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Old September 12th 11, 08:45 PM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.telecom,uk.comp.mobile
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On 12/09/2011 13:01, Huge wrote:
On 2011-09-12, Bob wrote:
On Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:06:08 +0000, Huge wrote:

On 2011-09-12, wrote:
On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 23:09:42 +0100, just as I was about to take a herb,
Adrian disturbed my reverie and wrote:

In the past, there has been discussion about allowing mobile phone
operators to install base stations below ground and provide some
coverage for folks on trains.

It will get blocked by numpties worried about 'radiation'.

Good. Not because of "radiation", which is of course utter tosh, but
because it means normal human beings will not have to sit between 2
morons having trivial conversations about utter ****.


http://goo.gl/U4RpK


Believe me, in the days when I commuted in and out of London every day, I
gave it serious thought. Oh, the joys of working from home and "quiet
coaches" on East Midlands Trains.


I once heard a tale of some 20-something on a train, subjecting the rest
of the carriage to his drivel about absolutely nothing. It got so that
one person decided that he had enough, got up, grabbed the idiot's
mobile phone out of his hand and tossed it out the window.

I think that the rest of the carriage was pretty pleased about that.