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Malcolm & Nika wrote:
What planet are you actually from Boltar?
Ai conditioned stations???? Cabs????? The place is a hell hole.


Should I have brought my violin along? Lots of the trains have air con
and heating IN THE DRIVERS CAB, and compared to a bus drivers job its a
piece of ****. No traffic, no steering wheel, no worrying about the
next
fare sticking a knife at your throat. Hell hole my a*se. Sure they have
to
train for lots of emergency situations and have to know to do A if B
happens
or C if D happens, but 99% of their time is spent sitting on their
backsides moving a lever back and forth. Yeah , tough life! If they
think
they're hard done by perhaps they'd like to try door to door selling
around
various rough east end council estates like I did when I was younger
where you risked getting bitten by the some knuckle draggers pitbull or
beaten up by the local gang and have all your stuff nicked!

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Boltar wrote:
Malcolm & Nika wrote:
What planet are you actually from Boltar?
Ai conditioned stations???? Cabs????? The place is a hell hole.


Should I have brought my violin along? Lots of the trains have air con
and heating IN THE DRIVERS CAB, and compared to a bus drivers job its
a piece of ****. No traffic, no steering wheel, no worrying about the
next
fare sticking a knife at your throat. Hell hole my a*se. Sure they
have to
train for lots of emergency situations and have to know to do A if B
happens
or C if D happens, but 99% of their time is spent sitting on their
backsides moving a lever back and forth. Yeah , tough life! If they
think
they're hard done by perhaps they'd like to try door to door selling
around
various rough east end council estates like I did when I was younger
where you risked getting bitten by the some knuckle draggers pitbull
or beaten up by the local gang and have all your stuff nicked!


But you chose to do the job, if you didn't like it you could have quite
easily found something else, such as joining the underground and having a
nice cushy job.


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Brimstone wrote:
Should I have brought my violin along? Lots of the trains have air

con
and heating IN THE DRIVERS CAB, and compared to a bus drivers job

its
a piece of ****. No traffic, no steering wheel, no worrying about

the
next
fare sticking a knife at your throat. Hell hole my a*se. Sure they
have to
train for lots of emergency situations and have to know to do A if

B
happens
or C if D happens, but 99% of their time is spent sitting on their
backsides moving a lever back and forth. Yeah , tough life! If they
think
they're hard done by perhaps they'd like to try door to door

selling
around
various rough east end council estates like I did when I was

younger
where you risked getting bitten by the some knuckle draggers

pitbull
or beaten up by the local gang and have all your stuff nicked!


But you chose to do the job, if you didn't like it you could have

quite
easily found something else, such as joining the underground and

having a
nice cushy job.


I didn't like it. I did leave and get something else. Thats the whole
point.
If these lazy *******s working for LUL don't like their pay and
conditions
why don't they just **** off and go and do something else? Funnily
enough
you never find any off them giving an answer to that!

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Boltar writes
, such as joining the underground and

having a
nice cushy job.


I didn't like it. I did leave and get something else. Thats the whole
point. If these lazy *******s working for LUL don't like their pay and
conditions why don't they just **** off and go and do something else?
Funnily enough you never find any off them giving an answer to that!

B2003

Your assertions point to you being just a liar. You have never driven
a tube train and you've no idea what it involves.
Prove me wrong if you dare and make a bigger fool of your self.
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Your assertions point to you being just a liar. You have never
driven
tube train and you've no idea what it involves.


Excuse me? I never claimed to have driven one dickhead. Why don't you
go catch a clue train instead of a tube train then get back to me.

And spare me that captain-of-the-ship routine we frequently get from
tube
drivers. Its not in the same league. All you do is **** about with a
little lever
(and not even that on the victoria and central lines!) and press the
door
buttons 99% of the time. Don't pretend its a tough job because if you
do I'll
call YOU a liar.

B2003



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Boltar writes

Excuse me? I never claimed to have driven one dickhead. Why don't you
go catch a clue train instead of a tube train then get back to me.

And spare me that captain-of-the-ship routine we frequently get from
tube drivers. Its not in the same league. All you do is **** about with
a little lever (and not even that on the victoria and central lines!)
and press the door buttons 99% of the time. Don't pretend its a tough
job because if you
do I'll
call YOU a liar.

