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Bendy psychology
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I use the 73. I love the old buses, but was also mildly interested in seeing these new creatures cruising down Essex Road. I remain infuriated by the bunching and the slowness around Euston. I was basically open-minded about the change to bendybuses. However, I'm slightly embarrassed to admit that my general state of mind has improved this week. I don't want to overstate it, but on stepping off a bendybus I somehow just _feel better_ than when stepping off the old ones. All these years on the old buses, I've been forced into a crouching, cowering position, holding myself to myself to avoid damaging myself and inconveniencing everyone else with my limbs and my height. I got on a 38 (old bus) just now and I felt completely hemmed in, almost claustrophobic. I wanted to get off. On the new buses I can stand up straight, hold my head up, breathe properly. I feel stronger and more confident. OK now I'm sounding flaky, but this was a completely unexpected by-product of the change. Jim |
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"Jim" wrote in message
... Hello everyone I use the 73. I love the old buses, but was also mildly interested in seeing these new creatures cruising down Essex Road. I remain infuriated by the bunching and the slowness around Euston. I was basically open-minded about the change to bendybuses. However, I'm slightly embarrassed to admit that my general state of mind has improved this week. I don't want to overstate it, but on stepping off a bendybus I somehow just _feel better_ than when stepping off the old ones. All these years on the old buses, I've been forced into a crouching, cowering position, holding myself to myself to avoid damaging myself and inconveniencing everyone else with my limbs and my height. I got on a 38 (old bus) just now and I felt completely hemmed in, almost claustrophobic. I wanted to get off. On the new buses I can stand up straight, hold my head up, breathe properly. I feel stronger and more confident. OK now I'm sounding flaky, but this was a completely unexpected by-product of the change. Jim Well, each to their own there, Jim... On my way home, I sometimes use the 453 from Oxford Circus to Lambeth North during rush hour and I actually prefer using the 12 or 159 between these two places, as the conductor is there to stop people overloading the bus, whereas the bendy-driver can only monitor the front door, while the back of the bus is like a can of sardines! Maybe I'm just biased as it's always easier to get on the bus at the Oxford Circus junction lights, rather than join the throng waiting at the actual bus stop! But that's just me, I guess... Regards, one and all. Nestor. -- Please remove the spam-deflecting X's to reply directly to me - or simply reply to the group! -- |
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Jim ) gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying : I use the 73. I love the old buses, but was also mildly interested in seeing these new creatures cruising down Essex Road. I've just repeated a car journey from Friday, including the length of Upper St. At a stop where there were just two bendies today, taking up what seemed like about a mile of road, there had been more RMs on Friday, with an emptier "feel". to that space. It's also *far* more difficult to let a Bendy out in traffic - with an RM, you don't need too big a gap, and it's possible to pause from not that far behind the cab. With a Bendy, you have to be MUCH further back to be sure they're going to get out while leaving you your front wing intact. I wonder how this will affect overall traffic flows? Surely it can only slow London down even further? |
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"Jim" wrote in message ... Hello everyone I use the 73. I love the old buses, but was also mildly interested in seeing these new creatures cruising down Essex Road. I remain infuriated by the bunching and the slowness around Euston. I was basically open-minded about the change to bendybuses. However, I'm slightly embarrassed to admit that my general state of mind has improved this week. I don't want to overstate it, but on stepping off a bendybus I somehow just _feel better_ than when stepping off the old ones. All these years on the old buses, I've been forced into a crouching, cowering position, holding myself to myself to avoid damaging myself and inconveniencing everyone else with my limbs and my height. I got on a 38 (old bus) just now and I felt completely hemmed in, almost claustrophobic. I wanted to get off. On the new buses I can stand up straight, hold my head up, breathe properly. I feel stronger and more confident. OK now I'm sounding flaky, but this was a completely unexpected by-product of the change. Jim Interesting alternative viewpoint re. the bendies. Don't think the majority would agree with you though, somehow I think most people will continue to lament the passing of the Routemasters by the products of the devil's engineering works.......A double decker bus journey across London will *always* be preferable to any single decker cattle truck (bendy or otherwise). Bring back the double deckers! |
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On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 17:55:20 +0000 (UTC), "Nestor Badudoy"
wrote: On my way home, I sometimes use the 453 from Oxford Circus to Lambeth North during rush hour and I actually prefer using the 12 or 159 between these two places, as the conductor is there to stop people overloading the bus, whereas the bendy-driver can only monitor the front door, while the back of the bus is like a can of sardines! To be fair, if you look at the standing capacity figure of most modern OMO buses, bendy or otherwise, it is usually substantially higher than the "comfortable" standing level, so you do need to crush-load and some before the bus is legally "full". A conductor-operated bus has a significantly lower limit as the conductor still needs to be able to move around the bus. Anyway, I personally would rather stand on the bus than, umm, stand at the bus stop... Neil -- Neil Williams in Milton Keynes, UK To e-mail use neil at the above domain |
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I wonder how this will affect overall traffic flows? Surely it can only slow London down even further? Surely that's just what Ken wants, so that he can extend even further his Kengestion charge? Marc. |
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Interesting alternative viewpoint re. the bendies.
Don't think the majority would agree with you though, somehow I think most people will continue to lament the passing of the Routemasters by the products of the devil's engineering works.......A double decker bus journey across London will *always* be preferable to any single decker cattle truck (bendy or otherwise). Bring back the double deckers! I wholeheartedly agree. Marc. |
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Mait001 ) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying : I wonder how this will affect overall traffic flows? Surely it can only slow London down even further? Surely that's just what Ken wants, so that he can extend even further his Kengestion charge? I vant to rule ze VURLD! evil laugh |
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"A A" wrote in message
... "Jim" wrote in message ... Hello everyone I use the 73. I love the old buses, but was also mildly interested in seeing these new creatures cruising down Essex Road. I remain infuriated by the bunching and the slowness around Euston. I was basically open-minded about the change to bendybuses. However, I'm slightly embarrassed to admit that my general state of mind has improved this week. I don't want to overstate it, but on stepping off a bendybus I somehow just _feel better_ than when stepping off the old ones. All these years on the old buses, I've been forced into a crouching, cowering position, holding myself to myself to avoid damaging myself and inconveniencing everyone else with my limbs and my height. I got on a 38 (old bus) just now and I felt completely hemmed in, almost claustrophobic. I wanted to get off. On the new buses I can stand up straight, hold my head up, breathe properly. I feel stronger and more confident. OK now I'm sounding flaky, but this was a completely unexpected by-product of the change. Jim Interesting alternative viewpoint re. the bendies. Don't think the majority would agree with you though, somehow I think most people will continue to lament the passing of the Routemasters by the products of the devil's engineering works.......A double decker bus journey across London will *always* be preferable to any single decker cattle truck (bendy or otherwise). Bring back the double deckers! Let's compromise... double-decker bendies, anyone? |
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