Noted yesterday by observing a passenger in front of me, trying to buy a 
ticket on board a Virgin Train, where no discounts are allowed...

Passenger was traveling from Wigan Wallgate  on the 21.13pm and asked for 
Stafford - price for single (cheapest ) was 18.00..

mmmmm, said passenger I really want to travel to Macclesfield, and I was 
told to get on this train, so how much is it to there...

Quick key presses on ticket machine, and a single price was announced as 
9.65, via Stafford , and for a journey that was half as far again- if the 
customer bothered to make it....

How ludicrous!!

you ARE trolling now aren't you?

"turbo"  wrote in message 
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> Noted yesterday by observing a passenger in front of me, trying to buy a 
> ticket on board a Virgin Train, where no discounts are allowed...
>
> Passenger was traveling from Wigan Wallgate  on the 21.13pm and asked for 
> Stafford - price for single (cheapest ) was 18.00..
>
> mmmmm, said passenger I really want to travel to Macclesfield, and I was 
> told to get on this train, so how much is it to there...
>
> Quick key presses on ticket machine, and a single price was announced as 
> 9.65, via Stafford , and for a journey that was half as far again- if the 
> customer bothered to make it....
>
> How ludicrous!!
> 

turbo wrote:


> Noted yesterday by observing a passenger in front of me, trying to buy a 
> ticket on board a Virgin Train, where no discounts are allowed...
> 
> Passenger was traveling from Wigan Wallgate


Really? <yawn>
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(52050 (Class 108) at Stockport, Jun 1985)

> Really? <yawn>
> -- 

(plug for site)

Written by the contributor who's threads are as exciting or fullfillinging 
as :-

-----On a Central Trains service the other day, an ordinary coffee from the 
trolley cost GBP1.00. The following day, an ATW coffee was 1.25. I was 
wondering what gets charged on other services - just out of curiosity. (plug 
for site)
-----Much obliged. I've never noticed them.  (plug for site)
----Last week, I kept on noticing octagonal signs that either say "SAND" or 
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Okay, even someone as dense as me can work out the meaning. What I can't 
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not in others? (plug for site)

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you ARE trolling now aren't you?

Written by the contributor who's threads are as exciting or fullfillinging 
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turbo wrote:

>> Really? <yawn>
> (plug for site)
> Written by the contributor who's threads are as exciting or fullfillinging

Your post looked like a made-up story, especially as it included the
spurious details about Virgin trains and Wigan Wallgate. I see I was not
alone in thinking this. 

And the "plug for site" that you have noticed is technically known as a
signature. Plenty of people use them, though I see you are not one of
them. If you need guidance in how to set one up, or indeed in how to
spell-check your posts before submitting them, I'll be very happy to
point you in the right direction. Sadly, your grammar seems to need more
remedial help than I think I can supply via this medium. A local college
would be worth investigating. 
-- 
http://gallery120232.fotopic.net/p11938608.html
(66 009 at Carlisle, 24 Jul 2004)

>> Written by the contributor who's threads are as exciting or 
>> fullfillinging
> Your post looked like a made-up story, especially as it included the
> spurious details about Virgin trains and Wigan Wallgate. I see I was not
> alone in thinking this.


Complete crap , your reply was fictitious and superfluous- just another 
'look at my site' post.
If you really think it was made up , ask the Train Manager Mahmood next time 
you see him. I took the time and trouble to check on the Trainline that the 
ticket price quoted was indeed correct for the journey concerned, in case a 
mistake had been made.
Many members of the railway fraternity travel from the north of England to 
Stafford, so if they want to travel for half the price they are normally 
paying , then look at using Macclesfield as the terminating station of their 
journey, buy before boarding and get their railcard discounts as well.


> And the "plug for site" that you have noticed is technically known as a
> signature. Plenty of people use them, though I see you are not one of
> them. If you need guidance in how to set one up, or indeed in how to
> spell-check your posts before submitting them, I'll be very happy to
> point you in the right direction. Sadly, your grammar seems to need more
> remedial help than I think I can supply via this medium. A local college
> would be worth investigating.


