Can you just imagine the strikes! There would be no point in having advance ticket sales as you wouldnt know if the union had the trains off in support of fellow train workers in timbuctoo!
Rail fares going up by 3%+. Thankfully these days I only use the train for leisure trips but my daughter attends College in Brirmingham and gets the train every weekday during term time. The service is terrible, trains regularly cancelled or late and she rarely gets a seat. At least once a week they have to stop people getting on a train as they physically can't get anymore people on them. Surely a major incident with mass casualties is only a bit of bad luck away with massively overcrowded trains. We've actually taken the decision to let her drop one of her A levels partly down to the unreliability of the transport system. I can remember the days of the nationalised rail service which was also ****e so I don't see a vote for Corbyn as the answer. My daughter on the other hand sees it differently.
My wife has traveled into London all her working life and it’s been **** for about the last 25 years. I only managed about 10.over Christmas our mainline into scouse st was completely shut from the 23rd to the 2nd jan. we’ve had hardly any weekend service for the last 2years and all for the measly price of about 2 grand.its pathetic,I’ve given up going to London, I hardly ever go football anymore.
The wisdom of youth – the current way is a load of s****, so let us do it another way because that avuncular man makes it sound great. Not being a train user generally, I had to laugh when the train operators’ spokesman claimed that the fare rises would mean new trains coming this year but when somebody bothered to fact check this it seems that Northern’s “new” trains are mostly refurbished old stock from somewhere else that is getting new trains (as are Hull Trains, who only have four trains that are always breaking down) and one of the mainline companies are getting new ‘fast’ trains but not until the end of the year and they will have to go slowly in northern England because of incompatible signalling. Of course Comrade Corbyn can solve all that. I am sure somebody will get some new rolling stock just in time for the next timetable change calamity.
Pet hate. People placing their fingers all round the rim of the glass when pouring/passing a drink. My eagle eyes watch out for the glasses with the least (preferably not) touched rims. I need to find a spot on the glass I can drink from. Wherever possible, if this occurs, I grab a glass and get them to pour without touching the top of the glass - or pour it myself. Let's face it; I've seen blokes come out from the gents toilet without washing their hands, and be especially aware of people who nip for a pee behind a tree/bush. No chance of them touching my glass. Similar hate of peanuts/crisps on the bar where people stick their fingers in the dish and grab a handful, contaminating those left in the bowl. I prefer to pour some nuts into my own dish and enjoy them. Call me fussy but you just don't know where those fingers have been. Also people licking their fingers and then dipping in to the food again YUK
Ron I know that feeling exactly. In Kenya where i spend a lot of time everyone wants to shake hands everytime you meet them, i avoid it like the plague. Same with door handles, taps, etc.
I eat with a knife and fork Ron. You should try it . To be serious for a second though when I worked in a large open plan office back in the day, never mind having a slash, I would observe chaps coming out of the cubicles and not washing their hands. I had a mental list of lads that I would never ever accept them making me a brew or get me anything from the canteen on a sarnie run. Dirty bastards.
Same thing exactly for about 3 years. A small dept and we took turns in making a brew - I spotted one of the chaps, old bloke we called |Yoda, coming out of the lavs and there was no noise from the hand driers. From then on I always refused when it was his turn. He eventually twigged, and declared to the office that "Ian doesn't like my tea". I just agreed, and said it was crap. Which it probably was!
I was at Cheltenham and one of the staff serving food appeared from the cubicle after having a **** and walked straight out the door without washing his hands. Dirty bastard..
And then there is the fish and chip shop where they wrap up the food. What makes me cringe is when they lick their finger to help pick up the next piece of paper
What a precious bunch you are. If we have a meet up I expect you all to turn up in Japanese style germ masks!
So if someone had been to the toilet and not washed their hands, dipped their fingers in a dish of peanuts, licked their fingers and dipped in again, you wouldn't mind helping yourself to some remaining peanuts in the same dish, or putting your lips to a glass they had handed to you with their fingers having covered the rim of the glass. Maybe I am fussy but I'm afraid that rather puts me off indulging
Some questions don't need answering Ron! I started to expand on this topic before deciding it was inappropriate. I can cancel that if there is enough demand
When you are getting on a bit and visit the local Sainsabubbles to buy one particular item, let us say f****n' milk, and you return home with three 'three packs' of Yorkies, raspberry jam filled doughnuts, teriyaki sauce and a new kettle (sale item) and no f****n' milk!
People keep saying "You know what I mean?" after making a simple statement. I have to resist saying things (depending on my tolerance level) like "Sorry were you talking in a foreign language? I'll put into Google Translate; that should help" or "Of course I know what you mean do you think I'm a ****ing imbecile or something?". Of course, I refrain
Stupid advert where grown ups talk to each other in baby voices. WTF is that all about. And Wycombe have gone a goal down . Relegation looming
