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Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

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  • Pyxis
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    Boast away, SingleSue, you're entitled to! :T:T:T
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  • ivyleaf
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    That's brilliant Sue! :j :j :j :T :T :T
  • chris_m
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    Unbelievable. I've just read the MSE article about the latest HMRC scammers' tricks - apparently someone was daft enough not only to fall for it but also to make payment by buying iTunes vouchers and telling the scammers the voucher numbers !!!!
    Brings a whole new dimension to the word "stupid" ;)
  • silvercar
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    Well done, Sue! You know without your support he wouldn't have got where he is.

    Much nachas to you.
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  • GDB2222
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    edited 1 July 2016 at 6:42PM
    silvercar wrote: »
    Seriously? No ticket barriers at Kings Cross? or Edinburgh?

    No barriers and no ticket inspection.

    We went up first class, which cost £30 each and included as much booze as you could ask for without being ashamed. It also included the smallest lunch that I have ever been served.

    We came back second class (£15 each), which was just as comfy but didn't include the booze etc.

    The train journey took a bit over 4 hours, but door to door it's about the same time as flying.
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • GDB2222
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    silvercar wrote: »
    I'm silent at 7.30am most mornings.

    People know not to speak to me until I have had COFFFFFFEEEEEEEEE.
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • Pyxis
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    GDB2222 wrote: »
    No barriers and no ticket inspection.

    We went up first class, which cost £30 each and included as much booze as you could ask for without being ashamed. It also included the smallest lunch that I have ever been served.

    We came back second class (£15 each), which was just as comfy but didn't include the booze etc.

    The train journey took a bit over 4 hours, but door to door it's about the same time as flying.

    Let me get this straight.......

    Kings Cross to Edinburgh, First Class, £30.
    Edinburgh to Kings Cross, standard , £15
    Journey time 4 hours.

    Was this on Planet Earth?
    Am I dreaming?


    Explain, please explain!
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  • ukmaggie45
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    Lovely sky this evening, so here's a photo.

    27988331806_02cb692073_c.jpgEvening clouds 1st July by Maggie, on Flickr

    Love from Liverpool! :)
  • PasturesNew
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    Only time I was ever in 1st class I was "blagging it" with no ticket whatsoever.

    Unused to train travel at all, my employer had booked a ticket through thetrainline to go to London and I had instructions to collect the ticket from the office.
    Arriving at the train station at ~5.30am, the ticket office wasn't open.

    I had NO idea about trains/tickets/travel and the only thing in my head was "you have to get to London". So when the train came I got on it.

    I also knew nothing about 1st class except that it'd have nicer seats .... so as I walked along the train and spotted the sign I thought "I might as well sit there and blag it as anywhere else".

    I "got away with it", although I was then "stuck in London" as I had no means to buy a ticket home again :)

    But - I had no idea there were any freebies, so when I was being offered drinks I was saying "no" all the time!.

    Got home by going to the ticket office and getting them to phone my office to buy a ticket over the phone.
  • ukmaggie45
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    And then we got an even more amazing cloud! I think I should start doing time lapse stuff on the clouds here - we are so lucky to see so much sky!

    27409467674_fc0188a7d2_c.jpgAmazing cloud 1st July by Maggie, on Flickr
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