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Come Inside... => Saloon Bar => Topic started by: Nick on July 13, 2007, 09:15:38 AM
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What is it with this country and its collapsing infrastructure?
Journey 1: Crewe to Hereford: uneventful
Journey 2: Hereford to London
Change at Newport. Get off train. "No London trains are stopping at Newport. Get back on the train, go to Cardiff and await orders." Go to Cardiff. All trains cancelled or severley delatyed (signalling problems). Platform announcements and display boards in WELSH! Much conferring among passengers.
Train shows up and we are told it will go non stop to Lond. Fab. It stops at Newport (!) ("Hey I left here 90 minutes ago") but frustrated passengers on station are reufsed entry ("not a scheduled stop"). Angry faces at window and much shouting at rail staff. Train crawls out of station and then stops as the tunnel ahead is blocked. 45 minutes of sheep watching follow cussing:. Arrive London at 9.30 p.m. (original arrival time was 7.00)
Journey 3: Euston to Runcorn
7.17 train cancelled
8.17 train delayed
Train leaves at 9.05 (signalling problems)
Train stops at Watford Junction (someone had decided to end it all, entrails on the track)
Arrive Runcorn midnight (scheduled time was 10.00)
Station car park locked so Nickmobile inaccessible.
Phone calls eventually produce a grumpy security guard who lets us (about 20 irritable sods) get our cars.
Arrive home 1.45 a.m.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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Why don't you drive to these places?
The Wales-Paddington line is notoriously unreliable.
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Why don't you drive to these places?
The Wales-Paddington line is notoriously unreliable.
Thanks for the information evil:. No use to me now is it?! Banghead Banghead
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Sorry, I did think that everyone I ever spoke to knew my feelings. redface: Banghead
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Take a nationwide, integrated transport infrastructure and break it up into separately managed bits? Hmmmnnnn? bloody brilliant idea that was. rubschin:
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Sorry, I did think that everyone I ever spoke to knew my feelings. redface: Banghead
And ignored them? point:
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Sorry, I did think that everyone I ever spoke to knew my feelings. redface: Banghead
And ignored them? point:
Mr Wench?!?!? eeek:
Don't tell me you lot have discovered how to tune me out too! sad24:
Is it my fault then? No! cussing: Banghead
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Sorry, I did think that everyone I ever spoke to knew my feelings. redface: Banghead
And ignored them? point:
Mr Wench?!?!? eeek:
Don't tell me you lot have discovered how to tune me out too! sad24:
Is it my fault then? No! cussing: Banghead
Did somebody say something? whistle:
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Banghead sad24: Banghead
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Never mind Wenchy, at Barman's incredibly advanced age his hearing is bound to be going point:
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How did you get to Crewe and why return to Runcorn?
Why did you not get train from Crewe straight to London, ?12.50 one way if booked early and about an hour and 50 minutes?
Runcorn, makes Crewe appear nice.
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Why don't you drive to these places?
The Wales-Paddington line is notoriously unreliable.
My Great Grandfather helped build that line.
Errr I realise that is no recommendation. redface:
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How did you get to Crewe and why return to Runcorn?
Why did you not get train from Crewe straight to London, ?12.50 one way if booked early and about an hour and 50 minutes?
Runcorn, makes Crewe appear nice.
Because I had to go to hereford.
OK?
And I went to Crewe on the Train from Runcorn (uneventfully)
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But why didn't you drive? eeek:
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Home - Hereford - London (Oxford Circus) and back home in 36 hours. NO thanks.
ANd anyway I have given the planet 1 nanosecond of relief from global warming.
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Home - Hereford - London (Oxford Circus) and back home in 36 hours. NO thanks.
ANd anyway I have given the planet 1 nanosecond of relief from global warming.
But, you had to travel with others!!! eeek:
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But why didn't you drive? eeek:
I'm thinking Badgers, Canoes, London Parking charges, M6, M5, Hereford (Cider drinkers)
Oh I'm sure there are lots of reasons and anyway one can work on the train thus making one's time more productive.
Several of us used to drive (commute) into town daily and held our sales meetings via mobiles on conference calls to save on time. Also used to do all letter writing via a dictation gadget in the car but nowadays such practice is frowned on and the train as a mobile office has some attractions ~ unless you are Nick when all that can go wrong will.
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I omitted to mention that my carriage on teh way home was full of 14 year olds returning to Widnes after a "cultural" visit to London. Most of them seem to have spent the day in McDonalds
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How did you get to Crewe and why return to Runcorn?
Why did you not get train from Crewe straight to London, ?12.50 one way if booked early and about an hour and 50 minutes?
Runcorn, makes Crewe appear nice.
Because I had to go to hereford.
OK?
And I went to Crewe on the Train from Runcorn (uneventfully)
You can get direct to London from Runcorn...
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Home - Hereford - London (Oxford Circus) and back home in 36 hours. NO thanks.
ANd anyway I have given the planet 1 nanosecond of relief from global warming.
But, you had to travel with others!!! eeek:
Nick now has a smaller carbon footprint and has delayed the flooding of his street by at least an hour.
If he plants a tree on one of his many lawns that might buy him another 15 minutes.
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How did you get to Crewe and why return to Runcorn?
Why did you not get train from Crewe straight to London, ?12.50 one way if booked early and about an hour and 50 minutes?
Runcorn, makes Crewe appear nice.
Because I had to go to hereford.
OK?
And I went to Crewe on the Train from Runcorn (uneventfully)
You can get direct to London from Runcorn...
I HAD A MEETING IN HEREFORD EN ROUTE TO LONDON.
GEDDIT YET?
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How did you get to Crewe and why return to Runcorn?
