LGBT Chat X

Spotify for Linux is being unreliable this evening :|

I only discovered it existed the other day and I could stop trying (and failing) to run it under Wine, please don't tell me it's failing already ><

It's not even that; he's not someone I hang out really anyway, and there's a (straight) couple in my friend group which doesn't bother me. I guess it's when it's guys in the same sort of position as me getting coupled up while I'm hanging around having no lovelife to speak of that it brings out the angsty in me. Ah well.

When I went back to uni from Easter break its bad enough I have a 7 hour journey with the longest and final leg of it being 3h15 on an Arriva service. I got on at the departure point, the next stop people were standing, but by the time we arrived in Wolvo they packed it to the point where a) one couldn't breathe b) I was going to be sick since it was so hot and crowded c) Happened to be on football day, if I'd known this I would have got the Sunday 4pm train and not the 6pm train d) mainly fans got on the train, and there were students wanting to get on as they like me had to be back the next day (I had no problems with the fans at all, they were all fine, its just the train companies should know roughly when unis are going back and they should accommodate for that with more carriages). By the time we arrived at Telford we had to stop to give people air (Nobody wanted to get on), however arrive at Shrewsbury where we were scheduled for a break, we were told an additional 2 carriages would be added, making it a 4 coach train instead of 2 (which it normally is). However, all the footie fans got off and they weren't really needed. Thankfully the final 2 hours of that journey passed ok, but those first 80 minutes were terrible! We didn't get an inspector over to us until we crossed over into the Welsh side of the border. So in comparison no other train company has been bad at all. Thankfully the journey back to Wolverhampton on the way home was fine, no problem at all.

Heheheheh, the Aber-Brum train, that's one of the only things I miss about not being at uni any more .

When I went back to uni from Easter break its bad enough I have a 7 hour journey with the longest and final leg of it being 3h15 on an Arriva service. I got on at the departure point, the next stop people were standing, but by the time we arrived in Wolvo they packed it to the point where a) one couldn't breathe b) I was going to be sick since it was so hot and crowded c) Happened to be on football day, if I'd known this I would have got the Sunday 4pm train and not the 6pm train d) mainly fans got on the train, and there were students wanting to get on as they like me had to be back the next day (I had no problems with the fans at all, they were all fine, its just the train companies should know roughly when unis are going back and they should accommodate for that with more carriages). By the time we arrived at Telford we had to stop to give people air (Nobody wanted to get on), however arrive at Shrewsbury where we were scheduled for a break, we were told an additional 2 carriages would be added, making it a 4 coach train instead of 2 (which it normally is). However, all the footie fans got off and they weren't really needed. Thankfully the final 2 hours of that journey passed ok, but those first 80 minutes were terrible! We didn't get an inspector over to us until we crossed over into the Welsh side of the border. So in comparison no other train company has been bad at all. Thankfully the journey back to Wolverhampton on the way home was fine, no problem at all.

When did you graduate and what in? Interpol, Geog or something else. I've heard Geog is like 2nd biggest or biggest department but I know barely any Geog students at all, whereas I know loads of Interpol (though its not my subject)

I've had journeys like that on CrossCountry

They really should anticipate this demand better and lay on more coaches.

Thats me too. My solution this summer was to spend my time travelling the world with a lesbian. Wait a minute I don't think I have worked this one out...foreveralone

I get this sometimes as well. I've gotten over it now. Anshug usually makes everything better

Last exam in 2 hours. I don't care anymore. I wish it started now.

Last exam in 2 hours. I don't care anymore. I wish it started now.

How? There aren't hundreds and hundreds of spare carriages sitting around doing nothing sadly, and many trains such as the ones XC use are in fixed formation so cannot be lengthened. Virgin are the ones to blame though, before Arriva took over they replaced 7/8 carriage trains with 4/5 carriage ones.

It demonstrates a chronic lack of investment. The line to Bournemouth is always stupidly busy - the last time I used that service to come back to the South East, I couldn't even get in the carriage - I was stuck in the vestibule opening the toilet door for people until Reading. What a joke.

If they've not got enough rolling stock, then they need to purchase more. The limitations of the Class 220/221 sets are pretty annoying, but Virgin's use of their sets seems more appropriate; coupling two sets together and splitting them further along the line.

This might be the best thing.

Freedom.
Starts with a quad pimms for half price because The bar women is lovely. Now to head home to sort out the BBQ