Interesting Links for 22-08-2024

[andrewducker]

1. Getting a train from London to Newcastle/Edinburgh? Here's a way to do it cheaper and more flexibly

(tags:trains UK OhForFucksSake )

2. "Widely reported study suggesting divorce is more likely when wives fall ill is retracted

(tags:research relationships gender fail )

3. Irish public continue to fall out of love with alcohol as consumption falls to its lowest level since 1987

(tags:alcohol Ireland )

4. German warship floats down Thames while playing Darth Vader's theme

(tags:StarWars Germany music navy UK funny viaPatrickHadfield )

Comments

[mountainkiss]

This first one is extremely useful for those of us who wish to come to Edinburgh and live near Finsbury Park - thank you!

[rhythmaning]

You still have to go to KX though!

[mountainkiss]

That’s 15m door to door.

[rhythmaning]

But ... But ... The routing via Finsbury Park is not the important bit. You could choose a route via Ally Pally! (But you still have to go via KX.)

[mountainkiss]

I think it’s more psychological than practical! I love how much you care about this

[rhythmaning]

😂😂😂

#2 still held true for women with heart issues

[agoodwinsmith]

The study's results conflated people leaving the study with divorces, which negated the overall findings. Interestingly, the results still held for women experiencing heart issues. So - not completely negated.

Also, people leaving the study doesn't sound very supportive.

[calimac]

4) I trust you remember the occasion when the Welsh Guard band, required to play to greet a visit by the Saudi king but unhappy about it due to his human rights violations, decided to troll him by playing that same Darth Vader/Imperial March theme. They figured he wouldn't know where it came from.

[dewline]

2008, right? For King Abdullah?

[bens_dad]

1. When commuting from Cambridge to Mayfair my wife often switched to the Underground at Finsbury Park rather than KX. Some of it was that the tube had empty seats at FP, but I don't think the tube took any longer once you included the time to get from the British Rail platform to the Underground platform.

I suppose it would have been different if FP, KX and Green Park (iirc) weren't all on the same tube line.

[conuly]

The URL makes it look like the title suggest that it is axing the study about divorce that is "to our horror", lol.

[foms]

1. In 2011, we traveled to Reno, for the Worldcon. We bought round-trip tickets to Las Vegas and then, with the difference in price between those and parallel tickets to Reno, we bought tickets from Las Vegas to Reno and back and a couple of hotel nights, in Las Vegas, and tickets to a Cirque du Soleil resident show.

4. Driver chooses the music.

[andrewducker]

That's a ridiculous state of affairs!