You think you are clever with a 'rolling' signature, but if you ever need 
any real help with any programming in any computer language let me help you.
I too run many sites, and everyday without fail , have more hits without me 
giving them a plug at every opportunity, than your site with its repetitive 
spiel. Their reputation goes before them.
As for UK.RAILWAY being a grammatical forum...
Perhaps its a hangover from other forms of communication, that occasionally 
spelling errors creep in .. so what... I consider the content to be more 
important than 25p on the price of coffee, which by the way is 1.65 if ever 
you want to try Carlisle station.
As for attention to grammar, I'm now on my 7th book- where are you, still 
playing with Fotopic.
As for Wigan Wallgate - well done, spot the deliberate mistake- Wigan North 
Western was indeed the station for boarding. It only came into the 
conversation because that's where the person buying the ticket had been sent 
from, with instructions to ask for a ticket via Stafford, and not Manchester 
Piccadilly, the well known route.

turbo wrote:


> As for attention to grammar, I'm now on my 7th book


Obviously a fast reader <g>
-- 
Bruce Fletcher
Stronsay, Orkney
<www.stronsay.co.uk/claremont>

turbo wrote:

> You think you are clever with a 'rolling' signature

An interesting but incorrect presumption. Whilst it's a handy feature of
the software, mastering it is a pretty trivial achievement. 


> occasionally spelling errors creep in .. so what...

They suggest the writer is careless or ill-informed. 


> As for attention to grammar, I'm now on my 7th book- where are you

Left wondering why none of your 7 primers have taught you anything about
question marks. Perhaps you should move up to books with paper pages.


> As for Wigan Wallgate - well done, spot the deliberate mistake

I thought your deliberate mistake was writing PM after a 24-hour time.
-- 
http://gallery120232.fotopic.net/p10589966.html
(47 807 at Bristol Temple Meads, 2 Nov 1997)

> http://gallery120232.fotopic.net/p10589966.html
> (47 807 at Bristol Temple Meads, 2 Nov 1997)


Lets not overlook the chance of another site plug shall we?

"turbo"  wrote in message 
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>> http://gallery120232.fotopic.net/p10589966.html
>> (47 807 at Bristol Temple Meads, 2 Nov 1997)
>
> Lets not overlook the chance of another site plug shall we?


Got a bit of a thing about that, haven't you?

-- 
*** http://www.railwayscene.co.uk/ ***
Rich Mackin (rich-at-richmackin-co-uk)
MSN: richmackin-at-hotmail-dot-com

turbo wrote:


> Lets not overlook the chance of another site plug shall we?


It's punctuation you seem to be overlooking, mate.

-- 
http://gallery120232.fotopic.net/p13309764.html
(31 202 at London Kings Cross, 19 May 1981)

> It's punctuation you seem to be overlooking, mate.


That's funny , you're post earlier reckoned it was my grammar... Bet your a 
barrel of laughs with the local newspaper.....

turbo wrote:

>> It's punctuation you seem to be overlooking, mate.
>
>That's funny ,


There should be no space before the comma.


>you're post earlier reckoned it was my grammar... 


That should be "your", not "you're".


>Bet your a barrel of laughs


That should be "you're", not "your".


>with the local newspaper..... 


An ellipsis is only three dots, but some sources say you can have four
at the end of a sentence. Five seems somewhat extravagant.

HTH. HAND.


Neil Sunderland
-- 
Braunton, Devon
Please observe the Reply-To address.

NP: Aimee Mann - You're with Stupid Now (from the album 'I'm With Stupid')

turbo wrote:

> That's funny , you're(sic) post earlier reckoned it was my grammar

That's because your grammar was faulty. For example, you wrote "who's"
instead of "whose". "Who's" is a contraction of "who is" or "who has";
it does not mean "belonging to who", even though "turbo's" does have
such a double meaning, as exemplified in the following two sentences:

Turbo's grammar is poor. (=the grammar of turbo is poor)
Turbo's making a fool of herself. (=turbo is making a fool of herself)

The alternative view would be that your grammar is fine, but that
"who's" is a typo. That would be two spelling mistakes in one
five-letter word. Oddly enough, I don't think even you are that inept.

As an exercise, try to decode this sentence: Turbo's been plonked.
-- 
http://gallery120232.fotopic.net/p9632761.html
(09 001 at Clapham Junction, 21 Sep 1980)

Chris Tolley wrote:

>As an exercise, try to decode this sentence: Turbo's been plonked.


Spoilsport. We could have had weeks of fun with this thread. :)


Neil Sunderland
-- 
Braunton, Devon
Please observe the Reply-To address.

NP: Enya - China Roses

Neil Sunderland wrote:


> Chris Tolley wrote:
>>As an exercise, try to decode this sentence: Turbo's been plonked.
> 
> Spoilsport. We could have had weeks of fun with this thread. :)


Maybe, but I thought the "your"/"you're" thing looked just too obvious.
But don't let me spoil your fun, if you want to have it. ;-)

-- 
http://gallery120232.fotopic.net/p9633070.html
(50 019 at Salisbury, 1985)