I hate

Liz line platforms are a thing to behold. Two orderly organised queues either side of the doors and then a Soul Train walk off down the middle for those that are sticking it to the man.

I've had an email notification from the train company informing me that due to the xxminutes delay to the the train journey I am currently on I will be refunded xx £s.

We haven't arrived yet.

fully agree, the bus is the same despite the £2 cap on fares.
local bus transport needs to be free and train fares need to be heavily subsidised across the board to incentivise people out of their cars.

i went to a council meeting forum thing (leicestershire county council) on transport infrastructure / modal shift / yadayada last night.
the thinking seems so disjointed. yes they can build a new junction with priority for cycling / walking / wheeling, but that's not going to encourage people to stop driving everywhere.
people are lazy.
the projected statistics on obesity and other health issues linked to inactivity are quite shocking.

probably not the correct thread for this really, but here are the stats.
from the following doc - https://www.leicestershire.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2024-08/local-transport-plan-for-leicestershire-core-document-2026-2040.pdf

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On a related note: cunts who force their way on to a busy train whilst people are still trying to get off. I had the misfortune of getting the Jubilee line yesterday, had to physically move some dickhead's massive suitcases out of the way as they tried to cram in to a space they clearly weren't going to fit in as I was trying to get off the train.
To be fair, it was at Canning Town so I understand the urgency of wanting to leave.

It's even worse if you're trying to get off at Stratford. End of the line so a full train's worth of people trying to leave whilst a full train's worth of people stand directly in front of the doors and try and force their way on. I really need to buy a cargo bike so that I can avoid getting public transport when I have stuff with me.

If it was only double the cost it would be a bit more tempting. The delay refund is a bit less tempting when travelling with a small child. Get your money back but lose the will to live.

Plus you can drink and train.

This!

I fucking love reading and drinking on the train but it's an unavoidable fact that training with young kids is a massive pain in the arse.

We just took a 5hr train to visit the in laws, trying to keep the kids entertained is just exhausting, they just fall asleep in a car, plus on the other end we had to borrow my mother in-law's car to get about as there's fuck all public transport provision.

Only solution is a range rover!

Range Rover with a chauffeur. Best of both worlds. The kids can sleep, you can get tanked.

A new subset of terrible drivers to add to the list: empty school minibuses. My survey shows a disproportionately high number of errors.

Greenpeace are now proposing a 'climate card' system where passengers would pay a subscription to gain access to train travel across all services. See:

[https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/sep/19/campaigners-call-for-unlimited-climate-card-uk-rail-pass](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/sep/19/campaigners-call-for-unlimited-climate-card-uk-rail-pass](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/sep/19/campaigners-call-for-unlimited-climate-card-uk-rail-pass](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/sep/19/campaigners-call-for-unlimited-climate-card-uk-rail-pass)

I'd sign up for that!

Sorry, dud link. No idea! Anyway it's on the online Guardian front page today.

Excessive packaging, not quite hate but slightly annoying when a more appropriately sized jiffy bag would fit through the letterbox.

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Good choice.

It sounds weird to me though as I spent ages working out a mashup of the accapella over the Unkle Instrumental remix of F.E.A.R so only hear it in that version as 'normal'.

cunts who force their way on to a busy train whilst people are still trying to get off.

I've had this with a broken collarbone. "NOOO! WAAAAIT! CUUUUNT!" as I head out the door with my other arm ready to shoulder barge the cunts back onto the platform. At least getting off the train at Ealing there's a pretty big gap (it made the news) so I'm attacking from an elevated position :D

Only solution is a range rover!

Breeders strike again!

Us sexy childless cool kids are far more likely to be driving around in a little convertible, dahrling!

Asking for a friend... how much does it cost to have a team car follow you around all weekend for a whole year?

Actually, you've just reminded me that my morning alarm is Rottenrow off the same mix cd.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ebf87xGkUOI

It used to be Green Velvet's Flash from a Carl Cox set but I thought I shouldn't have him talking about booze and balloons of nitrous first thing in the morning every morning lest it gave me bad ideas.

I'm not sure nuclear testing is better but the planet is fucked so maybe it's more accurate.

This was my alarm for almost 20 years :)

Other people: I hate hippy's fucking alarm. That passed out cunt won't turn it off again!

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• Carl Cox @ Sensation Amsterdam - Flash.mp3

Breeders strike again!

Someone has to make the next generation of beer makers!

Things like beer will be banned because we won't have enough soil to grow hops in nor fresh water to drink because we'll be mostly underwater. Houses will be replaced by Range Rovers, bobbing around like some shit from Waterworld..

You underestimate man's desire for booze. We'll be making beer from piss, hair and sand.

Just like the Aussies do.

At least it's cold piss, hair and sand.

Trolls on here.

Not particularly the salty, endlessly argumentative ones who make some useful contributions but the tediously puerile ones who post shite and nothing else.

Sorry.

Not you 😀