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A boring story
4 August 2006

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UCL Civil & Environmental Engineering 
Reclamet 
 
A tooth from one of the massive machines that bored under the sea to create the Channel Tunnel has been presented to UCL Civil & Environmental Engineering. 


Made of tungsten carbide-tipped steel and weighing 2.5kg, the 15cm tooth was one of 240 arranged along the cutting surface of the B6 Channel Tunnel Boring Machine. Reclamet, a recycling company, took possession of the machine when the tunnel was completed, with the aim of decommissioning and re-using its components. Some of the teeth are being auctioned off to raise money for cancer services in Kent. 

 
Professor Nick Tyler, Head of UCL Civil & Environmental Engineering, received the tooth from Madeleine White, Managing Director of Creativeuk solutions, a Kent-based PR company that is working with Reclamet to raise the profile of the fundraising campaign. Commenting on one of the more unusual items to be presented to the university, he recognised the symbolic significance of the tooth: “17 years before UCL acquired the Gower Street site, Richard Trevithick set up a demonstration on the site of his steam locomotive ‘Catch me who can’. Charles Vignoles, who brought the flat-bottomed rail design developed in the USA to the UK, and whose name has been associated with this design ever since, was the first Professor of Civil Engineering at UCL, from 1841–1844. 186 years after Trevithick’s demonstration, the UK’s railways were connected to those on the continent of Europe. Having a symbol of that breakthrough here marks UCL’s leading role in the proliferation of engineering ideas.”

It is planned that the tooth will form part of an exhibit on the UCL Bloomsbury campus celebrating the work of the university in the railway industry. 

To find out more, follow the links at the top of this item.

Image 1: Professor Nick Tyler receives the tooth from Madeleine White, Creativeuk solutions
Image 2: The Channel Tunnel Tooth

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A British correspondent at the World Athletics Championships in Edmonton has found himself in the news after describing the host city as a "Deadmonton". 
Daily Telegraph reporter Robert Philip wrote that Edmonton's charms were "less than obvious", and described it as a "visually unappealing corner of Canada". 

The local press is outraged, and the state premier has said Mr Phillip is "probably mad". 

The Telegraph man says he is now looking forward to visiting Edmonton's main tourist attraction: the world's largest shopping mall. 

What do you think is the most boring place on Earth? 

This Talking Point has now closed. Read a selection of your comments below.




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How about the drive from Houston to Dallas? 
 
Tony Sorace, Grenada  
How about the drive from Houston to Dallas, or vice versa? 200 some odd miles, terrain as flat as a pancake and when you see either Dallas or Houston, both cities look like clones of each other, same strip malls, same skyline. Come to think of it, the same applies to most cities in the USA. 
Tony Sorace, Grenada 

I'm surprised that a few people have named Singapore as being boring. I lived in Singapore for over five years and found it quite the opposite. It has an abundance of 24 hour night-clubs and live bands. The only thing, which I found boring apart from the political aspect of the country, were some of the expats, who refused to mix with the local people and experience the different cultures of S.E.A. I think that these expats might be the ones who are inclined to say Singapore is boring. There is life outside your condominiums and expat clubs, you just need to participate in the real world! 
Julian, Australia (Welsh expat) 



I have laughed so hard at these bored and desperate people's expense 
 
Emma, Britain  
I don't know where the most boring place on earth is but this Talking Point page isn't it. I have laughed so hard at these bored and desperate people's expense, I almost feel guilty. I might even start to sponsor them with train tickets to somewhere more exciting. 
Emma, Britain 

No contest - Harlow Town, Essex. Beggars belief. 
David, England 

Offshore Nova Scotia, Canada. On board a drilling rig has to be the most boring and foggy place on the face of the earth. Boooooor-ring! 
Howard Laughland, England 

Wait till you get married - you can't escape boredom wherever you are. 
M. M. Zaman, UK in USA 

I once spent 2 weeks in Hemel Hempstead and wished I'd stuck forks in my eyes instead! 
Dave Mustaine, UK 



Nowhere is boring as long as you have access to an international airport, a sense of adventure or a good set of friends 
 
Mark, Hong Kong  
Nowhere is boring as long as you have access to an international airport, a sense of adventure or a good set of friends. 
My favourite boring place is Dubai, UAE. Friends rave about it. I've been there twice recently looking for excitement. The city sucks. Awful. Absolutely dreadful place. The new airport is the best thing about it. 
Mark, Hong Kong 

The most boring place on Earth? Where the most boring person on Earth happens to be. 
Vern Norbury, Canada 

One word: Ballymena 
Niall Kennedy, UK 

Middlewich in Cheshire is the most boring place ever. It has 2 bus stops and 2 shops and that's it. 
TJ, UK 

Singapore most definitely. Its citizens need to be reminded to 'smile' from government campaigns. 
Zac, Singapore 

Britain is the most boring place. Its high criminal activity and ugly personality of its mainstream "Thatcherised" population proves this. 
Iveson, Edmonton, Canada 

I lived in Bonn for 6 years and thought it was quite a nice provincial town. Although it was the federal capital, the locals called it the federal village. I liked it. A US journalist, whilst stationed there about 20 years ago, described it as "being half the size of Chicago's main cemetary and twice as dead". I suppose your view is formed by previous experience. 
Colin, Germany 



A place where the locals still point at aeroplanes 
 
Clive, Australia (ex Luton)  
A few contenders - Redruth in Cornwall - a place where the locals still point at aeroplanes, Hemel Hempstead - so dull it makes Milton Keynes look like Disney World. Hatfield is also mind-numbingly bland and must have employed some of the most unimaginative architects ever to sit at a drawing board. 
Clive, Australia (ex Luton) 

The small seaside town of St Helens in Tasmania. The vacant stares of its citizens (especially at sunset when they gather on the street corners, like extras from Invasion Of The Bodysnatchers. Don't miss booking a room in the principal motel, where the multi-coloured acrylic carpet runs not only across the floor, but also up the walls - no doubt to prevent injuries as guests throw themselves against them in existential despair. 
James Petersen, Australia 

Hull - It's sooo boring the highlight of the day is deciding which hand to use when covering one's nose to avoid the smell of an old fishing town. 
Christopher Dalby, UK 

Runcorn in the North West of England HAS to be, by far, hands down, the winner. High crime, high teenage pregnancies, one shopping complex, and one night club for 60 thousand+ people. Need I say more! 
John, Edinburgh 

Whilst serving in Cyprus in the 70's we had servicemen and women sitting around complaining that there is nothing to do, but they were to lazy to get up and do something. People can be boring but not places, a place is only what you make of it unless you live on the Isle of Wight 
Phil Davies, UK 

Thank you everyone who has mentioned MK. It is without doubt the biggest hell-hole on earth. No character, no nightlife, no interesting people, no worthwhile architecture or history - need I go on. It should be bulldozed and forgotten about. Writing this is the most exciting thing that's happened to me this year! 
Keith, Milton Keynes 

If Phillips thinks Edmonton is boring, he should take a look around his home country, any place in Southeast England is by far more boring. Pubs seem to be the defining element of cultural attraction around here. Guess you have to drink yourself silly to enjoy the place. 
Max, UK 

If Singapore is as boring as some