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After coming off a motorbike 3 weeks ago, I'm not allowed to ride again until my broken wrist heals, and I'm demoted to the bus (I can drive, but the missus takes my car to work).
Today I was an hour late. I waited for the 'every 20 mins' bus thismorning for 1hour 10 mins, before getting on a bus from another bus company, who was also supposed to be there 20 mins erlier. This is the 3rd time in 3 weeks i've been late to work by over an hour.
A couple of days ago, I got on the (late) bus and it stank of puke. Trust my luck to get on the exact same puke smelling bus on the way home too.
Gordon Brown is a muppet. He is increasingly taxing the motorists of this country with the blag that if people dont want to pay it they can always use public transport, and many believe he is trying to force us onto public transport to save pollution and resource consumption and stuff.
Noi. He knows exactly how useless public transport is, and taxes the motorist to the teeth knowing they have no other option. Perhaps if the extra revenue earned was spent on public transport, instead of housing immigrants and building motorways in sweeden, we'd have a better place to live.
Today I was an hour late. I waited for the 'every 20 mins' bus thismorning for 1hour 10 mins, before getting on a bus from another bus company, who was also supposed to be there 20 mins erlier. This is the 3rd time in 3 weeks i've been late to work by over an hour.
A couple of days ago, I got on the (late) bus and it stank of puke. Trust my luck to get on the exact same puke smelling bus on the way home too.
Gordon Brown is a muppet. He is increasingly taxing the motorists of this country with the blag that if people dont want to pay it they can always use public transport, and many believe he is trying to force us onto public transport to save pollution and resource consumption and stuff.
Noi. He knows exactly how useless public transport is, and taxes the motorist to the teeth knowing they have no other option. Perhaps if the extra revenue earned was spent on public transport, instead of housing immigrants and building motorways in sweeden, we'd have a better place to live.
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DébUK wrote:
> yep, plus he did it on a half term, BINGO! No parents doing the school
> run at 8-9am= less congestion.
Yep. It's wrong, the way he can get away with it.
If they charge us to go onto motorways, or into places like Brighton (they're on about doing a £5 congestion charge down there to get INTO Brighton. And yes, you still have to pay to park), people won't be able to afford to drive. That is what this Government wants, no cars on the road. A car hating Government should actually take time to check that public transport is reliable, before trying to run us off the road. I'm nearly 16. So what, one year until I drive. I doubt I'll be able to afford to run a car at such a young age with the way this Government is going.
*Feels all brainy*
*Just posted a lot of crap*
> yep, plus he did it on a half term, BINGO! No parents doing the school
> run at 8-9am= less congestion.
Yep. It's wrong, the way he can get away with it.
If they charge us to go onto motorways, or into places like Brighton (they're on about doing a £5 congestion charge down there to get INTO Brighton. And yes, you still have to pay to park), people won't be able to afford to drive. That is what this Government wants, no cars on the road. A car hating Government should actually take time to check that public transport is reliable, before trying to run us off the road. I'm nearly 16. So what, one year until I drive. I doubt I'll be able to afford to run a car at such a young age with the way this Government is going.
*Feels all brainy*
*Just posted a lot of crap*
cookie monster wrote:
> Yeah, buses suck.
>
> They either come too late or too early. Never on time.
I waited for an 'every 20 min' bus for 3 hours (im not usually that sad, but I really had to get to this place), when it finnaly arrived, a convoy of about six buses, all 54's turned up with it. Probably the drivers drinking coffee and tea in the depot. Grrrr, another time I put my arm out for a bus, the driver just grined at me and drove past, I should have run after him like the T-1000 in terminator 2, lol.
> Yeah, buses suck.
>
> They either come too late or too early. Never on time.
I waited for an 'every 20 min' bus for 3 hours (im not usually that sad, but I really had to get to this place), when it finnaly arrived, a convoy of about six buses, all 54's turned up with it. Probably the drivers drinking coffee and tea in the depot. Grrrr, another time I put my arm out for a bus, the driver just grined at me and drove past, I should have run after him like the T-1000 in terminator 2, lol.
