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    Sitting with a person when a train is empty

    I was once asked to give up a front seat on a DLR because some woman got on and her brat wanted to pretend to drive the train. I refused as I was quite happy where I was. She spent the entire journey from City airport to Bank moaning loudly on the phone and to anyone who would listen that the...
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    Scotrail’s alcohol ban - pointless?

    And of course the one time my friend and I consumed alcohol on the Kyle line (having decanted it into thermos flasks and insulted mugs before hand so as to be a unobtrusive as possible) we got scolded but the TM for causing other people on the train to not enjoy their journey and feel under...
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    Can you get a refund if you have a booked ticket, the train ran, but you chose not to travel and travelled earlier due to risk

    It was bought from rail staff travel but was an off peak single not an advance. doh! I was getting confused with the one I bought for the Friday travel.
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    Can you get a refund if you have a booked ticket, the train ran, but you chose not to travel and travelled earlier due to risk

    Simple facts: 1. Had an advanced priv booked for Saturday just gone - liverpool to Scotland via TP to leeds then XC north 2. LNER on strike meant XC likely to be even more cosy than normal and that saying something when its come up from Plymouth. Would normally book weekend first to negate...
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    Can anyone identify what train this was ........ St Anne's at around 0230-0300 on Monday morning

    Yes we are. I didnt realise there was more than one St Annes
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    Can anyone identify what train this was ........ St Anne's at around 0230-0300 on Monday morning

    Colleague of mine was describing her interrupted nights sleep. The interruption was "caused by a very long train moving very very slowly. Looked like it had very tall containers on it with lights. Lots of people around with torches. " She said it took over half an hour for it to move past...
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    Pros and Cons of Various Train Booking Websites / Apps

    TRain line today - major flaw Books split tickets but onlh gives seat reservation for part of the journey. Aberdeen to edinburgh passengers had splits at leuchers but only reservations as far as leuchers - queue passengers getting on at leuchers with seat reservations............. I'll let...
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    M&S in waverley station - does it sell alchohol

    To be fair I did a train trip with a friend up the highlands and no one was over bothered about our wine which we decanted into flasks outside the station for onboard consumption :-) I'm traveling south from Waverly tomorrow on Avanti and wanted some for consumption but didnt want to get it too...
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    M&S in waverley station - does it sell alchohol

    The assumption is yes but since Scotrail have an alcohol ban on stations and trains, I'm not relying on that assumption. Tried Mr G. Oogle but decided here might be the quickest way to get an answer. Any input appreciated
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    Loganair - No longer for sale

    The Lizzie line has not made it any easier.... I tried it two months ago. They fly into terminal 2. The 0700 departure basically does not land until about 0915 and its a good 30 minutes from the gate to train platform. Then you get the Lizzie line which in my case got terminated at...
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    Loganair - No longer for sale

    I tried logan air. Once a month I need to be in London for a day and I live less than 20 miles from dundee. I tried them once - never again. All you get on board is water/tea/coffee and VERY small pack of pretzels. Due to the aircraft Dundee-heathrow is nearly 2 hours. You don't even have...
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    Companies That You Expect to Disappear Soon

    Now. you see - thats where you make the mistake going woth a global company - get a bunch of contractors in and it will be done more quickly and cheaper its just you don't have the corporate underwriting to give those in governance the warm fuzzies. Warm fuzzies = very expensive and bloat ware...
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    Companies That You Expect to Disappear Soon

    Without taking it off piste...... thats because every customer believes they are unique and no previous solution could possibly work for them. Despite efforts to tell them the opposite.
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    Companies That You Expect to Disappear Soon

    SAP = System Almost Perfect SAP Consultant - 30 years and counting
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    Has anything supernatural ever happened to you?

    yep. Driving through Weston Super Mud, right on the corner where Asda/Waitrose is saw a Mercedes C class with its bonnet completely concertina'd in as if it had hit a wall. Saw two young women and a kid waiting beside it. Commented on the hanging signs on the back window to him sitting next...
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    Why are certain people completely apathetic or opposed to the idea of tackling climate change?

    I'll be dead before it actually affects me too greatly and I don't have kids so I don't care enough to stop driving and holidaying. Live whilst I'm alive thank you very much,.
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    Do National Rail have powers to prosecute?

    I once used a loophole to get a student rail card. Open university NUS card did not entitle you to one as they regard it part time But you could use the NUS card to get an ISIC card which didn't have your university printed on it. And an ISIC card allowed you to get a railcard....... Saved a...
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    If we can’t afford more trains and we can’t afford buses, should we be encouraging more people to live in the cities instead?

    I'll move back to the city when the majority of people move out of it. I left for rural parts because of too many people, too many houses and too much traffic.
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    Strange or surprising laws you have seen in other countries.

    In Oregon it is illegal to be present in public carrying a concealed weapon over six feet in length.
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    Useful Things You Can No Longer Easily Buy

    I have a laptop with an 8TB hard drive......

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