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silverthorn2151 said:
There was an old lady outside Wood Green station last night from something like the 'Old people commie collective' supporting the odious Crow and his bully boys.
I have NEVER seen a member of station staff help an old lady/buggy/disabled person on the tube. See it on occasions on trains. You sometimes hear them say 'sorry luv, elf n safetee' as a 5'2" mum with buggy wants to get up the stairs.
Really? With the exception of buggies - a very, very young child died some years ago having fallen off while the buggy was being carried - it happens a lot.I have NEVER seen a member of station staff help an old lady/buggy/disabled person on the tube. See it on occasions on trains. You sometimes hear them say 'sorry luv, elf n safetee' as a 5'2" mum with buggy wants to get up the stairs.
Take, for example, a blind person that has requested assistance (many are happy to just go on ahead). They'll be escorted to the carriage, put on either centre or front car, car number radioed to control and that number radioed to destination station, with someone to meet them at the destination to escort out.
You might not see this happening, but it happens tens of times a day, every day.
As an aside - Wood Green
Thankfully I'm getting outta dodge in a couple weeks, having spent 6 months in Turnpike Lane. No more pro-Shariah law protests for me, wahoo 
einsign said:
why people choose to waste their time (and money) is beyond me.
Limiting factor for me historically was whether the place I was working has shower facilities. When I'm pedalling, I regress to being 10 years old and only have one speed, flat out. It's not a competitive thing, I'm just unable to cycle slowly and relaxed as I never did when I had a bike growing up 
As a result I always arrive in a sweaty heap.I'm happy to ride on 2 wheels through town (pushbike or motorbike) as by and large you make your own luck. Ride like an idiot and bad things will happen, be sensible and your odds improve dramatically. And that's coming from someone who was knocked off my pushbike by a truck a few years back. Was it the truck's fault? Yes. But in hindsight I was def not riding defensively.
k that for a getting a bit more lie in.Just playing devil's advocate here....but there are other cities apart from London to live and work in.....maybe if 20% of the entire countries population didn't try cram themselves into a tiny little postage stamp of land within the M25, things like commuting might just be that little bit easier....
pcvdriver said:
Just playing devil's advocate here....but there are other cities apart from London to live and work in.....maybe if 20% of the entire countries population didn't try cram themselves into a tiny little postage stamp of land within the M25, things like commuting might just be that little bit easier....
Very true and maybe I wouldn't have to earn so much just for the privilege of paying a fiver a pint or half a million for a shoebox of an apartment.Tried to get the wife to move when we were together and now I can't/won't move away from the kids
On a lighter note, I'm about to commute from SW London to Stratford in E London which I will use the overground for as there is a service from Clapham Junction that heads up through West London over the top through the Northern areas and out through the East to Hackney Wick where I'll finish with a 15 minute walk.
Better take an umbrella.
croyde said:
Very true and maybe I wouldn't have to earn so much just for the privilege of paying a fiver a pint or half a million for a shoebox of an apartment.
Tried to get the wife to move when we were together and now I can't/won't move away from the kids
On a lighter note, I'm about to commute from SW London to Stratford in E London which I will use the overground for as there is a service from Clapham Junction that heads up through West London over the top through the Northern areas and out through the East to Hackney Wick where I'll finish with a 15 minute walk.
Better take an umbrella.
Go to Waterloo and take the Jubilee line, surely..? The Overground at CJ will be hell. The Jubilee starts at Waterloo so you'll probably get a seat!Tried to get the wife to move when we were together and now I can't/won't move away from the kids
On a lighter note, I'm about to commute from SW London to Stratford in E London which I will use the overground for as there is a service from Clapham Junction that heads up through West London over the top through the Northern areas and out through the East to Hackney Wick where I'll finish with a 15 minute walk.
Better take an umbrella.
pcvdriver said:
Just playing devil's advocate here....but there are other cities apart from London to live and work in.....maybe if 20% of the entire countries population didn't try cram themselves into a tiny little postage stamp of land within the M25, things like commuting might just be that little bit easier....
Quite true, but then I cannot get a job like what I have that pays what I get most other places for various factors.Zod said:
Lovely people. Does Boris really want this caliber of person working in the Public sector....croyde said:
Very true and maybe I wouldn't have to earn so much just for the privilege of paying a fiver a pint or half a million for a shoebox of an apartment.
Tried to get the wife to move when we were together and now I can't/won't move away from the kids
On a lighter note, I'm about to commute from SW London to Stratford in E London which I will use the overground for as there is a service from Clapham Junction that heads up through West London over the top through the Northern areas and out through the East to Hackney Wick where I'll finish with a 15 minute walk.
Better take an umbrella.
The apartment I'll give you (not literally). But I pay £3.24 for a pint of (very nice) beer in Holborn.Tried to get the wife to move when we were together and now I can't/won't move away from the kids
On a lighter note, I'm about to commute from SW London to Stratford in E London which I will use the overground for as there is a service from Clapham Junction that heads up through West London over the top through the Northern areas and out through the East to Hackney Wick where I'll finish with a 15 minute walk.
Better take an umbrella.
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