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Strangest looking passenger you have seen
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He went to London and was stopping at all stations handing out information about Hull or in this case Kingston Upon Hull on there bid for Euorpean City of Culture 2017 . More publicity for there bid and Hull Trains too.
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Way off topic I know but are there any other places in the UK that are more generally called by the river that runs through them rather than their actual name?
VauxhallandI
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Clyde? Or is that just a team?
DiscoStu
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Jed of Birmingham New Street ... I've never seen a coat with so many patches sewn into it.
ScottishIain
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Just a team. Come from Cumbernauld and previously were from the Rutherglen area.
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Eagle
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Cumbernauld being nowhere near the Clyde, of course.
RichmondCommu
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I'm Richmond Commuters wife and I'm a police officer in the Met. I would suggest that had the BTP caught you in the act you would have been arrested.
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I'd rather sit next to a teenager with his feet on the seat in front than an overgrown bully...
I'd rather sit next to a teenager with his feet on the seat in front than an overgrown bully...
I'm seriously struggling to imagine that post is serious.
RichmondCommu
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Sadly he probably is. There are too many thugs in our country and yet all too often those types are championed!
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Good, you were the hero's of the games! People from all over the world were full of admiration for you and your fellow Games Makers!
I'm struggling to think of what my response would be to a member of the public manhandling me off a train actually, assuming it left me behind as a result... especially if I still had bags etc. onboard. I'd be very tempted to call the police, though it doesn't feel sufficient for a 999 call.
To this day the best one remains a chap I saw between Shrewsbury and Hereford.
He was sat at a table and produced from his bags a full cheese board. Wooden chopping board, a selection of cheeses, some chutney, crusty bread and cheese and bread knifes.
He was sat at a table and produced from his bags a full cheese board. Wooden chopping board, a selection of cheeses, some chutney, crusty bread and cheese and bread knifes.
RichmondCommu
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You would owe it to yourself to call the Police.
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But it would be assault, potential theft. I must admit I'd probably be in so much shock to do anything that I'd just leave it.
Chatting to a police officer the other day and they said that 'For all something may seem silly, you would always be best to dial 999. Even if you think it isn't worthy it may well be. We get plenty of fake calls each day, with people messing around or people who need help because there toaster is broken, but if 999 ever crosses your mind dial it. It may be life or death.' We got talking further (someone nearby had been burgled and so they came in as we knew something) and he mentioned the life or death thing again and apparently someone was acting suspiciously and so someone dialled 999, it turned out the person acting suspicious had a gun and was waiting for someone. Obviously this is an extreme to getting thrown off a train, but (especially in Winter) you may freeze, get pneumonia, more so if it's a small local station. Obviously, these are extreme examples but the principle remains the same.
High Dyke
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You mean that isn't the new FCC uniform?
RichmondCommu
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But you could call your local Police station later with a full description of what had happened.
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A year ago this weekend, I travelled from Huddersfield to Nottingham (changing @Leeds) for a hallowe'en party- dressed as a Zombie version of Mitt Romney.
A few years previously on the way to an anti-war demo, I shared a Northern Line carriage with the rest of my group- carrying the parts of a gigantic puppet that was worn on the back/shoulders (we took shifts as it was pretty heavy despite being made of bamboo and papier-mache). Also in the carriage were a stilt-walker dressed as Rupert Murdoch (he wasn't on the stilts at the time) with a companion dressed as G.W. Bush (with puppet-strings carried by Murdoch) and carrying a 4ft-tall Tony Blair puppet.
The strangest people in that carriage though, were the stereotypical Japanese tourists, snapping away!
A few years previously on the way to an anti-war demo, I shared a Northern Line carriage with the rest of my group- carrying the parts of a gigantic puppet that was worn on the back/shoulders (we took shifts as it was pretty heavy despite being made of bamboo and papier-mache). Also in the carriage were a stilt-walker dressed as Rupert Murdoch (he wasn't on the stilts at the time) with a companion dressed as G.W. Bush (with puppet-strings carried by Murdoch) and carrying a 4ft-tall Tony Blair puppet.
The strangest people in that carriage though, were the stereotypical Japanese tourists, snapping away!
deltic1989
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Regarding use of the 999 system (maybe this could be another thread?). I personally have used it a number of times as I guess have many of us.
One time that sticks in my mind was at Hykeham Station.
I was there to catch a train to Nottingham when I discovered what looked like a large box wrapped in blankets sitting in the platform shelter. Hykeham being an unmanned station and with all the hype at the time about unattended packages I didn't hesitate, I pulled out my mobile and tapped the 9's. I reported the suspicious looking object and requested Police attendance. The Constable duly arrived and upon pulling back the blankets found 2 quite high end computers that after a little investigation turned out to have been stolen in a burglary the previous night. The PC's were returned to the rightful owner and as a show of gratitude the victim sent me a £30 M&S gift card (which they didn't have to do of course but when the delivery man is a Police Sergent you don't say no).
The package could easily have been a lot more dangerous though so I felt that I was justified in calling 999.
One time that sticks in my mind was at Hykeham Station.
I was there to catch a train to Nottingham when I discovered what looked like a large box wrapped in blankets sitting in the platform shelter. Hykeham being an unmanned station and with all the hype at the time about unattended packages I didn't hesitate, I pulled out my mobile and tapped the 9's. I reported the suspicious looking object and requested Police attendance. The Constable duly arrived and upon pulling back the blankets found 2 quite high end computers that after a little investigation turned out to have been stolen in a burglary the previous night. The PC's were returned to the rightful owner and as a show of gratitude the victim sent me a £30 M&S gift card (which they didn't have to do of course but when the delivery man is a Police Sergent you don't say no).
