"michael adams" wrote in message
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I've just travelled on a bus route between Dartford and
Gravesend run by Fastrack on the way out and Arriva Kent
on the return and at the end of every pair of seats
a plug socket was set into the side of the bus.
Switched sockets on Fastrack and plain sockets on
Arriva each with a small sticker - caution 240v supply.
Nobody appeared to be taking advantage of this facility
boiling kettles, making toast etc. Is this just for
charging phones ? The journey time on Arriva is about
31 mins.

Should I just get out more ?


Only on the right kind of bus.

https://www.arrivabus.co.uk/about-us...ire/?tax=68212

Charging points – when we’re all so reliant on technology there’s nothing
worse than having a flat battery, so now you can charge your smartphone,
laptop or tablet on the bus at the handy seat-side sockets – but please don’t
try plugging in gadgets like your hair straighteners because they won’t
work!


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Mike D

On 2017\07\19 22:27, Michael R N Dolbear wrote:

"michael adams" wrote in message
...

I've just travelled on a bus route between Dartford and
Gravesend run by Fastrack on the way out and Arriva Kent
on the return and at the end of every pair of seats
a plug socket was set into the side of the bus.
Switched sockets on Fastrack and plain sockets on
Arriva each with a small sticker - caution 240v supply.
Nobody appeared to be taking advantage of this facility
boiling kettles, making toast etc. Is this just for
charging phones ? The journey time on Arriva is about
31 mins.

Should I just get out more ?


Only on the right kind of bus.

https://www.arrivabus.co.uk/about-us...ire/?tax=68212

Charging points – when we’re all so reliant on technology there’s
nothing worse than having a flat battery, so now you can charge your
smartphone, laptop or tablet on the bus at the handy seat-side sockets –
but please don’t try plugging in gadgets like your hair straighteners
because they won’t work!

I guess aluminium smelting is out then.

"Michael R N Dolbear" wrote in message
...

"michael adams" wrote in message
...

I've just travelled on a bus route between Dartford and
Gravesend run by Fastrack on the way out and Arriva Kent
on the return and at the end of every pair of seats
a plug socket was set into the side of the bus.
Switched sockets on Fastrack and plain sockets on
Arriva each with a small sticker - caution 240v supply.
Nobody appeared to be taking advantage of this facility
boiling kettles, making toast etc. Is this just for
charging phones ? The journey time on Arriva is about
31 mins.

Should I just get out more ?


Only on the right kind of bus.

https://www.arrivabus.co.uk/about-us...ire/?tax=68212

Charging points - when we're all so reliant on technology there's nothing worse than
having a flat battery, so now you can charge your smartphone, laptop or tablet on the
bus at the handy seat-side sockets - but please don't try plugging in gadgets like your
hair straighteners because they won't work!


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Mike D

Sorry I only checked that afterwards.

These though were being used as ordinary buses with plenty of mums
with buggies in evidence. At one stage on the return journey there were
three buggies - with only the one door at the front next to the driver. The
sockets were standard, white, budget-line looking things like they'd come
straight out of Screwfix or Toolstation.


michael adams

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On 19/07/17 22:27, Michael R N Dolbear wrote:

"michael adams"Â* wrote in message
...

I've just travelled on a bus route between Dartford and
Gravesend run by Fastrack on the way out and Arriva Kent
on the return and at the end of every pair of seats
a plug socket was set into the side of the bus.
Switched sockets on Fastrack and plain sockets on
Arriva each with a small sticker - caution 240v supply.
Nobody appeared to be taking advantage of this facility
boiling kettles, making toast etc. Is this just for
charging phones ? The journey time on Arriva is about
31 mins.

Should I just get out more ?


Only on the right kind of bus.

https://www.arrivabus.co.uk/about-us...ire/?tax=68212

Charging points – when we’re all so reliant on technology there’s
nothing worse than having a flat battery, so now you can charge your
smartphone, laptop or tablet on the bus at the handy seat-side sockets –
but please don’t try plugging in gadgets like your hair straighteners
because they won’t work!

Maybe I'm being just a little pedantic, but surely a plug is a plug and
a socket is a socket..? What, exactly, is a "plug socket" ???

I always thought plugs fitted into sockets.


