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Post by Admin Team on May 6, 2005 7:30:42 GMT
Hi I am a non-railway person that lives is Calif. most of the time other than when I am at my Bethnal Green flat on Romen Road that two friends and I own. I ride3 the District from Mile End some of the time the rest the Central. We are comeing to London one at a time over the next two weeks until all three are at the flat with a first time London visitor joining us. We are have our May party on the 15th and if any one wants to come by email me at jdethlef@earthlink.net Thanks for the generous invite, though sadly I won't be able to accept, as I'll be at work. You want to be careful offering this lot a party though - you'll get some very disreputable types attending!!!
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Post by Admin Team on Apr 28, 2005 20:39:00 GMT
Nah, South Harrow's District innit Definitely Jim! At least, it was the last time I went up there........
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Post by Admin Team on Apr 23, 2005 18:25:14 GMT
I think most of you know what I do!
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Tea
Apr 22, 2005 14:36:57 GMT
Post by Admin Team on Apr 22, 2005 14:36:57 GMT
Oh dear, oh dear......... I'm seriously starting to worry about some of you lot
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Post by Admin Team on Apr 13, 2005 19:34:44 GMT
Nice one Q8!! I can remember Trolleybuses and Q-stock on the District (with air-worked doors), but you've got me beat with both handworked doors and London Trams! Yup, I'm with you on those two Pete. Getting rid of trolley buses seemed like a good idea in the late fifties........
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Post by Admin Team on Apr 9, 2005 21:29:13 GMT
This has been inspired by a couple of other threads - recollections and memories of first encounters with trains and route options.........
Personally (so this is a real give away to my age!) my first memories of the Underground was going up to Oxford Street on the Central on what must have been 38TS and the Ealing Broadway - Greenford shuttle when it was a Pannier and Autocoach.
Yes, I really am that old.......................
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Post by Admin Team on Apr 16, 2005 20:20:11 GMT
Hey I'm not a sprog been in over 7 years just never come across the term! Well, I'm sure it'll stun your shipmates when you bring it up in conversation or come in handy if you offer the Commander a cup at your next promotion board? Never let it be said that a forum about London Underground isn't diverse and educational!!
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Post by Admin Team on Apr 16, 2005 19:26:53 GMT
LOL - Ought to read a few Douglas Reeman novels too!
Practiacally every one has a reference to this particular brew!
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Post by Admin Team on Apr 9, 2005 21:06:01 GMT
Ah lol ;D ;D Well I see what you are getting at, but it must work both ways! Cheeky young whipper snapper.... (mumble, mumble..... 'youngsters today' ....mumble, mumble)
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Post by Admin Team on Apr 9, 2005 20:51:25 GMT
lol I will try not to! Tower Hill or Paddington?! ;D ;D 40 is much better, has a nice head on it!! AND no its not alcoholic! Either of the above - but if it involves 'OP38' the least it would require would be a three course dinner in a hosterly with which you are well acqauinted! (Apologies to others if this is a bit 'cliquey'!) Oh, and mine's 18 Strong from the machine.
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Post by Admin Team on Apr 9, 2005 19:30:19 GMT
Thanks, the next one is on you isnt it? We are 1 - 1 are we not? ;D Yup - my round next. Unless, of course, you do something to incur my wrath and need to placate me ;D
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Post by Admin Team on Apr 9, 2005 19:21:29 GMT
Coffee - extremely black, extremely strong with no sugar.
The best coffee is the sort that makes your cheeks implode when you take a sip.
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Post by Admin Team on Apr 19, 2005 15:00:39 GMT
Pardon? Is there an English explanation for that acronym for this old git to understand? ;D LOL Alan - glad it's not just me!!
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Post by Admin Team on Apr 21, 2005 20:15:49 GMT
If this boring soul destroying shift would ever end, then so would I ;D But at least you have the luxury of being able to browse the web and post here whilst you're at work though Citysig..... *Thinks*... Laptop with a wireless connection and roaming for networks..... hmmmmm... well, maybe not!
