Chaos at Charing Cross tonight. Huge delays, disruption and cancellations. "Poor rail conditions". That'll be the same rail conditions that we get every fucking autumn then! The Canadians cope with six feet of permafrost and snow and we grind to a halt when the rails get a little bit wet. Not that it isn't predictable or anything. Completely useless.
Just see on the news they surprised some passengers this morning by running a luxury train with three course breakfast to victoria. Good publicity for the sly bastards.
Chaos at Charing Cross tonight. Huge delays, disruption and cancellations. "Poor rail conditions". That'll be the same rail conditions that we get every fucking autumn then! The Canadians cope with six feet of permafrost and snow and we grind to a halt when the rails get a little bit wet. Not that it isn't predictable or anything. Completely useless.
It's those leaves. They're a menace. And when they get damp! Phwar they're so slippery they could be lethal!
Its not the leaves per se, its the liquid that come out the leaves when they're crushed. Added with water from rain this forms a lubricant which is the equivalent of black ice. The sand helps a little but doesn't really put a dent in it to be honest.
This is why network rail have been chopping down trees all summer. Still hasn't really worked though. Not sure what the solution is really.
Wet underfoot today. So my walk to uni took a couple of mins longer. Was tough!
Enjoying not commuting! How are the trains running guys?!
Guessing you've got a year or two at most before you finish uni. By the time you've got your degree, they'll probably have increased the retirement age again, meaning you'll have to work until your 75, so you'll have over 50 years of commuting to look forward to, about the same amount of time that Ian Brady has been in prison for.
You have to work about 230 days a year in a standard job, taking account of leave and weekends. So on that basis, and also on the basis that you'll be forced to work for 50 years before you're allowed to die, that means that you'll hear the phrase "we apologise for any inconvenience this may cause" approximately 23,920 times.
Wet underfoot today. So my walk to uni took a couple of mins longer. Was tough!
Enjoying not commuting! How are the trains running guys?!
Guessing you've got a year or two at most before you finish uni. By the time you've got your degree, they'll probably have increased the retirement age again, meaning you'll have to work until your 75, so you'll have over 50 years of commuting to look forward to, about the same amount of time that Ian Brady has been in prison for.
You have to work about 230 days a year in a standard job, taking account of leave and weekends. So on that basis, and also on the basis that you'll be forced to work for 50 years before you're allowed to die, that means that you'll hear the phrase "we apologise for any inconvenience this may cause" approximately 23,920 times.
Still feeling smug, sonny?! ;-)
Hahaha 100% deserved that. Commuted all last year and it was horrendous felt like I heard it 23000 times just in that year.. finish uni in June and will be commuting again... can't wait!
Wet underfoot today. So my walk to uni took a couple of mins longer. Was tough!
Enjoying not commuting! How are the trains running guys?!
Guessing you've got a year or two at most before you finish uni. By the time you've got your degree, they'll probably have increased the retirement age again, meaning you'll have to work until your 75, so you'll have over 50 years of commuting to look forward to, about the same amount of time that Ian Brady has been in prison for.
You have to work about 230 days a year in a standard job, taking account of leave and weekends. So on that basis, and also on the basis that you'll be forced to work for 50 years before you're allowed to die, that means that you'll hear the phrase "we apologise for any inconvenience this may cause" approximately 23,920 times.
Still feeling smug, sonny?! ;-)
Hahaha 100% deserved that. Commuted all last year and it was horrendous felt like I heard it 23000 times just in that year.. finish uni in June and will be commuting again... can't wait!
You've also got to go through the first maybe 2/3 years where a part of your soul actually dies.
Any poor sod on the Woolwich line this morning? I've been stuck at Abbey Wood for over half an hour because of a trespasser on the line in a tunnel at Woolwich. Causing mayhem. The driver doesn't seem to know much. Trespassers should be shot.
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Wrong type of sand?
This is why network rail have been chopping down trees all summer. Still hasn't really worked though. Not sure what the solution is really.
Edit: for the record I'm not defending SE.
It's made me realise just how much I've enjoyed not really commuting this year. Which is a bugger, as I love the social life of working in an office.
Enjoying not commuting! How are the trains running guys?!
You have to work about 230 days a year in a standard job, taking account of leave and weekends. So on that basis, and also on the basis that you'll be forced to work for 50 years before you're allowed to die, that means that you'll hear the phrase "we apologise for any inconvenience this may cause" approximately 23,920 times.
Still feeling smug, sonny?! ;-)
I've been stuck at Abbey Wood for over half an hour because of a trespasser on the line in a tunnel at Woolwich.
Causing mayhem. The driver doesn't seem to know much.
Trespassers should be shot.