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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: TheBoy on 24 April 2008, 17:48:08
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I detest london with a passion. and the fat useless mayor's transport system is absolutely useless. I wish i'd brought the car in, would have been far quicker.
and my boogies will be black tonight as well :(
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I think you might have before ::)
I take it you have had a mare of a journey then Jaime.....
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I completely and totally agree with you TB --- know all about those boogies too ( not specifically YOURS, I might add!).
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my daughter has decided that the best form of transport in london is her feet ,she now walks from work in the square mile ,home to the east end .the tubes/buses are intolerable. >:(
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i now have to go into the city at least once a week from epsom.....
1.5 hours in and 2 hours out.....totally rather stupid
and don't get me going on the cost >:(
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Despite living in Lincs, my gaffer loves sending me to London. Disregarding Livingstones ill thought congestion charge it's no harder to navigate than any other city, just a bit more of it. If you start with the North/ South circular (A406) the rest falls into place...easy.
Hanger Lane gyratory can take a while in an artic as can the Woolwich ferry if it's only running one way. The East India Dock road is a nightmare for impossible to find addresses, but Putney bridge (nr. Fulham Hi Gary!!) is pleasant to drive over en route to Wimbledon.
Maybe i have an unfair advantage??? :D
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I avoid it like the plague -- and NEVER drive there! For the few places I visit ( Buck House / Westminster / Mallish areas all tourist spots !) I use "shank's pony" -- far quicker !
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Any of you with a misspent youth will understand my nostalgia. I misspent mine in London & Sussex so know some of it pretty well but i appreciate those who have to work in the congestion zone. Is Westminster worth it? :)
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I detest london with a passion. and the fat useless mayor's transport system is absolutely useless. I wish i'd brought the car in, would have been far quicker.
and my boogies will be black tonight as well :(
i agree hate the place, had to photograph the 3 mayoral candidates last week all being interviewed live on beeb radio 9-10am. Everyone in place 8.45 & muppet livingstone turned up 9.30, his excuse was he came on public transport, thats why he was late ;D ;D
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I hate the city as well. Had to go to Truro the other day, I've never known it so busy. ;D ;D ;D
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guess who commutes to london from the midlands! ::)
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In my last job I used to have to drive to London and back 4 - 5 days a week (sometimes twice in one day when called out again in the middle of the night), I didn't have a choice but to drive as the boot of the car carried all the tools and spare parts I needed for all the various sites.
I guess it's stuck with me now because I will never use public transport whatever the penalty imposed for driving a car in the capital. Even now (10 years later) I still know London better than Birmingham!
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I hate the city as well. Had to go to Truro the other day, I've never known it so busy. ;D ;D ;D
They have 2 horses there now?
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I hate the city as well. Had to go to Truro the other day, I've never known it so busy. ;D ;D ;D
They have 2 horses there now?
....and enough hitchin`posts for the dog cart? ;D
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I hate the city as well. Had to go to Truro the other day, I've never known it so busy. ;D ;D ;D
They have 2 horses there now?
....and enough hitchin`posts for the dog cart? ;D
You just wouldn't understand the pressure of the metropolis that is Truro. They've even got one of those new fangled multi-story car parks. It's a bit tight for all the Masseys and John Deeres on market day though. :)
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I hate the city as well. Had to go to Truro the other day, I've never known it so busy. ;D ;D ;D
They have 2 horses there now?
....and enough hitchin`posts for the dog cart? ;D
You just wouldn't understand the pressure of the metropolis that is Truro. They've even got one of those new fangled multi-story car parks. It's a bit tight for all the Masseys and John Deeres on market day though. :)
What next electric light? ;D
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my daughter has decided that the best form of transport in london is her feet ,she now walks from work in the square mile ,home to the east end .the tubes/buses are intolerable. >:(
I had to walk from Malyebone to Angel to get a tube to Old Street, because fatty idiot can't sort out a useful public transport system. The buses weren't taking more passengers as already overcrowded, and the queue for taxis was incredible.
Bloody horrid place, run by a useless fat idiot. I hope Boris wins - equally incompitent, but funnier.
