On 09/05/2016 19:41, eastender wrote:

On 2016-05-09 14:27:29 +0000, Paul Corfield said:
[...]
Wasn't he just referring to the make up of the TfL board?

Yes but why let facts get in the way of irrational, unfounded
"debate"?

Indeed. There's one school of thought that racist trolls should be
oppsed at every turn, another that it's best to ignore them. I tend to
do both depending on my blood pressure but should know that the latter
is the best way home.


It's the internet, and like I said elsewhere this (utl) is now an old
and very dusty crevice thereof. Much (but not all) political debate on
the internet is moronic and based on who can shout loudest, at least
according to those who seemingly enjoy shouting loud. (I say seemingly
enjoy because I suspect many are pretty joyless people.)

That said, we should bear in mind that 'Spud', Adrian Hudson and others
of their ilk are now deeply marginalised and downtrodden people. Apparently.

On 5/9/2016 9:51 AM, d wrote:
On Mon, 09 May 2016 07:29:59 +0100
Martin Edwards wrote:
On 5/8/2016 11:07 AM, e27002 aurora wrote:
On Sun, 8 May 2016 02:38:52 -0700 (PDT), wrote:


http://www.politics.co.uk/news/2016/...o-many-white-m
n-on-transport-for-lon

Not that Mr Khan is racist!

I think his point was that, relative to the numbers of minorities, the
numbers working on public transport are small. As for his being racist,

Seriously? You ever been on a london bus and seen the driver?

this is just the usual reactionary self-pity. It's a bit off thread,
but in Birmingham I have never seen a black or brown person on a road crew.

So what? Perhaps they don't want to do it. Maybe we should press-gang some
into ditch digging and see how well that goes down with this scumbag and his
mates in the race relations industry.

--
Spud

Apart from that, how was your goat hunt?

--
Myth, after all, is what we believe naturally. History is what we must
painfully learn and struggle to remember. -Albert Goldman

On 5/9/2016 3:27 PM, Paul Corfield wrote:
On Mon, 9 May 2016 10:11:21 +0100, Graeme Wall
wrote:

On 09/05/2016 09:51, d wrote:
On Mon, 09 May 2016 07:29:59 +0100
Martin Edwards wrote:
On 5/8/2016 11:07 AM, e27002 aurora wrote:
On Sun, 8 May 2016 02:38:52 -0700 (PDT), wrote:


http://www.politics.co.uk/news/2016/...o-many-white-m
n-on-transport-for-lon

Not that Mr Khan is racist!

I think his point was that, relative to the numbers of minorities, the
numbers working on public transport are small.

Wasn't he just referring to the make up of the TfL board?

Yes but why let facts get in the way of irrational, unfounded
"debate"?

Quite.

--
Myth, after all, is what we believe naturally. History is what we must
painfully learn and struggle to remember. -Albert Goldman

On Mon, 9 May 2016 19:41:10 +0100
eastender wrote:
Indeed. There's one school of thought that racist trolls should be
oppsed at every turn, another that it's best to ignore them. I tend to
do both depending on my blood pressure but should know that the latter
is the best way home.

Always best not to respond if you don't have anything approaching a half
decent counter argument. Or just resort to the name calling then take your ball
and run off home

--
Spud

On Mon, 9 May 2016 22:44:11 +0100
Mizter T wrote:
That said, we should bear in mind that 'Spud', Adrian Hudson and others
of their ilk are now deeply marginalised and downtrodden people. Apparently.

Well you should know all about that Mr RMT supporter. Arn't we constantly
reminded how hard done by the poor little darlings are slaving away pushing
a button once a minute for 50K?

Get over yourself pal.

--
Spud

On 10/05/2016 11:02, d wrote:

On Mon, 9 May 2016 22:44:11 +0100
Mizter T wrote:
That said, we should bear in mind that 'Spud', Adrian Hudson and others
of their ilk are now deeply marginalised and downtrodden people. Apparently.

Well you should know all about that Mr RMT supporter. Arn't we constantly
reminded how hard done by the poor little darlings are slaving away pushing
a button once a minute for 50K?


Not by me you're not. And good luck in pointing out all those instances
of me being some sort of RMT cheerleader.

There are no white Vic Line train drivers.

On Monday, May 9, 2016 at 8:10:33 PM UTC+5:30, Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote:
wrote:
On Mon, 09 May 2016 14:19:12 +0200
Steve Hayes wrote:


I drove buses in London, though it was a long time ago.

In the garage where I was based (Brixton), about a third were English,
a third Irish and a third West Indian, and when any of those groups
were talking among themselves I couldn't understand a word they said.

You couldn't understand the english ones either? Were they speaking in rhyming
slang or something?


I am occasionally unable to understand my colleagues when they converse in
Deepest Bristolian...

I've heard that Bristol can be pronounced Bristow. Is there a word Bristowian?

On 10 May 2016, d wrote
(in article ):

On Mon, 9 May 2016 22:44:11 +0100
Mizter T wrote:
That said, we should bear in mind that 'Spud', Adrian Hudson and others
of their ilk are now deeply marginalised and downtrodden people.
Apparently.

Well you should know all about that Mr RMT supporter. Arn't we constantly
reminded how hard done by the poor little darlings are slaving away pushing
a button once a minute for 50K?

Get over yourself pal.

If you think “pushing a button once a minute� is all that’s involved in
being a train driver, perhaps we should take pity on your ignorance – and
either ignore you or perhaps take a more Maoist approach and send you for
some “re-education�.

Alternatively, most good Usenet newsreaders have easy-to-use KILL functions.
Sadly, they simply modify the behaviour of local software rather than that of
the miscreant.

The utl newsgroup is intended as a forum for intelligent discussion, with
perhaps a dash of humour. Nasty folk should find somewhere else to go.

In article ,
(Ding Bat) wrote:

On Monday, May 9, 2016 at 8:10:33 PM UTC+5:30, Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote:
wrote:
On Mon, 09 May 2016 14:19:12 +0200
Steve Hayes wrote:


I drove buses in London, though it was a long time ago.

In the garage where I was based (Brixton), about a third were
English, a third Irish and a third West Indian, and when any of those
groups were talking among themselves I couldn't understand a word
they said.

You couldn't understand the english ones either? Were
they speaking in rhyming slang or something?

I am occasionally unable to understand my colleagues when they converse
in Deepest Bristolian...

I've heard that Bristol can be pronounced Bristow. Is there a word
Bristowian?

I thought the alternative pronunciation was Bristle.

--
Colin Rosenstiel