Thank you for being honest enough to own up to never having driven one.
Now when you take back the rubbish spouted in the second paragraph and
the obscenity in the first, perhaps we could have a sensible
conversation.
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Thank you for being honest enough to own up to never having driven
one.

Since I never have claimed to I wasn't owning up to anything. I suggest
you go
back and re-read the thread.

Now when you take back the rubbish spouted in the second paragraph and


the obscenity in the first, perhaps we could have a sensible
conversation.


You call someone a liar and you get whats coming. Now eff off.

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Boltar wrote:

Excuse me? I never claimed to have driven one...


[rubish snipped]

As I can clearly show it did very much seem like you were claiming
exactly that. You didn't quote to well there, hence the misunderstanding.

Brimstone wrote:
Boltar wrote:
...try door to door selling around various rough east end
council estates like I did when I was younger where you
risked getting bitten by the some knuckle draggers
pitbull or beaten up by the local gang and have all
your stuff nicked!


But you chose to do the job, if you didn't like it you
could have quite easily found something else, such as
joining the underground and having a nice cushy job.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^

your reply to that was:
I didn't like it. I did leave and get something else. Thats
the whole point...


[after that you immediately started whining about the bad tube drivers
getting payed for their job and having a union caring for them - what
the big deal about it is I still don't understand]

You didn't like _what_? Your reply could easily be mistaken as it's hard
to tell whether you did quit driving or "cleaning doorhandles".

P.S.: Maybe you should have joined the tube, you wouldn't have to risk a
stroke every five seconds because of your anger. On second thoughts
you'd suffer the stress of driving trains and unsocial hours then -
better not then, stay where you are.
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Guy Perry wrote:
...try door to door selling around various rough east end
council estates like I did when I was younger where you
risked getting bitten by the some knuckle draggers
pitbull or beaten up by the local gang and have all
your stuff nicked!


But you chose to do the job, if you didn't like it you
could have quite easily found something else, such as
joining the underground and having a nice cushy job.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^

your reply to that was:
I didn't like it. I did leave and get something else. Thats
the whole point...


Perhaps when you learn to read at a standard higher than that of a
5 year old and can actually follow a thread, you might be able to
figure
out that I was talking about leaving the salesman job.


[after that you immediately started whining about the bad tube

drivers
getting payed for their job and having a union caring for them - what


the big deal about it is I still don't understand]


I'm actually "whining" about them always going on strike when they're
overpaid and overpampered already.

P.S.: Maybe you should have joined the tube, you wouldn't have to

risk a
stroke every five seconds because of your anger. On second thoughts
you'd suffer the stress of driving trains and unsocial hours then -
better not then, stay where you are.


Perhaps if you were self employed and your income *depended* on being
able to get to work (no sick or holiday pay) like mine did at the last
tube strike then you and a load of other apologists on here wouldn't be
so
sanguine about strikes. And as for unsocial hours, pal, I've done
overnight
support work and been at my desk at 3 in the morning so don't talk to
me
about how the poor sausages driving the trains sometimes have to knock
off
at 1am.

B2003

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Door to door selling....couldn't and therefore wouldn't do it. I can see you
need to spend a day on the railway. I can assure you that not all of them
have air-con and some dont see daylight at all during the shift and
therefore at this time of year for upto 7 days at a time.
Sure its good money. But there is a bit more to it thatn moving a lever.

As for the hard life youve had....I used to live in a shoe box in the road.

And by the way....why dont the door to door sellers ever go on strike?

Your friend Mal
"Boltar" wrote in message
ups.com...

Malcolm & Nika wrote:
What planet are you actually from Boltar?
Ai conditioned stations???? Cabs????? The place is a hell hole.


Should I have brought my violin along? Lots of the trains have air con
and heating IN THE DRIVERS CAB, and compared to a bus drivers job its a
piece of ****. No traffic, no steering wheel, no worrying about the
next
fare sticking a knife at your throat. Hell hole my a*se. Sure they have
to
train for lots of emergency situations and have to know to do A if B
happens
or C if D happens, but 99% of their time is spent sitting on their
backsides moving a lever back and forth. Yeah , tough life! If they
think
they're hard done by perhaps they'd like to try door to door selling
around
various rough east end council estates like I did when I was younger
where you risked getting bitten by the some knuckle draggers pitbull or
beaten up by the local gang and have all your stuff nicked!

B2003





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