tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5001867295510218749.post3215104429569987860..comments2024-03-20T16:05:23.293+00:00Comments on The Cynical Tendency: Water Water Everywhere - Plumbers & PoliticiansDemetriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5001867295510218749.post-17071409298033820812010-02-27T13:29:14.437+00:002010-02-27T13:29:14.437+00:00Back, neck, the lot - I pay through the nose for t...Back, neck, the lot - I pay through the nose for the ticket, then pay for a physiotherapist to sort out the damage later, thereby boosting the UK's gross domestic product at every turn. Gordon Brown should love me!<br /><br />Thinking about it, the East Coast has always been behind the times; in 1976, I travelled from Berwick upon Tweed to London for the Pompeii exhibition in a carriage with compartments and a corridor.Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5001867295510218749.post-50876885691865538342010-02-27T12:44:02.792+00:002010-02-27T12:44:02.792+00:00Does your back hurt in the new airline type seats ...Does your back hurt in the new airline type seats as much as ours do? We sigh for the old slam door trains.Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5001867295510218749.post-58684848909437043702010-02-27T12:03:40.253+00:002010-02-27T12:03:40.253+00:00Re trains - the 1976 rolling stock may be old-fash...Re trains - the 1976 rolling stock may be old-fashioned but I can't be the only one who sighs with envy when I see the East Coast trains with the tables-for-all configuration we once took for granted.<br /><br />When the Virgin Cross-country service pulls in a few minutes later, I embark into a cramped carriage full of airline seats, with one inadequate luggage rack for large suitcases instead of the ample space found between every pair of back-to-backs.Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.com