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harrowing wrote: »

Is your evidence anecdotal or actual? It's a little "hyped down" (if such a term exists). To be honest, I find public transport more reliable in terms of "expected duration".....when I drove to work in midlands you just need something to "tip the critical balance" (e.g. someone broken down) and you can be in bad queues wishing the radio was playing something better!

Please note that I don't do long overground rail journeys which I know are sardine city !

That said, tube STRIKES are a nightmare but (fingers crossed) rare of late.

yes actual and tbh for me if I lived in these places i would use public transport -however i do know what you mean re Midlands -took me almost 3 hours to do 39 miles to Birmingham Aiport once ! normally 45 minutes why? that Monday morning they had decided to block one lane with cones and start road works :mad: just as well I was collecting the person from the Aiport Hotel.

the German u -bahn or underground systems are just so good unlike London -and even Paris where I stayed for 14 days during a Fair -i used the Metro and perfect -until that is all the Public Transport went on strike = utter chaos and with a major international Fair on -terrible ended up walking :mad: :mad: and with bad feet as did many

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yes actual and tbh for me if I lived in these places i would use public transport -however i do know what you mean re Midlands -took me almost 3 hours to do 39 miles to Birmingham Aiport once ! normally 45 minutes why? that Monday morning they had decided to block one lane with cones and start road works :mad: just as well I was collecting the person from the Aiport Hotel.

Yep, did coventry to solihull for 4 years...15 miles...sounds simple doesn't it?but that A45 can get snarled up big time at rush hour!

Yeah you were unlucky there was a nasty tube strike in the early zero's..naively tried the buses .. took 3 hours for 9 miles trip into London!

harrowing_3

Your airport pickup fiasco reminded me of this - very funny!

Lusardi calls 999 to get to panto


Linda Lusardi dialled 999 because she was stuck in traffic


Former glamour girl Linda Lusardi dialled 999 after getting stuck in heavy traffic on her way to a pantomime appearance, police have said.
Ms Lusardi, 50, called emergency services to ask if she could drive on the M25's hard shoulder so she could reach the High Wycombe theatre in time.
A Hertfordshire police spokesman said: "The request was denied and she was given suitable words of advice."
Ms Lusardi is playing the Wicked Queen in Snow White at the Swan Theatre.
The former Emmerdale actress was on her way to the matinee performance when she made the call. The police spokesman said: "We received a phone call from a woman asking if she could have emergency permission to use the hard shoulder of the M25 as she was late for an appointment. "Being late for work is not a reason to call 999, contact the police or use emergency measures. Use of the hard shoulder is restricted for emergency service vehicles only.

harrowing_3

Moaning ami !

amistupid

Has Martin Lewis been onto you two you've been on for nearly three hours and no sign of any smut.

amistupid

harrowing wrote: »

Lusardi calls 999 to get to panto


Linda Lusardi dialled 999 because she was stuck in traffic

"Blow into this madam, you must be drunk!"

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amistupid wrote: »

Has Martin Lewis been onto you two you've been on for nearly three hours and no sign of any smut.

Stupendous! :T ...perhaps I had my oats this morning....

harrowing_3

amistupid wrote: »

"Blow into this madam, you must be drunk!"

Yeah, I was surprised he didn't give her one.....







...a lift of course.

amistupid

harrowing wrote: »

Stupendous! :T ...perhaps I had my oats this morning....

What a hell of a coincidence. Woke up a 4.30am couldn't get back to sleep :mad:

Desperate times, desperate measures!

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