Railway mile high club

[LE Greys]

At least it wasn't a 2-3-1...

Imagine a 2-3-3!

 

[Techniquest]

That comment has got me in tears of laughter. This thread just keeps getting better and better: Just got to hope it doesn't climax too early!

Oh too right, the thread has gotten brilliantly funny! I'm finding it hard to stop myself laughing loudly! The posts about hot chocolate, the driver having enough knobs and handles to play with, and of course the <25mph one are surely contenders for posts of the year. Indeed, I nominate this thread to be the best one of 2011 thus far!

Keep it up guys (ooh err...!) and lady! I'm looking forward to reading more posts on this thread after I get back from work tonight

 

[Ivo]

Poor Ivo. Looks like you should move closer to Sheffield!!

I can't; I've got Uni to worry about

Still, as much as I don't like to admit it, CrossCountry might actually be of use here! 10:30 from Bristol TM due into Sheffield at 13:17; no sweat And I get plenty of mileage (over 165 miles) each way, not including Bath to Bristol! Can't complain with that! Can with their absurd prices though :roll: I suspect an Annual Season is on the cards...

...£8,376?! Not including Tuition Loan/Fee, that's 105% of my Student Loan! And that's in Standard Class! Mind you, I have bought a return from Bath to Leeds before now, so there is no excuse! And Sheffield is 40 minutes closer and £10 cheaper!

I'll stop now. Sorry Kernowfem :cry:

This thread needs a Sonic-esque poll... "Have you enjoyed this thread; full of adult humour...?"

@ Techniquest:

Guys, a little pointer; in case you weren't aware, tomorrow [March 31] is my birthday! I want something from you all (donations towards trips would not go amiss, although there are other options that I would prefer... )

 

[Techniquest]

Well, in advance, happy birthday Ivo! I'm sure I can't possibly imagine what you refer to with "although there are other options that I would prefer..."

 

[LE Greys]

Ivo, you can't put a price on some things.

And Happy Birthday for tomorrow.

 

[90019]

tomorrow is my birthday!

Old man

 

[Ivo]

Old man

Git This is coming from someone who is in the last week of his teenage years (and is therefore barely two years younger than me)...

On my previous forum (which I've alluded to a few times on here, including that Seb Vettel point from earlier in the thread), I had a bit of a reputation for being the biggest "do-er" and not "talker" in the forum's history! I even set a precedent for people meeting up casually; four of us - one of whom was from Winnipeg - even went on a 10-day roadtrip all around the country! And it's not as though we went the whole thing without a train ride; in that time I accumulated almost 450 miles (447mi 53ch). Not to mention my first use of the NET.



Next time on "Metre High Club"...

 

[4SRKT]

Still, as much as I don't like to admit it, CrossCountry might actually be of use here! 10:30 from Bristol TM due into Sheffield at 13:17; no sweat

I'd stick to the 14:30, 15:30, 17:30 and 19:30 if I were you. Otherwise it's an odious Voyager

 

[Kernowfem]

I can't; I've got Uni to worry about

Still, as much as I don't like to admit it, CrossCountry might actually be of use here! 10:30 from Bristol TM due into Sheffield at 13:17; no sweat And I get plenty of mileage (over 165 miles) each way, not including Bath to Bristol! Can't complain with that! Can with their absurd prices though :roll: I suspect an Annual Season is on the cards...

...£8,376?! Not including Tuition Loan/Fee, that's 105% of my Student Loan! And that's in Standard Class! Mind you, I have bought a return from Bath to Leeds before now, so there is no excuse! And Sheffield is 40 minutes closer and £10 cheaper!

I'll stop now. Sorry Kernowfem :cry:

This thread needs a Sonic-esque poll... "Have you enjoyed this thread; full of adult humour...?"

@ Techniquest:

Guys, a little pointer; in case you weren't aware, tomorrow [March 31] is my birthday! I want something from you all (donations towards trips would not go amiss, although there are other options that I would prefer... )

A happy birthday Ivo for tomorrow

I believe you asked if anyone had met a partner through the railways. As it happens i did. I met my ex while at loughborough for the day.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

I met my wife on an Euston to Birmingham train, Mk2s, hauled by an 86/1...

 

[junglejames]

I met my wife on an Euston to Birmingham train, Mk2s, hauled by an 86/1...

The 86/1 was the bridesmaid, and the Mk2s were the guests of honour!! lol

 

[LE Greys]

I met someone once because of a railway museum (or rather getting lost trying to find one). After that, I met her many times, and clocked up 600+ HST miles going to see her. We met in some strange places as well. It didn't last long, but it was worth it. Thank you FGW and my poor sense of direction.

