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From: Dave Plowman on 21 May 2010 04:28 In article <6321b171-0302-45cd-b941-758781d0789d(a)q8g2000vbm.googlegroups.com>, Derek C <del.copeland(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > Apart from in the rush hour, large engined, multi-seater buses and > trains trundle around the countryside all day with only about three > old age pensioners with bus passes and a couple of school age children > on board. Is that really so green? Round here, the times you see school children on buses etc is when going to or from school. Thousands of them. And regardless of the times I use PT (usually outside rush hour) it's never as empty as you suggest. But by nature there will be times when it's more busy than others. -- *'ome is where you 'ang your @ * Dave Plowman dave(a)davesound.co.uk London SW 12
From: Dave Plowman on 21 May 2010 04:23 In article <cc8d7114-54e3-4943-9205-ddb0f7850b9f(a)c7g2000vbc.googlegroups.com>, Derek C <del.copeland(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > > > The answer to Labour's hatred of motorists is quite simple. Railways, > > > buses and other form of public transport are highly unionised and the > > > trade unions are their major source of income. > > > > That'll be why they spent so much public money trying to keep BL > > running... > > > If you mean British Leyland, they were also highly unionised. So nothing to do with motorists? > Also the > money they put into BL was peanuts compared with the recent bank > bailouts, millions not billions. It was indeed. Are the banks known as being a major source of income to the Labour party too? -- *A calendar's days are numbered* Dave Plowman dave(a)davesound.co.uk London SW 12
From: ChelseaTractorMan on 21 May 2010 04:48 On Fri, 21 May 2010 00:46:06 -0700 (PDT), "Man at B&Q" <manatbandq(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> And how often do you think people should go grocery shopping? > >My parents always managed. So did most of the rest pf the population >with hardly an "out of town" shopping centre in existence. usually with a non working housewife and a much less interesting range of food. Things like (bell) peppers and aubergines were very exotic then. -- Mike. .. . Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine.
From: ChelseaTractorMan on 21 May 2010 04:50 On Fri, 21 May 2010 00:48:45 -0700 (PDT), "Man at B&Q" <manatbandq(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> What is convenient about having to drive miles to buy a few groceries? > >Nothing. You drive miles to buy *lots* of groceries, (one of the lies put about is that driving to the supermarket to buy a kilo of kenyan beans produces more carbon than flying them form Kenya. Only true if its a 20 mile drive and you buy just the beans). -- Mike. .. . Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine.
From: ChelseaTractorMan on 21 May 2010 04:54
On Fri, 21 May 2010 00:59:50 -0700 (PDT), Derek C <del.copeland(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >Apart from in the rush hour, large engined, multi-seater buses and >trains trundle around the countryside all day with only about three >old age pensioners with bus passes and a couple of school age children >on board. Is that really so green? no, its a social service. -- Mike. .. . Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine. |