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Post by Admin Team on Apr 19, 2005 15:05:00 GMT
There are only 7 of them on the same side as you, so quite often it's another District that's slowing you down. (Gets ready to be banned from the forum ;D) Yeah, that's fine. BUT why, oh why are ALL SEVEN in front of me?? (Get banned Citysig? I don't think so! This forum is for robust discussion, mutual ribbing and ritual humiliation as appropriate! And I'm not just referring to LU staff BTW!)
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Post by Admin Team on Apr 19, 2005 15:14:13 GMT
How many women are on this forum? Looking through the membership list it appears we have no female members on it, though from experience with other such places this isn't unusual. I would like some ladies about the place, so as to get a 'balanced' view, so come on girls, if there are any of you who read this, do join in. On the more general point of the number of female staff LU has... On the Stations side I'd guess (and this is purely from observation) about 25% are female. Traincrew-wise I'd reckon this now at about 10%. Anyone have any accurate figures?
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Post by Admin Team on Apr 9, 2005 21:24:48 GMT
I've seen figures about £30,000 floating around. BTW, am I correct on assumption that those figures are "per year, before taxation"? I've finally remembered to have a look at my last pay slip, and with the agreed increase from 1st April I see that (as an Instructor) I'll be on about £36k. T/Op is less than this by about 2.5% IIRC. This isn't boasting - the figures are available in the public domain I believe.
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Post by Admin Team on Apr 1, 2005 7:44:15 GMT
Personally, my earliest memories of watching trains was when I was less than three when the family lived in Hanwell.
My grandad used to take me down to (IIRC) Elthorne Park (known locally as the 'Bunny Park') and we used to watch the trains crossing the Warnecliffe Viaduct.
Now shows age... ex GWR Kings and Castles, 28xx (I suppose!) hauling freight, Panniers.
More latterly, when my lad was a 'toddler' we too used to go to West Ruislip (very close to where we live) to watch the trains - particularly in time for the 'dump train' ex South Ruislip waste depot, which was then routinely hauled by double headed Cl37's, 56's and the occasional 60.
Their were still quite regular steam specials along there too - sadly much rarer now, but they do still appear from time to time.
This was a bit over ten years ago now. But he's still an interest in trains, being a volunteer member at Didcot where he's spent a couple of summer weeks, though this has now become overshadowed with the Air Cadets!
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Jargon
Apr 1, 2005 8:27:49 GMT
Post by Admin Team on Apr 1, 2005 8:27:49 GMT
An excellent point Chris, and thanks Dmitri for putting up the link to Tubeprune's page.
'We' can be guilty at times of forgetting that not everyone's familar with our 'language' so - please - if there's ever any expressions/jargon etc. used that you (or anyone else of course) don't understand, do ask!
I'm sure solidbond agrees with this statement - the only stupid question is the one that you don't ask!
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Post by Admin Team on Mar 31, 2005 8:50:10 GMT
Well said Jim - it's very easy for us to imagine that we're the only ones that encounter this sort of behaviour. Igelkotten, I think I can speak for all of the staff of London Underground here - please pass on the the best wishes of all of us to your colleague for a complete and speedy recovery from this shocking and horrible incident. Ah - 'Mystery Shoppers'. That *really* helps doesn't it....
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Post by Admin Team on Mar 28, 2005 22:05:27 GMT
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Post by Admin Team on Mar 26, 2005 9:44:09 GMT
True. But noise is really the only major thing that can't be easily handled - things like cranes and lighting can be dealt with far more easily than sound. I actually live quite close to West Ruislip depot, quite close to the station. The engineers area at WER is to the east of the Met line, so is some little way away. However, I can confirm that the sound of the activity - the loading of ballast wagons in particular and the reversing 'beeps' from the (I presume) JCB's that load them can be heard quite clearly. This is particularly so during the night when there is engineering work in progress around the network! We're far enough away that it's not intrusive, but I bet for those who live closer it is more so.
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Post by Admin Team on Mar 24, 2005 16:15:33 GMT
This was sent to me in email, and I just had to share it with you.....
