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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2006 22:52:02 GMT
I tapped out the metaphorical 6 beats on the block bell to ajacent signalboxes...
oh, sorry, back to reality.
Subject title, relevant as it may, or may not, I will share with you my encounter with a certain female passenger this morning.
Having a day off, I decided to head towards the coast for a shopping trip different from what I am normally acquainted with. Now, I get to Bank, and after a quick run to Tottenham Court Road on my favourite line, I walk to Oxford Circus, picking up a few DVD's in HMV. Now, I descend to the Victoria Line, and board a waiting southbound train. I stand for the 5 minute journey. Now, infront of me, waiting to get off, is a lady, with a huge suitcase. Train stops, she puts the extend-a-handle away, steps off, extracts the handle, saunters over to the escalator, retracts the handle, lifts the case onto the escalator, gets to the top, stops immediately after stepping off, extends the handle once more, before trying to exit through the normal barrier. But before that, she fumbles about for tickets, taking her time etc. What annoyed me the most was the dead stop at the top of the escalator. After finding a train to my chosen destination, I boarded a Southern railway TOC Electrostar. No sooner had I stepped on, when I was violently pushed from behind, I stumbled forward, into the conductor, who was so kind as to help me to my feet. I turned round told the bloke he had 15 minutes to wait until the train left, so theres no need for all this pushing and shoving.
I had a glorious day in Brighton, spending my hard earned cash. The cheque mentioned earlier had cleared in my account, so I spent this windfall with delight on a few things. After getting back into London at around 4pm, I went for a short hop about town, taking in Willesden Green and the really fast Arriva express bus to Harrow on the Hill [christ knows what speed he did over the bridge at North Wembley, I was lifted out me seat!] From H-o-t-H, it was to Uxbridge and the delights of a chav-infested U1 bus to West Ruislip. These chavs mocked me for my huge DM boots. I wish I could have planted one of the boots right where it hurts... From West Rui, it was back to Bank, then home.
Can passengers really be so oblivious to their surroundings??? WHO in thier right mind would stop at the top of an escalator?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2006 23:03:45 GMT
The LU is no-where near as bad as my local ASDA supermarket. That really is bad  . Kids running round everywhere, trolley bashing all the way. People who won't let you get to the shelves, no room for anything, and to top it off the most recent times I have been in there have been on Saturday / Sunday mornings when suffering the effects of the night before.  As for DM's, nothing wrong with that. I have had a few pairs of them, one steel - toed pair of boots, another pair of normal toed ones and of course my beloved LU shoes I wore to school! |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2006 23:09:49 GMT
Sounds just like ASDA at Beckton!!! I also have three pairs of DM's all steelies. Red, Green and black, which is used for work. They're the 14 hole versions, so I have support for me gimpy ankles!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2006 23:15:24 GMT
I have actually been to the ASDA at Beckton. I was sat outside waiting for my mate to come out of it and this big west African bloke started groaning and screaming like an animal. It was like he was posessed. He actually threw a trolley into someones car, while they were still in it driving away with their shopping. He walked in front of a few other cars as well. I left as soon as my mate came out, so don't know what the outcome was.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2006 23:17:31 GMT
I have actually been to the ASDA at Beckton. I was sat outside waiting for my mate to come out of it and this big west African bloke started groaning and screaming like an animal. It was like he was posessed. He actually threw a trolley into someones car, while they were still in it driving away with their shopping. He walked in front of a few other cars as well. I left as soon as my mate came out, so don't know what the outcome was. A normal day in East London then ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2006 23:19:48 GMT
And what's wrong with East london, may i ask??? [apart from Chavs, chavettes, Dagenham, Ford Motors, Stratford and overpriced property]
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2006 23:28:05 GMT
And what's wrong with East london, may i ask??? [apart from Chavs, chavettes, Dagenham, Ford Motors, Stratford and overpriced property] There's nothing wrong. Best six months of my bus driving career were on the 25. I would have stayed, but couldn't get a tennant for my house in Northampton, so had to go back to Northampton, the UK's first 8 hour town. |
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Post by Colin on Mar 19, 2006 0:58:38 GMT
Can passengers really be so oblivious to their surroundings??? WHO in thier right mind would stop at the top of an escalator? Pop down to Earls Court, go down the stairs in the middle of platforms one & two where you will be greeted by the top landing for the escalators. Now stand and observe  ;D ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2006 9:57:11 GMT
Can passengers really be so oblivious to their surroundings??? WHO in thier right mind would stop at the top of an escalator? Pop down to Earls Court, go down the stairs in the middle of platforms one & two where you will be greeted by the top landing for the escalators. Now stand and observe ;D ;D Too true. Earl's Court is a terrible place for people stopping at the top of the up escalator. |
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Post by CSLR on Mar 19, 2006 10:36:46 GMT
Too true. Earl's Court is a terrible place for people stopping at the top of the up escalator. Then, of course, there are the overseas visitors. Having stood on the left hand side of the escalator during the descent to platform level, they take half a step forward on the bottom landing before unfolding a huge fold-out map. During the in-depth discussion of their plans to visit Madame Tussauds and Stonehenge, they are totally oblivious to the fact that half the population of London is being propelled towards them. |
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Post by compsci on Mar 19, 2006 12:00:58 GMT
The streets of Cambridge in tourist season (the whole year apart from the very coldest bit of winter) also have a habit of being pretty dangerous for any pedestrian who has the need to cross town in anything less than an hour.
