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Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: BrianWBrianW Date: Sep 2, 2008 13:58
On Sep 2, 8:51�pm, �i�ardo nowhere.com> wrote:
> Doug wrote:
>> On 1 Sep, 19:23, nik.morgan talktalk.net> wrote:
>>> On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 18:55:35 +0100, Knight Of The Road wrote
>>> (in article bt.com>):
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>>>> "Doug" riseup.net> wrote
>>>> It would be a pretty desperate situation if I had to rely on you to
>>>> feed me.
>>>> Why takes the food to Tesco, the Tesco fairy?
>>>> �Luckily though there are very many others who also transport
>>>> food and probably some who are not totally car dependent like you.
>>>> I've never met a truck driver who didn't own a car. How would he get to
>>>> work?
>>> Come to think of it I don't either, all own cars or vans and a lot own
>>> scooters or bikes as well for the summertime. In the last couple of RCD's
>>> I've delivered to on a regular basis most of the workers there also own cars
>>> though there is some car pooling and minibusses for the migrant workers. �
>>> There are certainly no bus services or trains and these places work 24/7 with
>>> shift patterns across all hours. no car (or own transport) equals no work.
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>> I doubt that you or Vince's anecdotal evidence counts for much. You
>> seem to be trying to claim that truck drivers NEVER EVER live near
>> their place of work within walking or cycling distance.
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> If, unlikely as it may seem, you had a job, would you wish to live next
> door to your place of work?
I'm guessing that for some time Gollum has lived near to the Post
Office where he collects his benefits. Does that count?
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