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Chat => Chit Chat => Topic started by: tickmike on February 22, 2008, 12:23:39 AM
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Hello all.
With my motor out of action, my daughter on school holidays and wanting to go to town ( well it's a city ! ), She persuaded me to take her on the bus.
It was a bit of an experience having not been on a service bus for about 40 years or more ;) .
I seem to remember them having two poles from the roof to pick the power up from the overhead wires, we always thought it very funny when the 'dolly' came off the wires at junctions.
To say we live in the 'sticks' we have a bus every hour to our local city and it was full going and nearly full coming back.
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To say we live in the 'sticks' we have a bus every hour to our local city and it was full going and nearly full coming back.
If you were 'in the sticks' in Norfolk, you'd be lucky to have one bus a day.
I'm a non-car owner (never had a license), but I only use the buses occasionally, as most of what I need for living and working is within 20 minutes walk of home - yes I live in the centre of a city - so I can't comment too much about the buses, but I will say that they have got far worse since First took over running them. All they do is tinker with the routes, provide a poor service, and don't give a damn about their customers.
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Not been on a bus for years... I think last time I used public transport was the trams in Sheffield.
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yeah, same here .. my last one was a tram to 'star gate' in blackpool last illuminations.
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Last time I went on a bus must have been about 6 or 7 years ago, we caught the bus up to town for a night out lol!
Been on the train more recently, but I reckon that was well over 4 years ago or more.
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We have 2 buses an hour where I live - but on Sundays and Bank Holidays the last bus is at 6pm so no good if you want to have a drink :no:
I get the bus every Thursday night as I play in a crib league and have a few beers. The last bus home can be quite entertaining sometimes and it's usually the same driver who now stops opposite my house instead of at the bus stop further down the road 8)
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We have 2 buses an hour where I live - but on Sundays and Bank Holidays the last bus is at 6pm so no good if you want to have a drink :no:
Do they serve beer on your buses, Steph? :lol:
I get the bus every Thursday night as I play in a crib league and have a few beers.
Does it not spill when it goes round corners a bit sharpish? :lol: :lol:
dave
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~sighs~
:lol:
:drink:
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Not been on a bus for years... I think last time I used public transport was the trams in Sheffield.
Was that the supertram which has been running for about 15 yrs or the ordinary trams which stopped running in the late 50,s :-X
I,ve never been on the supertram,its a case of if you live on the route fine,but people won,t walk a distance to use the trams when they live on a bus route.
Edit. Nice to know 'The Great One' has visited my city. :)
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Edit. Nice to know 'The Great One' has visited my city. :)
Heh - well that's where PlusNet are based... I've been there a few times myself to partake in PlusNet UserGroup meets... er, whaddya mean you don't care? *grin* :lol:
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Phil,
Do the supertrams have bars and crib games on them like the buses down Steph's way?
If so it will be better with the wider turning circles than her bus. Not so much spillage and you should be able to get a full glass.
:P
dave
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Yeah,and broadband connection (the line attenuation can vary though) :lol:
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(the line attenuation can vary though) :lol:
Or is that the beer-to-person ratio? ;)
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If I go to our nearest City, Bordeaux I use the tram .....I have a 20 minute car journey to the Park and Ride area .... return ticket 2€ 60 centimes (approximately £1.50 - regardless of how many in car) includes enclosed car parking ...the trams are clean, regular, and on time, and the ticket entitles me to an onward journey either by tram or bus within the hour...
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In the 17 years I've lived in Norwich I've only used the bus twice.
1st time I needed to get from the airport to the city centre. the bus was late, the driver seemed confused as to where I wanted to get to "Is that Anglia Square ?" "No the castle is further on from there." "Sorry never been to Norwich before, this is my 1st time." I was looking to see if he was kidding, there was a strip of paper taped near the steering wheel with what looked like Rally pace notes telling him which turns & stops to make. :o
We got quite close to the detination we needed when while at a pedestrian crossing the driver burst out into some sort of demonic laugh, slapping the sterring wheel with one hand muttering "dear oh dear" :crazy:
Couldn't see any thing outside to set him off, couldn't an ear piece in esr in case he was listening to a radio/tape. Some of the passengers exchanged worried looks, I half expected to find the original driver gagged and bound under one of the seats.
About a year later I was with some friends on a hike across the countryside, we got a bus at the end back into the city. when near the centre at a set of red traffic lights the diver turned round and asked "Err, is any one sure where I'm supposed to go from hear ? Just I'm new to Norwich" :swoon:
2 bus trips and what happens, whats the chances of that ? or is Norwich some sort of twilight zone or elephants grave for bus drivers, They're always advertising for drivers here........ That does it after thinking about it I'm not eating a kebab round here again (how come you never see a kebab shop take deliveries) :sick:
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>> Was that the supertram which has been running for about 15 yrs or the ordinary trams which stopped running in the late 50,s
>> its a case of if you live on the route fine,
Its the supertrams... I have a mate in sheffield who are actually on the route.. so if staying there its normally easier to leave my car at theirs and get the tram rather than messing around parking in the city.
- Aside from that it means I can have the odd glass of wine too that way ;)
>> >> Nice to know 'The Great One' has visited my city.
Been quite a few times over the years... and somewhere I used to head over that way for a "damn good night out" since about '99.
