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[email protected] · August 15th 06, 06:13 PM posted to uk.transport.london

Kev wrote:
Isaac Abraham wrote:
wrote:

In certain cases they'll whinge like b****ry but apparantly lack the
wit to perceive the disturbance potential before making the decision to
live adjacent to the lines.

Fine - forget I even mentioned it. I just asked for advice on this,
maybe there was somewhere within LU I could ask about e.g. how often
they do track works etc. but seems that all I'm doing is getting flamed
for asking.
You have to bear in mind that a lot of the people who post on rail
related site are f**king ignorant ****s. LUL certainly does have noise
abatement orders put on them, I should know, the last project that I
worked on had enough delay claims due to such orders.
Then of course there is noise and noise. They could go out and say what
the hell, I am going to make as much noise as I can and I don't give a
dam or we can actually find a quiter way of doing the job.
It wouldn't take much to make residents aware before hand that there is
likely to be a lot of noise then people could have the option of
perhaps sleeping in a back bedroom.
You have to bear in mind that generally speaking the railways don't
give a dam about anybody but themselves.

You have to bear in mind that "the railways" don't do maintenance
because they get a particular thrill out of annoying people. They do it
amongst other things to stop trains coming off the rails and killing
lots of people. Large scale maintenance doesn't happen more often than
it needs to or generally create noise at a level significantly greater
than can be helped.
You have to bear in mind that (in all probability) the original poster
was not forced at gunpoint to opt to reside adjacent to the railway
line. What you interpret as ignorance others have interpreted using
phrases such as spelling out the facts of life. On occasion I have
posted enquiries to a newsgroup which others have perceived as naive or
misplaced. I have found it quite helpful to gain this type of feedback
and often modified my original opinion having been better informed by
the response.
You have to bear in mind that you would have to be a really delicate
flower to actually take such responses personally but no doubt there
are some newsgroups where mutual appreciation societies and
inconclusive waffle are more readily available.
--
gordon

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