Recent content by Farang

They left some in our garden!

A Very Polish Practice, described by Wikipedia as "a 1992 feature-length TV spin-off film from the British satirical comedy-drama series A Very Peculiar Practice." I did try, but couldn't make it to the end due to its bitter and cynical tone. The final episode of the original series was called...

The wife's got her Oystercard now :)

Just 314 votes for George Galloway. That's brightened my morning.

It's now two weeks since the wife paid for her Oystercard with no sign of it arriving. Today TFL gave themselves another 2 weeks to get it to her - their third target date. The explanation? A "technical issue".

You've followed exactly the procedure Southern asked you to and they still can't get it right! https://www.southernrailway.com/help-and-support/delay-repay-compensation

If you want to avoid the hassle of scanning your receipt to exit, just get a mate to hold open the barriers at the shop entrance. Simples!

As you've paid by credit card and it's over £100 you can get your money back by a section 75 claim. But the first thing the credit card company will ask is what efforts you have made to get the money back from the retailer, so you should contact customer relations and keep records of all your...

I'm afraid I only remember the conversation, not the details of the ticket. It was a few years ago.

Good idea for a thread. I was having a hard time trying to book some tickets for my Mum on the GWR website, so I resorted to phoning them. As I waited on the line, I mentally rehearsed how I would let the guy on the other end know what I thought of their website. Someone answered the phone...

In the words of the song, I knew before. So I've turned them off.

I remember one of my profs at uni back in the eighties arguing that the pace of technological change had definitely slowed down. The previous generation's lives had been transformed out of all recognition, but in his words "That hasn't been my experience."  

Statutory listing for all remaining TVM's now! They are an essential element of our built environment.

Mrs. Farang also recently experienced disruption while trying to get to Southampton for a cruise. Her train (on a Saturday) was first delayed leaving Waterloo, then terminated early so she and friend had to lug their wheelies onto the next train. Embarkation deadline 3:00pm, they arrived 3:10...

Not just kids. Two young males - 20ish at a guess - were pretending to tap in at an Oyster reader and making loud 'beep beep' noises, implying that the rest of us were fools for paying. But I'd touched in with my 60+ Oystercard. Small victories...