Recent content by kbd

There are two points to this statement. Firstly there is the logical inference that a driver can make from the OFF indicator, and secondly there is the actual operating procedures themselves. Let's start with the sentence "Therefore it would be useless to a driver...as he/she needs to know...

Wow, that statement is just astonishing. In Afghanistan, a woman reports that she has been raped. The police become involved and a counter-accusation is made that she has committed adultery. She is stoned to death. That is unethical. A 15 year-old boy in Iran is hung from a crane for his...

Thanks for your reply Metadyneman. You report flames coming out of the mans head which is simply incorrect. The only "flame" is the explosion upon contact. Certainly no fire and certainly no fire coming from the mans body. Your report is inaccurate, I don't know if this was an honest...

*Quite rightly too*. I respect that you personally don't find this video to your particular taste. Personally I think it's a very useful educational tool and I don't find it particularly graphic. It's nothing you wouldn't see watching the A-Team or Mission Impossible. Over 500,000...

You're right - it's an infinite amount of chimps. ... but in the words of Karl Pilkington, "it would never happen" !! great comedy sketch : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mGXYVlLJQo

I think you are right Dazz. Consider the tunnel from the Central Line to the Northern Line at Bank Station. If you take a look at it at any one moment - 95% of the time you will see people walking one direction are on the left, while people walking in the other direction are also on the...

You make a point, but it's not enough to just throw your hands in the air and say "sh*t happens" because if we all took that attitude we would have no objective way of assessing whether a service was adequate or not. Let me tell you my story, it has some similarities. I work in an...

I deliberately used the word culture because it indicates a mind-set, values, and rules that do not necessarily belong to any particular race. I expect you are unable to see this because you are so charged up with political correctness that you are unable to see the evidence in front of your...

This gets up my nose too - and it seems to be worst on the underground. I used to try to squeeze through the crowd being as polite as possible. However after doing that for several years I have given up and just alight the train with a firm shoulder and with momentum on my side (as the...

I can definitely confirm there are "explosions" when the OH cable gets earthed. To see a graphic account of what may happen when a man touches the OH cable, you can visit this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bha6yxOc9-o Don't visit the link if you are "screamish" !

The place I see this happen most is the wide corridor at victoria between the central/district line ticket barriers and the main hall. I agree with the sentiment of previous posters that basically "people are people and won't change". But also it seems that the standards of behaviour have...

Hi Guys, a good friend of mine recently told me something that I found quite hard to believe and I figured that some of the members here might be able to guide me in this. What he told me was this : "by the age of 50, 70% of Underground train drivers suffered from incontinence". If this were...