martin's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=martin2002-03-20T10:57:33ZNational Rail Enquiries (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/martin/writeups/National+Rail+Enquiriesmartinhttp://m.everything2.com/user/martin2002-03-20T10:57:33Z2002-03-20T10:57:33ZA handy service in <a href="/title/Great+Britain">Great Britain</a>.
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Need to know <a href="/title/when">when</a> you can get the next <a href="/title/train">train</a> outta here? Want to know how <a href="/title/late">late</a> you're going to be? Or <a href="/title/how+much">how much</a> a journey will cost?
National Rail Enquiries can tell you. 08457 48 49 50
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Of course, their accuracy can't always be guaranteed. The service is apparently run by <a href="/title/BT">BT</a>, and the information given isn't always as useful as that given at staffed train stations, or at the <a href="/title/Railtrack">Railtrack</a> timetable at http://212.87.65.227/bin/newquery.exe/en
<p><small><a href="/title/Local+call">Local call</a> rate applies. <a href="/title/Open+24+hours">Open 24 hours</a>.<!-- close unclosed tag --></small><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>Jon Holmes (person)http://m.everything2.com/user/martin/writeups/Jon+Holmesmartinhttp://m.everything2.com/user/martin2002-03-20T10:45:23Z2002-03-20T10:45:23Z<i>Award-winning, and slightly infamous comedian and writer.</i>
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Jon has worked on more projects than most people would realise - scripting the ad-libs on <a href="/title/Have+I+Got+News+For+You">Have I Got News For You</a>, writing bits for <a href="/title/Harry+Hill">Harry Hill</a>, and creating entire characters in <a href="/title/Dead+Ringers">Dead Ringers</a>. He was also a writer for <a href="/title/the+11+O%2527Clock+Show">the 11 O'Clock Show</a>, then for the fifth series, stepped in to replace presenter <a href="/title/Ian+Lee">Ian Lee</a>, after he walked out a week before the show was due to go on air.
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Slightly more well known (because he doesn't hide in a list of writers at the end of the show) is Jon's music radio career. This started off in Canterbury's <a href="/title/CTFM">CTFM</a>, where he presented along with his friend Andy Hurst. Doing the usual - playing music and being funny. But they got fired - the station manager insisted they say that the station was "Kent's Best Party" - but Jon and Andy maintained that this was actually in a crack house somewhere in town.
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From here, they moved on to <a href="/title/Capital+Radio">Capital Radio</a>'s <a href="/title/Power+FM">Power FM</a> in <a href="/title/Southampton">Southampton</a> and <a href="/title/Portsmouth">Portsmouth</a>. It was<!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…Dab (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/martin/writeups/Dabmartinhttp://m.everything2.com/user/martin2001-09-18T10:12:07Z2001-09-18T10:12:07Z<a href="/title/DAB">DAB</a> - <a href="/title/Digital+Audio">Digital Audio</a> <a href="/title/Broadcasting">Broadcasting</a> is currently the <a href="/title/prevalent">prevalent</a> standard in many countries for <a href="/title/Digital+Radio">Digital Radio</a>.
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DAB allows for "crystal-clear" sound quality (although not quite <a href="/title/CD+quality">CD quality</a>), a more robust signal which is less prone to interference, better usage of frequencies to allow for more stations to be broadcast, and carriage of data information - such as text information displayed on tuners, and web pages to be displayed on computers.<p>
<a href="/title/amnesiac">amnesiac</a>'s <a href="/title/Digital+Radio">Digital Radio</a> writeup has more information on the type of compression used.<!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>auction (place)http://m.everything2.com/user/martin/writeups/auctionmartinhttp://m.everything2.com/user/martin2001-08-16T21:27:37Z2001-08-16T21:27:37ZAuctions of goods from <a href="/title/bankrupt">bankrupt</a> companies, salvaged goods, lost property and the like are fairly common occurrences, and not as secretive as some people might think.
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Here in <a href="/title/Glasgow">Glasgow</a>, <a href="/title/Scotland">Scotland</a>, local auction houses regularly advertise upcoming sales in the local papers, with brief lists of the types of goods to be sold. The sale is held in the auctioneers' warehouse, or sometimes in the property where most of the goods have come from.
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The auction site is usually open for public viewing a day or two in advance, where each item for sale (a <a href="/title/lot">lot</a>) can be inspected. Each lot has a number attatched, so that it can easily be identified in the sale, and a short description is found in the <a href="/title/catalogue">catalogue</a>.
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If there's something you want to buy, you'll need to register to get a bidder's number - merely a number printed on a piece of card so the staff know who's bought what - and there's usually a charge for this.
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Stations available:
<ul><li><b>Glasgow</b>
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<li><b><a href="/title/Clyde+1">Clyde 1</a></b> - Scotland's biggest hit music station
<li><b><a href="/title/Clyde+2">Clyde 2</a></b> - the best songs from the last four decades
<li><b><a href="/title/3C">3C</a></b> - Continuous Cool Country
<li><b><a href="/title/Sunrise+Radio">Sunrise Radio</a></b> - Asian speech and music
<li><b><a href="/title/Saga+Radio">Saga Radio</a></b> - Mellow music for the over 45's
<li><b><a href="/title/Q+FM">Q FM</a></b> - soft contemporary hit music
<li><b><a href="/title/Kiss">Kiss</a></b> - cutting edge dance music station
<li><b><a href="/title/Xfm">Xfm</a></b> - leading edge modern music station
<li><b><a href="/title/BBC+Radio+Scotland">BBC Radio Scotland</a></b>
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<li><b>Edinburgh</b>
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<li><b><a href="/title/Forth+One">Forth One</a></b> - Today's best music
<li><b><a href="/title/Forth+2">Forth 2</a></b> - Music you know, news you need
<li><b><a href="/title/3C">3C</a></b> - Continuous Cool Country
<li><b><a href="/title/Sunrise+Radio">Sunrise Radio</a></b> - Asian speech and music
<li><b><a href="/title/Saga+Radio">Saga Radio</a></b> - Mellow music for the over 45's
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Along with the <a href="/title/BBC">BBC</a>, they operate the only national multiplex, and so this brings with it a responsibility to promote digital radio tuners, which they do with radio campaigns, and through retailers.
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The ten stations initially carried on the Digital One multiplex (222.1MHz, channel 11D) are:
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<li><b><a href="/title/Virgin+Radio">Virgin Radio</a></b> - Classic tracks and today's best music</li>
<li><b><a href="/title/Classic+FM">Classic FM</a></b> - The world's most popular classical music station</li>
<li><b><a href="/title/talkSPORT">talkSPORT</a></b> - Sport, news and views</li>
<li><b><a href="/title/Planet+Rock">Planet Rock</a></b> - the rock specialist, playing uncompromising classic rock from the 60s, 70s and 80s
<li><b><a href="/title/Core">Core</a></b> - fresh hits for the UK. The best of chart and club anthems
<li><b><a href="/title/Life">Life</a></b> - playing contemporary music for individual, confident, aspirational adults
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