>> well that's where PlusNet are based... I've been there a few times myself to partake in PlusNet UserGroup meets
lol those occasions are usually - "dump the car at either Plusnet or the hotel".. then at night go out for drinkies.
Dont normally use the tram on those occasions since PN towers is now within easy walking distance of the center.
IIRC first time you went "over that way" would have been for Marcs wedding which is/was pre-PUG?
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oooh I just remembered the last time I went on a bus -
would have been when we went down to London in Apr 06 for Rob + Claires wedding.. and one day we went doing the shopping thingy.
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Actually I have gotten to quite admire non drivers, all the ones I know go out pubbing and clubbing more than the drivers do, they know the times of the busses, where to get them and can drink as much as they like and no parking problems and expensive parking charges in city or town centres.
Car drivers are limited to the amount of drink they can consume, maybe making it a not such a enjoyable night out, or stop and think of the cost of a taxi when they have a perfectly good car stuck on the drive with road tax and insurance paid for, which also makes it an expensive night out, because we are car drivers the taxi seems to be the logical choice and not the bus.
Then there is the "Phil you have a car, can you run me down to such and such place and sometimes it's difficult to say no.
I suppose the main draw back for non drivers is the visiting of friends and shopping etc, whereas we just get in the car and go as and when we feel like it.
Bring back the Clippies, that what I say..
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is Norwich some sort of twilight zone or elephants grave for bus drivers
Yep, that just about sums it up - thank goodness I live on the riverside, central and close to everywhere I need to get to.
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All this talk of travel, Oh! Oh!
I don't feel very well
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Greenish dave.
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I don't know much using buses, the last I knew we had two buses come through two days a week - to the nearest town and back on the two market days.
I have used one of the park and rides in Bristol the odd time as parking is a nightmare and come rush hour the traffic is terrible. For the money it was certainly a lot easier than had I driven into the centre, however the return bus was 20 minutes late showing up.
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At a bus queue in Blackpool was a local fellow going to the local park and behind him inthe queue was an Irish man.
In conversation, the Irish man said to the local chap, "I have never used these one man buses before."
The local lad assured it was dead easy and to just follow him.
When the bus arrived the local chap got on and asked for "Stanley Park single, please."
Paddy followed him and said "Paddy Murphy, married."
:lol: :lol:
OK! I know it is ooooold.
dave
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:lol:
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Shamus started a new job as a bus driver on the one-man operated buses.
Within fifteen minutes of him leaving the bus station on his first day, the police had phoned the depot to report a serious bus accident.
Shamus had picked up several passengers at the first bus stop and, after setting off again, had got up and walked down down the bus to collect the fares.
:lol: :lol:
dave
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:no:
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Didn't something like that actually happen a few months ago in the US? I seem to recall a story about the owner of a camper van suing the manufacturer for damages caused by a crash when he left the driving seat to make a cup of tea in the back. Apparently the owner's manual didn't say that you mustn't do that. ???
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Didn't something like that actually happen a few months ago in the US? I seem to recall a story about the owner of a camper van suing the manufacturer for damages caused by a crash when he left the driving seat to make a cup of tea in the back. Apparently the owner's manual didn't say that you mustn't do that. ???
Yes It did happen and I think they gave him a new van :'(
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here's the story .... :no: :no: :no:
Driving back home from a football game, a happy-go-lucky owner of a new Motor Home in Oklahoma City, while on the Freeway, set the cruise control at 70 mph and left the driver's seat to go into the back and make himself a cup of coffee. Not surprisingly the vehicle veered off the Freeway, crashed and overturned. He sued the manufacturer for not advising him in the owner's manual that such a thing would happen in such circumstances.
The jury awarded him $1,750,000 plus a brand new Motor Home. The company actually changed its manual on the basis of this suit just in case there were any other congenital morons buying their recreation vehicles. :-X
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You couldn't make it up, could you? :lol:
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A similar story to the German person who took the advert for sat-nav systems (Let your TomTom do the driving)
Yes, you guessed it, they also crashed.
Mind you, there are "hundreds" of sat-nav stories around.
Also like the sat-nav that instructed a person to turn right, they did, straight onto a railway line and could not get off, fortunately the level crossing was manned and the line shut down.
(the right-hand turn was just after the level crossing).
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Also like the sat-nav that instructed a person to turn right, they did, straight onto a railway line and could not get off, fortunately the level crossing was manned and the line shut down.
(the right-hand turn was just after the level crossing).
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I would not dream of commenting about the sex of the driver
dave (ducking rather rapidly behind the settee)
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I'm not sure she is the driver :P ....she looks likes she's giving her MAN friend the evil eye to me :lol:
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It'll have to be the bus for a while for me....................think the garage has done something to my car. :'(
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at least it should be good for parking as the turning circle is nice and tight ;D
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I take the bus into the city centre about twice a week now that I have a free pass, I take my current book with me and have a half hour read each way, that takes care of the boring bit. Since it costs a fortune to either park my car, or pay the fare, I'd never go if it wasn't free
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I use my local bus services regularly.Cannot fault it at all and it will take me all across the county and surrounding areas 'free gratis'! I'd be damned silly not to use it as, if the service was not 'taken up' by those who qualify, the 'powers that be' would have a valid reason for discontinuing this benefit!
The driver tells me that this free service for bus pass holders is to be extended to a 'nationwide' service from this coming april! ;D