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Old December 12th 17, 11:21 AM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Snow on the line
In article ,
wrote:
On Mon, 11 Dec 2017 19:37:08 +0000
Mike Bristow wrote:
In article ,
 wrote:
The correct announcement
should have been "We ignored the weather forecast because we're ****wits and
now our trains are snowed in"

That would contravine the railway bylaws (section 6). I therefore

Yeah, I'm sure they pay attention to every fine detail of railway law when
it comes to snow clearing.

You misunderstand. Your proposed announcment breaches the bylaws;
therefore no reasonable person can consider it the correct annoucment
- even if your understanding of the root cause is correct.

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