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Solitude sometimes speaks to you, and you should listen.
"Switching between different kinds of chuu chuu sometimes gives this "urgh wtf?" effect because it's giving people the phi phenomenon."
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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Wizard of LED poi !
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Because it's run by idiots, generally employs idiots and nobody seems to have a sense of achievement, satisfaction or work ethic in their job. /quote]
They work in public transport ferrying around ungrateful people all day - what kind of job is that! Job satisfaction? I'm nice to bus drivers, ticket inspectors and the like as I can imagine how boring thier job can be sometimes.
The whole system is managed by idiots, compounded by the privitisation farce the the Tories and New Labour put through. How it's run financially is a farce, but the people working on it suffer it as much as you do.
The train network needs a certain amount of miles of line replaced every year. Since privitisation only a quarter of that work has been done. They're now trying to catch up, but it'll take 10 years. The result is delays, derailments and death!
Interestingly the Indian railway system the British Empire built is just as old and underfunded. The trains are slow, but they're mostly on time apparently.
And comparing flights to trains is silly, because you book cheap flights in advance. Planes don't need track, and the excessive fuel they use to pollute the atmosphere is tax free. If I want a train ticket to Edinburgh in 2 weeks then it'll cost me about £50. A flight costs £70. A flight tomorrow costs over £250
Quote:It's the job they choose to do, that's what!
They work in public transport ferrying around ungrateful people all day - what kind of job is that!
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The whole system is managed by idiots, compounded by the privitisation farce the the Tories and New Labour put through. How it's run financially is a farce, but the people working on it suffer it as much as you do.
Quote:More idiots doing/done a bad job
The train network needs a certain amount of miles of line replaced every year. Since privitisation only a quarter of that work has been done. They're now trying to catch up, but it'll take 10 years. The result is delays, derailments and death!
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And comparing flights to trains is silly, because you book cheap flights in advance.
Quote:But isn't the excessive fuel tax duty applicable to vehicles travelling on the Queens highways....not the railways?? They all pay tax...tax 'free' fuel is a myth.
and the excessive fuel they use to pollute the atmosphere is tax free
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I had a dream that my friend had a
strong-bad pop up book,
it was the book of my dreams.
I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
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Only when the last tree has died
and the last river has been poisoned
and the last fish has been caught
will we realise that we
cannot eat money.
Cree Indian, 1909
I had a dream that my friend had a
strong-bad pop up book,
it was the book of my dreams.
I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
**giggles**
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the British just love whinging!
Monkeys monkeys and bananas
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Quick, off topic post: "tax 'free' fuel is a myth."
Article 8 paragraph 1 of the EEC Council Directive 92/81 requires Member States to exempt mineral oils from the harmonised excise duty when they are supplied for use as fuels for the purpose of air navigation other than private pleasure flying.
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I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
**giggles**
I live in a world of infinite possibilities.
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My magic carpet is my favourite way to travel. It's eco-friendly too
Monkeys monkeys and bananas
I had a dream that my friend had a
strong-bad pop up book,
it was the book of my dreams.
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I had a dream that my friend had a
strong-bad pop up book,
it was the book of my dreams.
Never pick up a duck in a dungeon...
Flowers are pretty.
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