(09 Sep 2014, 6:42 am)Dan Have to say I wasn't impressed with East Coast yesterday.
Although the train I was on south-bound was punctual, the 0630 from Newcastle was not. As a result of the service's cancellation, passengers on that train crammed onto ours and we made an additional calling point at Peterborough consequently. When you're still half asleep, it's just not great...
Coach C on the return journey was awful - the smell was worse than that of a 'CrossStinky' train. The lock on the toilet at the end of our carriage was broken; as such, the door was left open (despite me getting up several times in anger to close it - thinking this was the source of the smell). The door leading into the carriage from the vestibule was also broken, and remained open throughout the journey.
(09 Sep 2014, 6:42 am)Dan Have to say I wasn't impressed with East Coast yesterday.
Although the train I was on south-bound was punctual, the 0630 from Newcastle was not. As a result of the service's cancellation, passengers on that train crammed onto ours and we made an additional calling point at Peterborough consequently. When you're still half asleep, it's just not great...
Coach C on the return journey was awful - the smell was worse than that of a 'CrossStinky' train. The lock on the toilet at the end of our carriage was broken; as such, the door was left open (despite me getting up several times in anger to close it - thinking this was the source of the smell). The door leading into the carriage from the vestibule was also broken, and remained open throughout the journey.
(09 Sep 2014, 7:59 pm)Robert Its just my opinion but as i said before, i find that very stereotypical. Saying that most people who can class themselves as bus spotters have some form of autism is in my opinion unneeded. Just because you and a few of your friends have autism, does it really mean most bus spotters across the country are exactly the same?Well I respect your opinion, but not everybody with autism is the same , not everybody with autism 'looks' autistic (which is a bizarre statement to have been made elsewhere) and it is quite well documented that a common characteristic of an autistic person is an interest in transport of one form or another.
(09 Sep 2014, 7:59 pm)Robert Its just my opinion but as i said before, i find that very stereotypical. Saying that most people who can class themselves as bus spotters have some form of autism is in my opinion unneeded. Just because you and a few of your friends have autism, does it really mean most bus spotters across the country are exactly the same?Well I respect your opinion, but not everybody with autism is the same , not everybody with autism 'looks' autistic (which is a bizarre statement to have been made elsewhere) and it is quite well documented that a common characteristic of an autistic person is an interest in transport of one form or another.
Cant remember what thread it was originally posted on but here is some news people will want to read
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http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/ru...0f421.html Rupert Murdoch has asked page 3 girls to cover up it ruins the suns mood its like telling animals to talk human language
(10 Sep 2014, 5:45 pm)Racer_Experience http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/ru...0f421.html Rupert Murdoch has asked page 3 girls to cover up it ruins the suns mood its like telling animals to talk human language
(10 Sep 2014, 5:45 pm)Racer_Experience http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/ru...0f421.html Rupert Murdoch has asked page 3 girls to cover up it ruins the suns mood its like telling animals to talk human language
Fire alarm went off while I was at the gym tonight and I was on the treadmill and what I should have done is hit the emergency stop button but what I actually did is attempted to remove my headphones from the treadmill and I fell off by sliding then falling to the floor. There wasn't even a fire, it was a false alarm.
Also a twat in a van almost ran me over on the zebra crossing in Tesco... AGAIN!
(10 Sep 2014, 6:52 pm)AIG20 When I was in year seven, in the old building of Whitburn School, the treadmills was in one of the two main halls where I was hit really hard with a dodge ball - causing me to fall off the treadmill! I ended up with a really sore arm and shoulder which lasted for two weeks.
Even worse, I have heard of school pupils leaving a school building barefoot due to a firedrill during gymnastics/dance - where their shoes were locked in the changing room and they did not have enough time to get them! I extremely hated those topics of PE but the thought of this terrified me even more.
