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Of course it is propaganda, as is the statement put out by the RMT. As Mr Cairns would have us all believe, Dictionary.com is your friend ;)
How do you know what is reasonable? Do you have any idea/experience of what the job involves? Playing Simsig every night doesn't count...
And as...
It's pretty much regarded as fact throughout the industry that GC will be using 2+5 car HST sets. It would be prohibitively expensive to start up the Voyager/Meridian production line just to build 2 or 3 sets required by GC, and no-one else has any to spare.
Whats that supposed to mean? How are we supposed to view the type of person Keith (who you quoted before coming up with that comment) was on about? Wait till they spit then politely say thank you and offer them a tip?
Pratt.
Back on topic as regards the timing of the strikes, when would...
Siggys are comparitively well off? B*ll*cks. It's a job where the tiniest of mistakes can land them in prison. You'd do well to remember that.
Nobody's holiday is going to be ruined. There is plenty of publicity about the strike, and the tocs will be obliged to provide replacement transport...
In that case AlexS I hope you are never in a situation where you feel you have to strike.
All the signallers are asking is for a 1 year deal vice the 21 month deal that NR are offering - NR are refusing to discuss it - it's that simple as far as I can see.
As regards going slower by...
Cheers Simming. I did find a link to Phoenix which I posted here for anyone interested, however the post has not been approved. Presumably the mods are going over it with a fine toothed comb looking for hidden layers of sarcasm and spam ;)
Phoenix do have a website, although it's not the easiest to find.
For anyone interested: http://www.srgroup.fsnet.co.uk/Phoenix.htm
SR Unit complete kits: http://www.srgroup.fsnet.co.uk/EMU_history_01.htm
TM
Ok fair enough - I'll change it to read thusly:
'...I dared to challenge the view of a member or members of the almighty admin/mod team'
I can't find that bowing down smilie though :(
I never suggested that you hold the same views as Yorkie. I was merely referring to the fact that every time it kicks off, it's a member of the 'staff' who is involved.
Read into that what you want.
Regarding the topic in question, I have NEVER been refused permission to take photographs...
Here we go again...
As usual, 90% of people are perfectly reasonable, yet 10% of people, i.e. Yorkie and co :roll: have to be difficult and arguementative. As usual, I suppose this post will be removed because I dare to challenge the almighty admin/mod teams view... :notworth:
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