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Will it open on time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQJ_pMnO-GU#!
I said it would be open by 21 June. No one took me up on my offer of a modest wager. Time is running out... |
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On 15/05/2012 16:36, Bertie Wooster wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQJ_pMnO-GU#! I said it would be open by 21 June. No one took me up on my offer of a modest wager. Time is running out... Neat animation. Certainly as good as The Jetsons used to be, or Futurama. Any word on when the real thing will be available? Or the fare levels? |
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On Tue, 15 May 2012 17:05:01 +0100, JNugent
wrote: On 15/05/2012 16:36, Bertie Wooster wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQJ_pMnO-GU#! I said it would be open by 21 June. No one took me up on my offer of a modest wager. Time is running out... Neat animation. Certainly as good as The Jetsons used to be, or Futurama. Any word on when the real thing will be available? TfL only say "summer 2012". http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/proj...mes/15959.aspx This video was shot 4 days ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0OHLF0FQDg It looks ready to me. Or the fare levels? Anything greater than £0 would be unfair, as motorists can cross under the river for free. Pedestrians and cyclists are banned from the Blackwall Tunnel. |
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On 15/05/2012 20:49, Bertie Wooster wrote:
On Tue, 15 May 2012 17:05:01 +0100, wrote: On 15/05/2012 16:36, Bertie Wooster wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQJ_pMnO-GU#! I said it would be open by 21 June. No one took me up on my offer of a modest wager. Time is running out... Neat animation. Certainly as good as The Jetsons used to be, or Futurama. Any word on when the real thing will be available? TfL only say "summer 2012". http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/proj...mes/15959.aspx This video was shot 4 days ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0OHLF0FQDg It looks ready to me. Or the fare levels? Anything greater than £0 would be unfair, as motorists can cross under the river for free. Pedestrians and cyclists are banned from the Blackwall Tunnel. Motorists pay Road Tax so nothing is free. -- Dave - Cyclists VOR. "Many people barely recognise the bicycle as a legitimate mode of transport; it is either a toy for children or a vehicle fit only for the poor and/or strange," Dave Horton - Lancaster University |
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On Tue, 15 May 2012 21:25:17 +0100, Dave - Cyclists VOR
wrote: On 15/05/2012 20:49, Bertie Wooster wrote: On Tue, 15 May 2012 17:05:01 +0100, wrote: On 15/05/2012 16:36, Bertie Wooster wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQJ_pMnO-GU#! I said it would be open by 21 June. No one took me up on my offer of a modest wager. Time is running out... Neat animation. Certainly as good as The Jetsons used to be, or Futurama. Any word on when the real thing will be available? TfL only say "summer 2012". http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/proj...mes/15959.aspx This video was shot 4 days ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0OHLF0FQDg It looks ready to me. Or the fare levels? Anything greater than £0 would be unfair, as motorists can cross under the river for free. Pedestrians and cyclists are banned from the Blackwall Tunnel. Motorists pay Road Tax so nothing is free. Audi A1 Audi A3 BMW New 1 Series Fiat New Panda Ford Fiesta Toyota Yaris Vauxhall Corsa Vauxhall Astra Volkswagen Up! Volkswagen Golf |
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On 15/05/2012 20:49, Bertie Wooster wrote:
On Tue, 15 May 2012 17:05:01 +0100, wrote: On 15/05/2012 16:36, Bertie Wooster wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQJ_pMnO-GU#! I said it would be open by 21 June. No one took me up on my offer of a modest wager. Time is running out... Neat animation. Certainly as good as The Jetsons used to be, or Futurama. Any word on when the real thing will be available? TfL only say "summer 2012". http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/proj...mes/15959.aspx Well, summer isn't here yet. This video was shot 4 days ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0OHLF0FQDg It looks ready to me. I remember thinking that about more than one stretch of the built-but-not-then-open-to-traffic M25. Or the fare levels? Anything greater than £0 would be unfair, as motorists can cross under the river for free. Pedestrians and cyclists are banned from the Blackwall Tunnel. Do you say that the company who have built it and will operate it should carry all passengers free, or just those with bikes about their persons? If the former, how will they repay their considerable investment and cover the equally daunting operating costs? If the latter, does that imply that non-cycling passengers (usually known as "pedestrians") should subsidise cyclists? Come on, bearing in mind what it would cost in a cab between those two points, it's got to be worth eight quid (each way) of anyone's money - even yours, surely? |
