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July 5th 06, 03:36 PM
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Tube could close in future heatwaves
Neil Williams wrote: Adrian wrote: I'll bet that if you went to the buffet car on an intercity and asked for a glass of tap water you'd get one for free. No, because they don't carry any in a drinkable form. I recall a notice being displayed quite prominently saying (mainly to parents with babies) that they couldn't supply tap water because it was not drinkable, as the buffet cars didn't have the correct infrastructure. Times have changed. North Country Continental, Gresley buffet car, headed for Harwich, December 1983: "Please could I have some hot water to make up my baby son's bottle?" "Certainly, Sir. That'll be 20p, please" "You're joking, right?" "No Sir, 20p please" And he gave me a receipt for it! -- Regards Mike |
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July 6th 06, 08:15 AM
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"Mike Roebuck" wrote in message
Times have changed. North Country Continental, Gresley buffet car, headed for Harwich, December 1983: "Please could I have some hot water to make up my baby son's bottle?" "Certainly, Sir. That'll be 20p, please" "You're joking, right?" "No Sir, 20p please" And he gave me a receipt for it! Don't understand. If "times have changed" since 23 years ago, what is the situation now ? 20p seems dirt cheap to me for heating a few 100ml of water. Richard [in SG19] -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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July 6th 06, 02:43 PM
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Richard M Willis wrote: "Mike Roebuck" wrote in message Times have changed. North Country Continental, Gresley buffet car, headed for Harwich, December 1983: "Please could I have some hot water to make up my baby son's bottle?" "Certainly, Sir. That'll be 20p, please" "You're joking, right?" "No Sir, 20p please" And he gave me a receipt for it! Don't understand. If "times have changed" since 23 years ago, what is the situation now ? I was responding to Neil's comment that they won't supply tap water now to parents with babies (before he qualified the comment in a later post that hot water might be available in the form of a tea-less cup of tea). 20p seems dirt cheap to me for heating a few 100ml of water. I found it an absolute cheek and a rip-off at the time. I bet there wasn't a single railway company in Europe other than BR, at the time, who would have charged me for hot water for a baby's feed. Of course, the amount I have to pay for my home water supply now is a far bigger rip-off, and, again, another pecularly British thing. -- Regards Mike |
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