Commuter blues!
Alpha Business Support Services
martin wrote in message <354aede...@news.virgin.net>...
>Just a thought -
>Wouldnt it be great if all us commuters on the Maidstone-Victoria line
>would actually smile and talk to each other in the mornings......!
>
>I tried it once and said good morning to somebody ....they looked at
>me like I was a looney!!!!!
>Or is it just my sociable northern ways???!
>
>Come on lets give it a try!!!!!
>
>
This is a good point. My wife is a northerner and often talks about the
north/south divide in friendliness and sociability - people are more
inclined to talk up there. I don't know whether it is due to the fact that
the south contains more people who have migrated from other parts of the
country than the north?
Having said this, Bolton are currently beating Palace so my friendliness
towards northerners is sorely being tested.
Steve Vigors-Evans, MAAT
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martin
martin
On Fri, 1 May 1998 23:32:45 -0700, "Alpha Business Support Services"
<alph...@easynet.co.uk> wrote:
Oh no - dont let the footie get in the way of us all getting along -
otherwise you southerners would hate us "oop north" for beating you
lot in footie/rugby cricket and just about everything else !
Only joking - hehehe
Any other zombies like me take the 7:23 from Maidstone???
Andy Veitch
>Any other zombies like me take the 7:23 from Maidstone???
Strewth.
If I'm early-turn I'm just about to start then (in Paddington) and if
I'm nights I probably pass you at Bromley South on my way home!
Andy.
martin
Blimey!!!!!
You must be even more Zombiefied than me in the mornings!!!!!
Imagine the commuter train full of the UNDEAD!!
Martin
Keith Lambourne
martin wrote in message <354e819...@news.virgin.net>...
Imagine no further. They are on the 7.46 from Chatham.
Keith
martin
LOL - thought we were all on the 7:23 from Maidstone!! All bound for
the Unholy goings-on in the dark city!!
Martin
Andy Veitch
On Mon, 04 May 1998 08:52:51 GMT, martinck@***NOSPAM***bigfoot.com
(martin) wrote:
>>>Any other zombies like me take the 7:23 from Maidstone???
>>
>>If I'm early-turn I'm just about to start then (in Paddington) and if
>>I'm nights I probably pass you at Bromley South on my way home!
>>Andy.
>
>You must be even more Zombiefied than me in the mornings!!!!!
>Imagine the commuter train full of the UNDEAD!!
I'll be there on the jolly old 0542 from Gillingham in the morning.
Jolly? Not.
Its just as well I don't start early-turns at 0600.
Still, there are some benefits and pleasures of being up so early in
the mornings........but........er.........sadly I can't think of any
at the moment!
Andy.
martin
>>>>Any other zombies like me take the 7:23 from Maidstone???
>>>
>>>If I'm early-turn I'm just about to start then (in Paddington) and if
>>>I'm nights I probably pass you at Bromley South on my way home!
>>>Andy.
>>
>>You must be even more Zombiefied than me in the mornings!!!!!
>>Imagine the commuter train full of the UNDEAD!!
>
>I'll be there on the jolly old 0542 from Gillingham in the morning.
>
>Jolly? Not.
>
>Its just as well I don't start early-turns at 0600.
>
>Still, there are some benefits and pleasures of being up so early in
>the mornings........but........er.........sadly I can't think of any
>at the moment!
>Andy.
Well - you do get to see the other zombies snoring open-mouthed and
looking daft! - or get to hear radio one blaring out from the other
chap's walkman! AH BLISS!
Yawn!
eric....@ukonline.co.uk.nospam
martin <martinck@***NOSPAM***bigfoot.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 4 May 1998 12:48:46 +0100, "Keith Lambourne"
> <keith.l...@easynet.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >
> >martin wrote in message <354e819...@news.virgin.net>...
> >>>On Sat, 02 May 1998 19:11:19 GMT, martinck@***NOSPAM***bigfoot.com
> >>>(martin) wrote:
> >
> >>You must be even more Zombiefied than me in the mornings!!!!!
> >>Imagine the commuter train full of the UNDEAD!!
> >>
> >>Martin
> >
> >Imagine no further. They are on the 7.46 from Chatham.
> >Keith
>
> LOL - thought we were all on the 7:23 from Maidstone!! All bound for
> the Unholy goings-on in the dark city!!
> Martin
You think you've got it bad. You should see the 7:20 from Gravesend...
/Eric.
martin
On Thu, 7 May 1998 21:20:19 +0100, eric....@ukonline.co.uk.nospam
wrote:
GRAVESEND....just about says it all dunnit??????
Martin (bleary eyed and looking for a chat!!!)
Mark Miller
Well you ought to try getting the coach from Snodland at 6:40. Ok soe of us
do actually talk to each other, but for those nice quiet spells at least you
can actually get to sleep, without getting jostled around too much.
Brian Berkeley-White
eric....@ukonline.co.uk.nospam wrote in article
<1d8jr23.14x...@lon6-45.ukonline.co.uk>...
> (Things snipped)
> > LOL - thought we were all on the 7:23 from Maidstone!! All bound for
> > the Unholy goings-on in the dark city!!
> > Martin
>
> You think you've got it bad. You should see the 7:20 from Gravesend...
> /Eric.
>
Nothing changes, does it? I well remember the 8.01 from Blackheath to
Charing-X, and this was in (shhh, don't tell anyone...) 1960 (!) - then the
tube to Knightsbridge. Sardines, or what!? I gave up after 16 months and
went off and joined the RAF. That done, I've worked in Cheltenham (Glos)
for the last five years - till 3 weeks ago - and thought that commuting was
the pits if I met more that six cars ahead of me at a T-junction.
Brian
(Now enjoying a life of leisure in Staple, nr Sandwich)
Alan Holden
> On Thu, 7 May 1998 21:20:19 +0100, eric....@ukonline.co.uk.nospam
> wrote:
>
> >martin <martinck@***NOSPAM***bigfoot.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, 4 May 1998 12:48:46 +0100, "Keith Lambourne"
> >> <keith.l...@easynet.co.uk> wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> >martin wrote in message <354e819...@news.virgin.net>...
> >> >>>On Sat, 02 May 1998 19:11:19 GMT, martinck@***NOSPAM***bigfoot.com
> >> >>>(martin) wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>You must be even more Zombiefied than me in the mornings!!!!!
> >> >>Imagine the commuter train full of the UNDEAD!!
> >> >>
> >> >>Martin
> >> >
> >> >Imagine no further. They are on the 7.46 from Chatham.
> >> >Keith
> >>
> >> the Unholy goings-on in the dark city!!
> >> Martin
> >
> >You think you've got it bad. You should see the 7:20 from Gravesend...
> >/Eric.
>
> Martin (bleary eyed and looking for a chat!!!)
Tried that once (commuting that is). Didn't like it so I moved to the
North East - much quieter and cleaner. Travelling from Maidstone to
Chatham every day was bad enough.
I was born in Brompton so am I a Chav or what?
When I worked in Maidstone I lived in Hastings Road my office was only
a half a mile away on Bishop's Way but being a Social Worker I had to
take my car in. That took 45 minutes. What I always like about
travelling on a train in Kent is how everyone is so chatty in the
morning especially the ones in pinstripe suits. ;-)
Alan Holden
mano...@enterprise.net