Slaveunit wrote:
> Or†ega wrote:
> but now they are talking about having conjestion charges in every
> blooody major city in England?!!?!
>
> It gets better. There is a new motorway running alongside an old
> motorway, and if you want to pay the fiver to get on it you get to
> drive with less traffic. Can't remember where it is in the uk, but
> they are starting it's pilot soon.
I'd pay a fiver if i could drive as fast as i wanted. You cant complain really, France costs a hell of a lot to drive through
> Or†ega wrote:
> but now they are talking about having conjestion charges in every
> blooody major city in England?!!?!
>
> It gets better. There is a new motorway running alongside an old
> motorway, and if you want to pay the fiver to get on it you get to
> drive with less traffic. Can't remember where it is in the uk, but
> they are starting it's pilot soon.
I'd pay a fiver if i could drive as fast as i wanted. You cant complain really, France costs a hell of a lot to drive through
Skorp1on wrote:
> I waited for an 'every 20 min' bus for 3 hours (im not usually that
> sad, but I really had to get to this place
Heh, I'm like that.. just wait another 10 minutes and it'll be here.. Although I've never waited 3 hours :D
> I should have run after him like the T-1000 in terminator 2, lol.
Ooh.. That's too scary! I hate that bit..
> I waited for an 'every 20 min' bus for 3 hours (im not usually that
> sad, but I really had to get to this place
Heh, I'm like that.. just wait another 10 minutes and it'll be here.. Although I've never waited 3 hours :D
> I should have run after him like the T-1000 in terminator 2, lol.
Ooh.. That's too scary! I hate that bit..
G®åpô²ºº² wrote:
> I'd pay a fiver if i could drive as fast as i wanted. You cant
> complain really, France costs a hell of a lot to drive through
Their fuel and road tax dont cost as much.
> I'd pay a fiver if i could drive as fast as i wanted. You cant
> complain really, France costs a hell of a lot to drive through
Their fuel and road tax dont cost as much.
Slaveunit wrote:
> After coming off a motorbike 3 weeks ago, I'm not allowed to ride
> again until my broken wrist heals, and I'm demoted to the bus (I can
> drive, but the missus takes my car to work).
>
> Today I was an hour late. I waited for the 'every 20 mins' bus
> thismorning for 1hour 10 mins, before getting on a bus from another
> bus company, who was also supposed to be there 20 mins erlier. This is
> the 3rd time in 3 weeks i've been late to work by over an hour.
>
> A couple of days ago, I got on the (late) bus and it stank of puke.
> Trust my luck to get on the exact same puke smelling bus on the way
> home too.
>
> Gordon Brown is a muppet. He is increasingly taxing the motorists of
> this country with the blag that if people dont want to pay it they can
> always use public transport, and many believe he is trying to force us
> onto public transport to save pollution and resource consumption and
> stuff.
>
> Noi. He knows exactly how useless public transport is, and taxes the
> motorist to the teeth knowing they have no other option. Perhaps if
> the extra revenue earned was spent on public transport, instead of
> housing immigrants and building motorways in sweeden, we'd have a
> better place to live.
nothing relieves that pent up rage better than climbing a clocktower with a double barrelled remington and a pocket full of shells ....
> After coming off a motorbike 3 weeks ago, I'm not allowed to ride
> again until my broken wrist heals, and I'm demoted to the bus (I can
> drive, but the missus takes my car to work).
>
> Today I was an hour late. I waited for the 'every 20 mins' bus
> thismorning for 1hour 10 mins, before getting on a bus from another
> bus company, who was also supposed to be there 20 mins erlier. This is
> the 3rd time in 3 weeks i've been late to work by over an hour.
>
> A couple of days ago, I got on the (late) bus and it stank of puke.
