Rules for London buses

I've been told to HTFU. I still cry about this.

"A range of counselling services is available in the Melbourne area to provide assistance with HTFU-related issues. Many counselling services are free or government-subsidised."

Do they just involve a whack round the chops or is it more structured?

I prefer to be knocked to the ground with a king hit from behind and then kicked repeatedly in the face and stomach.

I always thought "HTFU mate!" WAS the Australians' idea of counselling.

'tis true.

I had a front wheel stolen in Stratford some years ago. The driver of the S2 (as it was then) allowed me to take his bus back to Hackney with the bike. This was late at night and the bus wasn't full, but still top service.

And you weren't carrying a bike but bicycle components. A bicycle must, necessarily, have two wheels.

Pedantry fail.

Although it doesn't have wheels, I've carried a kayak on a bus before + paddle + 120litre bag at 7PM from London Bridge to Haringey on a packed 341.
I think the driver was impressed with my effort and just thought "yeah go on then".

Oxford st to catford? You should have arrived about 15 mins faster than the bus...

Cyclists should thank bus drivers for all the local maps at bus stops, drafting and for the extra wide bike lanes not be begging them for a lift! HTFU

This isn't like those cities with intagrated transport where they have a convenient rack on the bus for bikes... er... don't know why though, it just isn't? Oh, this is London my friend! (?)

I managed to move house on a Bus - 70 litre backpack, 2 massive holdalls and a skate longboard dragged behind me with 4 cardboad boxes lashed to it. And a packet of crisps.

Driver didn't say a word

And you weren't carrying a bike but bicycle components. A bicycle must, necessarily, have two wheels.

Pedantry fail.

I was carrying a bicycle. A bicycle doesn't stop being a bicycle just because you take a wheel off. Rather, it is the potential, when fully configured, of having as its regular mode of operation the running on two wheels that makes a bicycle a bicycle.

:)

It's a bike. Not Theseus's bike.

Pedant.

I saw two Chinese people with limited English try to get a full-size fridge on a bus at the top of Finchley Road on Sunday afternoon, driver said no..[/quote]

Funny as fcuk

As for the bike in pieces...I'd plainly refuse to get off the bus if the wheels had been removed and the driver STILL kicked up a fuss, although I think taking it on intact is asking for a big fcuk off.

Although it doesn't have wheels, I've carried a kayak on a bus before + paddle + 120litre bag at 7PM from London Bridge to Haringey on a packed 341.
I think the driver was impressed with my effort and just thought "yeah go on then".

tsk.

mutters under breath and glowers behind my copy of the mentro

A to Z FTW!