The Question is in the Thread Title, and it is something that I really fail to Understand is why Enthusiasts Refer to Buses as Females.

Surely there is some form of sense behind this I am sure, but on the flip side a Bus has an Exhaust, which to me would in a jokingly manner indicate it does in fact have a "Penis" and would of course be Male, rather than a "Vagina" in which this case may indicate that it's a Hybrid Electric Bus, which I would then sort of understand, But again on the Flip side of Things as a Bus has an Exhaust but is referred to as a Female, would that not make the Bus a "Tranny", in which I would again be confused by this reference by some Enthusiasts.

Someone please clear this up for me....I can sense this going to be a Great Topic of Conversation now isn't it.

Nexus have at last removed the Stagecoach branded timetables for the Newcastle 33 service from their Travel Centres and Bus Stations. New Nexus Branded timetables for the 33 have now been introduced.

So far so good until you open the timetable and Nexus inform you that the service is operated by Go North East.

Strange that as Kingsleys are operating the 33.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopi...ocals.html

Public loo knocks users off their seat and drenches them in water, prompting more than 400 people to sign a petition calling for its replacement

Women are "frightened" to use a town centre public lavatory because the door is likely to swing open while they are perched inside.

An automatic arm that reaches out when it flushes has already knocked one young woman off the toilet seat.

More than 400 people have signed a petition calling on the council to replace the button-operated lavatory in Woking, Surrey.

Irene Watson, chairwoman of Goldsworth Park Community Association, said people were scared to use the loo, which was installed around five years ago after a long campaign for a lavatory in the area.

"The risk of the door opening unexpectedly while it is in use, and the toilet's unisex nature and conspicuous position puts people off visiting it," she said.

"And it has an unpredictable cleaning system - people are frightened of it going into a wash cycle and them not being able to get out.

"I spoke to someone whose daughter ended up being knocked off the loo by some sort of arm which swung out when the wash cycle started, which I presume had water coming out of it.

"She came out soaking wet."

The loo is located next to football matches on nearby pitches, as well as dog walkers, anglers, Woking Model Yacht Club, a boot camp and the Charlotteville Rascals junior cycling club.

"It's very short-sighted not to have a public loo at that location," said Irene, who quickly said closing it down completely was not the answer.

"People will go in the woods, which isn't very salubrious. We really do feel Goldsworth Park is being short-changed.

"But we want a public toilet that people feel is safe to use."

A Woking Borough Council spokesman said: "The existing automatic public toilet has not met park users' needs.

"The contract to provide this toilet has expired. The council intends to consider the future provision of toilet facilities at this location."

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NEBPT have posted further details of the North East Bus and Coach Show for 2014. It can be found at the following link: http://www.nebpt.co.uk/index.asp?pg=3&event=470

It's on Sunday 4th May at the Metro Centre coach park, for anyone looking to attend.

Just a daft little thread really...

What would you do if you won big on Euromillions, it is 40m tomorrow night and I have my life planned out just in case...

I would settle my folks mortgage, get them a new car, treat some family and friends, I would also start a football academy for kids in East Durham and fund various youth groups to help disadvantaged young people...

I would also be nice to this group and fund a few buses for NEB to preserve...

Then I would buy myself a couple of old buses, a Leyland Atlantean converted into a house bus, so I could live the dream of driving all over Europe living out of my bus lol

I can't see that it's been mentioned on here so apologies if it has, but I have organised a bus to go from Teesside and South Durham to Kirkby Stephen this Sunday.

I had initially hoped to be using the Leyland Leopard that Stagecarriage have recently acquired but unfortunately the gremlins have been and we are now travelling in their Dennis Condor.

Fares are £10 per person. Pick ups are as follows;

Middlesbrough BBC 0830
Stockton High Street South (Stagecoach Office) 0840
Darlington Tubwell Row/Stonebridge 0900
Darlington Bondgate 0905
Shildon Byerley Road Hippodrome 0925
Bishop Auckland Market Place 0940 (guaranteed connection from X21)

There is ample free parking in Bishop Auckland on North Bondgate (next to the former OK depot). We will be leaving Kirkby at approximately 1630. Please contact me to hold a seat by private message on here or email stueybish@yahoo.co.uk

....and now you all know who I am

Stu

Hope it is ok to post a thread that is sensitive, and hope people treat it with respect...

I was wondering if many people here are battling some form of mental health problems, I know there are autistic people kicking about here, but has many had to battle depression, I am not being nosy or anything, I just like knowing what makes people tick and I am diagnosed with Bi-Polar and Borderline Personality Disorder and normally very open and not afraid to talk about it...

So anyone else battling what I call cancer of the mind

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