Ridiculously high rail fares for the UK

[Eeyore]

Clive wrote:

> The only word in my new copy of the Oxford English Dictionary that
> starts with the word rail and has an extra bit, is railing, so I ask you
> again "what is a railistas?". Further do you understand?

Do you have a sub-normal IQ ?

Graham

[Clive]

In message <1iwa4o3.1w2q7bw1qnvphnN%%steve%@malloc.co.uk>, Steve Firth
<%steve%@malloc.co.uk> writes
>Clive <Clive@yewbank.*************> wrote:
>
>> so I ask you again "what is a railistas?".
>
>A neologism.
>
Then you need to explain your new word so the rest of us can understand
it without having to guess, (an imprecise art).

>> Further do you understand?
>
>Yoda am I not.
No.
Star Wars has nothing to do with the point at hand.
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Clive

[Clive]

In message <49B442EC.F442B0E3@***********m>, Eeyore
<rabbitsfriendsandrelations@***********m> writes
>Do you have a sub-normal IQ ?
>
>Graham
>
Why do you need to know?
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Clive

[Eeyore]

Clive wrote:

> Eeyore<rabbitsfriendsandrelations@***********m> writes
>
> >Do you have a sub-normal IQ ?
> >
> >Graham
> >
> Why do you need to know?

Thanks for the confirmation.

Graham

[Eeyore]

Huge wrote:

> On 2009-02-19, Derek Geldard <impex@miniac.*************> wrote:
>
> > There is currently a £16.50 fare from Glasgow to London.
>
> So what? I went from Milton Keynes to Chester and back this week. £145. About
> the same rate per mile as the mini-cab that took me to the station in the first
> place.

A Swiss ex of mine flew back from Basel into London City the other day. Getting
back to Bishops Stortford cost around £68 in combined taxi and rail fares. It
turned out the local taxi would have done the entire run for £50.

Graham

[Clive]

In message <49B47756.8F03D406@***********m>, Eeyore
<rabbitsfriendsandrelations@***********m> writes
>A Swiss ex of mine flew back from Basel into London City the other day. Getting
>back to Bishops Stortford cost around £68 in combined taxi and rail fares. It
>turned out the local taxi would have done the entire run for £50.
Must be heavily subsidised then, I doubt that would cover the cost of
the fuel.
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Clive

[Conor]

In article <wPZXUEBtdNtJFwAH@yewbank.*************>, Clive says...
>
> In message <49B47756.8F03D406@***********m>, Eeyore
> <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@***********m> writes
> >A Swiss ex of mine flew back from Basel into London City the other day. Getting
> >back to Bishops Stortford cost around £68 in combined taxi and rail fares. It
> >turned out the local taxi would have done the entire run for £50.
> Must be heavily subsidised then, I doubt that would cover the cost of
> the fuel.

£50 for a roughly 40 mile journey? Hell, even the worst lorry I've
driven does better than that.

[Clive]

In message <1iwfj1t.1f9hh8nt43x6oN%%steve%@malloc.co.uk>, Steve Firth
<%steve%@malloc.co.uk> writes
>Heck it only too you two days and six hours to think that up. What a
>sparkling wit you are.
There is something up with your arithmetic, little boy, you'd better see
teacher after class, I've been away since nine o'clock Monday morning,
go and dream up some more "adventures".
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Clive

[Clive]

In message <1iwftdo.15jxqpy2x2jixN%%steve%@malloc.co.uk>, Steve Firth
<%steve%@malloc.co.uk> writes
>>I've been away since nine o'clock Monday morning, go and dream up some
>> more "adventures".
>
>You seem to be the one dreaming up adventures.
Next time you use a computer, make sure you've got teachers permission.
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Clive