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  1. 60044 replied to the thread Oil Firing.

    I would imagine that "total cropable area" is unlikely to include the areas you mention, by and large, any ore than it would include house gardens, the New Forest, North Yorkshire Moors, Bodmin Moor etc.

    Aug 14, 2026 at 3:46 PM

  2. 60044 liked 35B's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    [My emphasis] The whole point of this, and previous, discussions is that the messaging about the role of ordinary members is not nurturing engagement.

    Aug 14, 2026 at 3:38 PM

  3. 60044 liked Sawdust's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    By the way, I'd like congratulate Lineisclear on his joining the ranks of the Yorkshire Light Keyboard Warriors. Sawdust.

    Aug 14, 2026 at 3:37 PM

  4. 60044 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Membership is a feedback loop system. The more the members are rewarded by genuine good news and progress the more likely they are to contribute and to increase their contributions, but it is a system that is equally detrimental in reverse, and...

    Aug 14, 2026 at 3:15 PM

  5. 60044 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Is he a volunteer? He hasn't bothered to reply to my message regarding terminating my membership, or the follow-up message pointing out that I was still being sent copies of the bin liner (aka Moors Line). There is hope with a new chairman -...

    Aug 14, 2026 at 3:08 PM

  6. 60044 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    I do get the impression, however, that the person who changed their mind about their large bequest was thinking 'the line is inevitably going bust, and will take my money with it, down the drain; I'd rather do something else with it, where it...

    Aug 14, 2026 at 12:42 PM

  7. 60044 liked ghost's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    Well if you listen to Lineisclear, that person with the bequest is not that important because they are 'just' a member/supporter and he would rather time is spent chasing Arts Council grants than looking after the members and supporters who have...

    Aug 14, 2026 at 12:41 PM

  8. 60044 liked jnc's post in the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    There's one aspect of bequests that's worth thinking about, it seems to me. It feels like part of the mess at the NYMR is ('was', really - it's over, now, mostly) a struggle over power. One faction/group (I'm not sure how many there are,...

    Aug 14, 2026 at 12:33 PM

  9. 60044 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    If the hard facts are so clear, please state them - although I doubt that you can. For example, I read in Moors Line that the new MIC at Grosmont was made possible by a grant, but the match funding, of a similar amount, came from a private...

    Aug 14, 2026 at 12:05 AM

  10. 60044 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    So, please ennunciate where the funds that underpin the railway's date to day expenses come from, and how much they amount to?

    Aug 13, 2026 at 11:39 PM

  11. 60044 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    It would help immeasurably if you were to even understand how to formulate a reply, whether it might be absolute c**p or pure gold wisdom!

    Aug 13, 2026 at 11:37 PM

  12. 60044 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    The NYMR was a a very different organisation back then. I was at the AGM when Brian Horner was deposed as Trust Chairman, because he sought a better funded organisation with more professional management. As it turned out, the Trust, guided by...

    Aug 13, 2026 at 7:59 PM

  13. 60044 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    ..... and everything you have mentioned shows resoundingly what is wrong with the NYMR is it is now governed, and - I'm deeply, deeply sorry to say - is why its days are now numbered, probably in terms of months rather than years. The hole...

    Aug 13, 2026 at 7:07 PM

  14. 60044 replied to the thread North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion.

    It all looks, to a reluctant conspiracy theorist like myself to minimise the effect and value of an AGM - but typical of the recent and present management, but they seem so set in position now that they are almost impossible to dislodge the it's...

    Aug 13, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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