Xela Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 3 hours ago, blandy said: I once got a Northern Fail train from Preston back to Lytham, summertime a few years back. After the footy, I think, or maybe cricket. Anyway, for whatever reason the train went at breakneck speed through every stop (not stopping) on the line, fair rattling along, going past people waiting on the platforms at 70 miles an hour or whatever - startled looks all round. It got to Blackpool North (end of the line). Sat there for 15 minutes, then another driver got on, and it trundled back, stopping most stops on the way and I was eventually able to get off at Lytham. There was no announcement, no explanation, nothing. Bloke must have been on a promise or something. He must have been wanting a ride on the 'big one' 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted October 5, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted October 5, 2018 6 hours ago, bickster said: 4? Nice plug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brommy Posted October 5, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 5, 2018 2 hours ago, Xela said: Don't you ever worry about the future? I was shit with money in my early 20's so I have gone completely the other way now! I grew up in a large family with only one income but I witnessed my parents not spending unnecessarily and therefore still able to treat us to an annual family holiday and keep a reliable car (often unusual in the late 70’s/early eighties!). My Dad in particular taught me to look for value (not necessarily cheap), not to buy something I didn’t need and not to waste money on frivolous crap. I have been fortunate enough to be happily married to a woman who doesn’t enjoy shopping and like me, refuses to buy from a vending machine or spend £8 on a coffee and sandwich from Costa. Having two decent incomes and maintaining the instilled values now means we are able to live in a decent mortgage free house and enjoy a few holidays every year. My Wife’s siblings have sometimes questioned how we are able to afford our lifestyle when they earn decent money themselves but are constantly in debt with nothing to show for it. I’m too polite to say 15 years of excessive alcohol, coke and betting is not conducive to affording family holidays and bringing your kids up in a decent area. When I was younger, I occasionally wondered whether I’d be having more fun being in the pub every night and weekend lunchtime and also enjoying the thrill of a bet. Perhaps, but I wouldn’t be able to enjoy so much now and there would have been a price to pay, literally. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeyVillan Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 I'd say there is a healthy balance to strike. It's all about choices innit. The way I look at it is what I will say in my deathbed. "I'm so glad that I had takeaway coffee, M and S sandwiches every day, an expensive family car that had blutooth, a Hotpoint dishwasher, Oak bookshelves and a subscription to Which magazine". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chrisp65 Posted October 6, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 6, 2018 On my deathbed, I imagine saying something along the lines of: 'I've had a great life, I've lived in relative ease and luxury and had a good time. I've taken pride in showing you all London, Paris and Berlin. I've given years of dad taxi rides in a quiet safe Mercedes so you could go to drum classes and dance classes and football. I have bought you the latest things so you were in touch with cultural trends and able to be equal to your friends. But I'm dying now. You may find Barclaycard will be in touch. Good luck.' 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Xela Posted October 6, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 6, 2018 I'd say "Please delete my browser history" 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 "avenge me". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted October 6, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted October 6, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 The fact that I sharted whilst out in Sutton Coldfield earlier tonight 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 10 hours ago, KHV said: The fact that I sharted whilst out in Sutton Coldfield earlier tonight I've learned never to take a risk on a fart nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 On 05/10/2018 at 14:19, bickster said: Miseryrail is apparently one of the most on-time services in the country because they run trains "semi-fast" at the drop of a hat when they are late i.e. they miss out stations, so people have to get off at different stations and wait for another train, making them late but the train they were on, was on time! Northern, on the other hand, have worked out that it is cheaper to pay the passenger compensation for cancelling a train than it is to pay the rail regulator fines for being late. Cancelled trains do not get a regulator penalty They also put that the train has ‘arrived’ on their screens at least a minute before it does as some stations (St Michaels, South Parkway) so their stats aren’t true in any case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted October 7, 2018 Moderator Share Posted October 7, 2018 33 minutes ago, chappy said: They also put that the train has ‘arrived’ on their screens at least a minute before it does as some stations (St Michaels, South Parkway) so their stats aren’t true in any case. We had ”here” on the board for a good three or four minutes before the train arrived the other night 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chrisp65 Posted October 7, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 7, 2018 Yeah I've noticed this at Birmingham New Street. I believe it's to do with the way the message matrix board works. it's a lot easier to say 'Arrived' than 'there or thereabouts'. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morley_crosses_to_Withe Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 Self proclaimed “fitness/gym enthusiasts” who think they’re such because they’ve bought a Fitbit and managed a 3K run or joined Pure Gym and purchased a tub of MaxiMuscle. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 25 minutes ago, Morley_crosses_to_Withe said: Self proclaimed “fitness/gym enthusiasts” who think they’re such because they’ve bought a Fitbit and managed a 3K run or joined Pure Gym and purchased a tub of MaxiMuscle. Plus walk around in shite 'Alphalete' or 'Gym Shark' attire, even when not at the gym. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 14 hours ago, Xela said: I've learned never to take a risk on a fart nowadays. You've gotta have 'fart confidence'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted October 7, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted October 7, 2018 I spent most of the weekend putting together flat pack furniture. Annoying in its mindnumbing-ness, and frustrating in the times where the instructions aren't quite right, the thing that really pisses me off though is the fact I put it all together by hand with a ratchet screwdriver. Day one had my hands blistered. By the end of today most blisters have largely gone away, except one, at the top of my palm, right on what palm readers would call the heart line I think, between my ring finger and middle finger. It's become a swollen lump, sore and so big and taut it actually pulls my fingers towards my palm. I basically can't do anything with my right hand. It's driving me mad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 weekend wank blister 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted October 7, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted October 7, 2018 5 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: weekend wank blister At least I would have got some enjoyment out of that Instead I can look at some cobbled together pine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 I really don't want to go to work today. There is one Representative for Wellingborough that I hate that I can't bear the thought of being in the same room as him. I'm not one for conflict so I know I'll just bottle up my hatred while he goes about the day in his dickish way. One day I'll get the nerve to volley him in the jaw. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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