On 4 Mar 2008 18:23:11 GMT, "sweller" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:


>Especially given the huge investment in TfL over the past couple of years.

Pouring money down a drain does not constitute investing in drains.

"TOG@Toil" <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:

> Does anybody use a bike to travel into the City these days?

*waves*

> As opposed
> to the West End or elsewhere, I mean? I had to go in yesterday, and
> couldn't find a bike bay for love nor money. Am I right in assuming
> they've taken them all out "for anti-terrorism reasons"?

No, they've hidden them in side streets out the back of beyond. And
they're full by about 8am, but that doesn't stop the scooter bois from
moving bikes outside the bay...

> I did find one, finally, just off Eastcheap, after circling Cannon
> Street, Mansion House Street, etc etc for 10 minutes. Played the usual
> "shift-a-scooter" game and parked the 125. But I can't see how to
> commute to the City except by public transport, now.

Easy - you'll go and find yourself a Corporation of London carpark and
find that bikes park there for free.
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Paul Corfield wrote:

[re: the merits of replacing Red Ken with Boris J.]

I think there should be a movement to draft Mr. P. Corfield to stand
for Mayor of London. He does appear to be one of the best informed
people on this newsgroup.

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The Roaming Boxhead <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Easy - you'll go and find yourself a Corporation of London carpark and
> find that bikes park there for free.

Now that's worth knowing. Wonder how I find one of those....?


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Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote:
>
> I'm increasingly ****ed off by the sheer authoritarianism of Labour
> (in all its forms) in government (see the quote in the article "That
> is why the AFD will not be phased out for almost two years, giving
> owners time to change their vehicle."). The guy the article spoke to
> spent two grand on an LPG kit, then they just move the goal posts.
>
> Like you I remember the elation of 1997. Now I see that the criticisms
> of the party levelled at the time (which I dismissed) are all too
> true. They can't help themselves.

I can't find the quote, and I can't remember who said it, but IIRC it
referred to NuLabor's "Stalinist intolerance of the need for consensus". It
was a few years ago, but I have yet to find any reason to reject this
characterisation.

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(E-Mail Removed) (The Older Gentleman) writes:

> The Roaming Boxhead <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> Easy - you'll go and find yourself a Corporation of London carpark and
>> find that bikes park there for free.
>
> Now that's worth knowing. Wonder how I find one of those....?

Look for a hole in the ground or a big concrete block with "Corporation
of London" on it?

Of course, you could also reassemble this link here:
http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corpo...c/carparks.htm

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The Older Gentleman wrote:
> The Roaming Boxhead <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> Easy - you'll go and find yourself a Corporation of London carpark
>> and find that bikes park there for free.
>
> Now that's worth knowing. Wonder how I find one of those....?

Google, YTC.

http://www.motorcycleparking.com/car....htm#car_parks

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Paul Corfield wrote:
> On Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:36:53 -0600, Mark Olson <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>> Paul Corfield wrote:
>>
>> [re: the merits of replacing Red Ken with Boris J.]
>>
>> I think there should be a movement to draft Mr. P. Corfield to stand
>> for Mayor of London. He does appear to be one of the best informed
>> people on this newsgroup.
>
> Sorry that particular job promotion has already been suggested on
> another group when I put forward my own transport manifesto.
>
> In many ways I'm spectacularly ill informed - plenty of people on here
> with far greater intelligence, knowledge, wit and personality. This
> place makes me realise what I don't know or haven't done.

None of this disqualifies you, you know.

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On Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:51:57 +0000, Paul Corfield
<(E-Mail Removed)> said

>In many ways I'm spectacularly ill informed - plenty of people on here
>with far greater intelligence, knowledge, wit and personality. This
>place makes me realise what I don't know or haven't done.

So, we'll be here as your unofficial cabinet!

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On Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:42:03 +0000, Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote:

> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7271462.stm
>
> First they said the tax you have to pay to get into London was a
> "Congestion Charge". That lie went out the window when they put it up
> for so-called "gas-guzzlers". So they rebranded it a "Green charge" to
> make polluters pay.
>
> Then they remove the exemption for LPG vehicles.
>
> So now they've stopped the *******s and are (tacitly) finally admitting
> that it's a simple money-raising tax.
>
> How long before bikes lose their exemption?

Who want to go to London anyway ? Horrible smelly place, full of
Sotherners


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