you one of those smug first-class bar-stewards then? ;-)Well don't turn your nose up at me when I have to walk through your carriage ;-P Or I guess this is just the new virgin trains? It's all very well the new ones having all these bits and bobs, fat lot of good when you can't get a seat. My experience of Virgin trains is not the same as yours, but then I've only got one occasionally, usually on a weekend so probably not the best time.
I used to like the trains until I had to catch them every day. Stuck to some smelly knobber who's got his ipod on loud enough that people two carriages away can hear his shit taste in music. Late, full, slow, expensive. And I guess I used to get a train to go somewhere I wanted to go, once I had to start paying over the odds just to get to work they became less fun...
As for Great Western, give me the old Intercity over the new trains any day. Far, far, more seats, more space, more room for my bike(!)... on those trains I can read a paper, have a coffee etc in peace. The replacement trains they've got I can rarely get a seat, or being an antisocial sod, never get a seat not surrounded by idiots!
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Sun 13 May 2007, 12:59,
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I used to like the trains until I had to catch them every day. Stuck to some smelly knobber who's got his ipod on loud enough that people two carriages away can hear his shit taste in music. Late, full, slow, expensive. And I guess I used to get a train to go somewhere I wanted to go, once I had to start paying over the odds just to get to work they became less fun...
As for Great Western, give me the old Intercity over the new trains any day. Far, far, more seats, more space, more room for my bike(!)... on those trains I can read a paper, have a coffee etc in peace. The replacement trains they've got I can rarely get a seat, or being an antisocial sod, never get a seat not surrounded by idiots!
Here's the trickif you know you are traveling, book in advance and book on the internet at www.qjump.co.uk. Not only will you save a lot of money you will get your seat reserved. Plus at weekends you can pick up first class seats cheaper than the standard fare ( little know secret that they flog off 1st class at weekends )
As for ipods I agree but sadly you can no longer do much about it as every arsehole has one. at least there is now a radio at every seat you can plug your headphones in and get 14 stations so you can ignore the ipod ignorant dickheads.
(As for ipods I agree but sadly you can no longer do much about it as every arsehole has one. at least there is now a radio at every seat you can plug your headphones in and get 14 stations so you can ignore the ipod ignorant dickheads.
Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice,
Sun 13 May 2007, 13:24,
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