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so there's going to be a strike on the london underground next week

brusma [Edit] [Delete] 55 replies 15:30, 5 June '09

a 48 hour strike. who else is going to be utterly screwed for transport? i am: it's a half hour bus (or 40 minute walk) to a train station, and i can get from there to liverpool street, but i'm still 3+ miles and on the other side of london to where i need to get to. this is going to be FUN. i can see myself leaving the flat at 6am on wednesday and not getting into work until 9. so which other of you good people is going to be utterly buggered?

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  • lol @ people who live in the sticks

    guntrip | 5 Jun '09, 15:31 | X
    • no - they've got the overground.

      its the zone 2ers who are fucked. i.e. me.

      meths @guntrip | 5 Jun '09, 15:33 | X
      • same here

        I might try and run to work, like 4 miles innit.

        Verbal @meths | 5 Jun '09, 15:35 | X
        • no thanks.

          i'll just get a bus and see what happens. i wont be in any sort of rush

          meths @Verbal | 5 Jun '09, 15:39 | X
    • i'm going to set fire to your snake flag

      brusma @guntrip | 5 Jun '09, 15:36 | X
      • i'm not scared

        it'd take you so long to get here from your shotgun shack out in the boondocks that i'd have ample time to hide it really well.

        guntrip @brusma | 5 Jun '09, 15:49 | X
        • then i'll just burn it all and pray to god that it's destroyed

          brusma @guntrip | 5 Jun '09, 16:08 | X
    • lol @ people who have to work next week

      Royter-Hatfood @guntrip | 5 Jun '09, 16:22 | X
  • I'll give you unlimited piggybacks for a tenner

    cowcow | 5 Jun '09, 15:33 | X
  • will probably just work from home

    cheers

    Jack_il_biscotto | 5 Jun '09, 15:33 | X
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    Verbal | 5 Jun '09, 15:34 | X
  • Are all lines on strike?

    I'll just get a bus. Maybe I'll devise the plot to a great novel with the extra 30 minutes it will take me to get to work.

    DanielKelly | 5 Jun '09, 15:35 | X
    • the ENTIRE underground network

      7pm tuesday to 7pm thusrday

      brusma @DanielKelly | 5 Jun '09, 15:36 | X
    • Dude

      the sheer weight of people going for the bus will mean the demand will not be satisfied.

      Verbal @DanielKelly | 5 Jun '09, 15:36 | X
      • FAT JOKE

        I'll leave earlier. Or work from home.

        DanielKelly @Verbal | 5 Jun '09, 15:40 | X
  • i want to get to work, not die on the roads

    brusma @kissinginkansas | 5 Jun '09, 15:37 | X
  • (a) is it definite?

    (b) will some lines still be running?
    (c) I can work from home. You should do that too.

    TheoGB | 5 Jun '09, 15:37 | X
    • a) as with any of these things, unless there's a last minute cancellation

      b) no
      c) possible but unlikely - i have no landline at home so it's hard to be reached and i'm generally needed for quite a bit of stuff around the office (to make tea lol)

      brusma @TheoGB | 5 Jun '09, 15:39 | X
  • Woo Eastcote!

    50 minute walk to West Ruislip, W. Ruislip to Marylebone then another 45 minute walk to Fleet Steet (I don't dare try the buses...)

    citizenmeh | 5 Jun '09, 15:37 | X
    • get the bus to south ruislip and get the train from there

      Jack_il_biscotto @citizenmeh | 5 Jun '09, 15:39 | X
      • Thanks for the heads-up

        I shall try that.

        citizenmeh @Jack_il_biscotto | 5 Jun '09, 15:41 | X
        • just don't blame me if it all goes horribly wrong

          Jack_il_biscotto @citizenmeh | 5 Jun '09, 15:45 | X
  • Oh that means my bus will be rammed

    and that I'll be stuck at Angel for hours and get up walking.

    Excellent.

    roastthemonaspit | 5 Jun '09, 15:37 | X
    • *end up walking

      rather

      roastthemonaspit @roastthemonaspit | 5 Jun '09, 15:37 | X
  • Oh they're still in talks

    so it might not happen
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8085232.stm

    roastthemonaspit | 5 Jun '09, 15:39 | X
    • But seriously

      HOW CAN THEY BE IN TALKS REGARDING PAY, UNDERGROUND STAFF GET PAID SHITLOADS

      roastthemonaspit @roastthemonaspit | 5 Jun '09, 15:40 | X
      • Tube driver salary's £31K!

        citizenmeh @roastthemonaspit | 5 Jun '09, 15:42 | X
      • Good to see having a Tory mayor has made all the difference.

