Re: NSW State Rail...a nightmare that is getting worse

["Rod Young" <freight_man@hotmail.com>]

Actually when papers were 5c We never had to buy them, and after all on Day
shift starts before 4.00 am, we could not buy them at the Railway Station
like you could!
But now they are almost a dollar, we have to fight off other passengers who
walk through the cars, scabbing them before we get a chance to lock down the
cab as we change ends etc.
It is becoming a rarity to find a paper now...;o)

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Rod Young
http://hobsonmodelrail.rrdepot.com/
Foundation President and Co-Founder
Hobsons Bay Model Railway Club Inc.
Operators of Australia's only 'Australian' Model Railway Show
Every Easter in Melbourne.
and my page
http://hobsonmodelrail.rrdepot.com/rods


Jane Campbell <janecampbell@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
38f18058$0$6529@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au">news:38f18058$0$6529@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au...
> I think it's a great practice to leave your newspaper behind neatly.
Guards
> and Drivers need never buy one then!
>
> Regards
>
> Jane
> Anita Lukaszyk <neety@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
> news:38F083D0.91C58A34@ozemail.com.au...
> >
> >
> > Michael Kurkowski wrote:
> >
> > > I don't call that filth even. I normally buy the paper, and when I've
> > > finished reading it, I leave it on the train for someone else to read
> > > (which also means, not flinging it in the air and watching it fall to
> > > bits). It works well, because when I don't have the chance to buy the
> > > paper, I usually find at least one readable paper within the confines
of
> a
> > > 3 car set.
> > > * On the rare occasion that I buy the Terrorgraph, I NEVER leave it on
> the
> > > train.
> > > I take all of my rubbish with me and promptly throw it in the bin as
> soon as
> > > I get off then train. :)
> > >
> > > And then take into account the wear and tear on a car, and other costs
> > > associated with running it. Registration, insurance, service, crash
> > > repairs. Adds up rather quickly. Perhaps some willing being here would
> like
> > > to calculate the full cost of running a car in 12 months, for your
> average
> > > Joe Blow travelling from your average suburb to the average workplace,
> then
> > > compare to train/bus/ferry/tram/bike/foot/rollerblade/horse/ufo (:
> > > * A yearly ticket from Penrith to the City costs $1561.00 Accoridng to
> > > http://www.cityrail.nsw.gov.au/fares/faresframe.htm   Certainly much
> cheaper
> > > than a car!
> >
> > neety
> >
> > --
> > Anita Lukaszyk
> > neety@ozemail.com.au
> > http://www.ozemail.com.au/~neety
> >
> >
>
>