observer Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 As I said, I'm not preaching - merely observing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 He never had a proper job......so he must have worked in Warrington! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 I think he got a lift with Dennis at one stage of his career. when he had a proper job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 My guess re Obs' past job is..... Â That he worked with children (as he doesn't like them) or maybe delinquents or the less able/educated or even work-shy people of some sort. Â I presume he wore a smart suit and rarely got his hands dirty and I suspect he had no need to travel further than the coffee machine. Â I also recon he worked alone a lot of the time or people ignored him, hence his present state of mind and grumpiness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 If Obs worked with children,it was as a lolly pop man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inky pete Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 Kije, I'm not "preaching" to anyone; IF someone is desperate for promotion or even a job, and is prepared to add more than an hour's travelling time to their daily slog, or pay ?1,000s a year in fuel or rail fares, that's their buisiness. It's just something I find alien in the context of the work-life balance equation, and illogical and inefficient in the broader socio-economic context. Â But you're ignoring the fact that a commute of 25 miles or so to another town entirely (call it 40 mins max) is usually QUICKER than the local commute into Warrington - which is what you are advocating with your initial rant against people who travel in from other towns and out to other towns to work. Â Cheaper too. Â Probably use no more fuel than would be used sat in the Bridge Foot jams - plus paying WBC's extortionate rates for parking. Certainly use less than the cost of a return bus ticket - even if there actually were any buses at usable times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 Have to agree there .  How do people who live and work in Warrington cope unless they cycle or walk of course. Last time I came home from Penketh way on a bus it took 2 busses, well over an hour and cost over ?3 one way  5 minutes in my car daytime (with no traffic jams that is) peak time or if there's been an accident can take forever though  Probably a lot easier to work outside the town.. and there are enough motorway junctions to make it possible to avoid the town centre alltogether. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 Your forgetting the fact, that commutes involve getting out of one Town then trying to get into another; assuming the M/ways are relatively free - try viewing the A49 (Winick Rd) in the peak hour. btw - I have no axe to grind either way, fortunately I don't have to go through this ritual - so my comments are merely an objective opinion based on an observation of a lemming like reality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 Anyone who has crossed the Widnes bridge at rush hour couldn't fail to come to the conclusion that everyone North of the river works in the South and vice versa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 Anyone who has crossed the Widnes bridge at rush hour couldn't fail to come to the conclusion that everyone North of the river works in the South and vice versa. Never been any different, the nearest river crossing west of the Mersey, Widnes west bank are the tunnel's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 the nearest river crossing west of the Mersey, Widnes west bank are the tunnel's  Really? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 Anyone who has crossed the Widnes bridge at rush hour couldn't fail to come to the conclusion that everyone North of the river works in the South and vice versa. Â Â Really! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 Really Really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 Are you stuck for words for once Wolfie ? Â Warrington and the surrounding areas definately need some more river crossings... and canal crossings for that matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 Are you stuck for words for once Wolfie ? Â Â just gob smacked at the geographical knowledge of algy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 Wolfie, geography was always a bit of a mystery to me as I could never understand which way the subject was going? By the way did you now that Susi means Wolf in the Finnish language. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 Wolfie, geography was always a bit of a mystery to me as I could never understand which way the subject was going?  i think you were going west from West Bank algy.  By the way did you now that Susi means Wolf in the Finnish language  I had no idea, being rubbish at Geography. BTW is algy the plural of algea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 algea Now that was funny (sorry Algy ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 BTW is algy the plural of algea  Wolfie, ALGAE is the plural form, commonly used in place of the singular ALGA because references to a single organism are rare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 ooh bugger I never noticed it was spelt wrong... and well corrected Algy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 Not a problem Dizz, time for a bit of shut eye, night night, don't let the bed bug's bite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 BED BUGS I'm itching now and may stay up a while longer after all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 Just testing I should have remembered the rhyme A before E except etc etc. Good to see your knowledge of organisms is as good as your Geography, and better than my spelling. I mean typing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Durnim Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 With the price of petrol on the increase and most of that increase is VAT and Fuel Duty, should we rename all service stations 'Tax Office'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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