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In message , at 17:32:59 on Thu, 25 Sep
2008, David Livingstone remarked:
Angel Trains is owned by the Royal Bank of Scotland


They sold Angel Trains for £3.6 billion to a group lead by Babcock &
Brown
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7452205.stm


Someone needs to update wikipedia.
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On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:11:51 +0100, Roland Perry wrote:

Someone needs to update wikipedia.


And, in other news...

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Roland Perry gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying:

Someone needs to update wikipedia.


Don't let us stop you.
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In message , at 20:55:43 on Thu, 25
Sep 2008, Adrian remarked:
Someone needs to update wikipedia.


Don't let us stop you.


I may do that, now the deal seems be certain; although it might be
quicker if someone more used to the wikipedia runes did it.

http://www.angeltrains.co.uk/press/release.aspx?Id=703
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Sam Nelson wrote:

Bus to work and back would be about GBP2.50 each way (depends on the driver
and which buses turn up). They've just allowed staff to have the student-
discount card, which gets half-fare on some buses.


Don't suppose you have an easy link to anything about that, do you? It
could be worth suggesting hereabouts.


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In article , (David
Livingstone) wrote:

In message , Roland Perry
writes

Angel Trains is owned by the Royal Bank of Scotland


They sold Angel Trains for £3.6 billion to a group lead by Babcock
& Brown
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7452205.stm

or even a group LED by Babcock & Brown. I do wish people would understand
the difference between a heavy dull grey metal and the past tense of the
verb "to lead".

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On 26 Sep, 12:04, wrote:
In article , (David

Livingstone) wrote:
In message , Roland Perry
writes


Angel Trains is owned by the Royal Bank of Scotland


They sold Angel Trains for £3.6 billion to a group lead by Babcock
& Brownhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7452205.stm


or even a group LED by Babcock & Brown. I do wish people would understand
the difference between a heavy dull grey metal and the past tense of the
verb "to lead".


Does "to lead" mean "to chastise with a bar of heavy dull grey metal
in order to deter the use of inappropriate spellings"?
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Willy Eckerslyke writes:
Sam Nelson wrote:

Bus to work and back would be about GBP2.50 each way (depends on the driver
and which buses turn up). They've just allowed staff to have the student-
discount card, which gets half-fare on some buses.


Don't suppose you have an easy link to anything about that, do you? It
could be worth suggesting hereabouts.


It's all a bit haphazard at the moment, because apparently it's only just
happened. You go to

https://www.firstgroup.com/students/...ast/idcard.php

and answer `Staff' to the full/part-time student question. You also have
to lie about which year of study you're in. That's as much detail as I
have, right now.
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Sam Nelson wrote:
In article ,
Willy Eckerslyke writes:
Sam Nelson wrote:

Bus to work and back would be about GBP2.50 each way (depends on the driver
and which buses turn up). They've just allowed staff to have the student-
discount card, which gets half-fare on some buses.

Don't suppose you have an easy link to anything about that, do you? It
could be worth suggesting hereabouts.


It's all a bit haphazard at the moment, because apparently it's only just
happened. You go to

https://www.firstgroup.com/students/...ast/idcard.php

and answer `Staff' to the full/part-time student question. You also have
to lie about which year of study you're in. That's as much detail as I
have, right now.


Ta. By the time I get around to doing anything about it, they may have
got it a little more organised.
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Willy Eckerslyke wrote:
Sam Nelson wrote:
In article ,
Willy Eckerslyke writes:
Sam Nelson wrote:

Bus to work and back would be about GBP2.50 each way (depends on the
driver
and which buses turn up). They've just allowed staff to have the
student-
discount card, which gets half-fare on some buses.


On the other hand...

I just checked and Arriva's student discounts only apply to season
tickets, so would be less appealing. Never mind.


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