How to beat the tube strike

[TheArtfulDogger]

Simple

Live in South East London where there are no tubes and voila no problems in the morning when there are no tubes !!

[louisiana]

Surely that's a Top Tip!

[sophiesofa]

I need to get to bond street/marylebone so am either going to walk to the first stop of the number 12 in the hope I can get on one this time without waiting 40 mins watching many 176's drive right past my stop or change trains at LB and walk from charing cross. On the plus side though I got to leave 1 1/2 hours early today because of the strike.

[Drxyster]

Oval Tube Station South East 11 I believe SE11. New Cross Gate Tube Station SE14 I think. Kennington Tube Station SE 11. Elephant & Castle SE1 SE = South East. Anyone got any more.

[Peckwich]

Southwark, Bermondsey & Canada Water?

I always forget that the SE has tube stations too.

[woofmarkthedog]

Sign on instead of working

No Tube needed

( unless you take your Lambrusco intravenously )

W**F

[ImpetuousVrouw]

Cycle

[KalamityKel]

Oh dear the tubes are not running... dont you be filling up my buses!

[TheArtfulDogger]

don't worry kel

my bus is empty

shame I can't say the same for the roads

[woofmarkthedog]

It's a great way to get around...

W**F

[dbboy]

Boris's bikes

[SeanMacGabhann]

people LOVE a tube strike

There, I said it?

They love a good moan about the loony left in the weeks leading up (in between complaining about how THEIR managers don?t understand the job and can?t believe X isn?t being replaced)

Then they love detailing just how they managed to use their map/app/brain to get all the way from Victoria to fekkin Picadilly

There is more self-congratulation going on than there will be at the next Tory conference

[Jeremy]

It's a good excuse to be late into work too. Stay in bed an extra 30 mins, and blame the crowded bus/train/pavement.

[woofmarkthedog]

SeanMacGabhann Wrote:

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> people LOVE a tube strike

>

> There, I said it?

>

> They love a good moan about the loony left in the

> weeks leading up (in between complaining about how

> THEIR managers don?t understand the job and can?t

> believe X isn?t being replaced)

>

> Then they love detailing just how they managed to

> use their map/app/brain to get all the way from

> Victoria to fekkin Picadilly

>

> There is more self-congratulation going on than

> there will be at the next Tory conference

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Sean

I couldn't agree more

Though, I'm trying to work out how to get from my bathroom to the kitchen

Is there an overground/bus/app for that

( don't say bike as the stairs are a bit tricky )

W**F

[katie1997]

SeanMacGabhann Wrote:

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> people LOVE a tube strike

>

> There, I said it?

>

> They love a good moan about the loony left in the

> weeks leading up (in between complaining about how

> THEIR managers don?t understand the job and can?t

> believe X isn?t being replaced)

>

> Then they love detailing just how they managed to

> use their map/app/brain to get all the way from

> Victoria to fekkin Picadilly

>

> There is more self-congratulation going on than

> there will be at the next Tory conference

yah, couldn't agree less ...

the loony left and tube strikes just aren't what they used to be ...

*sighs*

[Michael Palaeologus]

Work from home - its the way to go. I have been posting for the past half hour. Its very tiring.

[Twirly]

It's not like it used to be in the old days though... I remember when the tubes AND the trains went on strike, must've been late 89 or 90. I lived in East Ham at the time, right by the start of the 15 bus stop. Was the only place you could get on it! They caused true mayhem back then...

Don't think there is anyone missing from our office today (though Mr Twirly reports major absenteeism in north London), although some people did have a bit of a walk to get in.

[womanofdulwich]

i think it was 1989 i remember having to drive to streatham and pick up 2 secretaries and an engineer at 6.30 am to drive in-those were the days...

[TheArtfulDogger]

I loved it today

a great excuse to go in early and leave late (6)

[RosieH]

Oh dear god, watching the news - "I don't know what Bob Crow thinks he's doing to communities really, it's a nightmare".

A nightmare? A fucking nightmare! To quote my old dad, they don't bloody know they're born. There are quite a few problems in this society could be resolved quite simply by moaning whingers just developing a fucking backbone and shutting the fuck up.

Ha, I've turned into Louisa. But really...

Shane Meadows on the telly and a Chinese on the way - that's something to look forward to then, eh?

[Andystar]

I found that the best way to beat the tube strike was with a big stick :))

Ps, that also works for lazy a**ed people who annoy you at work..

[Twirly]

womanofdulwich Wrote:

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> i think it was 1989 i remember having to drive to

> streatham and pick up 2 secretaries and an

> engineer at 6.30 am to drive in-those were the

> days...

And didn't they turn all the central London parks into car parks and actually encourage everyone to drive in? Don't see them doing that these days...

[womanofdulwich]

why not? all that extra congesstion charge they could collect? -mmmm - lets suggest this to Boris

[KalamityKel]

I found the whole experience quite enjoyable... no need to rush anywhere coz there was no point... took me two hours to get to work which was great as I'm getting to the exciting bits in my book. Getting home wasn't too bad either - there was the usual kind of idiot blocking up the road causing more congestion but nothing out of the norm. :)

I dont see what all the fuss was about.