I experienced the London Underground and the Paris Metro, both can be quick and reliable and both can be overcrowded and unreliable , yea I know it sounds contradictary but lets face it both cities a seriously overcrowded and its not always the operators fault when the systems break down, as they do from tome to time.

I cant speak to much for the Paris Metro as I only used it for a week to get round the city but was impressed with it all the same even though we did experience a few delays and crowded rush hour trains. my biggest moan about it was the long walks through pedestrian subways to connecting lines, but otherwise ok.

I drive a bus in London and there isnt day goes by when we have to carry ticket holders on behalf of the Underground because of some reason or other, one common reason of late is overcrowding where some stations are closed for safety sake, but the travelling public dont see it like that, to them they’ve just been inconvenienced so they look for some one to blame, I dont honestly think the London Underground is as bad as the media would have us believe, just imagine life without it.
Everyday is like putting a litre into a half litre pot, most large cities are like it, and the underground is a quick way of moving people from A to B, and when it carries the ammount of people that the LUL does it stands to reason theres going to be breakdowns.

btw, I dont pay for travel in London as I have a staff pass but I saw a fare list not to long ago and was amazed at the high fares LUL charge. The buses are not to bad though with a 70p flat fare
and an array of different daily, weekly and monthly passes to pick from.

Dave

Dan

I agree the photo opportunities are much better at MAN

Andrew

I was at LGW up till 11.30, after reading your list of what you saw I wish I’d stayed a bit longer. Did the Air Plus 310 take off, it was there when we got there about 9ish

Were the Continental 757 and 767s still there, difficult to read them off when they’re parked on the other side of the main pier

Ive posted quite often on this board, mostly by way of Marquees, that perfection is a state of mind , in the USAs case if they tell themselves they’re the best for long enough some one somewhere in the world will eventually believe them, most definately a state of mind .
Im sorry to our American friends on here, but I think your government is the most arrogant governing body in the world, and history tells us that arrogance, in the long run, never wins.

Dave

Re: summer vacation in N Europe

Originally posted by mixtec
Why do Northern Europeans leave for vacation during the summer? Summers are absolutely glorious in N Europe and I cant see why anyone would leave at that time of year. In the US most everywhere is hot and humid on the east side, desert hot in the south west which leaves the pacifac nothwest which has gloriously beautiful summers like Europe. So why dont you take you vacations during winter?

Northern Europe has glorious summers ?? Man ! have you ever been to the UK in summer, I can remember snow in June(1976)followed by one of the hottest summers on record, floods, heatwaves, rain for days on end , no year is the same as the last, thats why us Brits main talking point is the weather.
No matter where you are in the world, if the suns shining its always glorious.

Dave

Hey Andrew I was at LGW this morning (9th) didnt stay long tho’ made 5 new regs, to windy for me. Where were you?

Did you notice lift shafts being built along main pier? that means they must be building up, which means a bit more of the view disappears, it wont be worth going there soon, there’ll be nowt to see!!

btw, like the pic, nice artwork on fuselage

Dave 😡

A very inefficient and costly way moving frieght I would have thought. As you say ,where would they put the loading doors?

Dave

Wysiwyg

Just for arguments sake, if a concorde was turned into a frieghter, how would its performance be affected?

Dave

Yea I remember seeing something on TV about it, who was their original bass player? Glen Matlock wasnt it? I bet he was a bit p*ssed off at losing out to a non musical moron like Viscious

Dave

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