Techniquest
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Damn, and there's me with the cheque in my wallet without sending it off...
Never mind, I was doubting my ability to get there anyway
Never mind, I was doubting my ability to get there anyway
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Farewell to the Class 87's 29/12/07
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Jord
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Won't they do a pay on the day? and stand? 
Techniquest
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Standing? From Birmingham to Glasgow and back?! No chance, not for 87s. For Valentas or 37s, then we're talking...
Won't they do a pay on the day? and stand?
Tour Operaters only do Pay on the day when tickets are available.
Jord
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Hmmm 37s, a chance you could if you got the window first, because of them hardmen 37 bashers that think they own the place :@ they don't half **** me off :@
Techniquest
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That's one good thing about being a Valenta Veg, getting right to the front is much easier than on any tour!
RJ
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They can't move you or stop you getting the front window unless you let them bully you (wonders where he's seen that before
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Jord
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They can't move you or stop you getting the front window unless you let them bully you (wonders where he's seen that before
Oh i know that, as on the Princepality Freighter back in April, some 37 neds trying to nick my window that i stood there for the whole time from 06:15 and this was about midday, they think they can just move you out the way :@ They fu*king pi55 me off :@
But is that also a dig at who i think it is. . .
theblackwatch
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What p1sses me off is people who think that the window belongs to them and hog it all day, denying any of the other 500 on board the opportunity. You seem to whing about people who "think they own the place" (to quote your earlier comment), yet then act as if you do so yourself. Double standards?
Jord
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No i don't, if people want a look i let them, and then normaly get it back, although if i stand there from the start of the trip to make sure i have the window for the good parts of the tour, then i think i should be aloud to stand there, instead of me standing there then the bashers come along and try to make me shift. That i don't like
87015
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I'd second that, one of the problems of using coffins on tours. Seems to be the same people who like to shout/scream/flail at far OTT levels aswell. IMO it won't be a problem on the 87 tour, at least with the small band of 87 regulars - the follwing quote was used during G21/B05 "New faces clingon in the vestibule whilst the regulars chill in the saloon!" and was spot on!
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It's not just confined to coffins, there seem to be plenty of people who aren't content with being in a front coach with opening quarterlights. Your second quote is spot on, I remember when we had 37s on my local line for a year - for many months there were a small band of regulars (some who did it most nights, others who turned up a few occasions each month), and if you wanted a vestibule window for a short while you could virtually get one. The last few days were a totally different story though.
Just to stay on topic, I hope the 87 farewell isn't marred by the behaviour of a minority of idiots.
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