On Wed, 15 Feb 2017 20:28:39 +0000, Basil Jet
wrote:

On 2017\02\15 13:54, d wrote:
On Wed, 15 Feb 2017 10:26:31 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:

It's not a continuation of an existing order.

If TfL had had any forsight it could easily have been.

Were the TfL takeover of the West Anglia lines and the electrification
of the Goblin even on the cards when the 378s were ordered?

No

On Thu, 16 Feb 2017 10:36:35 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:
wrote:
The comma was redundant. Squawk and quack all you like. It doesn't change
that fact. Unless you really do speak in pregnant pauses which actually
wouldn't surprise me.

I guess the correct use of commas was considered too advanced a topic for
your basic ESL course?

https://www.grammarly.com/handbook/p...rating-verb-an
d-its-object/

"A verb should not be separated from its object "

"Now that we can identify the verb and the object in the sentence, we know not
to put a comma between them."

Suck it up, accept you've made an idiot of yourself and move on.

Its kind of sad really watching you grasping at any comeback no matter
how trivial. Though it has a certain amusement factor too. Keep it up, I
need a laugh in the mornings

Yup, another para, another incorrect apostrophe. At least your illiteracy
is consistent.

And? You think I give a **** about a typo in a usenet post to a ****wit like
you? I've got better things to do than proof read it or cut and paste it into
a spell checker. But given you're a man a leisure I can see how doing so
would fill up what would otherwise be a boring lonely day.

"These next-generation AVENTRA trains will feature an innovative design
with optimised performance, including reduced weight, energy consumption,
maintenance costs and high reliability, providing substantial benefits to
both TfL and its passengers traveling on key London Overground routes,
including the newly acquired West Anglia Inner Metro Service."

I don't really care what the manufacturers blurb says. The 710s will require
their own depot, maintenance team, can't interoperate with the 378s, will
require seperate crews (unless they train them on both), can't rescue each
other if stalled and can be used as replacements for the other.

I can't manage your illiterate drivel, but I can just imagine your
scathing, condesceding posts if TfL had instead ordered more of the
heavier, less efficient, higher maintenance and less reliable obsolete
trains.

There's pros and cons to everything.

But at least it's interesting that you've suddenly become the biggest fan
of the 378s. I realise you're losing your memory, but perhaps you can ask
your carer to help find your older posts that attacked the slow 378s, and
suggested TfL should have bought S stock trains for LO.

I made the mistake of thinking the trains were slow. Turned out it was LOs
hopeless timetable so the drivers weren't bothering. But yes, they could have
used a 3rd rail version of the S Stock. Why they didn't given the seating
layout is pretty much the same as the S7 and they serve the same function is
anyones guess. But here we are with history repeating itself again and people
wonder why TfL is always short of cash in its farebox.

--
Spud

On Thu, 16 Feb 2017 11:57:54 +0000
Recliner wrote:
On Wed, 15 Feb 2017 20:28:39 +0000, Basil Jet
wrote:

On 2017\02\15 13:54, d wrote:
On Wed, 15 Feb 2017 10:26:31 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:

It's not a continuation of an existing order.

If TfL had had any forsight it could easily have been.

Were the TfL takeover of the West Anglia lines and the electrification
of the Goblin even on the cards when the 378s were ordered?

No

So there was no hint of the goblin electrication back in 2014-15 when the ELL
trains were being extended to 5 cars? Riiiight.

--
Spud

wrote:
On Thu, 16 Feb 2017 10:36:35 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:
wrote:
The comma was redundant. Squawk and quack all you like. It doesn't change
that fact. Unless you really do speak in pregnant pauses which actually
wouldn't surprise me.

I guess the correct use of commas was considered too advanced a topic for
your basic ESL course?

https://www.grammarly.com/handbook/p...rating-verb-an
d-its-object/

"A verb should not be separated from its object "

"Now that we can identify the verb and the object in the sentence, we know not
to put a comma between them."

Suck it up, accept you've made an idiot of yourself and move on.

You failed to identify the verb in the sentence, you twit.


Its kind of sad really watching you grasping at any comeback no matter
how trivial. Though it has a certain amusement factor too. Keep it up, I
need a laugh in the mornings

Yup, another para, another incorrect apostrophe. At least your illiteracy
is consistent.

And? You think I give a **** about a typo in a usenet post to a ****wit like
you? I've got better things to do than proof read it or cut and paste it into
a spell checker. But given you're a man a leisure I can see how doing so
would fill up what would otherwise be a boring lonely day.

A spell checker wouldn't help you, as you simply don't know which word to
use. And sensible people, particularly people who can't type or spell, use
modern software that includes a spell checker.


"These next-generation AVENTRA trains will feature an innovative design
with optimised performance, including reduced weight, energy consumption,
maintenance costs and high reliability, providing substantial benefits to
both TfL and its passengers traveling on key London Overground routes,
including the newly acquired West Anglia Inner Metro Service."

I don't really care what the manufacturers blurb says.

Of course you don't -- you might learn something, which would contravene
your sacred code of ethics.

The 710s will require
their own depot, maintenance team, can't interoperate with the 378s, will
require seperate crews (unless they train them on both), can't rescue each
other if stalled and can be used as replacements for the other.

And how do you know all this? Luckily your engineering and railway
knowledge is as bad as your knowledge of English, and you're wrong as
usual. I must say, you are admirably consistent.


I can't manage your illiterate drivel, but I can just imagine your
scathing, condesceding posts if TfL had instead ordered more of the
heavier, less efficient, higher maintenance and less reliable obsolete
trains.

There's pros and cons to everything.

Except your posts.


But at least it's interesting that you've suddenly become the biggest fan
of the 378s. I realise you're losing your memory, but perhaps you can ask
your carer to help find your older posts that attacked the slow 378s, and
suggested TfL should have bought S stock trains for LO.