Why did you not get train from Crewe straight to London, ?12.50 one way if booked early and about an hour and 50 minutes?
Runcorn, makes Crewe appear nice.
Because I had to go to hereford.
OK?
And I went to Crewe on the Train from Runcorn (uneventfully)
You can get direct to London from Runcorn...
I HAD A MEETING IN HEREFORD EN ROUTE TO LONDON.
GEDDIT YET?
Ahhh, i'd have skipped it. When did you Runcorn to Crewe we may have shared, though i didn't notice any Frank Spencer moments!
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In my Service days I was stationed at Hereford for two years. Train journey home involved Hereford to Pontypool Road there had to change to Newport train. At Newport change to Swansea - London line. Couldn't get the express there as I then had to change at Reading for Basingstoke and at Basingstoke change for Southampton. Since I travelled on a service rail warrant there was no changing the route either.
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My Runcorn to Crewe was the 11.35 on Tuesday morning. (For what it's worth)
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In my Service days I was stationed at Hereford for two years. Train journey home involved Hereford to Pontypool Road there had to change to Newport train. At Newport change to Swansea - London line. Couldn't get the express there as I then had to change at Reading for Basingstoke and at Basingstoke change for Southampton. Since I travelled on a service rail warrant there was no changing the route either.
Fascinating evil:
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How did you get to Crewe and why return to Runcorn?
Why did you not get train from Crewe straight to London, ?12.50 one way if booked early and about an hour and 50 minutes?
Runcorn, makes Crewe appear nice.
Because I had to go to hereford.
OK?
And I went to Crewe on the Train from Runcorn (uneventfully)
You can get direct to London from Runcorn...
I HAD A MEETING IN HEREFORD EN ROUTE TO LONDON.
GEDDIT YET?
Ahhh, i'd have skipped it. When did you Runcorn to Crewe we may have shared, though i didn't notice any Frank Spencer moments!
I know it's your Birthday but why talking like Yoda you are?
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In my Service days I was stationed at Hereford for two years. Train journey home involved Hereford to Pontypool Road there had to change to Newport train. At Newport change to Swansea - London line. Couldn't get the express there as I then had to change at Reading for Basingstoke and at Basingstoke change for Southampton. Since I travelled on a service rail warrant there was no changing the route either.
Fascinating evil:
I was trying hard to head off Mr Happy ~ who would seem to be a little "emotional" today.
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I had noticed that. All the right words, not necessarily in the right order. rubschin:
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noooo: So I guess I no longer have an excuse to pop up to Hereford for another "Wild" meal, since it appears that you have already been and gone, you could have waved though, anytime whilst you were wallying around in Newport / Cardiff / Newport, or sitting waiting for the tunnel. Silly ass. whistle: If you had phoned, I could have come and pulled faces at you through the window, I know just where it stops. point:
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noooo: So I guess I no longer have an excuse to pop up to Hereford for another "Wild" meal, since it appears that you have already been and gone, you could have waved though, anytime whilst you were wallying around in Newport / Cardiff / Newport, or sitting waiting for the tunnel. Silly ass. whistle: If you had phoned, I could have come and pulled faces at you through the window, I know just where it stops. point:
Have we been introduced?
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Ha Ha!!! Someone has forgotten who they are! point:
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Pray enlighten me.
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Pray enlighten me.
Meow
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How many cats are there in this pub? I thought there were two, now we have three. Are they breeding?
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How many cats are there in this pub? I thought there were two, now we have three. Are they breeding?
Banghead
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Been at the beer since midday I have.
Ends in an 0 my birthday.
Love and hugs,
Yodappy
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Happy Birthday?
Have a clap 8)
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In my Service days I was stationed at Hereford for two years.
Ooooooooh! Snoopy McNab. worthy:
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Nah ~ they were up the road .... they have now come down the road and taken over the old RAF Hereford.
We did play them at Rugby once ~ I've still got the scars 40 years on.
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Nah ~ they were up the road ....
Of course you would say that wouldn?t you? worthy:
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Nah ~ they were up the road ....
Of course you would say that wouldn?t you? worthy:
Exactly! worthy: worthy:
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Listen you two p*ss takers I'll have you know my biro was considered a lethal weapon.
The SAS were at Bradbury Lines in my day.
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Listen you two p*ss takers I'll have you know my biro was considered a lethal weapon.
The SAS were at Bradbury Lines in my day.
He was issued with a poisoned biro!
Snoopy Bond no less! worthy: worthy: worthy:
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Sod off ::)
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Sod off ::)
happy100
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censored:
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Sod off ::)
Whatever you say? scared2:
worthy:
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can I hear the sound of Shirley Bassey singing...
"Gold Biro.... dubby dubby dum.... he's the man.. with the golden ink....
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Oooh! I worked at Hereford for a while too.
We used to listen for all the gunshots and wonder whether 'they' were actually training or, as usually happened, had really shot something or someone.
Rhode Island Red was a menu favourite up there then as I recall... whistle:
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If I were you lot I'd keep an eye on the shrubbery in your gardens.
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If I were you lot I'd keep an eye on the shrubbery in your gardens.
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Self portrait? worthy:
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I'd guess so Barman, having worked out that the Red Baron will always fly circles around him he's decided to try and get him on the ground point:
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If I were you lot I'd keep an eye on the shrubbery in your gardens.
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Self portrait? worthy:
Clip from a Quatermass film?
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If I were you lot I'd keep an eye on the shrubbery in your gardens.
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Self portrait? worthy:
Clip from a Quatermass film?
Berek the morning after? eeek:
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If I were you lot I'd keep an eye on the shrubbery in your gardens.
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Self portrait? worthy:
Clip from a Quatermass film?
Berek the morning after? eeek:
Or the morning before. No real difference. ;)