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Forum: London Transport December 17th 12, 01:43 AM
Replies: 173
Views: 34,744
Posted By Roger Traviss
Why did the Metropolitan Railway go to Verney Junction?

Because it was there? :-)



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Cheers.

Roger Traviss
Forum: London Transport September 1st 12, 07:08 PM
Replies: 173
Views: 34,744
Posted By Roger Traviss
Why did the Metropolitan Railway go to Verney Junction?

In that case, unless the remark was made about the Channel Tunnel, I'm not
sure how France and England can share a border given the three mile limit.


Due to the rise in off-shore resources,...
Forum: London Transport August 20th 12, 07:21 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 4,752
Posted By Roger Traviss
Thailand - railway through Market

I know that there is the South Shore Line from Chicago into India,

"India", wow, never knew you could catch through train from North America to
India! :-)

Street running of passenger and...
Forum: London Transport June 6th 12, 06:59 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 5,638
Posted By Roger Traviss
Well I enjoyed it - the Flotilla

I'm betting HM costs the UK far less than the US President costs the USA.


I loved the security for the Queen.

Way less visible than for the U.S. Prez, who would have been hidden behind
scads of...
Forum: London Transport March 30th 12, 10:23 AM
Replies: 87
Views: 20,706
Posted By Roger Traviss
TfL games advertising outside London

Really? Perhaps in your strange world but folk with children will have to
take some time off during the summer to fit in with the school holidays

You're kidding?

On this side of the pond...
Forum: London Transport March 12th 12, 05:08 PM
Replies: 1,201
Views: 185,823
Posted By Roger Traviss
Phone roaming in the US and Canada was card numbers, was cards, was E-ZPass, was CharlieCards v.v. Oyster (and Octopus?)

If you have an out of country phone in either Canada or the United
States, the roaming costs to go to the other country are noticeable.
I'm going to pay 40 dollars of 100 minutes of air time in...
Forum: London Transport February 24th 12, 03:17 AM
Replies: 1,201
Views: 185,823
Posted By Roger Traviss
cards, was E-ZPass, was CharlieCards v.v. Oyster (and Octopus?)

Not to mention that using cash makes spending money somewhat more
visceral, which I kinda like... keeps spending down a bit maybe.

I find the U.S. credit/debit-card obsession just sort of...
Forum: London Transport January 29th 12, 03:40 PM
Replies: 1,201
Views: 185,823
Posted By Roger Traviss
Stating prices at retail inclusive of taxes

Trivia question (no fair Googling the answer): What was the primary
justification/purpose of the Interstate Highway System?

Military, like the German Autobahns


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Cheers.

Roger Traviss
Forum: London Transport January 29th 12, 08:09 AM
Replies: 1,201
Views: 185,823
Posted By Roger Traviss
Stating prices at retail inclusive of taxes

But presumably the "park" in "parkway" doesn't imply a constant traffic
holdup ;)

[One of my favorite USA-isms has always been how y'all park on the
driveway, and drive on the...
Forum: London Transport January 25th 12, 02:23 AM
Replies: 1,201
Views: 185,823
Posted By Roger Traviss
Stating prices at retail inclusive of taxes

The postal system, like any other "business", is a service. In a VAT
regime, services as well as goods are taxed.

The majority idiots here in British Columbia have voted to dismantle
the...
Forum: London Transport January 24th 12, 06:52 AM
Replies: 1,201
Views: 185,823
Posted By Roger Traviss
Stating prices at retail inclusive of taxes


But I do question the sanity of a country where you must pay tax on a
postage stamp. Is that still the case? It was in Vancouver in 1998. Oh,
and I mean federal VAT, not provincial taxes,...
Forum: London Transport January 24th 12, 02:54 AM
Replies: 1,201
Views: 185,823
Posted By Roger Traviss
Stating prices at retail inclusive of taxes

It's not an FTC rule. It's a US DOT rule, according to several news
articles
I've read. No, it is NOT acceptable to list the price, net of taxes and
fees, in large type, with the total price...
Forum: London Transport January 14th 12, 09:26 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 7,190
Posted By Roger Traviss
Fluffers - still employed?

