity

  1. DismalChips liked Phil-d259's post in the thread Jacobite 2024.

    The ORR is not a parasite. You and people of your ilk simply cannot get your head round the fact that we value human life (and indeed the quality of that life) more than we did in the past - and are the real problem, not the ORR!. The ORR is...

    Mar 26, 2024 at 9:34 AM
  2. DismalChips liked Jimc's post in the thread Flying Scotsman.

    Also confidentiality. I have a vague memory that in public tendering rules the prospective suppliers aren't supposed to know who their competitors are, so doing it all in private gives confidence no-one is eavesdropping.

    Mar 25, 2024 at 9:00 AM
  3. DismalChips replied to the thread Flying Scotsman.

    At a guess, so the potential custodians and/or their representatives can verify its condition for themselves? Over a pit or similar, maybe. And without "Dad, that man just climbed on it, can I? Can I can I can I?"

    Mar 22, 2024 at 4:52 PM
  4. DismalChips replied to the thread Flying Scotsman.

    And when we see the white smoke coming out of the chimney we'll know they've chosen one?

    Mar 22, 2024 at 2:38 PM