Recent content by CaptainHaddock

In that case I'd like to declare April 17th as Captain Haddock Day, on which everyone else on this forum and the wider world will be encouraged to tell me how great I am and how much you all appreciate my posts. ;)

Good news but with just 48 hours to go, surely it's too late to reinstate the timetable?

Well being slightly pedantic Parsons Green was on the Underground rather than the national rail network and reading up on it, it seems about as serious an incident as some lone nutter letting off a fireworks indoors. Just because the Metropolitan Police classed it as a terrorist attack doesn't...

What a strange thread! What do the security services expect to find in a cycle pannier - an explosive puncture repair kit or maybe a pair of sharpened cycle clips? I don't use panniers but if I did and found some jobsworth rifling through my private possessions I'd be extremely put out...

I agree. Have you come across "broken window theory"? Basically this theory suggests "that visible signs of crime, antisocial behaviour, and civil disorder create an urban environment that encourages further crime and disorder, including serious crimes." So if you condone wanton vandalism like...

Indeed. A cynic might suggest that "climate change" is a convenient excuse rather than cutting costs (and staff) via the "Modernising Maintenance" reorganisation.

Pull down window blinds on scenic rail routes. Why should we be denied wonderful views just because some prat in a suit in the seat in front wants to play with his laptop?

I agree. My suggestion would be for a non stop shuttle service from Stratford International to Stratford on Avon to serve all the American tourists who inadvertently bought tickets to the wrong station.

Doubtful; it would get in the way of EMR and TPE's fast trains.

Pointless app updates on mobile phones. Just about every time I visit Google Play on my Android phone it tells me I have several updates pending and then spends a tedious amount of time installing them yet they never make a blind bit of difference to the speed, functionality or ease of use of...

What crime have these "drunks causing a nuisance" committed? Just put your headphones on and mind your own business!

Absolutely. Furthermore, if the BTP have so little to do that they have to repeatedly beg people to text them for the most trivial of reasons, you have to wonder whether it's time their numbers were cut or maybe if the BTP were even phased out altogether?

Yes, that's the way I see it too. The strikes have been going on so long now that I've come up with a series of alternative days out involving buses and walking for ASLEF's monthly throwing-their-toys-out-of-the-pram day. The fact that once again ASLEF have chosen a Saturday when there's lots of...

I'm sure it's been suggested before but converting the first class coach to standard class would increase capacity on 4 car Voyagers by 25% for minimal cost!

I refer the honourable gentlemen to the title of this thread and the majority of posters on it that support said opinion. Perhaps as a compromise, TOCs could make their announcements available on their websites as MP3 downloads? That way, people who enjoy listening to pointless announcements...