Are you aware it used to be common parlance in the adult film business
before Viagra rendered it obsolete?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluffing



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Forum: London Transport December 28th 11, 05:29 PM
Replies: 76
Views: 13,933
Posted By Roger Traviss
Metal Thefts Soar ...

Then there's the rather creative method of theft intended to avoid
detection
which was employed recently (for obvious reasons I will not go into
details). Suffice to say the use of that...
Forum: London Transport December 20th 11, 09:43 AM
Replies: 78
Views: 19,243
Posted By Roger Traviss
Modern double deck trams

Though even the euro double deckers (or at least the ones I've been on in
france) are really at the limit of practicality. The top deck is rather
low height and the curved sides impinge quite...
Forum: London Transport October 1st 11, 12:03 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 3,277
Posted By Roger Traviss
Alarming scenes at Clapham

I think it's generally the case with fire alarms, for fairly obvious
reasons (so they continue to work as long as possible even if a fire
is busy burning through their cables, even though these are...
Forum: London Transport August 26th 11, 10:29 PM
Replies: 147
Views: 23,486
Posted By Roger Traviss
A less pleasant aspect of 'railway photography'?

And why should they be protected for being offended? How far should we
take any "right" not be offended - banning Class 66s, models of the Great
Western Railway or looking at...
Forum: London Transport August 26th 11, 10:28 PM
Replies: 147
Views: 23,486
Posted By Roger Traviss
A less pleasant aspect of 'railway photography'?

Is that a deity joke?

Allah be here all week, folks.

God forbid!

That's the holy spirit!


Amen!
Forum: London Transport August 26th 11, 10:27 PM
Replies: 147
Views: 23,486
Posted By Roger Traviss
A less pleasant aspect of 'railway photography'?

Is that a deity joke?

Allah be here all week, folks.

God forbid!

That's the holy spirit!

Saints preserve us!
Forum: London Transport August 26th 11, 05:13 PM
Replies: 147
Views: 23,486
Posted By Roger Traviss
A less pleasant aspect of 'railway photography'?

Is that a deity joke?

Allah be here all week, folks.

God forbid!


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Cheers
Roger Traviss
Forum: London Transport August 26th 11, 01:16 AM
Replies: 147
Views: 23,486
Posted By Roger Traviss
A less pleasant aspect of 'railway photography'?

If I am mugged it is a crime. If a homosexual is mugged it is a hate
crime.

Er, and what if someone is "mugged" simply because one is "perceived
to be Queer".

No, in both cases, no...
Forum: London Transport December 29th 10, 06:03 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,631
Posted By Roger Traviss
The "Third Rail problem"

Here's an idea...get a 160 ton steam train fitted with a snow plough
that shifts the snow, and crunches the ice.

Apart from a distinct lack of 160 ton steam locos, the snow plough is not
...
Forum: London Transport November 11th 10, 08:34 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 5,288
Posted By Roger Traviss
The BorisMaster

Yeah, but would they want a bus half-designed for use with conductors and
a (part-time) open rear platform?

North America has been one man busses since, well, when Noah were a lad.

Conductors...
Forum: London Transport November 11th 10, 07:34 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 5,288
Posted By Roger Traviss
The BorisMaster

" Yes, in the UK at least. I can perhaps see there being some sort of world
market for them, but maybe rather more as a novelty rather than as an
integral part of a city's transport system....
Forum: London Transport November 11th 10, 06:01 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 5,288
Posted By Roger Traviss
The BorisMaster

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/davehillblog/2010/nov/11/boris-johnson-unveils-scale-mock-up-of-new-bus-for-london

I see they may give it the offical name of "Routemaster".


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