Recent content by Urobach

No tears shed here if Shapps has his Portillo moment

To be honest, I think you know full well TOCs went into the negotiations with ASLEF with "we can't make an offer as our hands are tied" which is why negotiating goes above them. Like the previous poster you quoted says, this is all common knowledge.

Interesting...when I was at TB that situation was the other way round

I think the problem is with at least one set being debranded and looking "Chiltern-y" in base silver and grey, some people have put two and two together, rumour mill gets going and next thing you know it's already fully branded ready to start with Chiltern. Certainly there's some at my depot...

Nothing particularly exciting for me. By Bus France - Belgium Belgium - Germany By Train France - Belgium France - Germany Belgium - Netherlands Netherlands - Germany Germany - Luxembourg Luxembourg - France Switzerland - Italy Have crossed England to Wales and Scotland numerous times by road...

Belgium, Cuba, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Spain (although only the Canary Islands), Switzerland, USA We were hoping to visit Japan, but COVID put pay to that and still haven't rebooked... Furthest: North: Inverness...

Union station isn't great for seeing trains I found, not allowed on platforms and staff being a bit over cautious trying to send you to a train. I found just about every journey on the L I did had something; drugged up user, homeless using it to sleep, people smoking weed, beggars, people...

Spurs are back! :D

Sadly, some of it seems very similar to a tweet (is it still a tweet?) he put out on 20 September https://x.com/RishiSunak/status/1704522548648509467?s=20

Presumably this will descend to the usual I do/don't/used to support, someone mentioning the miners strikes, about whether or not the support is there, whether there's any point, pay in comparison to other professions, particularly in healthcare and whether a change of govt will change anything...

I'm aware. By saying scone I'm saying how I pronounce it

I'm the one that does one cream then jam then one jam then cream to mix it up a bit And its scone not scon :D

Getting on a train home, telling someone else on the platform who asked if it was going to the same said place that it was, only for it to be diverted as booked and not going where we wanted. That was an awkward journey.

What on earth has happened to the Conservatives "F**k off back to France", seriously? https://news.sky.com/story/lee-anderson-downing-street-backs-tory-deputy-chairman-after-he-told-migrants-who-dont-like-barges-to-go-back-to-france-12935966

Think I've seen the/a relevant photo now on a Facebook group - it's the exhaust. May need to join: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1607791126412543/permalink/1643470882844567/?sfnsn=scwspmo&ref=share