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Going cuckoo in the umbellifer field.
Who knew what blondes know?
It was a typical night of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire:
Jeremy: “Barbara, you’ve done very well so far – £500,000 pounds and one lifeline left — phone a friend.”
“The next question will give you the top prize of £1 million pounds,
if you get it right. But if you get it wrong, you will drop back to £32,000. Are you ready?”
Barbara: “Sure, I’ll have a go!”
Jeremy: “Which of the following birds does not build its own nest?
Is it:
A – Robin
B – Sparrow
C – Cuckoo
D – Thrush
Remember Barbara – its worth £1 million pounds.”
“I think I know who it… I’m not 100%… no, I haven’t got a clue. I’d like to phone a friend Mr Clarkson, just to be sure.”
Jeremy “Yes. Who, Barbara, do you want to phone?”
Barbara: “I’ll phone my friend Maggie back home in Birmingham.”
(ringing)
Maggie: “Hello…”
Jeremy: “Hello Maggie, it's Jeremy Clarkson here from Who Wants to be a Millionaire. I have Barbara here and she is doing really well on £ 500,000, but needs your help to get to a Million. The next voice you hear will be Barbara’s and she’ll read you the question. There are 4 possible answers and only 1 correct answer. You have 30 seconds to reply — fire away Barbara.”
Barbara: “Maggie, which of the following birds does not build its own nest?
Is it:
A- Robin
B- Sparrow
C- Cuckoo
D- Thrush
Maggie: “Oh gees, Barbara that’s simple…It’s a cuckoo.”
Barbara: “You think?”
Maggie: “I’m sure.”
Barbara: “Thanks Maggie.” (hangs up)
Jeremy: “Well, do you want to stick on $500,000 or play on for the Million, Barbara?”
Barbara: “I want to play, I’ll go with c-cuckoo”
Jeremy: “Is that your final answer?”
Barbara: “It is.”
Jeremy: “Are you confident?”
Barbara: “Yes fairly, Maggie’s a sound bet.”
Jeremy: “Barbara…..you had £ 500,000 and you said C- c -cuckoo. (pause.....more pause....)
You're right!!! You've just won one million pounds. Here is your cheque. You have been a great contestant and a real gambler. Audience please put your hands together for Barbara!”
That night Barbara called round to Maggie and brought her down to a local bar for a celebratory drink and, as they were sipping their prosecco, Barbara turned to Maggie and asked: “Tell me Maggie, How in God’s name did you know that it was the cuckoo that does not build its own nest?”
Maggie: “Listen, if you need a reminder, everybody knows that a cuckoo lives in a clock!”
HUF F. It's Happy Umbellifer Wednesday
1985 Ford Sierra XR4i.
Supplied by Dinnages of Haywards Heath (Ford).
Photo with kind permission of succulent95.
41 Saab
JAS 39C
SB39
39-3312
473C0C
HUF Hungarian Air Force
EYSA 060950Z 29018KT 9999 BKN050 18/06 Q1003 BLU NOSIG
Borstendorf im Mittleren Erzgebirge ist seit Mitte des 14. Jahrhunderts in historischen Dokumenten nachweisbar. Der Ortsname leitet sich von einem offenbar slawischen Lokator namens Boreš oder Borso her, welcher für die Gründung des Waldhufendorfs während des Spätmittelalters verantwortlich gewesen war. Neben dem Lehngut war bereits im ältesten erhaltenen Flurverzeichnis eine der Kirche zugeordnete Hufe. Somit ist ein Kirchenbau vermutlich bereits während der Gründungszeit entstanden. Ob hier eine eigene Pfarrstelle bestanden hat ist ungewiss, denn bis ins 18. Jahrhundert unterstand Borstendorf dem Pfarramt in Waldkirchen. Die alte Kirche war Anfang des 19. Jahrhunderts so baufällig geworden, dass eine Neubau nötig geworden war. Das 1820-25 errichtete neue Gotteshaus kostete immerhin 2000 Taler. Der Altar wurde dabei jedoch aus der alten Kirche übernommen, wo er bereits zu vorreformatorischer Zeit entstanden ist.
The classic terminus-style stations started going out of fashion quite rapidly in the past few years, due to their inefficiency compared to through stations.
At a through station, the trains just need to stop to exchange passengers and move on with their journey without occupying the tracks and platforms for longer time periods.
Meanwhile, the terminus-style station configuration requires at least 10-20 minutes turnaround time for multiple units/push-pull trains, and even longer for locomotive-hauled trains for the engine to be changed or – in the worst case – run around, also blocking switches, and with that the movement of other trains.
There are initiatives nowadays to convert some terminal-style hubs to the other model throughout Europe, in the hope of increasing train frequency and removing bottlenecks. Out of Budapest's four busiest train stations today, 3 were built as terminus stations, including Nyugati pályaudvar.
Near the end of 2021, huge plans were unveiled within the BAVS (Budapest Agglomeration Railway Strategy), converting Nyugati to a through-station and building a tunnel under the Danube to connect to the western part of the country via Kelenföld or Déli. Mostly funded by the EU (CEF2), the total costs were estimated at around 4000 billion HUF.
The development group BFK (Budapest Development Centre) working on the preliminary planning of the project has been since dismantled, leaving it to fall into the lap of the newly established ÉKM (Ministry of Construction and Transportation), who immediately passed it down to the Hungarian State Railways, with only ~1.5 billion granted from the domestic budget.
Recently the competition for the plans to renew Nyugati and its surroundings came to an end, with the British architectural bureau Grimshaw International Ltd. chosen as the winner.
The visualisations are promising, but due to the current situation, I'm guessing the above-pictured scene will remain a common sight for many coming years.
