> It doesn't matter - no company, individual or government will pour money into a project which will take 100 years to show a return. Just think how many changes of government would occur in the meantime, any one of which could cancel the project. Well, its taken them 104 years to build the tube line between North Woolwich and South Woolwich, but they are finally doing it.
... wrote: Similar to the infamous example from old documentary about Angel Station and the booking clerk saying "take the lift and go on stop northbound to Kings Cross and change for the PicclyDickly line". Was that on the normal TV within the last year or two? - the one with the original 'customer care specialist' station supervisor? Yes it was - "Heart of the Angel". The ...
Paul Corfield wrote: Similar to the infamous example from old documentary about Angel Station and the booking clerk saying "take the lift and go on stop northbound to Kings Cross and change for the PicclyDickly line". Was that on the normal TV within the last year or two? - the one with the original 'customer care specialist' station supervisor? Paul S
... Euston. American then shouts at the Jap so loudly that it echoes along the platforms, "GO DOWNO STAIRO TO OTHERO PLATFORMO". Similar to the infamous example from old documentary about Angel Station and the booking clerk saying "take the lift and go on stop northbound to Kings Cross and change for the PicclyDickly line". -- Paul C Admits to working for London Underground!
On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 03:19:20AM -0800, Boltar wrote: Where do they get these crazy Ra-Ra Technologists who think because something is physically possible it is almost inevitable? Yes, heaven forbid that we ever travel at over 50mph. It's possible, but there's really no need for it, it's uneconomical, you won't be able to breathe, and the lower orders might get uppity. -- ...
On 10 Jan, 19:36, Mizter T <mizte...@gmail.com> wrote: On 10 Jan, 16:28, "Graham Harrison" <edward.obvious.harris...@btinternet.obvious.com> wrote: "Tom Anderson" <t...@urchin.earth.li> wrote: For your daily dose of crazy, with some interesting boring pictures: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLL2sp6iJZI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNDePyexjA4...
"Paul Corfield" <aooy65@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message news:a1cfo3d5s37i80b6l4436oh60jd8hpm4s5@4ax.com... On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:44:29 +0000, Ian Jelf <ian@bluebadge.demon.co.uk> wrote: Whenever this sort of thing comes up, I usually end up telling a story or two. I have had Americans confuse Windsor and Brighton, Oxford and Oxford Street, ask for directions to ...
On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:44:29 +0000, Ian Jelf <ian@bluebadge.demon.co.uk> wrote: Whenever this sort of thing comes up, I usually end up telling a story or two. I have had Americans confuse Windsor and Brighton, Oxford and Oxford Street, ask for directions to Camelot and head off up to the Northern end of the DLR in search of Shakespeare's Birthplace. But then I've had ...
On 11 Jan, 12:45, "John Rowland" <jo...@journeyflow.spamspam.demon.co.uk> wrote: It doesn't matter - no company, individual or government will pour money into a project which will take 100 years to show a return. Just think how many changes of government would occur in the meantime, any one of which could cancel the project. I don't think it would ever make a return. They cited 12...
Boltar wrote: On 10 Jan, 14:53, Tom Anderson <t...@urchin.earth.li> wrote: For your daily dose of crazy, with some interesting boring pictures: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLL2sp6iJZIhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNDePyexjA4http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZDcp-2DYyY Where do Americans get those voiceover guys? Where do they get these crazy Ra-Ra Technologists who ...