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Ria in Aberdeen

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"MissRiaElaine" wrote in message
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On 19/07/17 22:27, Michael R N Dolbear wrote:

"michael adams" wrote in message
...

I've just travelled on a bus route between Dartford and
Gravesend run by Fastrack on the way out and Arriva Kent
on the return and at the end of every pair of seats
a plug socket was set into the side of the bus.
Switched sockets on Fastrack and plain sockets on
Arriva each with a small sticker - caution 240v supply.
Nobody appeared to be taking advantage of this facility
boiling kettles, making toast etc. Is this just for
charging phones ? The journey time on Arriva is about
31 mins.

Should I just get out more ?


Only on the right kind of bus.

https://www.arrivabus.co.uk/about-us...ire/?tax=68212

Charging points - when we're all so reliant on technology there's nothing
worse than having a flat battery, so now you can charge your smartphone,
laptop or tablet on the bus at the handy seat-side sockets - but please
don't try plugging in gadgets like your hair straighteners because they
won't work!

Maybe I'm being just a little pedantic, but surely a plug is a plug and a
socket is a socket..? What, exactly, is a "plug socket" ???


You put a lightbulb into a lightbulb socket; you put a plug into a plug
socket.



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On 24/07/18 16:38, Peter Able wrote:
"MissRiaElaine" wrote in message
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[snip]

Maybe I'm being just a little pedantic, but surely a plug is a plug and a
socket is a socket..? What, exactly, is a "plug socket" ???


You put a lightbulb into a lightbulb socket; you put a plug into a plug
socket.

Hmm, I'll have to think about that one..!

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Ria in Aberdeen

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On Tue, 24 Jul 2018 19:19:15 +0100, MissRiaElaine
wrote:

On 24/07/18 16:38, Peter Able wrote:
"MissRiaElaine" wrote in message
...

[snip]

Maybe I'm being just a little pedantic, but surely a plug is a plug and a
socket is a socket..? What, exactly, is a "plug socket" ???


You put a lightbulb into a lightbulb socket; you put a plug into a plug
socket.

Hmm, I'll have to think about that one..!

I'm with you! It doesn't have to be wrong or illogical to sound wrong
("train station")...

Richard.

On 24/07/18 20:19, Richard wrote:
On Tue, 24 Jul 2018 19:19:15 +0100, MissRiaElaine
wrote:

On 24/07/18 16:38, Peter Able wrote:
"MissRiaElaine" wrote in message
...

[snip]

Maybe I'm being just a little pedantic, but surely a plug is a plug and a
socket is a socket..? What, exactly, is a "plug socket" ???


You put a lightbulb into a lightbulb socket; you put a plug into a plug
socket.

Hmm, I'll have to think about that one..!

I'm with you! It doesn't have to be wrong or illogical to sound wrong
("train station")...

Richard.

As someone who worked for 15 years in the railway industry (BR) "train
station" never ceases to make me want to throttle somebody..!


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Ria in Aberdeen

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Yeah, I agree with that. Why not say what it is straight away. If you don’t some freak will say, “That could be any type of socket!�

Peter Able wrote:

"MissRiaElaine" wrote in message
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On 19/07/17 22:27, Michael R N Dolbear wrote:

"michael adams" wrote in message
...

I've just travelled on a bus route between Dartford and
Gravesend run by Fastrack on the way out and Arriva Kent
on the return and at the end of every pair of seats
a plug socket was set into the side of the bus.
Switched sockets on Fastrack and plain sockets on
Arriva each with a small sticker - caution 240v supply.
Nobody appeared to be taking advantage of this facility
boiling kettles, making toast etc. Is this just for
charging phones ? The journey time on Arriva is about
31 mins.

Should I just get out more ?


Only on the right kind of bus.

https://www.arrivabus.co.uk/about-us...ire/?tax=68212

Charging points - when we're all so reliant on technology there's nothing
worse than having a flat battery, so now you can charge your smartphone,
laptop or tablet on the bus at the handy seat-side sockets - but please
don't try plugging in gadgets like your hair straighteners because they
won't work!

Maybe I'm being just a little pedantic, but surely a plug is a plug and a
socket is a socket..? What, exactly, is a "plug socket" ???


You put a lightbulb into a lightbulb socket; you put a plug into a plug
socket.

Yes, it's worth clarifying if they're USB or [13 amp] plug sockets.