Wickham Green too Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 ................ but who's going to choose to walk fifteen minutes* there an' fifteen minutes* back if they're in a hurry ? *Based on an average walking speed of 3mph - other walking speeds are available. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
talisman56 Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 1 hour ago, Wickham Green too said: ................ but who's going to choose to walk fifteen minutes* there an' fifteen minutes* back if they're in a hurry ? *Based on an average walking speed of 3mph - other walking speeds are available. It'd not be that much more - as the main pedestrian traffic would be towards the town centre, which is also off to the south-east, it's just a slightly longer walk on a different route... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted January 22, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 22, 2021 Wouldn't just be easier to install a footbridge? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted January 22, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 22, 2021 10 minutes ago, PhilJ W said: Wouldn't just be easier to install a footbridge? If it’s the New Forest I’d expect there would be planning issues with the “greenies” it looking so ugly 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Not to mention that pedestrians will do whatever they can to avoid using footbridges (or underpasses come to that!)... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted January 22, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 22, 2021 18 minutes ago, boxbrownie said: If it’s the New Forest I’d expect there would be planning issues with the “greenies” it looking so ugly 3 minutes ago, Hobby said: Not to mention that pedestrians will do whatever they can to avoid using footbridges (or underpasses come to that!)... This discussion is about the level crossing at Revelstoke. You've both got the wrong thread. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold StuAllen Posted January 22, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 22, 2021 Why would you want to lay on a level crossing for a photo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-55764693 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted January 22, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 22, 2021 1 hour ago, PhilJ W said: This discussion is about the level crossing at Revelstoke. You've both got the wrong thread. Doh!!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted January 22, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 22, 2021 36 minutes ago, StuAllen said: Why would you want to lay on a level crossing for a photo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-55764693 Obvious really, her head is completely empty so her legs stopped moving........these are the kind of people who investigate the smell of gas with a match. 1 3 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 hopefully... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grovenor Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 3 hours ago, boxbrownie said: ........these are the kind of people who investigate the smell of gas with a match. As in todays paper. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 On todays BBC News website there is a photograph of a stupid woman being photographed spread out on over an L/C electrified line.Trains cross here at 70mph and this year last year there have been numerous incidents of stupidity of all types.Just what is wrong with our nation are there far more stupid than previous ones or are they all members of the woke grouping who seem to think everything stops to let them pass. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Harris Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, StuAllen said: Why would you want to lay on a level crossing for a photo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-55764693 I saw this earlier. I'm not a betting man, but I'd wager a small sum that if a member of staff from 'Network Rail' approached and berated them, the staff would either be met with disbelief or a foul-mouthed response. These people think they have "rights", while conveniently forgetting they have responsibilities. Any warning signs are for others who are ignorant, they are smart, so a couple of hundred tons of train won't hurt them and if it's hits them it's the driver's fault for not stopping anyway. jch Edited January 22, 2021 by John Harris 5 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted January 22, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 22, 2021 (edited) 5 minutes ago, lmsforever said: On todays BBC News website there is a photograph of a stupid woman being photographed spread out on over an L/C electrified line.Trains cross here at 70mph and this year last year there have been numerous incidents of stupidity of all types.Just what is wrong with our nation are there far more stupid than previous ones or are they all members of the woke grouping who seem to think everything stops to let them pass. See about 7 posts up. Edited January 22, 2021 by newbryford 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted January 22, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 22, 2021 5 minutes ago, John Harris said: Any warning signs are for others who are ignorant, they are smart, so a couple of hundred tons of train won't hurt them and if it's hits them it's the driver's fault for not stopping anyway. jch Or steering around them...... 1 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted January 22, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 22, 2021 (edited) 7 minutes ago, lmsforever said: members of the woke grouping who seem to think everything stops to let them pass. I'm wokily challenging your use of "woke" here, which the lexicographers among us tell us means "alert to injustice in society, especially racism", in other words challenging rather than exercising perceived entitlement. I concede that being run down by a train while lying down on a level crossing may be a form of justice, possibly even social justice, but hardly one to be actively campaigned for. Edited January 22, 2021 by Compound2632 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
talisman56 Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 I think a more apt label is 'self-entitled'... 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJGraphics Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 5 hours ago, StuAllen said: Why would you want to lay on a level crossing for a photo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-55764693 Because you're almost brain dead? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 (edited) On 20/01/2021 at 21:20, newbryford said: And if you don't want to wait because it's game time.... Might it not be wise to install a footbridge? (Sorry PhilJ W, I see you've made the same comment). Edited January 22, 2021 by EddieB 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted January 22, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 22, 2021 5 hours ago, StuAllen said: Why would you want to lay on a level crossing for a photo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-55764693 There is a footbridge coming I believe, but as it is in the South Downs National Park the consultation process has been protracted. It was proposed to have ramps running over the site of the former Bishopstone Beach halt (earlier the original Bishopstone Station). The 'why?' can be asked of people who stand on the edge of the crumbling chalk cliffs to the east and west of this crossing to have their photos taken. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Welly Posted January 22, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 22, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, lmsforever said: Just what is wrong with our nation are there far more stupid than previous ones ..... There are more stupid people about because the total population has increased! Edited January 22, 2021 by Welly Clarity 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted January 22, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 22, 2021 2 hours ago, Grovenor said: As in todays paper. The Cornish family......in Cornwall.......now that’s really xenophobic 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted January 22, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 22, 2021 22 minutes ago, Welly said: There are more stupid people about because the total population has increased! It’s because they cannot read the condom instructions.....mores the pity. 1 2 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 1 hour ago, Welly said: There are more stupid people about because the total population has increased! Unless the results of people stuck at home with 'nothing to do' in the first lockdown - nine months ago - has had a dramatic effect on the birth rate, I guess the population will be dropping at present .............. what an interesting year to have a census ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NittenDormer Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 18 minutes ago, Wickham Green too said: Unless the results of people stuck at home with 'nothing to do' in the first lockdown - nine months ago - has had a dramatic effect on the birth rate, I guess the population will be dropping at present .............. what an interesting year to have a census ! You forget the effects of immigration also being a factor (for the last time, glorious sunlit uplands etc) * * other simplistic metaphors also available. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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