tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post1433508495735974835..comments2024-03-26T13:27:26.499+00:00Comments on Zelo Street: DLR Strike - Gilligan BustedTim Fentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-23907022011726271152015-11-05T12:57:59.252+00:002015-11-05T12:57:59.252+00:00SteveB, if you want abuse of the word "hilari...SteveB, if you want abuse of the word "hilarious", try Mail Online.<br />"You're dead! I'm going to put you in the oven you s***!': Store workers shocked when man launches hilarious Homer Simpson-like rant over store Tannoy when his ‘son gets lost"<br />The word appears five times on today's home page.Arnoldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-52196546234035540642015-11-05T12:46:55.155+00:002015-11-05T12:46:55.155+00:00I'm sure that Gobshite Guido Fawkes said somet...I'm sure that Gobshite Guido Fawkes said something similar too.jelltexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02483033378856955912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-67829509311517976072015-11-05T11:12:08.795+00:002015-11-05T11:12:08.795+00:00Do people actually pay for the Standard or is it a...Do people actually pay for the Standard or is it a freebie now? Even if it is I'd doubt the value, the accompanying photos of brave commuters facing the perils of a strike are from a different strike, on a different railway, 6 years ago!! And they seem to be using the same definition of "hilarious" as those who do the schedule listings for ITV. Some say the BBC is killing off newspapers, it doesn't look like they need to bother....SteveBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-40733878463776940862015-11-05T11:00:25.470+00:002015-11-05T11:00:25.470+00:00"the RMT, which, of course, is the same union..."the RMT, which, of course, is the same union most Tube drivers have joined"<br /><br />Minor point, and I may be wrong, but I think most tube drivers are members of ASLEF, not RMT.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-9011396215388657462015-11-05T10:06:34.767+00:002015-11-05T10:06:34.767+00:00When the DLR opened its staff belonged to a non-tr...When the DLR opened its staff belonged to a non-transport union (possibly the electricians' union). It was claimed in the press at the time this was because DLR staff wanted to be in a moderate TU. Some time later DLR staff decided that this union was not representing their interests and moved to a different union. Being in a moderate union was not to their liking. <br /><br />GuanoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-71192775166462080382015-11-04T21:10:38.556+00:002015-11-04T21:10:38.556+00:00@3
Signalling renewals and upgrades are lagging b...@3<br /><br />Signalling renewals and upgrades are lagging behind, especially on the Sub-Surface Lines - Metropolitan, District, Circle and H&C - this being made worse by the resignalling contract having to be re-let, another fiasco that cost a seven figure sum for no result.<br /><br />The Piccadilly Line resignalling is effectively waiting on the SSL being done, as the Picc uses the same tracks in two locations (West of Baron's Court, and Rayners Lane to Uxbridge).<br />Tim Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-76306085107785246992015-11-04T21:01:42.499+00:002015-11-04T21:01:42.499+00:00My not infrequent perambulations around London'...My not infrequent perambulations around London's Underground railway are more often disrupted by preventable signal-failure than by strike action. Perhaps the money TFL have donated to (squandered on) the fatuous and appalling Garden Bridge vanity project would have been better spent bringing the antiquated signals up to scratch.AndyCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-62998884694882203412015-11-04T17:43:41.414+00:002015-11-04T17:43:41.414+00:00Tim,
Surely this is relevant:
https://www.youtub...Tim,<br /><br />Surely this is relevant:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfR7qxtgCgY<br /><br />:o)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-72477184610090976512015-11-04T17:38:09.919+00:002015-11-04T17:38:09.919+00:00Frankly I couldn't give a shit if the entire L...Frankly I couldn't give a shit if the entire London transport network seizes up. Let them walk or become "entrepreneur" transporters who "run me own business." This is called "a free market."<br /><br />In an even lighter vein, suppose the entire rat-run Underground DOES become driverless? So what? The electrical workers could still turn off the supplies when inevitably they find it necessary to strike to defend the living standards of their families.<br /><br />Not that the average bribed Lahndaner lower middle class could give a flying fuck about anything except him/her self.<br /><br />Good on the drivers I say.<br /><br />But isn't it odd life long Socialist Bob Crow too died as this situation developed.......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com