I made the mistake of thinking the trains were slow.

History has been made today! Boltar finally admits to making a mistake.
Now when will you confess to the other estimated 13,759 mistakes?

Turned out it was LOs
hopeless timetable so the drivers weren't bothering. But yes, they could have
used a 3rd rail version of the S Stock. Why they didn't given the seating
layout is pretty much the same as the S7 and they serve the same function is
anyones guess. But here we are with history repeating itself again and people
wonder why TfL is always short of cash in its farebox.

wrote:
On Thu, 16 Feb 2017 11:57:54 +0000
Recliner wrote:
On Wed, 15 Feb 2017 20:28:39 +0000, Basil Jet
wrote:

On 2017\02\15 13:54, d wrote:
On Wed, 15 Feb 2017 10:26:31 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:

It's not a continuation of an existing order.

If TfL had had any forsight it could easily have been.

Were the TfL takeover of the West Anglia lines and the electrification
of the Goblin even on the cards when the 378s were ordered?

No

So there was no hint of the goblin electrication back in 2014-15 when the ELL
trains were being extended to 5 cars? Riiiight.

You still seem to think that TfL is as thick as you.

On 2017\02\16 15:53, Recliner wrote:
wrote:
On Thu, 16 Feb 2017 11:57:54 +0000
Recliner wrote:
On Wed, 15 Feb 2017 20:28:39 +0000, Basil Jet
wrote:

On 2017\02\15 13:54, d wrote:
On Wed, 15 Feb 2017 10:26:31 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:

It's not a continuation of an existing order.

If TfL had had any forsight it could easily have been.

Were the TfL takeover of the West Anglia lines and the electrification
of the Goblin even on the cards when the 378s were ordered?

No

So there was no hint of the goblin electrication back in 2014-15 when the ELL
trains were being extended to 5 cars? Riiiight.

You still seem to think that TfL is as thick as you.

I met someone who works in TfL's head office recently, and she didn't
have a good word to say about them!

Basil Jet wrote:
On 2017\02\16 15:53, Recliner wrote:
wrote:
On Thu, 16 Feb 2017 11:57:54 +0000
Recliner wrote:
On Wed, 15 Feb 2017 20:28:39 +0000, Basil Jet
wrote:

On 2017\02\15 13:54, d wrote:
On Wed, 15 Feb 2017 10:26:31 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:

It's not a continuation of an existing order.

If TfL had had any forsight it could easily have been.

Were the TfL takeover of the West Anglia lines and the electrification
of the Goblin even on the cards when the 378s were ordered?

No

So there was no hint of the goblin electrication back in 2014-15 when the ELL
trains were being extended to 5 cars? Riiiight.

You still seem to think that TfL is as thick as you.

I met someone who works in TfL's head office recently, and she didn't
have a good word to say about them!

Why? On the whole, I think TfL does a reasonably good job, other than when
overruled by the mayor (eg, money wasted on bendy buses, Boris buses, SSR
signalling contract, Garden Bridge, etc). But I've no idea what it's like
to work in the office.

On Thu, 16 Feb 2017 15:53:13 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:
wrote:
"Now that we can identify the verb and the object in the sentence, we know
not
to put a comma between them."

Suck it up, accept you've made an idiot of yourself and move on.

You failed to identify the verb in the sentence, you twit.

Aaahhhh, so in "as well as writing, English" , "writing" isn't the present
continuous form of the verb to write?

Your poor spade must be worn out by now and since I'm a caring sharing sort
I thought this link might be useful in your quest to dig a hole all the way
to australia:

http://plant.autotrader.co.uk/used-plant-machinery/jcb

A spell checker wouldn't help you, as you simply don't know which word to
use. And sensible people, particularly people who can't type or spell, use
modern software that includes a spell checker.

What do you use, MS Word with Clippy switched on to maximum assist for when
you have another senior moment?

The 710s will require
their own depot, maintenance team, can't interoperate with the 378s, will
require seperate crews (unless they train them on both), can't rescue each
other if stalled and can be used as replacements for the other.

And how do you know all this? Luckily your engineering and railway

Its called reading something other than Saga magazine. You might want to give
it a try sometime.

your carer to help find your older posts that attacked the slow 378s, and
suggested TfL should have bought S stock trains for LO.

I made the mistake of thinking the trains were slow.

History has been made today! Boltar finally admits to making a mistake.

Sadly not something you'll ever do. You'd sooner make yourself look ever more
foolish and desperate. Its all good fun for everyone else though

--
Spud

On Thu, 16 Feb 2017 15:53:13 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:
wrote:
On Thu, 16 Feb 2017 11:57:54 +0000
Recliner wrote:
On Wed, 15 Feb 2017 20:28:39 +0000, Basil Jet
wrote:

On 2017\02\15 13:54, d wrote:
On Wed, 15 Feb 2017 10:26:31 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:

It's not a continuation of an existing order.

If TfL had had any forsight it could easily have been.

Were the TfL takeover of the West Anglia lines and the electrification
of the Goblin even on the cards when the 378s were ordered?

No

So there was no hint of the goblin electrication back in 2014-15 when the ELL
trains were being extended to 5 cars? Riiiight.

You still seem to think that TfL is as thick as you.

That would be "ARE as thick as you". Using the singular for a group entity is
an americanism. But I'm sure a grammatical genius such as yourself knew that
already.

--
Spud

On 2017\02\16 16:31, d wrote:
On Thu, 16 Feb 2017 15:53:13 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:

You still seem to think that TfL is as thick as you.

That would be "ARE as thick as you". Using the singular for a group entity is
an americanism. But I'm sure a grammatical genius such as yourself knew that
already.

Americanism has a capital A.