Ah goody. It’s been snowing pretty much all day and everyone and their mother has either trodden or driven the snow into a nice icy mess. Nearly fell on my arse 20 times on the way from work to the train station (about a 5 minute walk) yet the trains are still running. This is [...]
Posts Tagged ‘trains’
easyJet taken over by National Express
Posted: 13th September 2010 by Age in RantsTags: delays, easyJet, no automobiles, planes, trains, urine
Okay, so the title might be a lie. easyJet isn’t really being taken over by National Express, but they might as well be. This is just a good excuse for a post-holiday rant and perhaps a quick review of the service provided by “cheap and nasty” airline – easyJet. Before we actually took off for [...]
Top 10 reasons I hate trains and @nationalexpress
Posted: 23rd August 2010 by Age in RantsTags: national express, rant, trains
It’s no secret that I hate trains, but I’m feeling so ranty today I’m going to list the top 10 reasons why… 1. Trains are nearly always late, delayed or just plain “cancelled”. Usually without warning or care about how you get home. 2. Trains are inevitably cramped and crowded at any time a reasonable [...]
Inconsiderate people rant – suicides
Posted: 12th July 2010 by Age in RantsTags: bastards, death, suicide, trains
This post might seem a little harsh, but it’s Monday. I’m tired, hot, grumpy and hungry. We’ve just been informed that due to a “fatality on the line” our train will now take and extra 60 minutes to get to its destination. 60! It’s already late by 25 mins and our normal journey is 40 [...]
Your train has been cancelled
Posted: 7th July 2010 by Age in RantsTags: national express, pants, trains
“We are sorry to announce that the **** train has been cancelled. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.” Replace **** with my destination. Replace me with a sad faced, sweary bastard. We now have to wait an hour for the next train to get home. No explanation or reasons for the cancellation. National Express – [...]
It’s Monday again already. Spent most of the weekend feeling sorry for myself, suffering with manflu. Now I’m getting the train alone because wifey is taking a cat to the vets as Molly has hurt her paw and spent all weekend camply limping. It’s hot! My train has been delayed by 21 mins and I’m [...]
Age’s Pet Hates
Posted: 8th June 2010 by Age in RantsTags: england flags, pet hates, trains, umbrellas
I’ve had a few blog ideas, so you’ll forgive me if I’m about to spam it up. Hopefully you’ll enjoy and agree with some of it, or you might think it’s nonsense, but this is a rambling blog, so what do you expect? So today’s topic is pet hates. I’ve got 3 which stick in [...]
Sometimes my imagination gets the better of me. I was stood on the train the other day wondering what it would be like to be in a train accident and survive. I mean a nice train accident, where no one died and everyone was relatively unharmed. I’ve always wanted to smash one of those emergency [...]
I’ve noticed a phenomenon lately that tickles me. On a slightly crowded and hot train, we all sit waiting for our stop. As the train pulls away from the station before the one people are actually getting off at, they seem to start to get itchy feet (or ants in their pants). Without any mutterings [...]
This morning as we switched trains an automated announcement came over the tannoy: “Welcome to ****** we are pleased to announce that all our services are running on time today.” Well done, what do you want, a medal? Might as well have said “We’re pleased to announce, we won’t be making you late today – [...]