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From: Catman on 25 Nov 2009 02:15 Steve Fitzgerald wrote: > In message <hehh0g$kf8$2(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Catman > <catman(a)rustcuore-sportivo.co.uk> writes >>> In message <1j9nlw5.90fj3jahabdN%italiancar(a)gmail.com>, SteveH >>> <italiancar(a)gmail.com> writes >>> >>>>> > your sock >>>>> > puppet, Steve H >>>>> >>>>> I doubt that, y'know. >>>> >>>> He's been suffering from that delusion for quite a long time now. >>>> >>>> Most amusing when you consider that a UKRMer knows Steve F and that I >>>> met up with him for lunch the day I collected my Ducati. >>> What have I done now? >> >> Sock puppet! ;) > > I am? > > Fame at last! > > .... errm whose sock, I'm fussy you know? SteveH's. You may want to book into Dignitas at this point :) -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 GTV TS 156 V6 2.5 S2 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk
From: Andy Bonwick on 25 Nov 2009 02:16 On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:07:19 -0000, "mileburner" <mileburner(a)btinternet.com> wrote: > >"Ray Keattch" <r.keattch5050(a)btinternet.com> wrote in message >news:nuKdnbBQ76f27ZHWnZ2dnUVZ8lednZ2d(a)giganews.com... >> >> I have been a signaller for two and a half years now. My earnings last >> year were �50,000, so I am not sure where my bad decision was. > >No wonder the railways struggle to make money. They pay 50 grand for some >monkey to sit in a box pulling levers. > I look on it as care in the community. I actually think it's great and I'll bet more than a few posters are looking at it and wondering if anyone would ever find out if they went for a similar job themselves.
From: Catman on 25 Nov 2009 02:16 The Older Gentleman wrote: > Catman <catman(a)rustcuore-sportivo.co.uk> wrote: > >> Harry Bloomfield wrote: >>> Conor submitted this idea : >>>> Until I learned to drive a lorry, I didn't realise just how stupid some >>>> of the things I did as a car driver were. >>> I agree car drivers (and riders) do do some really stupid and >>> inconsiderate things around lorries, but could you give some examples? >>> >> Sitting in the blind spot behind the mirrors? Pulling in sharply and >> making the HGV brake (not exactly limited to HGV's I know). >> >> There's two that spring to mind, but not from an HGV driver's POV. > > Creeping up the side of a truck that's actually indicating to turn, and > not appreciating what'll happen to the car/bike when it does. Ahh yes, but that's darwinism, not driving. -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 GTV TS 156 V6 2.5 S2 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk
From: Ray Keattch on 25 Nov 2009 06:12 mileburner wrote: > "Ray Keattch" <r.keattch5050(a)btinternet.com> wrote in message > news:nuKdnbBQ76f27ZHWnZ2dnUVZ8lednZ2d(a)giganews.com... >> I have been a signaller for two and a half years now. My earnings last >> year were �50,000, so I am not sure where my bad decision was. > > No wonder the railways struggle to make money. They pay 50 grand for some > monkey to sit in a box pulling levers. Pulling levers in a control center in London - I think you are ever so slightly ignorant! -- MrBitsy
From: Conor on 25 Nov 2009 06:32
In article <jaCdnQOAyOazzpHWnZ2dnUVZ8hFi4p2d(a)bt.com>, Marc says... > > Conor wrote: > > In article <g7udnRR15LJaopHWnZ2dnUVZ8rVi4p2d(a)bt.com>, Marc says... > >> Conor wrote: > >>> In article <heh3fj$u8r$1(a)aioe.org>, Silk says... > >>> > >>>> If you really want to see people busy doing nothing, you need the Civil > >>>> Service. > >>> I was offered a job in June working for DWP Jobcentreplus. I declined > >>> it. > >>> > >> Back too bad to move paper around? > > > > No..I reckon the frustration at the sheer level of fuckwittery > > demonstrated by the staff coupled with my non politically correct views > > and the fact I don't mince around a subject, I'd not have lasted long. > > > So the back is good enough to move paper around? Looking at some of the staff, there's not that much heavy lifting. -- Conor www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally. |