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Something you'll not see on UK railways...

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    Something you'll not see on UK railways...

    .. in 2018, or 2118


    "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

    #2
    Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
    .. in 2018, or 2118

    If the UK wasn't such a nation of wretched penny-pinching cheapskates, we'd be world leaders in supersonic underground tube railways by now, with bullet trains going 800 MPH from Land's End to John a Groats!
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      #3
      I don't think you see it too often on German trains anymore either: ‘We are becoming a joke’: Germans turn on Deutsche Bahn | World news | The Guardian
      Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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        #4
        The conductor gave apologies throughout the journey from Hamburg today for the delay to München. Made sure connections would be okay and not interrupted to the elderly passenger sitting next to me. Delay was 3 minutes. Feck;-)
        Last edited by scooterscot; 21 December 2018, 18:23.
        "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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          #5
          You're right, we'll never see that, we use MPH.
          Maybe tomorrow, I'll want to settle down. Until tomorrow, I'll just keep moving on.

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            #6
            Originally posted by scooterscot
            The conductor gave apologies throughout the journey from Hamburg today for the delay to München. Made sure connections would be okay and not interrupted to the elderly passenger sitting next to me. Delay was 3 minutes. Feck;-)

            He should have apologised to the poor old biddy for having to sit next to a complete twunt like you for that length of time without giving her access to the ejector seat button!!

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              #7
              Originally posted by Hobosapien View Post
              You're right, we'll never see that, we use MPH.
              not for long matey.... The UK re-joins a month later after you know what and it'll be all metric with the Euro in your pocket. You know it makes sense.
              Last edited by scooterscot; 21 December 2018, 19:15.
              "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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                #8
                Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
                .. in 2018, or 2118


                Eurostar services on UK soil... 300 km/h

                Google and Wikipedia can be consulted before you post threads like this you know...

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Bean View Post
                  Eurostar services on UK soil... 300 km/h

                  Google and Wikipedia can be consulted before you post threads like this you know...

                  Careful, - he'll post hundreds of squiggly lines, and bore you into submission

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by BR14 View Post
                    Careful, - he'll post hundreds of squiggly lines, and bore you into submission
                    and my lad's bike's faster than that

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