        :D

        TheoGB @roastthemonaspit | 5 Jun '09, 15:44 | X
        • HE PROMISED US A NO STRIKE DEAL!

          colinzealuk @TheoGB | 5 Jun '09, 15:47 | X
      • and the fuckers've already been offered a guranteed 0.5% above inflation

        doesn't affect me tho. Travel Norf of London innit.

        colinzealuk @roastthemonaspit | 5 Jun '09, 15:44 | X
    • they're in permanent talks.

      meths @roastthemonaspit | 5 Jun '09, 15:41 | X
  • if the bus stops are rammed just walk the 5 minutes to the previous

    stop, if there is one, and get on there. I don't know why more people don't do this.

    Jack_il_biscotto | 5 Jun '09, 15:40 | X
    • You'd be going the wrong way!

      theguywithnousername @Jack_il_biscotto | 5 Jun '09, 15:42 | X
      • for a few minutes

        but that would be mere trifle when the bus pulls up at the rammed stop and you look out the window at everyone trying to push on

        Jack_il_biscotto @theguywithnousername | 5 Jun '09, 15:47 | X
      • but you'd get on a bus much quicker.

        the bus stops in london are ludicrously close as well. about 150 metres apart

        meths @theguywithnousername | 5 Jun '09, 15:47 | X
        • But you'd be going the wrong way!

          PS I'm not endorsing this view, just explaining the logic that prevents people from doing it...

          theguywithnousername @meths | 5 Jun '09, 15:50 | X
          • yeah,

            but logically, you'd get a bus and not have to wait. I.E get to where you're going quciker. therefore: logical captain

            meths @theguywithnousername | 5 Jun '09, 15:53 | X
  • I can walk to work in an hour or so.

    I'll be alight if the weather's okay.

    This doesn't make Bob Crowe any less of a cunt though.

    theguywithnousername | 5 Jun '09, 15:41 | X
    • this just in:

      the london borough of islington is going to be SNOWBOUND with FROZEN ACID RAIN next week

      brusma @theguywithnousername | 5 Jun '09, 15:42 | X
      • I'd probably get time off.

        theguywithnousername @brusma | 5 Jun '09, 15:50 | X
  • We're gonna have a full overground train network soon.

    Imagine that? Trains but ones that go OVER the GROUND! It'll be like the future only right now.

    theguywithnousername @kissinginkansas | 5 Jun '09, 15:49 | X
  • they have trams in Croydon

    nobody wants to go to Croydon though

    guntrip @kissinginkansas | 5 Jun '09, 15:50 | X
  • Tramlink innit

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tramlink

    colinzealuk @kissinginkansas | 5 Jun '09, 15:49 | X
  • Yeah but

    it means living up north

    roastthemonaspit @kissinginkansas | 5 Jun '09, 15:54 | X
  • fuck's sake why dont you all just fucking drive

    godsake

    justanothersheeldz | 5 Jun '09, 15:49 | X
    • oh like you haven't got a vested interest in us all buying more petrol

      SHAMELESS

      brusma @justanothersheeldz | 5 Jun '09, 16:11 | X
  • oh man choose the week i'm going to be in london :(

    louise_ | 5 Jun '09, 15:50 | X
    • i chose the wrong week to give up smoking

      justanothersheeldz @louise_ | 5 Jun '09, 16:10 | X
      • i chose the wrong week to give up drinking

        justanothersheeldz @justanothersheeldz | 5 Jun '09, 16:10 | X
        • i chose the wrong week to give up sniffing glue

          justanothersheeldz @justanothersheeldz | 5 Jun '09, 16:11 | X
          • Doesn't work without the opening "Looks like..." in my opinion.

            :D

            TheoGB @justanothersheeldz | 5 Jun '09, 16:12 | X
          • i chose the wrong week to give up amphetamines

            brusma @justanothersheeldz | 5 Jun '09, 16:12 | X
  • I live in Zone 1 and have a Vespa

    I will be sure to toot my horn in an effete fashion as I burn past you in your crowded human 'bus stops'

    Lucien | 5 Jun '09, 16:13 | X
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