(10 Sep 2014, 6:52 pm)AIG20 When I was in year seven, in the old building of Whitburn School, the treadmills was in one of the two main halls where I was hit really hard with a dodge ball - causing me to fall off the treadmill! I ended up with a really sore arm and shoulder which lasted for two weeks.
Even worse, I have heard of school pupils leaving a school building barefoot due to a firedrill during gymnastics/dance - where their shoes were locked in the changing room and they did not have enough time to get them! I extremely hated those topics of PE but the thought of this terrified me even more.
(10 Sep 2014, 6:52 pm)AIG20 When I was in year seven, in the old building of Whitburn School, the treadmills was in one of the two main halls where I was hit really hard with a dodge ball - causing me to fall off the treadmill! I ended up with a really sore arm and shoulder which lasted for two weeks.
Even worse, I have heard of school pupils leaving a school building barefoot due to a firedrill during gymnastics/dance - where their shoes were locked in the changing room and they did not have enough time to get them! I extremely hated those topics of PE but the thought of this terrified me even more.
(10 Sep 2014, 6:52 pm)AIG20 When I was in year seven, in the old building of Whitburn School, the treadmills was in one of the two main halls where I was hit really hard with a dodge ball - causing me to fall off the treadmill! I ended up with a really sore arm and shoulder which lasted for two weeks.
Even worse, I have heard of school pupils leaving a school building barefoot due to a firedrill during gymnastics/dance - where their shoes were locked in the changing room and they did not have enough time to get them! I extremely hated those topics of PE but the thought of this terrified me even more.
(09 Sep 2014, 7:35 pm)NEBCD Malarkey I have Mild Aspergus Syndrome which is classed a form of Autism, Although I don't class myself as being Autistic, unlike Doctors or School Teachers that I have seen or had over the Years, I see myself as a Normal Person like anybody else and I expect to be treated the same as everybody else is treated.
If I wanted to I could probably claim all these different Benefits that are on offer to those with Autism, Not really Familiar with what they are as I haven't took the time to look into what they are, I probably should, but I never done because as I said above I don't see myself as Autistic, Here is a Example, My Mam often sees Various Stories in the Magazines she gets touching on Autism, to try and give me an Insight on how it affects others and how they've dealt with it etc, But I refuse to read it and tell her i'm not Interested, simply because of the above Reason.
Getting back on Topic of the Person I seen Today, I don't think for a Second he was Autistic, he looked Normal to me and was clearly content on being Ignorant, not 100% sure but I think he might be one of those Enthusiasts who own a Preserved Vehicle, but as I don't know who it is, so I can't give an Accurate Answer.
(09 Sep 2014, 7:35 pm)NEBCD Malarkey I have Mild Aspergus Syndrome which is classed a form of Autism, Although I don't class myself as being Autistic, unlike Doctors or School Teachers that I have seen or had over the Years, I see myself as a Normal Person like anybody else and I expect to be treated the same as everybody else is treated.
If I wanted to I could probably claim all these different Benefits that are on offer to those with Autism, Not really Familiar with what they are as I haven't took the time to look into what they are, I probably should, but I never done because as I said above I don't see myself as Autistic, Here is a Example, My Mam often sees Various Stories in the Magazines she gets touching on Autism, to try and give me an Insight on how it affects others and how they've dealt with it etc, But I refuse to read it and tell her i'm not Interested, simply because of the above Reason.
Getting back on Topic of the Person I seen Today, I don't think for a Second he was Autistic, he looked Normal to me and was clearly content on being Ignorant, not 100% sure but I think he might be one of those Enthusiasts who own a Preserved Vehicle, but as I don't know who it is, so I can't give an Accurate Answer.
(11 Sep 2014, 1:36 pm)Dan I also took a photo of him trespassing at a Go North East depot last year too...
(11 Sep 2014, 1:36 pm)Dan I also took a photo of him trespassing at a Go North East depot last year too...