Just one thing we never got around to, even on the way to a weekend away.

 

[ralphchadkirk]

A happy birthday Ivo for tomorrow

I believe you asked if anyone had met a partner through the railways. As it happens i did. I met my ex while at loughborough for the day.

Watch out - Ivo'll be heading over to Loughborough as we speak.

 

[Kernowfem]

Watch out - Ivo'll be heading over to Loughborough as we speak.

He wont find me.....

 

[junglejames]

He wont find me.....

Youll see him though! He'll be the one wearing a firstgroup woolly hat and holding a pink and purple rose!!

 

[87019Chris]

Youll see him though! He'll be the one wearing a firstgroup woolly hat and holding a pink and purple rose!!

I like that one lol

 

[Ivo]

Cheeky gits; the lot of you! And I suspect part of the reason that I wouldn't find her would be her location...

I haven't worn a woolly hat for years. They're not comfortable enough, and to me have only ever provided warmth to my ears and not the rest of my head, which isn't enough for me to justify; I don't feel the cold very easily. I don't even wear gloves now, while it's not uncommon for me to be outside in shorts at 5°C...

Just wait until the Postie (sorry, delivery co-ordinator) gets a hold of this later in the evening

 

[4SRKT]

I don't feel the cold very easily. I don't even wear gloves now, while it's not uncommon for me to be outside in shorts at 5°C...

Are you some sort of honorary northerner or something?

 

[ralphchadkirk]

Are you some sort of honorary northerner or something?

I couldn't do that. But then I'm a southerner!

 

[Ivo]

Apparently so! Even though I'm a true-blooded southerner myself...

(Until just over 25 months ago, I had never been north of the M62!)

 

[90019]

Pfft, bloody southerners.
Down to at least 0°C is still tshirt weather

 

[4SRKT]

I remember when my in laws first came to York from Dublin to visit me and their daughter. It was the middle of the winter and everyone was out at night in T-shirts and bare midriffs. I think they genuinely thought that everyone was quite bonkers, and didn't think much of my explanation that a coat is a massive nuisance when you're going from one crowded pub to another in quick succession.

 

[Kernowfem]

Nothing wrong with us northerners....we just dont feel the cold so easily

 

[SS4]

I do gain a wry satisfaction from seeing everyone else dressed up like Captain Scott when there is water, not ice on the ground.

Anything down to an effective temperature of -8 (inc wind chill) is shorts weather. Plus it has the advantage of when snow is on the ground one's trouser legs don't get wet!


The flip side of course that anything above 12 is uncomfortable, above 18 is annoying and above 24 is time for active avoidance. Plus I've got this year's supply of suncream ready (SPF 50)

 

[junglejames]

Nothing wrong with us northerners....we just dont feel the cold so easily

Because your so used to it!! We arent as used to it down here!

 

[4SRKT]

I do gain a wry satisfaction from seeing everyone else dressed up like Captain Scott when there is water, not ice on the ground.

Anything down to an effective temperature of -8 (inc wind chill) is shorts weather. Plus it has the advantage of when snow is on the ground one's trouser legs don't get wet!


The flip side of course that anything above 12 is uncomfortable, above 18 is annoying and above 24 is time for active avoidance. Plus I've got this year's supply of suncream ready (SPF 50)

I would have thought you were an Essex lad, what with the Rochford postcode you've chosen as your username.

And likewise I would have thought that Kernowfem was Cornish.

 

[ralphchadkirk]

I would have thought you were an Essex lad, what with the Rochford postcode you've chosen as your username.

And likewise I would have thought that Kernowfem was Cornish.

Essex is the north to us southerners!

 

[SS4]

I would have thought you were an Essex lad, what with the Rochford postcode you've chosen as your username.

And likewise I would have thought that Kernowfem was Cornish.

Nah, Brummie born and bred

SS is short for Super Sonic and 4 is my favourite number. Of course only after registering did I realise someone could mistake SS for Schutzstaffel

 

[90019]

Nah, Brummie born and bred

And likewise I would have thought that Kernowfem was Cornish.

Southerners, the lot of you!

 

[Kernowfem]

I would have thought you were an Essex lad, what with the Rochford postcode you've chosen as your username.

And likewise I would have thought that Kernowfem was Cornish.

Born in Cornwall, but lived in Sheffield for 15 years, i like to think of myself as yornish....