Boarded the train this morning only to realise that it had a reverse carriage configuration so found myself in coach D, the quiet carriage, instead of coach A. Well, I didn't realise this at the time and I had just put my Walkman on & was privately rocking out to ELO when I had a tap on the shoulder and was informed by my neighbour (who was wearing spandex pants, hi vis jacket and STILL had his bike helmet on) that this was the quiet carriage and could I kindly turn my appliance off as they are not permitted. Well, I have never been surrounded by such a bunch of intolerant smug little Nazis in all my life. Even the bloody clatter of my laptop keyboard elicited a reaction from one of them! I swear they were all trying to kneecap me with their bloody fold up bikes as we filed off the carriage at Swindon.
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My Train Journey This Morning
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Originally posted by gricerboy View PostBoarded the train this morning only to realise that it had a reverse carriage configuration so found myself in coach D, the quiet carriage, instead of coach A. Well, I didn't realise this at the time and I had just put my Walkman on & was privately rocking out to ELO when I had a tap on the shoulder and was informed by my neighbour (who was wearing spandex pants, hi vis jacket and STILL had his bike helmet on) that this was the quiet carriage and could I kindly turn my appliance off as they are not permitted. Well, I have never been surrounded by such a bunch of intolerant smug little Nazis in all my life. Even the bloody clatter of my laptop keyboard elicited a reaction from one of them! I swear they were all trying to kneecap me with their bloody fold up bikes as we filed off the carriage at Swindon.
Competion too much ?But I discovered nothing else but depraved, excessive superstition. Pliny the younger -
Originally posted by gricerboy View PostBoarded the train this morning only to realise that it had a reverse carriage configuration so found myself in coach D, the quiet carriage, instead of coach A. Well, I didn't realise this at the time and I had just put my Walkman on & was privately rocking out to ELO when I had a tap on the shoulder and was informed by my neighbour (who was wearing spandex pants, hi vis jacket and STILL had his bike helmet on) that this was the quiet carriage and could I kindly turn my appliance off as they are not permitted. Well, I have never been surrounded by such a bunch of intolerant smug little Nazis in all my life. Even the bloody clatter of my laptop keyboard elicited a reaction from one of them! I swear they were all trying to kneecap me with their bloody fold up bikes as we filed off the carriage at Swindon.“The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”Comment
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Originally posted by zeitghostI chewed the legs off a chav in the Quiet Carriage when his portable telephonic appliance annoyed me.
It is after all the QUIET carriage.Comment
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Originally posted by zeitghostI chewed the legs off a chav in the Quiet Carriage when his portable telephonic appliance annoyed me.Originally posted by norrahe View PostAnd rightly so!
It is after all the QUIET carriage."Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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Originally posted by gricerboy View PostBoarded the train this morning only to realise that it had a reverse carriage configuration so found myself in coach D, the quiet carriage, instead of coach A. Well, I didn't realise this at the time and I had just put my Walkman on & was privately rocking out to ELO when I had a tap on the shoulder and was informed by my neighbour (who was wearing spandex pants, hi vis jacket and STILL had his bike helmet on) that this was the quiet carriage and could I kindly turn my appliance off as they are not permitted. Well, I have never been surrounded by such a bunch of intolerant smug little Nazis in all my life. Even the bloody clatter of my laptop keyboard elicited a reaction from one of them! I swear they were all trying to kneecap me with their bloody fold up bikes as we filed off the carriage at Swindon.McCoy: "Medical men are trained in logic."
Spock: "Trained? Judging from you, I would have guessed it was trial and error."Comment
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Originally posted by gricerboy View PostBoarded the train this morning only to realise that it had a reverse carriage configuration so found myself in coach D, the quiet carriage, instead of coach A. Well, I didn't realise this at the time and I had just put my Walkman on & was privately rocking out to ELO when I had a tap on the shoulder and was informed by my neighbour (who was wearing spandex pants, hi vis jacket and STILL had his bike helmet on) that this was the quiet carriage and could I kindly turn my appliance off as they are not permitted. Well, I have never been surrounded by such a bunch of intolerant smug little Nazis in all my life. Even the bloody clatter of my laptop keyboard elicited a reaction from one of them! I swear they were all trying to kneecap me with their bloody fold up bikes as we filed off the carriage at Swindon.
I regularly sit in the quiet carriage because I want a bit of peace and quiet - away from idiots talking on mobile phones and idiots who think everyone else wants to listen to what they are listening to. One carriage out of a whole train...yet everyone else is wrong and you are right. Nice.Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God? - EpicurusComment
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Originally posted by PM-Junkie View PostSo which bit of the word "quiet" are you too stupid to understand?
I regularly sit in the quiet carriage because I want a bit of peace and quiet - away from idiots talking on mobile phones and idiots who think everyone else wants to listen to what they are listening to. One carriage out of a whole train...yet everyone else is wrong and you are right. Nice.Comment
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Originally posted by gricerboy View PostPlease do get off your high horse!! - the train was in reverse configuration & I didn't even realise I was in the quiet carriage. Once I found out that I was, I turned my Walkman off. I think people complaining about the sound of typing is well over the top though.Comment
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Originally posted by gricerboy View PostOnce I found out that I was, I turned my Walkman off. I think people complaining about the sound of typing is well over the top though.Comment
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