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How to beat the tube strike

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sophiesofa

sophiesofa

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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.
SeanMacGabhann

SeanMacGabhann

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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

woofmarkthedog

woofmarkthedog

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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

katie1997

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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*

Twirly

Twirly

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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.

RosieH

RosieH

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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?

Twirly

Twirly

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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...

KalamityKel

KalamityKel

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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.

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