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On 15/05/2012 21:25, Dave - Cyclists VOR wrote:
On 15/05/2012 20:49, Bertie Wooster wrote: On Tue, 15 May 2012 17:05:01 +0100, wrote: On 15/05/2012 16:36, Bertie Wooster wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQJ_pMnO-GU#! I said it would be open by 21 June. No one took me up on my offer of a modest wager. Time is running out... Neat animation. Certainly as good as The Jetsons used to be, or Futurama. Any word on when the real thing will be available? TfL only say "summer 2012". http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/proj...mes/15959.aspx This video was shot 4 days ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0OHLF0FQDg It looks ready to me. Or the fare levels? Anything greater than £0 would be unfair, as motorists can cross under the river for free. Pedestrians and cyclists are banned from the Blackwall Tunnel. Motorists pay Road Tax so nothing is free. And there is also the little matter of a minimum of about 8p a mile in other taxes. And insurance premium tax. |
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On May 15, 10:48*pm, Bertie Wooster wrote:
Anything greater than £0 would be unfair, as motorists can cross under the river for free. Pedestrians and cyclists are banned from the Blackwall Tunnel. Motorists pay Road Tax so nothing is free. Audi * * * * * *A1 Audi * * * * * *A3 BMW * * * * * * New 1 Series Fiat * * * * * *New Panda Ford * * * * * *Fiesta Toyota * * * * *Yaris Vauxhall * * * *Corsa Vauxhall * * * *Astra Volkswagen * * *Up! Volkswagen * * *Golf Don't forget this Citroen as well! http://www.swldxer.co.uk/roadtax.jpg -- Simon Mason |
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On Tue, 15 May 2012 23:40:38 +0100, JNugent
wrote: On 15/05/2012 21:25, Dave - Cyclists VOR wrote: On 15/05/2012 20:49, Bertie Wooster wrote: On Tue, 15 May 2012 17:05:01 +0100, wrote: On 15/05/2012 16:36, Bertie Wooster wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQJ_pMnO-GU#! I said it would be open by 21 June. No one took me up on my offer of a modest wager. Time is running out... Neat animation. Certainly as good as The Jetsons used to be, or Futurama. Any word on when the real thing will be available? TfL only say "summer 2012". http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/proj...mes/15959.aspx This video was shot 4 days ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0OHLF0FQDg It looks ready to me. Or the fare levels? Anything greater than £0 would be unfair, as motorists can cross under the river for free. Pedestrians and cyclists are banned from the Blackwall Tunnel. Motorists pay Road Tax so nothing is free. And there is also the little matter of a minimum of about 8p a mile in other taxes. And insurance premium tax. The Emirates Air Line is 0.61 miles long. Rounded up to the nearest penny, that would make a charge of 5p. Assuming the average car weighs 1000Kg and the average human 75Kg the charge should be 1p (rounded up from 0.366p). |
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JNugent wrote:
On 15/05/2012 20:49, Bertie Wooster wrote: On Tue, 15 May 2012 17:05:01 +0100, wrote: On 15/05/2012 16:36, Bertie Wooster wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQJ_pMnO-GU#! I said it would be open by 21 June. No one took me up on my offer of a modest wager. Time is running out... Neat animation. Certainly as good as The Jetsons used to be, or Futurama. Any word on when the real thing will be available? TfL only say "summer 2012". http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/proj...mes/15959.aspx Well, summer isn't here yet. This video was shot 4 days ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0OHLF0FQDg It looks ready to me. I remember thinking that about more than one stretch of the built-but-not-then-open-to-traffic M25. Or the fare levels? Anything greater than £0 would be unfair, as motorists can cross under the river for free. Pedestrians and cyclists are banned from the Blackwall Tunnel. Do you say that the company who have built it and will operate it should carry all passengers free, or just those with bikes about their persons? If the former, how will they repay their considerable investment and cover the equally daunting operating costs? If the latter, does that imply that non-cycling passengers (usually known as "pedestrians") should subsidise cyclists? Come on, bearing in mind what it would cost in a cab between those two points, it's got to be worth eight quid (each way) of anyone's money - even yours, surely? it was originally said to be about 5 pounds per trip. and at that rate would make a loss of 5 million per year. So the 'prestige' of having a cablecar will cost the taxpayers of London quite a bit. |
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