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i did it every day for 2 yrs. you lose yer rag when people shove you in when they cant get on as its so packed, i actually smacked some bloke in the head. had untold rows with people putting dirty feet on seats. my stress level was so high on the underground i had to change jobs. suited and booted are the worse offenders. they presume its there train and open there papers in your face. >:( >:( >:(
richie
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I hate the city as well. Had to go to Truro the other day, I've never known it so busy. ;D ;D ;D
Aaah - Truro ! Cornwall -- the land of my fathers -- well, great great great grand fathers !!!!
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i did it every day for 2 yrs. you lose yer rag when people shove you in when they cant get on as its so packed, i actually smacked some bloke in the head. had untold rows with people putting dirty feet on seats. my stress level was so high on the underground i had to change jobs. suited and booted are the worse offenders. they presume its there train and open there papers in your face. >:( >:( >:(
richie
So true.
LOL - I remember being on the same train as the greek bloke from London's Burning. He was wearing a long wool coat, and it was so packed that the lad behind him was pressed up so hard behind him, he drooled down that coat.
On the upside, I do get a cracking 3G signal in the big smoke!
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I hate the city as well. Had to go to Truro the other day, I've never known it so busy. ;D ;D ;D
They have 2 horses there now?
....and enough hitchin`posts for the dog cart? ;D
You just wouldn't understand the pressure of the metropolis that is Truro. They've even got one of those new fangled multi-story car parks. It's a bit tight for all the Masseys and John Deeres on market day though. :)
What next electric light? ;D
I've heard tell of this rumour but can't see it happening for a while. :(
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mind you i did get to press up against anna fords rse once, which was nice :) and i got to cough in the face of that small ginger mp with the beard who died a while ago, he resigned cause he had an affair. cant think of his name, something cook
richie
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Yes you have mentioned it once or twice. ;)
Worth bringing up again though, god awful place.
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Don't care what you all say,i love the place despite being unable to afford a property there. Ideally i'd like properties around the uk to flit between including a sprawling apartment in the smoke.
Sadly the costs are a little prohibitive to say the least but if i could i'd have the London apartment & a Barn Conversion in Cumbria with a pool for when i wanted to "get away from it all"!!! :)
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I stand corrected if I am wrong but, killing time in a hospital waiting room today, I found an article in a magazine that stated that 24 hrs breathing in London is the equivilent to smoking 14.4 ciggies. There were other examples but I forget the details.
Last in London in 2001 with work, couldn't walk the streets for the beggers, some quite intimidating and the rubbish, never seen anything like it. :(We should all be proud of our capital city. :-[ :-[
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I detest london with a passion. and the fat useless mayor's transport system is absolutely useless. I wish i'd brought the car in, would have been far quicker.
and my boogies will be black tonight as well :(
i agree hate the place, had to photograph the 3 mayoral candidates last week all being interviewed live on beeb radio 9-10am. Everyone in place 8.45 & muppet livingstone turned up 9.30, his excuse was he came on public transport, thats why he was late ;D ;D
Did you hurt it? Did you insult it? Did it slime along like a slug?
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I hate the city as well. Had to go to Truro the other day, I've never known it so busy. ;D ;D ;D
Easier to get through than St Austell though!
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I hate the city as well. Had to go to Truro the other day, I've never known it so busy. ;D ;D ;D
They have 2 horses there now?
....and enough hitchin`posts for the dog cart? ;D
You just wouldn't understand the pressure of the metropolis that is Truro. They've even got one of those new fangled multi-story car parks. It's a bit tight for all the Masseys and John Deeres on market day though. :)
My Cousin and his Dad (my Uncle) both have John Deeres and he was upset because his dads has a 6 cylinder and his is only a 4
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my daughter has decided that the best form of transport in london is her feet ,she now walks from work in the square mile ,home to the east end .the tubes/buses are intolerable. >:(
I had to walk from Malyebone to Angel to get a tube to Old Street, because fatty idiot can't sort out a useful public transport system. The buses weren't taking more passengers as already overcrowded, and the queue for taxis was incredible.
Bloody horrid place, run by a useless fat idiot. I hope Boris wins - equally incompitent, but funnier.
And a lot less slimier