Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?

On Thu, 19 Dec 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 19/12/2024 18:07, D wrote:

 

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 Train stations are for nerds! Real men jump from a moving car to the moving train!

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Not really possible in the UK.

Boring! Maybe in the US they are more enlightened?

Most trains have doors that can only be opened by the driver, and most railways are fenced off from roads...
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..when I was about 7, two twins used to travel by rail. One of them was leaning  out of the door  window when he other one opened it for a prank.
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Killed instantly. we never heard or saw either of them again.
That carriage style was retired about 10 years later

Sad, but if the world was adapted according to child safety and to shield us from darwinism, it would quickly become a boring world. Hmm... actually... ;)