Recent content by mikeg

So on Sunday I was on the bus and some idiot was talking on his phone on loudspeaker. It was actually another driver (not driving this service but in uniform, presumably off duty or on some sort of positioning move). Currently I’m sat before some chavvy lumpen type who thinks it’s ok to vape on...

I do not get PIP. I just about manage at home, I suppose (well barley actually), though my mental health nurse thinks I should. We're discussing it at our next appointment, but am unsure as to why claiming a benefit should make me any more disabled? A stoma only adds 2 points, though there are...

Interesting. Do you know this? Or have you just deduced it given how few days we have left to go? I'm genuinely curious as to what's in there. I appreciate that for some autistic people (and I've known them) train travel can be a distressing necessity, but for me it's not an issue so I'm not...

Thanks for your support. Honestly this forum is a sanctuary of sanity. Whilst I have many disagreements with many people, and they the same for me, the fact we're able to do it in a reasoned and respectful way means something. I honestly appreciate the whole railway enthusiast mentality. Plus if...

I think you'll find with this I'm in agreement, my point was two wrongs do not make a right and if she was so bothered, why didn't she just report the matter? It was not our land and we were turning away good business. Doesn't mean that you get to use discriminatory terms about people.

I have done so already previously. I also have an appointment in a week. You raise a valid point: Here I would be more forgiving. But to tar all with the same brush? I've met a few gypsies in my life and you're right. Some have a criminal lifestyle that seems embedded. I honestly don't know...

Yes, it's having a serious impact on my quality of life. Not to that extent yet though, that's why I'm seeking out positive ways to change things. I think with your point about people taking offence you're making a valid argument with which I have significant sympathy but are missing the mark...

I'm writing this as I'm fed up with the media, particularly the tabloids, routinely spreading harmful stereotypes about people, which are often not only untrue but counterproductive. However, I'm also offering a practical solution - a change in the law - which could rectify this without...

As @OscarH says will be interesting to see how it pans out with the present reservation system but a system of flexing the price per day makes sense. Race day in York? It’s more expensive. Rainy Tuesday with nothing happening? Cheaper. As long as the current anytime remains, a roughly even...

They may be timetabled to have a 3-4 minute wait but in practice it’s usually 5 or more as the bus runs early as of around Deighton or the south of Fulford (depending on direction). I’m also unsure why everything has to be the same every hour? Surely this is a waste of capacity?

This is a large part of it : offal needs to maintain a core temperature of no more than 3c according to my food hygiene training whilst others can be stored in environs of 5c and the core temperature go up to 8. Add to that the short shelf life and cost of wastage (for each unit of stock...

Regarding the 415 service changes it’s ridiculous. The dwell times at the designer outlet are already over conservative and even with the current timing points can result in waiting 5 minutes +. Also what happened to notice being given? A few days notice is not enough for the travelling public...

I personally do blame people for self evacuating as they are not only putting their own safety in grave danger but causing huge amounts of disruption for others. I don’t see why they aren’t prosecuted. If you can be prosecuted for accidentally having the wrong ticket, you can and should be...

Far too many to mention in North Yorkshire, some of the most pointless town services have been done away with, which could easily be walked or wheeled by almost anyone in 2014ish. I'm thinking Norby to Thirsk Market Place. There are however plenty that remain that run once or twice a week at...

Please, not more forcing of journey planners on passengers who just want a damn ticket.