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Author:  pcernie [ Tue Nov 03, 2009 9:44 pm ]
Post subject:  First £1,000 rail fare criticised
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8340561.stm

You know it's bad when MPs think 'Fcuk, that's steep!' :lol:
Author:  l3v1ck [ Tue Nov 03, 2009 9:55 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: First £1,000 rail fare criticised
They wouldn't care, it'd go on expenses.
They only reason they go on about it so they can try to make themselves look good with the public.
Author:  pcernie [ Tue Nov 03, 2009 9:58 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: First £1,000 rail fare criticised
l3v1ck wrote:
They wouldn't care, it'd go on expenses.
They only reason they go on about it so they can try to make themselves look good with the public.


Even the expenses committee would have to go '£1k for a train journey!?' though :oops:
Author:  l3v1ck [ Tue Nov 03, 2009 10:04 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: First £1,000 rail fare criticised
Who would want to take that train anyway. You can fly to anywhere in the UK from Cornwall (via London) in a lot less time.
Author:  pcernie [ Tue Nov 03, 2009 10:08 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: First £1,000 rail fare criticised
l3v1ck wrote:
Who would want to take that train anyway. You can fly to anywhere in the UK from Cornwall (via London) in a lot less time.


You'd possibly be the walking definition of 'impulse buyer', wouldn't you? :lol:
Author:  l3v1ck [ Tue Nov 03, 2009 10:11 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: First £1,000 rail fare criticised
I've got it!
It's a ticket especially designed for rich men who are getting divorced. You want to get away from it all and you want to spend money so the wife can't get it in the settlement.
It's a working theory anyway.
Author:  pcernie [ Tue Nov 03, 2009 10:33 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: First £1,000 rail fare criticised
l3v1ck wrote:
I've got it!
It's a ticket especially designed for rich men who are getting divorced. You want to get away from it all and you want to spend money so the wife can't get it in the settlement.
It's a working theory anyway.


Yeah, sort of like Brewster's Millions :lol:
Author:  veato [ Wed Nov 04, 2009 8:45 am ]
Post subject:  Re: First £1,000 rail fare criticised
Rail fares are a joke. I flew to Rome this year for less than it would cost me to get a train from Notts to London.
Author:  big_D [ Wed Nov 04, 2009 12:39 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: First £1,000 rail fare criticised
I thought they had introduced the equivalent of the BahnCard 100 (100% off all rail journines for a year)... 1 trip? :shock:
Author:  paulzolo [ Wed Nov 04, 2009 2:53 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: First £1,000 rail fare criticised
It’s cheaper to drive, unless you have some kind of megalithic oil burner.
Author:  phantombudgie [ Wed Nov 04, 2009 2:59 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: First £1,000 rail fare criticised
I'm not sure if there are any people in Newquay who have £1000 to spend on a train ticket because they suddenly and desperately need to get to Kyle of Lochalsh :?

In that situation, I might rent a car for a fraction of the price, or try a Top Gear style buy-a-Micra-and-drive-there for less than £1000.
Author:  cloaked_wolf [ Wed Nov 04, 2009 5:18 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: First £1,000 rail fare criticised
OR buy a car, fill it up with petrol, drive up and back down and sell it on again. It would still cost you less than £1000.
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