Brixton chitter chatter, part 2
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quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
Jesus woman, you don't even know how many buses go past your house
I couldn't be arsed counting them up. I'm a busy woman!
You survived your brain surgery then?
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
I couldn't be arsed counting them up. I'm a busy woman!
You survived your brain surgery then?
You shouldn't have to count, you should know.
I know these things since I had my recent brain surgery
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Ah well, I wasn't completely imagining things then.
I imagine the plan was scuppered by car driving nimbys in the residential streets nearby who didn't want a few minutes added to their car journeys that they could be doing by public transport instead.
Whether or not it matters in the end depends on how people actually use the new public space. I suspect that the area in the church gardens will be used by a different group of people to those who use the main square (whoever they end up being). In which case the attempt to join the two spaces more effectively by reducing traffic up the first bit of Effra road will be somewhat academic. Who knows.
Minnie_the_Minx
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Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Minnie_the_Minx
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Don't know what it's like in there, never had a need to go in it.
Minnie_the_Minx
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I did two weeks ago when b/f's sister came to stay the night and we needed a parking permit.
20 minutes and 3 people it took to find his address after saying it's not on the system and me telling them it must be on the system, it's a sodding council estate.
We then had to buy £15 worth for his sister to stay the one night. (Minimum you can buy is 10 tickets).
I asked her what date do I scrape off if she's arriving Saturday and leaving Sunday. Do I need to use two tickets. She told me she'd be alright as Sunday parking is free.
On the Saturday, I rang to check a couple of minutes before they arrived. I had already scratched off Saturday's date so I could throw the permit to them out of the window.
I was told that Saturday was free as well. So it had cost us £15 for nothing.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
you should have checked the signs to be fair
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
True. But then I did ring them the day before I went down there and they told me a permit was needed after I gave the address.
Not even sure where the signs are. Will have to make a point of looking out for them.
Despite that, had it been a weekday, they shouldn't have had to spend 20 minutes and 3 people trying to find the address.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
There is at least one new Victoria line train out in the wild today. Have just had my first trip on one of them.
I am a little displeased about the fact that not all of the hand rails have been painted in Victoria Line blue.
That's shocking. I remember when I went to Uxbridge, can't remember what line I used but it wasn't colour-coded so I wasn't sure what train I was on
teuchter
je suis teuchter
That's shocking. I remember when I went to Uxbridge, can't remember what line I used but it wasn't colour-coded so I wasn't sure what train I was on
I think I'm right in saying that the Hammersmith and City trains have yellow handrails because they get swapped around with circle line ones sometimes.
This will of course cease to be an issue once the new uncircular circle line starts next month.
The new Victoria line trains have some of the handles in Vic line blue but the rest in something more like Picadilly line blue.
Inexcusable.
Minnie_the_Minx
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Yep, that was it. Couldn't figure out WTF was happening and got totally confused somewhere where I changed because it's where the circle line finished I think, but then I wasn't sure whether the trains pulling in were Circle or Metropolitan. Was most outrageous state of affairs.
b/f found it amusing though. Said it had been a long time since the tube had confused him.
gaijingirl
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Annoyingly the pool in the Rec will be closed during December apart from a few hours in the morning and the evening - with no changing rooms apart from the dry ones on the 6th floor (not sure how that will work). For me, the worst possible timing as I was hoping to use them as much as possible during the daytime in December... I'll be unlikely to get a chance to do this again for a while and it's difficult for me to go further afield.
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
Bloody hell! My son was doing a gig there last night....he didn't mention any trouble at all when he brought the amps and guitars back last night (not that that's the sort of thing you mention to your Mum).
ericjarvis
give a feck for the feckless
Or the police have finally decided to deal with Lambeth Benefits staff in an appropriate manner. Arrest the lot of them, then tell them they don't get out until at least one of them agrees to learn to do their bloody job properly.
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hiraethified
It wasn't in JAMM but outside the place opposite (a little bit further up the road).
lang rabbie
Je ne regrette les gazebos
I was puzzled by this. I'm wondering whether a certain degree of colour contrast is required by the new Rail Vehicle Accessibility regulations [RVAR], but I haven't found anything so far.
This document shows the exemptions from RVAR that LT have got for the new trains:http://www.uk-legislation.hmso.gov.uk/si/si2008/em/uksiem_20082969_en.pdf
However, the colour schemes on the Victoria Line are nowhere near as annoying at the [RVAR mandated ?] announcements at refurbished Northern Line stations that tell you the next station - ON BITS OF THE LINE WHERE THE NEXT STATION IS NEVER DIFFERENT!!!
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
i've never noticed the colours of rails on tube trains!
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
i'm too busy looking at the people or reading
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
But have you never noticed whilst waiting for a District or Circle Line that the poles are green and yellow, or the Piccadilly Line is dark blue or the Jubilee Line is silver (grey) etc?
Or do you only go on the Victoria Line?
I suppose you only keep an eye out when you're on a platform that might have more than one line running through it
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