On 2007-11-16, TimC (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
On 2007-11-15, vaudegiant (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
The trip almost finished before it started due to some train problems
we had at Southern Cross. As the train pulled into the station, we
occupied the last 2 doorways. I was in one doorway with my bike and
heavily-laden trailer. My wife and the kids were at the other. As we
were getting off, the doors closed on the wheel of my trailer and I had
to drop my bike, force the doors open and then heave the trailer/bike
onto the platform. As I was doing this, the train started to pull away
from the platform. I then look up to see the train departing with my 10
year old daughter's bike stuck in the rear doors. When the doors closed,
they had closed on my daughters bike, with her trapped inside the train,
and the rest of us on the platform. My wife managed to get the doors
open enough for her to get out, but not the bike. My daughter fell to
the ground hurting her knee in the process, and we then all watched as
the train departed, smashing her bike against the fence at the end of
the platform. Trip barely started, 1 bike down and its early Sunday
morning.

**** mate.

The Age might be interested in a story too...

My bus driver doesn't even take off without peering behind him to
verify that the door has closed. Might just be that he doesn't trust
his bus

P.S.

They (and the ombudsman, if we are quaint enough not to have gotten
rid of him in a cost cutting excercise) would be interested in the
date, time, train and platform number too. Then they can trace it
back to the driver who ought to be out on his arse by tomorrow.

--
TimC
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore."
-- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race