Nice People Thread Number 10 -the official residence of Nice People

neverdespairgirl

bugslet wrote: »

NDG can you get about without the tube? Is that a daft question from someone oop North. Undoubtedly will be driverless trains. The first UK road trials of driverless trucks should happen this year. It's called platooning apparently. First truck is driven by a human and controls the following 9.

Depends where you're going! There have been driverless trains on the Docklands Light Railway from the start, I think, which was the 1980s.

When I'm going to Feltham next week, for example, I wouldn't take the tube in the first place, really. I get the bus to Waterloo and then an overland train. But the tube strike means the bus, roads and trains are all much busier than normal, so it has an impact on all forms of transport.

lostinrates

vivatifosi wrote: »

Same here with the grey. I take after my dad. Everyone else kept hair colour much longer.

DH has bis own man shampoo and would be very annoyed if I used it. He'd know too his bottles always look brand new, with the lids all perfectly aligned and the labels facing forward. Mine don't.

Re the shampoos. I actually have several bottles of conditioner for my lo-poo regime on the to at a time. I use different ones according to my hair's needs on the day.

Usually I just need moisture, but sometimes my hair benefits from a little protein too.

Since doozer recommended it I've been experimenting with the oil she uses and others BUT I'm finding it actually makes my hair greedier and drier. Having done more reading I'm not the only curly who finds this.

PasturesNew

vivatifosi wrote: »

What is support of tube workers like? Pretty minimal I would guess. .

It's hard to feel in support of people when the actual nitty gritty details aren't laid bare.

Trying to support a bunch of people with a plea of "We're underpaid" is different to "We're underpaid, we work 60 hours/week at NMW". I'm sure MPs etc feel underpaid on their monster salaries, along with all the extra salaries they get for putting their name on headed paper under Directorships etc .....

When anybody is striking, you're never actually told what their conditions, agreements, etc, are so you can choose to side with them or not.

PasturesNew

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

For the first strike days next week, I'm in Feltham two of the 3 days affected, so it'll be annoying.

I'm guessing an expensive taxi is a possibility, in your condition and as it's for a few days and not forever...... rather than public transport and the spitting classes. You'll make a loss that day, maybe, but overall it's a tax offset item so not as 'bad' as if you were in employment and paying it out of post-tax earnings to commute to work.

neverdespairgirl

PasturesNew wrote: »

I'm guessing an expensive taxi is a possibility, in your condition and as it's for a few days and not forever...... rather than public transport and the spitting classes. You'll make a loss that day, maybe, but overall it's a tax offset item so not as 'bad' as if you were in employment and paying it out of post-tax earnings to commute to work.

I don't think so - it would be about £60-£70 each way! So I'll just have to manage.

This strike isn't about pay, though. It's about cutting ticket office staff. Which seems pretty bloody inevitable, because so few people actually buy tickets - we all use pay-as-you-go oysters or travelcards now.

lostinrates

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

I don't think so - it would be about £60-£70 each way! So I'll just have to manage.

Parking at felt ham?

PasturesNew

Deleted this, LIR answered it.

lostinrates

Nope, you need a ticket . ( or to work there)

PasturesNew

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

I don't think so - it would be about £60-£70 each way! So I'll just have to manage.

At those prices, yes you will madam!!

Although you might look at the bigger picture and think "I'm loaded, I'll suck it up for my own sanity/safety and I'd hate to get morning sickness among the spitting classes on those days"

If you were silvercar I'd add "... just go easy on your expensive shampoo for the next 3 months, that'll cover it"

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

Nope, you need a ticket . ( or to work there)

Cheers, quick resoltuion. I'll keep looking for any other free dinners that come up then.

Most of these type of freebies are in the big smoke; very little outside.

Oh .... I put off submitting my final written extensive report .... as I was still feeling nauseous and having flashbacks.... finally bit the bullet and did it ... so that's all behind me now. Job done.

Downside is my planned day today was: Go out, do the thing, return jubilant and get 90% of the tax return data together and organised and in order. That went out the window