> Trust my luck to get on the exact same puke smelling bus on the way
> home too.
>
> Gordon Brown is a muppet. He is increasingly taxing the motorists of
> this country with the blag that if people dont want to pay it they can
> always use public transport, and many believe he is trying to force us
> onto public transport to save pollution and resource consumption and
> stuff.
>
> Noi. He knows exactly how useless public transport is, and taxes the
> motorist to the teeth knowing they have no other option. Perhaps if
> the extra revenue earned was spent on public transport, instead of
> housing immigrants and building motorways in sweeden, we'd have a
> better place to live.
nothing relieves that pent up rage better than climbing a clocktower with a double barrelled remington and a pocket full of shells ....
Talking about buses, all the Buses in this area have big notices inside them that read "Our customer promise: Our buses will not run more than 5mins late and will never run earlier than the timetabled times"
Ha!! for the last week everytime I buy a return ticket to work, the bus runs at least 5mins early , and as its the last one due to my wierd work hours I have to walk a journey for which I hold a valid return ticket GRRRR... I was fuming earlier...
Ha!! for the last week everytime I buy a return ticket to work, the bus runs at least 5mins early , and as its the last one due to my wierd work hours I have to walk a journey for which I hold a valid return ticket GRRRR... I was fuming earlier...
G®åpô²ºº² wrote:
> I'd pay a fiver if i could drive as fast as i wanted.
Or, they would open up these extra lanes to the general public without charge, easing the traffic for everyone by nearly half....
It's blatant robbery. The govt know they can bill us like this because they know we have no other way - public transport is not an option.
And to annoy me further, the car park behind my house has gone up. We have to park the car there because getting a space for the house where we live is £350 a year, and that only guaruntees a residence space, not one outside your own house.
> I'd pay a fiver if i could drive as fast as i wanted.
Or, they would open up these extra lanes to the general public without charge, easing the traffic for everyone by nearly half....
It's blatant robbery. The govt know they can bill us like this because they know we have no other way - public transport is not an option.
And to annoy me further, the car park behind my house has gone up. We have to park the car there because getting a space for the house where we live is £350 a year, and that only guaruntees a residence space, not one outside your own house.
Yep, they suck.
My work is a few miles up the road and just too far too far to walk usually. So I need to get the bus. It takes maybe 5-10 minutes to drive up there normally but the bus journey takes a massive detour and usually takes roughly half an hour. And then I need to walk for about 10-15 minutes to my work as no bus covers it.
But the bus I get is usually ten minutes late and I just make it to work even though I leave my house an hour before I start.
My work is a few miles up the road and just too far too far to walk usually. So I need to get the bus. It takes maybe 5-10 minutes to drive up there normally but the bus journey takes a massive detour and usually takes roughly half an hour. And then I need to walk for about 10-15 minutes to my work as no bus covers it.
But the bus I get is usually ten minutes late and I just make it to work even though I leave my house an hour before I start.
Do you know how easy it is to drive in America?
You can learn at 16 and my dad's friend told him when he lived in Philadelphia his son's test involved a policeman checking his son's driving which consisted of a 15 minute drive round his neighbourhood.
It costs a fortune here. I get a 'cheap' one hour lesson at £15.
On average I need about 28 lessons to pass... that's about £420 for lessons alone. Not including paying for my provisional and full license... my theory test and then paying over the top insurance on a crap car and then paying this bloody countries expensive road tax and petrol.
And I get paid £3.46 an hour
You can learn at 16 and my dad's friend told him when he lived in Philadelphia his son's test involved a policeman checking his son's driving which consisted of a 15 minute drive round his neighbourhood.
It costs a fortune here. I get a 'cheap' one hour lesson at £15.
On average I need about 28 lessons to pass... that's about £420 for lessons alone. Not including paying for my provisional and full license... my theory test and then paying over the top insurance on a crap car and then paying this bloody countries expensive road tax and petrol.
And I get paid £3.46 an hour
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