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post Jan 3 2012, 06:45 PM
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-20...el-expense.html

Carry on regardless for them!
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post Jan 3 2012, 06:58 PM
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QUOTE (gel @ Jan 3 2012, 06:45 PM) *



Their conduct is forbidden even to the Civil Servants........ Mind you, they are sooooo important.....
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post Jan 11 2012, 03:34 PM
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How about solving the train overcrowding problem in one quick, easy action????........................................
..........Get rid of 1st class??? wink.gif tongue.gif
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post Jan 11 2012, 05:38 PM
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QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jan 11 2012, 03:34 PM) *
How about solving the train overcrowding problem in one quick, easy action????........................................
..........Get rid of 1st class??? wink.gif tongue.gif

Judging by the prices I thought they had got rid of 2nd Class.
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post Jan 11 2012, 08:50 PM
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QUOTE (blackdog @ Jan 11 2012, 05:38 PM) *
Judging by the prices I thought they had got rid of 2nd Class.

I thought it was called standard class these days, so people wouldn't get the impression there was anything second-rate about it?

(I remember when there wasn't a second class at all - only first and third biggrin.gif)
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post Jan 11 2012, 08:52 PM
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QUOTE (JeffG @ Jan 11 2012, 08:50 PM) *
I thought it was called standard class these days, so people wouldn't get the impression there was anything second-rate about it?

(I remember when there wasn't a second class at all - only first and third biggrin.gif)


We must be getting close to third world standards surely although not prices? rolleyes.gif


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post Jan 12 2012, 11:48 AM
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Why not allow free travel by hanging on to the outside of the train? "Scare yourself ****less" class
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post Jan 12 2012, 03:17 PM
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QUOTE (JeffG @ Jan 11 2012, 09:50 PM) *
I thought it was called standard class these days, so people wouldn't get the impression there was anything second-rate about it?

Correct.

QUOTE (JeffG @ Jan 11 2012, 09:50 PM) *
(I remember when there wasn't a second class at all - only first and third biggrin.gif)

Goodness! - you must be getting on a bit? tongue.gif
(Perhaps not, apparently on further investigation the last 3rd class carriages ran in June 1956)
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post Jan 12 2012, 03:53 PM
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I thought anything other than 1st Class was called Cattle Class these days!
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post Jan 12 2012, 04:28 PM
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QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jan 12 2012, 03:17 PM) *
Goodness! - you must be getting on a bit? tongue.gif

George Stephenson was a good friend of mine. Never got on with that Brunel fellow, though.
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