transmanche
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Except the report clearly says "busy Thirsk station" and not "busy railway near Thirsk station"...
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The Sun: HOW many rail workers does it take to re-surface a crossing?
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martybabes
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Bejaysus you lot, lighten up.
The more comments this article generates, the more credibility it gives the picture and the story accompanying it. You're responding to the Sun here, not to a piece of serious investigative journalism! Nobody in their right mind can reach an accurate assessment or conclusion of a situation or events simply from a casual snapshot. And above all, the story may well not have been researched properly, or at all.
And tomorrow, the "newspaper" may contain a picture and story about something which none of us will recall a week later.
The more comments this article generates, the more credibility it gives the picture and the story accompanying it. You're responding to the Sun here, not to a piece of serious investigative journalism! Nobody in their right mind can reach an accurate assessment or conclusion of a situation or events simply from a casual snapshot. And above all, the story may well not have been researched properly, or at all.
And tomorrow, the "newspaper" may contain a picture and story about something which none of us will recall a week later.
moggie
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The only trueism about this picture is that all 12 of the blokes in the picture are performing a more useful service to the public than the goon who wrote the story.
Of course another way of looking at it is how many NI staff and contractors did it take to turn that picture into column inches in their rag? Think about it, a few square inches that becomes tomorrows landfill......and that's the sum of its usefulness! At least the tarmac will be around a lot longer.
Of course another way of looking at it is how many NI staff and contractors did it take to turn that picture into column inches in their rag? Think about it, a few square inches that becomes tomorrows landfill......and that's the sum of its usefulness! At least the tarmac will be around a lot longer.
GatwickDepress
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Precisely. It isn't as if there's much they could be doing during the dull waiting period, aside from going to the newsagents to pick up ice-lollies.
Happens in every industry and country, not rail exclusive , some tasks need the whole crew, others only two but the whole crew are still there waiting for the next task
DarloRich
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@ Gatwick Depress - Cheers!
Now compare this story to the one in the Express about the cat at Huddersfield. Both none sotories but written in much differing ways!
Now compare this story to the one in the Express about the cat at Huddersfield. Both none sotories but written in much differing ways!
northofthesand
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I agree track workers could be fixing dipped joints or something on the track
that the complaining passengers train is travelling
The said passenger would soon back track if the rail workers had to take a
30 minute blockage to fix the problem and delay their train
PaxVobiscum
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Happens in every industry and country, not rail exclusive , some tasks need the whole crew, others only two but the whole crew are still there waiting for the next task
This whole thread reminds me of the old chestnut about the Time and Motion study of an orchestra as quoted here:
http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com...ian/comments/absurd_remedies_to_cost_disease/
Not allowed now due to elf und saifty! :roll:
High Dyke
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Perhaps he'll need financial assistance...especially with his impending divorce coming up....Rupert Murdoch ain't having a penny of my money!
I don't have Pay Sky either.
Surely there was a genuine issue with using paper covered in various types of ink, or paper that has been bleached or even varnished?
What was it though?
I am sure there is some incidental evidence but what sort of amounts are we talking about?
The amount of fat and grease in the actual fish and chips are probably a lot more unhealthy than the small amount of ink or varnish you would ingest.
michael769
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Food hygene laws prohibit the use of packaging that may transfer it's materials or inks onto the food.
Anyone who has read a newspaper will know how readily the ink transfers onto other surfaces.
Anyone who has read a newspaper will know how readily the ink transfers onto other surfaces.
DarloRich
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It didn't seem to be a problem for over 100 years did it? :roll:
Perhaps it wasn't common in the south but chips from the fish shop always came wrapped in newspaper. Startlingly I cant seem to recall seeing thousands of corpses dragged out on a Friday night after the traditional fish supper.
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How many anti-railway articles does it take to cause a disproportionate amount of stress to a bunch of railway workers?
1.
LNW-GW Joint
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Amid the general scorn for The Sun here, I wonder how many Sun readers there are in the forum?
A fair few I should think. Stones and greenhouses etc...
A fair few I should think. Stones and greenhouses etc...
Scotty
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But they wouldn't literally use the paper from the previous day, they would have had it stored so that the ink dries fully.
My old local chippy would sell the local weekly paper, and any he didn't sell he could then use in a few weeks as chip paper.
And how long was tobacco no problem?
What about the photos of kids playing in asbestos?
Just because people have done things for a long time doesn't mean it's healthy.
Amid the general scorn for The Sun here, I wonder how many Sun readers there are in the forum?
A fair few I should think. Stones and greenhouses etc...
There's an old saying
'Paper never refuses ink'
SS4
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I'm disappointed that the public think that they're doing nothing but slack by default. It's evidenced by the need to defend them.
Even if they were standing around doing nothing when the photo was taken is that a problem? They obviously wernt there all day being paid to watch, its almost certain they are either in a break or waiting to start it finish.
I bet if you went into most offices you would see throughout the day times when staff are standing around talking to each other about non-work stuff or looking unproductive weather this be on breaks/lunch or for a couple if minutes during 'working hours'.
Its not really news is it and you need to be pretty thick to actually believe that they are genuinely being paid to watch others do the work!
I bet if you went into most offices you would see throughout the day times when staff are standing around talking to each other about non-work stuff or looking unproductive weather this be on breaks/lunch or for a couple if minutes during 'working hours'.
Its not really news is it and you need to be pretty thick to actually believe that they are genuinely being paid to watch others do the work!
Temple Meads
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Only on this forum would you get an argument about fish and chip wrapping 
transmanche
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Yes, only in this plaice...Only on this forum would you get an argument about fish and chip wrapping
gorilladan
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I remember being on one h&s training course & the instructor advising us of a well-documented but relatively unreported (sic) danger from newspaper ink. His advice was to wash ones hands thoroughly after handling newspaper ink, especially before using the toilet. Skin around the groin is particularly susceptible in allowing ink to pass into the body & lodge in the surrounding tissue with lots of serious health risks.
Possibly modern-generation inks provide lower risks but why take a chance ?
Possibly modern-generation inks provide lower risks but why take a chance ?
Cherry_Picker
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Just look at them, standing around on the pitch doing nothing. Probably cost £250m+ just to assemble that lot and then you have to add £150m+ a year in wages and bonuses but still they stand around doing nothing. No wonder they didn't win a trophy last season.
scotsman
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Yawn. Tar 'em all with the same brush again. A journo makes a stupid point about the railways, rail staff/enthusiasts responds with contempt for all journalists...and you wonder why stereotypical images of 'trainspotters' won't go away.
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