People are having bed and breakfast in their family saloons on the overtaking lane of the M8.
"The more people we can get on the trains the better for the congestion on the M8, " he said.
The pair then drove back to Scotland where they were stopped at Harthill Services at the M8 later that evening.
At one point the main east to west route between Glasgow and Edinburgh, the M8, was completely closed for 48 hours.
Many drivers were stuck overnight on the M8 after heavy snow caused severe disruption to the route that links Glasgow with Edinburgh.
Just off the M8 at Newhouse, there's a shiny newish building packed to the steel rafters with tiny glass tubes in plastic trays.
The new road will follow a route from the Fullarton Road Junction near Carmyle to the M8 just west of the Kingston Bridge.
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Oh, and there's one more thing: did we mention that the M8 works with "virtually all" Leica M series lenses produced since 1954?
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Inspired by the success of the Angel of the North at Gateshead, recent such grand public art project spending has enhanced journeys along the M8 and at Cumbernauld.
It's been almost three years since we saw our first taste of the Meizu M8, which was at that point a fairly shameless rip of the iPhone, albeit mostly theoretical.
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Funded by the Scottish government, the line is expected to open up new economic and educational opportunities for those living along the route and offer an alternative for commuters using the M8.
Wong himself, claims that a first cut of the M8 will arrive next month -- along with plenty more pictures and details -- but it'll be a somewhat neutered rendition that features just 128MB of RAM and zero flash.
The saga of the Meizu M8 is one of the more entertaining dramas in the phone biz these days, owing partly to the endless delays and tweaks, granted -- but owing much more to the truly masterful ripping of the iPhone's industrial design.
The Leica M8 doesn't just have a pretty body, nor is it resting on the laurels of its predecessors: it's got a 10.3 megapixel resolution, with a low-noise CCD image sensor that starts at ISO 160 but that can also kick up to ISO 2500.
ENGADGET: Leica M8 combines old-world charm with new-world tech
The new M8 Firmware 1.0.0.1 beta has been demo'd on video, and seems to be taking some new cues from Android and Windows Mobile -- along with some original and sexy UI elements of Meizu's own devising -- that really set it apart from its iPhone-aping days of yore.
ENGADGET: New Meizu M8 beta firmware looking desirable, bordering on original
This one's for all of you Meizu fanboys out there: To tide you over while you wait for the M8 3G launch in March 2010 (with a possible M8 3G S planned for Smarch 2043 or thereabouts) the company's announced that the handset will be getting a UI refresh with its firmware 1.0 release come August.
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