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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Stephen, Andrew, St., Phil Cook and anyone else...
Date: 8 Apr 2008 11:05:36
Message: <47fb89c0@news.povray.org>
Phil Cook wrote:

> So unless I stay overnight it's basically - Hi everyone, oops gotta go. 
> Gotta love our public transport system :-)

"system"?

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From: Phil Cook
Subject: Re: Stephen, Andrew, St., Phil Cook and anyone else...
Date: 8 Apr 2008 11:09:57
Message: <op.t9asaxvcc3xi7v@news.povray.org>
And lo on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:05:06 +0100, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did  
spake, saying:

> Phil Cook wrote:
>
>> So unless I stay overnight it's basically - Hi everyone, oops gotta go.  
>> Gotta love our public transport system :-)
>
> "system"?

Sorry typo meant shambles.

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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Stephen, Andrew, St., Phil Cook and anyone else...
Date: 8 Apr 2008 11:21:16
Message: <47fb8d6c@news.povray.org>
>>> So unless I stay overnight it's basically - Hi everyone, oops gotta 
>>> go. Gotta love our public transport system :-)
>>
>> "system"?
> 
> Sorry typo meant shambles.

Heh. We're like Faye and Dora, except instead of sassing coffee shop 
customers, we do synchronised bitching against The Establishment! ;-)

[And I have a way smaller waistline...]

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From: Nicolas Alvarez
Subject: Re: Stephen, Andrew, St., Phil Cook and anyone else...
Date: 8 Apr 2008 12:29:29
Message: <47fb9d69$1@news.povray.org>

> And lo on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:05:06 +0100, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did 
> spake, saying:
> 
>> Phil Cook wrote:
>>
>>> So unless I stay overnight it's basically - Hi everyone, oops gotta 
>>> go. Gotta love our public transport system :-)
>>
>> "system"?
> 
> Sorry typo meant shambles.

lol! Come to Argentina and you'll see what bad public transport is.


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From: Orchid XP v8
Subject: Re: Stephen, Andrew, St., Phil Cook and anyone else...
Date: 8 Apr 2008 14:54:11
Message: <47fbbf53$1@news.povray.org>
Nicolas Alvarez wrote:

> lol! Come to Argentina and you'll see what bad public transport is.

Screw that! Visit Switzerland and see a public transport system which is 
unspectacular and yet always seems to "just work", quietly in the 
background...


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From: Phil Cook
Subject: Re: Stephen, Andrew, St., Phil Cook and anyone else...
Date: 9 Apr 2008 04:07:47
Message: <op.t9b3j1psc3xi7v@news.povray.org>
And lo on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:05:06 +0100, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did  
spake, saying:

> Phil Cook wrote:
>
>> So unless I stay overnight it's basically - Hi everyone, oops gotta go.  
>> Gotta love our public transport system :-)
>
> "system"?

Mentioned this journey to someone last night and they said "Why are you  
trying to go through Birmingham when you can use Worcester" and yes I can  
go Kiddy to Worcester and then back through Kiddy to get to Birmingham  
although this time it's Moor Street not Snow Hill and I can get back at  
just past midnight and wait until nine hours for a train back home.  
Trouble is I'm still not trusting my car enough to even get me to Brum.

Oo ar oo ar we be in the sticks here and get up with the chickens and go  
to sleep with the cows why would we be wanting transport past 22:00?

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Phil Cook

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From: Phil Cook
Subject: Re: Stephen, Andrew, St., Phil Cook and anyone else...
Date: 9 Apr 2008 04:15:24
Message: <op.t9b3wmjmc3xi7v@news.povray.org>
And lo on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:29:28 +0100, Nicolas Alvarez  
<nic### [at] gmailisthebestcom> did spake, saying:


>> And lo on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:05:06 +0100, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull>  
>> did spake, saying:
>>
>>> Phil Cook wrote:
>>>
>>>> So unless I stay overnight it's basically - Hi everyone, oops gotta  
>>>> go. Gotta love our public transport system :-)
>>>
>>> "system"?
>>  Sorry typo meant shambles.
>
> lol! Come to Argentina and you'll see what bad public transport is.