Really pissed off. I had to go to my Grandma's today due to my ankle being broken. My mam dropped me off @ 8:30, and my grandma told me that two of her friends were going to be visiting. I asked her who, and she just said 'John'. Don't worry, John isn't a boyfriend (I'd die if an 80 year old like her got a boyfriend), he is MAD about trains. Now, as you may know, I like trains as well as buses. He's a right buff mind, he goes to different countries just to pencil down a few train numbers in a notepad (has he never heard of the Internet?!), and goes to different preserved railways around the world with a group of his mates, along with what I can only describe as his 'long suffering' wife Janet. There's a twist though, my grandma said he was mad on buses now too!!
I was quite excited, so I said I would try and tell him about north east operations. She told me not to bother, because that was the whole point of them visiting (they live down in Shrewsbury), so he could find out about north eastern buses. I was a bit put off, but at about eleven their car pulled up on the drive. I watched from the front window as he strolled out, with a Bluebell Railway polo shirt on and a National Railway Museum cap, and my grandma opened the door. She introduced us while her and Janet gossiped on the other sofa with a cup of tea. I started off by asking him if he was interested in anything to do with buses in the north east, as I had heard he was now into buses as well. He said 'oh yes, well, you see young man, I have what we call friends, in this community, who share information so we all become more knowledgable'. I told him I was a member of a bus forum, and he asked me which one. When I said NEB, he said he'd never heard of it. I asked him if he was on any forums, and he said he spoke privately to various friends all the time. I told him I had a few fleet lists in the kitchen, so I went and handed him a few stapled together fleet lists for GNE, ANE, SNE and the Metro (as he liked trains too). He scoffed and said he already had 'all of this information'. I was fed up, but as I couldn't really move with my ankle, I had to endure him banging on about trains in Peru for another thirty minutes, before they made tracks.
Really pissed off, can't believe I've been talked down to in the first house I ever lived in!!
(11 Sep 2014, 2:02 pm)NEBCD Malarkey Thinking back, Remember when I bumped into you Dan in Newcastle a few Months back, and then 2 Lads randomly appeared out of no where and started taking Photos, I'm sure he was one of them, so I may of seen him before, quite surprised to hear that he is Deaf, as he heard me quite clearly otherwise he wouldn't shrugged his shoulders in acknowledgment, and I didn't notice he a Hearing Aid eitherHe may have a hidden hearing aid and deals people also lip read
(11 Sep 2014, 2:02 pm)NEBCD Malarkey Thinking back, Remember when I bumped into you Dan in Newcastle a few Months back, and then 2 Lads randomly appeared out of no where and started taking Photos, I'm sure he was one of them, so I may of seen him before, quite surprised to hear that he is Deaf, as he heard me quite clearly otherwise he wouldn't shrugged his shoulders in acknowledgment, and I didn't notice he a Hearing Aid eitherHe may have a hidden hearing aid and deals people also lip read
(11 Sep 2014, 3:22 pm)Michael Seriously how depressing is this September teaser for Eastenders...
I mean i know there is depressing issues in the world atm but has to be something good happening?
(11 Sep 2014, 2:02 pm)NEBCD Malarkey Thinking back, Remember when I bumped into you Dan in Newcastle a few Months back, and then 2 Lads randomly appeared out of no where and started taking Photos, I'm sure he was one of them, so I may of seen him before, quite surprised to hear that he is Deaf, as he heard me quite clearly otherwise he wouldn't shrugged his shoulders in acknowledgment, and I didn't notice he a Hearing Aid either
(11 Sep 2014, 2:02 pm)NEBCD Malarkey Thinking back, Remember when I bumped into you Dan in Newcastle a few Months back, and then 2 Lads randomly appeared out of no where and started taking Photos, I'm sure he was one of them, so I may of seen him before, quite surprised to hear that he is Deaf, as he heard me quite clearly otherwise he wouldn't shrugged his shoulders in acknowledgment, and I didn't notice he a Hearing Aid either
