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Quote: from Lovely Lady on 3:36 pm on Feb. 20, 2007[br]Obviously I’m not in possession of the full facts here but as it reads I’d like to ask why you found it impossible to walk one mile and that you were ‘forced‘ to take public transport? ÂÂÂ
(Edited by Lovely Lady at 3:37 pm on Feb. 20, 2007)<br>
Fair question. I went out with the in-laws on Saturday, to see a show in town. They, plus my wife, all have bus passes and we needed to catch a coach in the High Street. My father in-law has a bad back after a nasty car accident, so we needed to use PT to catch the coach.<br>Me, being the fit and good looking one :biggrin: didn’t have a bus pass. But I really had no choice but to tag along in the circumstances.<br>When the driver said £2, for what was an 1200m hop, I was flabbergasted. Not because £2 is a lot of money in the grand scheme of things, but out of sheer principle. It’s highway robbery.
Quote: from tooting on 2:29 pm on Feb. 21, 2007[br]LOL.
By the way, I passed a stable with gallops outside Sherrifhales the other day – anyone know who the trainer is?
Don’t know the area but Heather Dalton’s yard is Norton House, Norton, Shifnal if that’s any help.
Regarding public transport: having spent too many hours, for too many years driving too many miles, it has been no small emancipation kicking car ownership into touch and replacing it with waiting at bus shelters and riding the iron horse.
And the wallet approves.
Quote: from Racing Daily on 4:47 pm on Feb. 21, 2007
Fair question.  I went out with the in-laws on Saturday, to see a show in town.  They, plus my wife, all have bus passes and we needed to catch a coach in the High Street.  My father in-law has a bad back after a nasty car accident, so we needed to use PT to catch the coach.<br>Me, being the fit and good looking one :biggrin: … <br>
ok Rd you’re forgiven…
with such talents maybe next time a nice young lady will stop by and give you a lift.  Now that’s gotta be worth a couple o’ quid:biggrin:
I love the trains too. I just wish I could afford to travel on them without a 20min investigation to find some loophole to get a properly priced fare.
Quote: from tooting on 1:09 pm on Feb. 21, 2007[br]<br>Dave, I’m thinking of getting a Piaggio Ape 50 – those old three wheeler scooters the French/Italian peasants are so fond of – I like the idea of holding up the traffic with a cap on my head and a dog in the back.<br>
<br>.. you’ll end up with a 4×4 lorry .. you’ll get killed driving anything else. Like everyone else, you have your own ideas and then your Missus will just tell you how its going to be.<br>:biggrin:
Trains .. stay off ’em
Quote: from dave jay on 11:01 pm on Feb. 27, 2007[br]Trains .. stay off ’em<br>
Dare I ask how many have been killed on the roads in the intervening period?
If the points being left in a dangerous state is bad, then I suggest the gaping holes in the A80 through Cumbernauld are just as dangerous, and bear in mind this section of road was only finished a couple of years. I know only two well about these bloody holes, because I hit a couple of the damned things this morning, and there WILL be accidents.
In reply to Pompete – I was under the impression that transport in Scotland was the responsibility Scottish Parliament and hence Scottish money is set aside for it. I hasten to add that I am not sure on this point.
Rob
Paid for by the Scottish Parliament – my point exactly,<br> (well not really cos I’m only joking).
Good point about the roads – I drove by back from Heathrow on the M4 westbound a couple of weeks ago and not only the number but also the depth of potholes and ruts in the inside lane around the Reading area shocked me.
If I been travelling a little bit fastest and hit a pothole just in the wrong place, I would have had an accident – on an empty road!
Pompete says: " Isn’t Scottish PT cheap because it’s subsided by the English taxpayer? "
Spot on Pompete. This might having something to do with there being no net taxpayers in Scotland; most getting some sort of hand-out/Tax-credit/Benefit form the state. :biggrin:
(Can’t think anyone on this forum would disagree with that!)
Thats right insomniac .. since the English voted in Thatcher and all that lot for nearly 20 years and wrecked any sort of proper economy that Scotland had at that time .. !
Still, such is life .. Diamond White and Special Brew for me, minimum wage and a £100K mortgage for you.<br>:biggrin:
Agree with you re. break-up of UK Grasshopper.
Even though I’m proud to be English, I’m also proud to be British. And, as I’m sure I’ve said on these pages in the past – I like Scotland and the Scots. (After all, if there was no Scotland, who could we English take the p**s out of ?).
Re, the poll-tax. Why do the Scots seem to use this as some sort of badge of oppression? Sure, its trial and testing-out in Scotland was flawed. But it was hardly the death-knell to Scottish industry, invention, culture, society, civilisation etc. It just seems a convenient peg on which to hang the "downtrodden and oppressed by the English" chip which (many) Scots seem to have. <br>Perhaps Scotland is hoping Mel Gibson will make a film about it! :biggrin: <br>Scottish industry (like much of England’s too) was f****d and going nowhere thanks to poor management and suicidal, greedy, unrealistic, short-sighted Trade Unions when Thatcher came to power. The "smokestack" industries that the North of England and Scotland relied on were going to diminish or die whoever came to power Tory, Socialist, SNP or Liberals. The Textile, Steel, Coal and Shipbuilding industries in the North of England and Scotland would not have survived in any greater size even if Thatcher had never got to No. 10. That’s reality. The Scots have just got to get real and stop incorrectly laying all the blame at Thatcher’s door.
This might having something to do with there being no net taxpayers in Scotland
I’d be interested to know which part of the UK is the most subsidised.
I’m going to suggest that, in real terms, it’s the South East of England.
The over-concentration of government jobs and the boost that gives to the SE economy surely outweighs the few billion (net) that goes north of the border.
But, of course, you never get those things included in the figures.
As for independence, would Scotland really end up as a poorer country than England?
That would seem a bit strange as there’s about 6 times the land per person and a fair share of natural resources (even ignoring oil).
So, after the initial teething period, I reckon the country should have enough natural wealth that it would do just fine.
(we’d save billions on "defense" for starters)
Steve
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