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![]() Brimstone wrote Roland Perry wrote: on Sat, 19 Nov 2005, Brimstone remarked: On their property they can impose whatever rules they like. Not quite. They can't impose rules prohibiting negroes, or pregnant women, or cripples. And there is still a feeling that they are a public service, and somewhat of a "natural monopoly", so they don't have the absolute freedom you suggest. I suspect any intelligent person would recognise that "within the law of the land" was implicit in my statement. But if the 'law of the land' is that rules & railway byelaws must be reasonable and proportionate then 'any intelligent person would recognise' that your statement was incorrect. -- Mike D |
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On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 17:18:37 -0000, "Ivor Jones"
wrote: "Laurence Payne" wrote in message On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 16:43:41 GMT, Methusalah wrote: Telephones ? You don't know you were ever born ! In my young days, I'd travel around with a supply of carrier pigeons to send messages back to base. And if I got hungry, I'd eat one ! Careful. I think the RSPCA could get you retrospectively for that. Note, no smiley. Sillier things happen. Nothing illegal about eating pigeons, is there..? Pigeon pie, anyone..? All the world seem in tune on a spring afternoon... -- James Farrar . @gmail.com |
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On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 23:10:34 +0000, M. J. Powell wrote:
In message , Roland Perry writes In message , at 14:02:52 on Thu, 17 Nov 2005, d remarked: I don't care what people do on trains/busses/in public as long as it doesn't affect other people. As soon as that happens, the perpetrator has over-stepped the mark, and should stop. So if someone insists on silence, and that affects someone who has an important phone call to make... If it was that important why wait until you're on a bus/train. Make it before you leave. If I could guarantee my arrival time coincided with the timetabled time I wouldn't need to make any calls. |
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"Martin Underwood" typed
Tom Anderson wrote in : I think it's possible to use a mobile phone on a train without annoying other people. The rules are as follows: - set your phone to vibrate so incoming calls don't disturb other people A quiet 'beep' is also acceptable, as it's almost imperceptble to others, given the background noise of a train. Turn keypad tones off; they annoy me and don't add to information if you can see. Make sure that your text alert setting is quiet. - talk in a normal voice: don't shout Agreed but difficult. Communicate by text message where possible; more thought, less noise. - try to shield yourself from the rest of the carriage as much as possible, for instance by turning towards the side of the train beside the window - limit the use of your mobile phone to essential details like "the train's been delayed - I'll see you at this time at this place instead of what we agreed before". People who use mobile phones for prolonged business calls, as if the train is an extension of their office, speaking in a loud voice and talking about sensitive confidential matters, are worthy of contempt; people who try to be discreet are not. The same is true for those who discuss their personal problems on the train... -- Helen D. Vecht: Edgware. |
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Tom Anderson typed
Basically, make your best effort to minimise the impact of your phone use on others, by whatever means. I agree entirely - i think i was a bit harsh in my previous post. Were you? I agreed with what you'd written enough to add to it. Phones can be tremendously useful to travellers, but they can and should be TAMED! -- Helen D. Vecht: Edgware. |
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On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 10:29:09 GMT, Helen Deborah Vecht
wrote: - set your phone to vibrate so incoming calls don't disturb other people A quiet 'beep' is also acceptable, as it's almost imperceptble to others, given the background noise of a train. How kind of you to set out rules for me. Of course, I wouldn't hear that quiet beep either :-) |
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On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 22:12:20 +0000, James Farrar
wrote: All the world seem in tune on a spring afternoon... I think it would be unwise to eat those particular ones. -- Iain the out-of-date hairydog guide to mobile phones http://www.hairydog.co.uk/cell1.html Browse now while stocks last! |
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In uk.telecom.mobile Ivor Jones wrote:
"Laurence Payne" wrote in message On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 16:31:55 -0000, "Ivor Jones" wrote: A bad analogy, and you know it. Not so. My bus is my workplace, it is my office. I don't see why people should be allowed to do what they want in it. It's your workplace, but not your office. Do try not to be silly. It's where I do my work, it is effectively my office. And you didn't answer the question. Why should people be allowed to do as they please on someone else's property, be it a bus, office, train or public toilet for that matter (the bus does resemble the latter at the end of a day with the kids round here..!) They can't. What they can do is set by the bus company - either through direct policy or inaction. It's not up to you - apart from whatever changes you may be able to force through the courts or other actions. If the bus company cared enough about non-paying passengers, they'd do something. If they thought that passengers playing loud music was significantly impacting on their revenue, then they might try to do something... Of course, a hell of a lot of revenue impact has to happen before they are willing to spend the 10 quid an hour for another body. |
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