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In article ,
Tom Anderson wrote:
On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, Nick Leverton wrote:
Tom Anderson wrote:

...snips..
Yes, the Aphex Twin did a whole album like that.

Come to Daddy ?

That's an EP, rather than an album, but it fits the bill.

Thanks, I assumed otherwise as my copy looks like an album ... well
it's got 8 tracks on anyway, only half of which seem to be remixes.
I'm not in a strong enough mood to listen to it right now and check !

Come to think of
it, almost all Aphex Twin records fit the bill ...

He certainly leapt into my mind too :)

Nick
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In message .com,
Chris! writes

The automatic ones that broadcast over the top of useful announcements
the staff are making. E.g. at Earls Court, somone announces "Sorry for
the delay this evening, the next Wimbledon train is currently leaving"
then is interrupted by "A normal service is operating on the district
line"


I had that tonight at Aldgate.

A ladies and gentlemen there is a good service on all
underground lines, stepped on the announcement telling
us where the next Hammersmith & City line had got to.

I think it turned out that the driver had got lost and decided
to be the 18:10 to Amersham instead :-)


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Edward Cowling London UK wrote:
In message .com,
Chris! writes

[in response to Matt Ashby's "Which announcements do you think are
useless? Do
you have any examples?]

The automatic ones that broadcast over the top of useful
announcements the staff are making. E.g. at Earls Court, somone
announces "Sorry for the delay this evening, the next Wimbledon
train is currently leaving" then is interrupted by "A normal
service is operating on the district line"

I had that tonight at Aldgate.

A ladies and gentlemen there is a good service on all
underground lines, stepped on the announcement telling
us where the next Hammersmith & City line had got to.

I assume you're nominating the H&C announcement as useless, since the
H&C doesn't serve Aldgate.
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But would have an effect on someone who isn't scatter-brained, but has
left something behind.

If they're still on the train, then they don't realise that they're about
to leave something behind.

Sorry - in the process of leaving something behind. As in they are with
their soon-to-be-lost property, but have forgotten they have it with them.

If they've just left the train, then by the time they DO realise, the
train
doors are closed and the train is just disappearing into the tunnel...



People this dismally stupid go through life in a haze that the witty
denizens of Usenet would not even realise as sentience. Watch them stand in
front of ticket gates fumbling in their rucksacks. Watch them drop things
whilst waiting at cashpoints or checkout queues for no apparent reason

I really want a place to get away from these ****wits. Yes I do want to read
my book, and yes books are optimised for a slightly longer attention span
than the Metro is; do people get bored upon finding their phones don't work
underground and they need some waffle to listen to?

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In message .com,
writes

Ian Jelf wrote:

Whenever I come to the end of tours, be it for half a day or for several
days' duration, I always do an announcement about not leaving things
behind which I endeavour to make sound spontaneous and with feeling,
rather than just being well, an announcement. But people still leave
things, even after they've been told the tale of an incident many years
ago now, when someone left behind their artificial foot.......


Thanks. I appreciate it.
Don't mention it! :-)

I have a tendency to leave things behind,
especially when things aren't routine. The announcements help.

I recently left a much loved scarf on a train (I was very tired and had
flu so wasn't thinking).
I once left a much loved scarf dangling on some railings in the
multi-storey car park at Luton Airport Parkway Station. Over a week
later I returned and found it still there!
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Ian Jelf, MITG
Birmingham, UK

Registered Blue Badge Tourist Guide for London and the Heart of England
http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk

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In message , Tim
writes


I really want a place to get away from these ****wits. Yes I do want to read
my book, and yes books are optimised for a slightly longer attention span
than the Metro is; do people get bored upon finding their phones don't work
underground and they need some waffle to listen to?


Oh dear, hide the sharp objects !

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Edward Cowling London UK

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In message , Richard J.
writes


A ladies and gentlemen there is a good service on all
underground lines, stepped on the announcement telling
us where the next Hammersmith & City line had got to.

I assume you're nominating the H&C announcement as useless, since the
H&C doesn't serve Aldgate.

Sorry Aldgate East. Not to be confused with Aldgate which is next door
:-)

Or did the train decide to be the 18:23 to St Neots ? :-)


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Edward Cowling London UK

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On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 23:36:51 +0000, Edward Cowling London UK
wrote:

Who on earth thought the new tube announcements starting,
"Ladies & Gentlemen," were a good idea ?

Tim O'Toole, the Tube's MD.


Rob.
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rob at robertwoolley dot co dot uk

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In message , Robert Woolley
writes
On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 23:36:51 +0000, Edward Cowling London UK
wrote:

Who on earth thought the new tube announcements starting,
"Ladies & Gentlemen," were a good idea ?

Tim O'Toole, the Tube's MD.


Ahh. It's now starting to sound like the introduction to a music hall
act. Like the guy who did Leeds City Varieties.

"Ladies & Gentlemen, tonight for your transportational functionality, we
have pleasure in giving you......Terry driving the 18:10 to
Hammersmith."


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Edward Cowling London UK