Have you had decades of a Conservative government trying to get everyone  
to use private cars too?

Seriously though we're supposed to be a major power, built on industry and  
helping lead the world in a greener way; and the only feasible method to  
travel the country at night is by private transport. I've got it, it's a  
conspiracy by the hoteliers to make people stay the night :-)

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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: Stephen, Andrew, St., Phil Cook and anyone else...
Date: 9 Apr 2008 06:43:00
Message: <oa7pv3l4lvc2cpi4vk5nq3tnf8iboo0vj5@4ax.com>
On Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:08:15 +0100, "Phil Cook"
<phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> wrote:

>
>Oo ar oo ar we be in the sticks here and get up with the chickens and go  
>to sleep with the cows why would we be wanting transport past 22:00?

If it makes it more worthwhile, we could meet earlier (at least I
could). I don't think I trust myself to pub food so I will eat before
meeting and will probably be round that area from about 4 pm. 
I know what you mean about the travelling on public transport. I've
just been travelling in the Holland/Belgium area on a Sunday service.
It can be done but is it worth it, maybe not :)
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     Stephen


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From: Bill Pragnell
Subject: Re: Stephen, Andrew, St., Phil Cook and anyone else...
Date: 9 Apr 2008 06:44:29
Message: <47fc9e0d$1@news.povray.org>
Phil Cook wrote:
> And lo on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:05:06 +0100, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did 
> spake, saying:
> 
>> Phil Cook wrote:
>>
>>> So unless I stay overnight it's basically - Hi everyone, oops gotta 
>>> go. Gotta love our public transport system :-)
>>
>> "system"?
> 
> Mentioned this journey to someone last night and they said "Why are you 
> trying to go through Birmingham when you can use Worcester" and yes I 
> can go Kiddy to Worcester and then back through Kiddy to get to 
> Birmingham although this time it's Moor Street not Snow Hill and I can 
> get back at just past midnight and wait until nine hours for a train 
> back home. Trouble is I'm still not trusting my car enough to even get 
> me to Brum.

Are there not buses from Bham to Stourbridge? Or are you too far out in 
the cun'ryside? Mind you even if there were buses most of them seem to 
stop running just after 11 from the city end of the routes. Madness; 
many of them run till 1am inbound - surely it's more useful to have them 
run late from the centre?


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From: Phil Cook
Subject: Re: Stephen, Andrew, St., Phil Cook and anyone else...
Date: 9 Apr 2008 09:11:47
Message: <op.t9chj3nqc3xi7v@news.povray.org>
And lo on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:41:36 +0100, Stephen <mcavoysAT@aolDOTcom>  
did spake, saying:

> On Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:08:15 +0100, "Phil Cook"
> <phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> wrote:
>
>>
>> Oo ar oo ar we be in the sticks here and get up with the chickens and go
>> to sleep with the cows why would we be wanting transport past 22:00?
>
> If it makes it more worthwhile, we could meet earlier (at least I
> could). I don't think I trust myself to pub food so I will eat before
> meeting and will probably be round that area from about 4 pm.

If it was 100% me being there I'd be tempted, but other stuff is still on  
so I'm not going to suggest a big alteration of everyone's time just on  
the off-chance I'll make it; next time a different schedule perhaps.

On the good news friends were right there is a train from Worcester to  
London it just doesn't reach as far as Kiddy heh. The last train out of  
Paddington leaves at ~21:55 (next one at 08:40 so not something I'd want  
to miss) driving/taxi in and out of Worcester is sooo much easier then  
bloody Brum.

> I know what you mean about the travelling on public transport. I've
> just been travelling in the Holland/Belgium area on a Sunday service.
> It can be done but is it worth it, maybe not :)

The daft thing is that this is a shopping thing I do every so often (much  
easier when I had a direct train to New Hill), just it's a  
morning/afternoon thing so I've never looked past closing time; nice to  
find out about the Worcester trains though, just inertia kept me going  
through Brum after I lost the direct route.

-- 
Phil Cook

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http://flipc.blogspot.com


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