Recent content by Farang

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...

TFL were conducting a revenue block at my local station. I wanted to enter to use the ticket machine to top up an Oyster. I explained and he let me through.

I hope the resident got more than just a refund.

We'll find out soon enough. No nuclear attack subs available for deployment, according to multiple sources.

Crossing the road with my ears full of wax. I stepped out from the traffic island after checking in the direction vehicles should have been coming from. I could faintly hear the sound of a horn, but the first I saw of the car travelling at speed the wrong way down the carraigeway was after it...

Para. 2 says the Appeals Service is independent of WM Trains. Para. 4 says they can only take into account information from the inspector!

During a school trip I asked a teacher why there were so many signs to the place called Ausfahrt.

From the Senior Railcard terms and conditions "2.5. You may be asked to show your Railcard when purchasing discounted tickets." https://www.senior-railcard.co.uk/help/railcard-terms-conditions/

Those interiors are gorgeous.