I have a great idea for something to waste space in this newsgroup. We could try writing some messages that are naturally right-justified. Also, if we do something as silly as that, we could also try posts that are self-referential like this one. You might think that writing self-referential right-justified posts would be difficult, but I am writing this one with very little effort. The trick is to just make sure that you keep an eye on how many spaces remain at the end of each line as you approach it. If you think your current line of thought will go past the end, then try to rephrase the sentence to make sure that it ends at the exact point you want it to. It really isn't very difficult. Soon you will start a habit of making all of your documents perfectly fit within a given margin. One problem is that you may be unable to rephrase the sentence so that it stays within the right margin. If that happens, you must remove the sentence and come up with another one to put in its place. After all, the format is usually more important than the content of a message. This is obviously true with this message, because it has almost no content, but the style is so amazing that it forces you to read through this message ignoring the fact that it says next to nothing. Now, I will do something different. I will start to shrink the right margin by one so that it starts to head back towards the beginning of the line. See, there is so much that you can do with the style of a post without worrying about the content. I actually have no more ideas to put in this stupid post, but I must keep typing until I finally get to the left side of the screen and end with one letter. I still have a long way to go, but I'm starting to get the hang of not paying attention to content and concentrating on the shape of the text. My words seem to just flow out into this beautiful empty article. I try to make sure that I do not make typos or errors with grammar because they might make it look like I am cheating. Well, it is getting close to the left side. Less than forty more lines to go and I will be done with this message. This is starting to get very boring, but it is still not very tough to do. I think that it might get more difficult once I am closer to the end. Well, I guess I will find out in a short time, since the end is approaching. It does seem to be getting more difficult, requiring a more complete look at the line. I seem to be using words that are smaller. This might not be easy now. It is much more common for me to delete a sentence. It is almost at the end. I can see it is almost the end. Dumb is what I think this end is !
god im bored!
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Post by Admin Team on Mar 23, 2005 21:30:41 GMT
Train cabs are fairly dirty things.
Many T/Ops wear gloves (I do, most of the time) and some use a flannel or small towel over the CTBC.
It also seems to be a bit less tiring on the hand.
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Post by Admin Team on Mar 23, 2005 20:42:45 GMT
Sorry folks - I don't understand what this thread has to do with either my site or the purpose of this forum.
THREAD LOCKED
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Post by Admin Team on Mar 23, 2005 9:16:56 GMT
I don't recall having heard anything about that, though I but some smartarse style guru thought it'd be a good idea. But, if they did, I'm not at all surprised the idea didn't go agead - after all if there's two things that visitors to London recognise straight away, it's those two icons of the transport system - other than the Routemaster and black cabs, I suppose! I was interested to see you decribe then as 'aleady a very string brand'.... I thought Officer Crabtree from 'allo, 'allo had signed up for a minute
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Post by Admin Team on Apr 21, 2005 16:24:24 GMT
Brilliant, Dr Jimi! Not only are you a very taleneted MSTS creator, but also a talented lyricist too! ;D I think we need to send the 'Virtual' Drugs & Alcohol testing team round to have a quiet word with Jimi!
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Post by Admin Team on Apr 21, 2005 16:23:16 GMT
I've always found button down colars a pain, and am not sure they addd much to a shirt that a well starched colar can't. I do my own ironing, do you all use starch? Starch?? Nooooooooooooooooooooooo! (At least, I don't think SWMBO does...)
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Post by Admin Team on Apr 19, 2005 21:16:33 GMT
On the subject of the new shirts (blue ones, that is for us 'mere' Operational types).... Mrs. DD has asked me to point out that as she does my ironing she preferred the old blue shirts - the new ones are a pain to iron with the button down collars OUCH - just been hit round the head with the rolling pin for using the rolling eyes. (I'm master in my own house - she's just told me I am!)
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Post by Admin Team on Mar 25, 2005 8:24:08 GMT
I wear combat style trousers in my job, and they are excellent, especially in the summer. I think LU should go back to the uniform issued in the mid - late 1990's, it was smart, had a traditional look to it and was much better than the 2000's one. I liked the ties with each line name on the bottom of it, that was good Whilst I agree with you Alex, the problem with that issue was that the white shirts were a bit of a nightmare in the dirty and dusty conditions of the Underground. I'm pretty sure that's why the white shirts now are for Duty Managers and Station Supervisors - they're generally more 'office bound' than the station and train operational grades. The new colours were very much along the lines of the old uniform though - that was part of the outcome of the consultation process. Yes, I liked the old 'line based' ties and the name badges too, and wich they'd revive both of those, even if they were only to be an option.
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