Mizter T wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/5143388.stm

"As temperatures inside carriages rose to well above 30C on Monday,
Ken"

30C? Oh no, whatever will we do!

When it reaches 45C I'll start to worry, temperature in the med never
drops below 30C in summer.

Of course, a 500ml bottle of water costs 50p in med countries, £2 in
London.

Paul Weaver ) gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying :

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/5143388.stm

"As temperatures inside carriages rose to well above 30C on Monday,
Ken"

30C? Oh no, whatever will we do!

Mmm. Quite. Temperatures *outside* rose to well above 30C, ffs...

In message om, Paul
Weaver writes
Mizter T wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/5143388.stm

"As temperatures inside carriages rose to well above 30C on Monday,
Ken"

30C? Oh no, whatever will we do!

When it reaches 45C I'll start to worry, temperature in the med never
drops below 30C in summer.

Of course, a 500ml bottle of water costs 50p in med countries, £2 in
London.


Not if you fill it from the tap :-)

--
Edward Cowling London UK

Paul Weaver wrote:
When it reaches 45C I'll start to worry, temperature in the med never
drops below 30C in summer.

We have poorly ventilated trains and that's a problem, but to buy/lease
new buses without air con is a joke (even in the winter, it's a good
thing and keeps the windows from misting up). All this fuss about not
being able to put air-con on the tube is one thing, but aircon isn't an
expensive premium on a bus these days!

Didn't TfL realise that our buses are still for a lot of the time? No
movement means no airflow (especially with such tiny windows,
presumably to stop people throwing things out).

Of course, a 500ml bottle of water costs 50p in med countries, £2 in
London.

I thought the shops at Kings Cross were expensive, but I still only pay
95p for a bottle, or £1.20 for two bottles. Not cheap, but not a major
rip off either. However, I don't care because whenever possible I
simply refill a bottle with (cold) water from our office water machine,
or before I leave in the morning! Sod expensive mineral water!

Jonathan

jonmorris wrote:

Of course, a 500ml bottle of water costs 50p in med countries, £2 in
London.

I thought the shops at Kings Cross were expensive, but I still only pay
95p for a bottle, or £1.20 for two bottles. Not cheap, but not a major
rip off either. However, I don't care because whenever possible I
simply refill a bottle with (cold) water from our office water machine,
or before I leave in the morning! Sod expensive mineral water!

Jonathan


Doesn't anyone here ever go in a supermarket? A six pack of 500ml
mineral waters costs about £2 (supermarket own brand). Buying in bulk
reduces the price. Morrisons have an offer currently on, I think,
Volvic in 5litre bottles for about the same price - not that I'm
suggesting you take a 5l bottle to work, just refill a smaller one.

victormeldrewsyoungerbrother wrote:
Doesn't anyone here ever go in a supermarket? A six pack of 500ml
mineral waters costs about £2 (supermarket own brand). Buying in bulk
reduces the price. Morrisons have an offer currently on, I think,
Volvic in 5litre bottles for about the same price - not that I'm
suggesting you take a 5l bottle to work, just refill a smaller one.

Indeed, I fill my £1.99 water bottle from the powwow water supply. I'm
thinking more of cases where you are caught unprepared in town. Carts
along the river, for example, are known to rip tourists off.

victormeldrewsyoungerbrother wrote:
Doesn't anyone here ever go in a supermarket? A six pack of 500ml
mineral waters costs about £2 (supermarket own brand). Buying in bulk
reduces the price.

Yes, but I am trying to avoid carrying a bag with me so I don't really
want to take two bottles in (one for the journey in, one for coming
back) because I've stocked up at home. Incidentally, I take water
because it's common sense, not because of the announcements telling me
to do so in case I was too silly to work it out myself!!

If I'm out and want a drink, I'll go to the nearest newsagent and buy
one even if I have loads at home. If I was buying mineral water for
home, I'd buy larger bottles because it's a huge waste of time getting
all that additional packaging for a 0.5 litre bottle.

Tap water does me fine anyway, so if they had tap water available at
stations I'd simply use that. I only drink it to rehydrate, not to be
seen drinking a fancy brand (but, I wouldn't have paid Coca Cola to
drink bottled tap water either!!).

Jonathan

jonmorris ) gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying :

Doesn't anyone here ever go in a supermarket? A six pack of 500ml
mineral waters costs about £2 (supermarket own brand). Buying in bulk
reduces the price.

Yes, but I am trying to avoid carrying a bag with me so I don't really
want to take two bottles in (one for the journey in, one for coming
back) because I've stocked up at home.

Isn't there a supermarket (even a Metro/Extra corner-shop-with-pretensions)
near work? Keep a stock in your desk drawer?

jonmorris wrote:


Tap water does me fine anyway, so if they had tap water available at
stations I'd simply use that.

Can I nominate this for this newsgroups's "best idea of the day" award?


Drinking fountains at main NR and tube stations, where travellers can
have a drink or refil their water bottles. Just like at all BAA
airports.

PaulO

Paul Oter ) gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying :

Tap water does me fine anyway, so if they had tap water available at
stations I'd simply use that.

Can I nominate this for this newsgroups's "best idea of the day" award?

Drinking fountains at main NR and tube stations, where travellers can
have a drink or refil their water bottles. Just like at all BAA
airports.

Hmmm. Would you *really* trust a drinking fountain, considering what your
fellow tube passengers may very well have been doing with it beforehand?