The package could easily have been a lot more dangerous though so I felt that I was justified in calling 999.
dave55uk
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Not oddly dressed, but certainly rather curious...
A few years ago, while working in Cambridge Travel Office, due to a shortage of staff at Audley End, I was asked if I'd go there for a few weeks, which I did.
After closing the office, I caught a Liverpool St-Cambridge commuter train back to Cambridge. Now as commuters seem to always like sitting in the same place every day, I always found a spare seat opposite this particular chap, who had a giant sized piece of paper in front of him, all lined out in columns and rows, into which, with the aid of a multitude of pencils, fibre tipped pens etc., he would enter all kinds of various symbols and letters in various colours.
After sitting opposite him several times just watching him, one day I asked him what was he doing. He explained he was entering all the horse racing results (from that day or the previous day I cannot remember) onto the sheet. When I enquired if he was interested in horse racing, he replied he was not, not at all, and that he only did it to pass the time on the journey. He told me that when he got off the train he would throw the paper away (and start again the following day).
A few years ago, while working in Cambridge Travel Office, due to a shortage of staff at Audley End, I was asked if I'd go there for a few weeks, which I did.
After closing the office, I caught a Liverpool St-Cambridge commuter train back to Cambridge. Now as commuters seem to always like sitting in the same place every day, I always found a spare seat opposite this particular chap, who had a giant sized piece of paper in front of him, all lined out in columns and rows, into which, with the aid of a multitude of pencils, fibre tipped pens etc., he would enter all kinds of various symbols and letters in various colours.
After sitting opposite him several times just watching him, one day I asked him what was he doing. He explained he was entering all the horse racing results (from that day or the previous day I cannot remember) onto the sheet. When I enquired if he was interested in horse racing, he replied he was not, not at all, and that he only did it to pass the time on the journey. He told me that when he got off the train he would throw the paper away (and start again the following day).
Harlesden
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I'm mystified.
ATWalex101 Reply #14 What is a "pedophilic smile"?
plastictaffy Reply #17 What does a paedophile look like?
Prejudging people simply because they behave or have a facial expression that you personally consider odd. Prejudging people because they are somehow different to you in appearance or manner or speech. Isn't that how racism began.
Everyone is different and is entitled to be.
I am different and proud of it.
If you see a 5'6" middle-aged white guy with glasses and grey hair walking around North West London and occasionally Central London with a much larger and heavier black lady, that is likely to be me. I've occasionally had insults shouted at me from across the street (because visually we might appear to be an unusual couple) and occasionally by an immature idiot actually passing us, but fortunately, nobody has yet suggested I might be a pedophile or have a pedophilic smile
ATWalex101 Reply #14 What is a "pedophilic smile"?
plastictaffy Reply #17 What does a paedophile look like?
Prejudging people simply because they behave or have a facial expression that you personally consider odd. Prejudging people because they are somehow different to you in appearance or manner or speech. Isn't that how racism began.
Everyone is different and is entitled to be.
I am different and proud of it.
If you see a 5'6" middle-aged white guy with glasses and grey hair walking around North West London and occasionally Central London with a much larger and heavier black lady, that is likely to be me. I've occasionally had insults shouted at me from across the street (because visually we might appear to be an unusual couple) and occasionally by an immature idiot actually passing us, but fortunately, nobody has yet suggested I might be a pedophile or have a pedophilic smile
ReverendFozz
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I must have looked like a tit one night coming back from Manchester drunk, lay my head down on the table, woke up in a pool of fluids as I fell asleep open mouthed, when I got up I proceeded to arse over tit over somebodies case...
The strangest I have seen is a group of South American musicians on a GNER train from KX, they gave an impromptu performance to the smoking carriage
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The strangest I have seen is a group of South American musicians on a GNER train from KX, they gave an impromptu performance to the smoking carriage
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ATW Alex 101
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Well this geezer had a very shifty look about him to say the least! For all we know he could have been a very nice chap, who knows! I'm sure you've heard the saying, 'Don't judge a book by it's cover', no-where in my reply did I say he was a horrible or bad person or he actually was a paedophile, I state the situation was very weird and the way he smiled for no-reason at all (unless he was imagining something) that's all. This last year at school I have been a regular target for racial abuse due to my dark complexion and hobby, so I know how it feels, but I also know when they are serious or when they are not directly insulting me. I take people for who they are, I treat others how I expect to be treated. If I had a pedophilic smile so be it
. I didn't mean to cause offence in my initial posting, and I do apologize that you, or anyone else, has felt that way.
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Garmoran
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This group always seem to be on the Barcelona suburban system when I am visiting that city
starrymarkb
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I wouldn't mock those, my trans friends get so much stick from strangers (and one was ASSAULTED on a bus earlier this week)
eastwestdivide
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Getting off a cross-country service to go to a music festival, I saw a couple of people apparently dressed entirely in yellow/black hazard tape. As they went past the window down the platform, I overheard a couple in their 50s...
Him: "Ooh look"
Her: "Aah, bless!"
Him: "Ooh look"
Her: "Aah, bless!"
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Ed Miliband is the strangest looking passenger I've seen.
I'm assuming this is a joke, as you've never struck me in your previous posts as being stupid or scum? If you're not joking, had you rightly been arrested you'd probably be looking at a short jail sentence for your pathetic assault.
I'm assuming this is a joke, as you've never struck me in your previous posts as being stupid or scum? If you're not joking, had you rightly been arrested you'd probably be looking at a short jail sentence for your pathetic assault.
90019
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As this isn't the 1960s anymore*, mixed race couples aren't that different.
It's amazing, you'll even see openly gay couples out in public these days!
*judging by your posts, I'm not sure you've noticed.
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