Almost all of the pavements are only just wide enough for two people to pass, and even then not if someone is loaded with shopping bags. However the tourists see a pavement which is wide enough for them to walk side by side, which they do. Extremely slowly, and stopping every few seconds to gawp at something or other. Anyone coming the other way, or anyone wanting to walk at anything approaching a normal speed is forced to use the road instead. The bicycles tend to keep to the middle of the road, so the main hazard tends to be the buses, which tend to take up the whole road, and sometimes bits of the pavement too.
Speaking of buses, there are some suggestions that the buses should be banished into tunnels. My initial reaction was that building a tunnel in the marshy ground would be impossible. However the Master of my college, whose many achievements include keeping Big Ben upright when the JLE was built, assures us that this isn't as much an obstacle as might be thought. Convincing other colleges to allow tunneling so close to their ancient buildings will be another matter entirely.
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Post by CSLR on Mar 19, 2006 12:28:12 GMT
Speaking of buses, there are some suggestions that the buses should be banished into tunnels. It sounds like we are going full circle. Barlow's original suggestion was for a series of 'Omnibus Subways'. That idea developed into the London Tube system. |
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Post by edb on Mar 19, 2006 12:48:59 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2006 15:34:32 GMT
I have actually been to the ASDA at Beckton. I was sat outside waiting for my mate to come out of it and this big west African bloke started groaning and screaming like an animal. It was like he was posessed. Ah!!! You've met Winston I see! |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2006 21:25:25 GMT
I tapped out the metaphorical 6 beats on the block bell to ajacent signalboxes... oh, sorry, back to reality. Another absolute blocker chaps. How much d'you know then Mr 92? Sam |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2006 21:41:44 GMT
Ting!
I'm another one. If I'd spent less time in the signalbox and more in front of schoolbooks, I might not be a postie today!
Ting! Ting!..........Ting!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2006 22:06:16 GMT
 IECCs just aren't the same... Sam
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Post by Phil on Mar 21, 2006 22:06:56 GMT
And all I hear is
Ting, Ting, Ting..............Ting
Then a long wait!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2006 22:10:13 GMT
5-5-7'd the last bobby a long time ago..!
Sam
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2006 19:21:06 GMT
Oh, the glory days of a country signalbox, peaceful, only the chiitering of wildlife, then suddenly...TING, you get up and answer it... by replying on the wrong bell!
Oh what fun! Reminds me of work experience, interfacing with three block bell instruments...
To Ca55ie: there's a lot I don't know, but what i DO know, is priceless...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2006 21:26:30 GMT
To echo what t/o 92 said, there is a hell of a lot I don't know, but I had some fantastic evenings and Saturdays working the frame of the NER-built box at *******, on the York to Scarborough line. Depending on who was working the adjacent boxes, working the block instruments was great as well.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2006 18:07:40 GMT
5-5-7'd the last bobby a long time ago..! Sam Well, as long as he didnt reply with 2-6-3, or 3-5-5, I suppose it's ok. I gave 4-4-4-4 to my colleague this morning... he did the same a few hours later... unless of couse a 2-5 was given... |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2006 20:56:39 GMT
5-5-7'd the last bobby a long time ago..! Sam Well, as long as he didnt reply with 2-6-3, or 3-5-5, I suppose it's ok. I gave 4-4-4-4 to my colleague this morning... he did the same a few hours later... unless of couse a 2-5 was given... Haha... Think you need to refresh your rules matey. ;D Sam |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2006 21:08:52 GMT
I'll 3-5 that then!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2006 21:15:18 GMT
Get yer coat... Sam
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2006 21:21:21 GMT
[tries to think of reply - but fails. Miserably]
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2006 21:38:25 GMT
2-1, or perhaps 8? Best I could come up with at short notice...  Sam |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2006 21:54:00 GMT
! I'll now say 3-5, 7 and 7-5-5. missin' me 40 winks... [poor excuse, yes I know!] |
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. Kids running round everywhere, trolley bashing all the way. People who won't let you get to the shelves, no room for anything, and to top it off the most recent times I have been in there have been on Saturday / Sunday mornings when suffering the effects of the night before. 
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