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From: NM on 9 Dec 2009 04:20 She was a stunningly pretty young thing, she caught this dirty old mans eye as she alighted from the incoming train at Liverpool Street this morning at about 0615, she was clad in the latest stylish obligatory body clinging lycra and yellow reflective light jacket plus of course the mandatory half melon on her head. She scooted from the other end of the train on one pedal until she was almost at the head of the queue to pass the barrier when she was forced to walk but she had almost made the head of the queue, the bulk of the passengers at this surprisingly busy time of the morning pressing up behind her. Like a young amazon she picked up the bike and got it firmly stuck in the barrier about three feet off the floor and blocking everything, the remaining passengers seemed far from gruntled as they muttered death threats whilst they backed up and re-negotiated the remaining barriers. Now you would think that there would be a member of the rail staff to come to this damsels aid in her hour of need however this was not the case for several minutes. It was not until all the passengers cleared the barrier that official presence was in evidence. Point 1, Why allow bikes on trains that are very busy. Point 2, If you must tolerate bikes then make some proper provision for processing them.
From: Tim Dunne on 9 Dec 2009 04:33 NM wrote: 8<... bollox Don't you *ever* stop whining? Tim -- My hearts numbered beat | Greetings from Birmingham, UK Still echoes in this empty room |All about me: www.nervouscyclist.org Fear wells in me, but nothing seems| Is your ISP pimping your data? Enough to defend Dave Matthews| www.badphorm.co.uk
From: Chris Tolley cj.tolley on 9 Dec 2009 05:14 Tim Dunne wrote: > NM wrote: > > 8<... bollox > > Don't you *ever* stop whining? Yes, he does. Did you not notice? He's just admitted to devoting some time to stalking "a stunningly pretty young thing" with a bicycle. If only he'd devoted a small amount of time to considering that this question about bikes may have been discussed oodles of times before. Perhaps he's still distracted by thoughts of "body clinging lycra" and "pressing up behind her". -- http://gallery120232.fotopic.net/p14104762.html (66 013 at Doncaster, 26 May 1999)
From: Joseph Craine on 9 Dec 2009 05:22 NM wrote: > She was a stunningly pretty young thing, she caught this dirty old > mans eye as she alighted from the incoming train at Liverpool Street > this morning at about 0615, she was clad in the latest stylish > obligatory body clinging lycra and yellow reflective light jacket plus > of course the mandatory half melon on her head. > > She scooted from the other end of the train on one pedal until she was > almost at the head of the queue to pass the barrier when she was > forced to walk but she had almost made the head of the queue, the bulk > of the passengers at this surprisingly busy time of the morning > pressing up behind her. > > Like a young amazon she picked up the bike and got it firmly stuck in > the barrier about three feet off the floor and blocking everything, > the remaining passengers seemed far from gruntled > as they muttered death threats whilst they backed up and re-negotiated > the remaining barriers. > > Now you would think that there would be a member of the rail staff to > come to this damsels aid in her hour of need however this was not the > case for several minutes. It was not until all the passengers cleared > the barrier that official presence was in evidence. > > Point 1, Why allow bikes on trains that are very busy. > > Point 2, If you must tolerate bikes then make some proper provision > for processing them. > I thought this story was going to end with you saving her life fron the evils of barriers.
From: Owain on 9 Dec 2009 05:27
On 9 Dec, 09:20, NM <nik.mor...(a)mac.com> wrote: > Like a young amazon she picked up the bike and got it firmly stuck in > the barrier about three feet off the floor and blocking everything, > the remaining passengers seemed far from gruntled > as they muttered death threats whilst they backed up and re-negotiated > the remaining barriers. Silly cow should have used the wide/manual gate. > Now you would think that there would be a member of the rail staff to > come to this damsels aid in her hour of need however this was not the > case for several minutes. It was not until all the passengers cleared > the barrier that official presence was in evidence. If the barriers are that congested a member of staff trying to get through is a further obstruction to the passengers and a safety hazard to the staff. > Point 1, Why allow bikes on trains that are very busy. Because people would complain if they didn't > Point 2, If you must tolerate bikes then make some proper provision > for processing them. Should have used the wide/manual gate Owain |