Casually announced on the news at 10

It cost £60 plus whatever contribution the rest of the french population pay
through taxes. And the question I can't answer is why should people who
aren't making that journey help pay for it? Nobody subsidises your trips by
car or bike.

 

Mo Childs wrote

I feel the same way about the erosion of what few personal freedoms I
have left. It is not a journey I want to make but I am having to pay
for it nonetheless.

Taxman does.

 

Let me in on the secret will you or would I have to live in France?

 

Mo Childs wrote

Nobody *has* to live in france.

 

<snip>

I found myself musing, while reading this, and not for the first time,
that when a ukrm FOAK posts on his or her specialist subject, whether
you're interested in that subject or not, the result is always a post
worth reading.

 

Des does doesn't Des?

 

Fair enough, but it still leaves the fact that the actual
infrastructure and the trains are knocking spots of the same in most
other European countries, if not all.

The only on that is starting to come close (IIRC) is Spain, as they've
put big investment in their network over the last few years (high speed
link side).

 

<snip>

I found myself musing, while reading this, and not for the first time,
that when a ukrm FOAK posts on his or her specialist subject, whether
you're interested in that subject or not, the result is always a post
worth reading.[/QUOTE]

<nods frantically>

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Champ says...

100+mph laps of the IOM?

 

Are you any good at your job? That's where Paul's knowledge comes
from,[1] it;s just unlike IT bollocks there are more than three other
people interested in it.

[1] As well as being a sad anorak.

 

I had a buss pass once, if that helps. Plus I've owned a 7 day rail
card. That's almost an MCSE in transport.

 

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# And I'm sure you will agree
# He knows a shedload more than you
# A shedload more than me

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S'gonna make it fun when the truck breaks down... can't always get the unit
and trailer up the verge, so we are back to 3 lanes almost instantly!

 

Can't simply be that: just as people need to know a bit about computers to
have made it this far, nearly all of them will have *some* experience of
public transport.

It's the interested part. There are loads of people asking and answering
questions about computery things, but apart from those directly concenred
few would find them interesting: I usually kill the thread immediately.
Mind you, I kill most of the public transport threads, too.

What seemed to make Paul's posts interesting was the compehensive and
authoritative nature of the content. Most of the IT/IS bollocks is just
that.

 

I avoid wading into threads about "wot linux distro should I use",
because I simply can't be arsed. The moment somebody asks a question
about large IP networks, enterprise storage, cross-platform hosting
solutions or DNS I'm sure I'll be right in there, but it's always
about crappy home PCs.

Still, might not give me guru status on ukrm, but it certainly pays the
bills.

 

ogden wrote:

*sigh* <fx: drifts off into day dreams about AXE10>

 

I'll post a "OT: I want to build a large IP network with enterprise
storage and cross-platform hosting. What does the FOAK think?" question
if you'll do a "OT: What does the FOAK think about helicopter mission
planning software?" thread.