Weston Super Saint

He's already proved [twice] that he hasn't got the hairy ones to pull something like that off

6 weeks that my Area Manager knows about

you really are in the sh1t if Hoddle is buying you :shock:

So, I really can't see what the fuss is about!! If a pensioner goes from Bournemouth to Blackpool, then Bournemouth pays for it. But that's fine isn't it, because the pensioner lives in Bournemouth, pays council tax, and thus effectively pays their own way! Working on the same premise that what goes up must come down, that pensioner will [more than likely] travel back from Blackpool to Bournemouth, and Blackpool will pay for it. But that's OK too isn't it? Surely that pensioner will not have done nothing while in Blackpool, so will probably have bought some goods, maybe visited a Restaurant and bought food, thus contributing to the local businesses of Blackpool, who will all have paid Business rates to Blackpool council, so the pensioner will effectively have paid their own way again..... I know what you're saying Bungle, but I really don't see that the problem is as bad as some of those councils make out. Take Brighton for example with it's higher than average bus charge bill in the summer - from your LGA figures, which conveniently don't point out that while Brighton will have a higher cost in the summer months, it's costs will be significantly reduced in the Winter when no-one goes to visit - but that is by the by, because while more tourists are visiting, the local council is earning more money isn't it??

Great news.

There wouldn't be much point in him going anyway. How many lapdogs actually have a say in how things are organised?

It means he's given his voting rights to Rupert

None. Which leaves 6 weeks to take the rest of the year at times when the weather is nicer

But the point is those people would have used the bus anyway!! It doesn't really matter which region / county they are in, they would have used the bus to get around, so it's not really costing any more for them to cross a regional boundary. The guy travelling the country by bus I guess would be the exception rather than the rule....

Yes, this summer.

Do you work at Lidl?

I've graciously agreed to help the guys in the kitchen out by washing the dishes Xmas day - probably the only job I could do whilst ****ed anyway

Finish about 3.00pm on 25th. Back at 9.00am on the 26th.

It's before their next European adventure / waste of time. Corpse said so, and she's never wrong!!

So what time will their announcement of a takeover be tomorrow?

Unlike the rest of Pomp.... oh

Which brings me nicely all the way back to my original question : How many over 60's [on average] use the buses outside their District Council these days - even though they can travel any where in the whole country?

So over 60's haven't ALWAYS had free bus travel / bus passes?

Does it have 'pretend' shops then?

But, hang on a minute.... Haven't the over 60's ALWAYS had free travel - granted they were limited to their particular 'region' where they could use the buses before, but now they can use the bus no matter what region they are in. Simply put, the number of over 60's hasn't been increased dramatically by the Government or anyone else. I doubt very much that they are travelling out of their original 'region' much anyway, so has the amount of over 60's taking advantage of this initiative really increased, or is it just an excuse used by the bus companies for poor / inadequate service, or an excuse for local councils to increase council tax???

http://www.southampton-taxis.co.uk/?gclid=CKSS1-6BxZcCFYsh3godyBxYTA

Hamster must be the exception to the 'everyone with a free email account that registers on TSF / TSW must be a spamming monger that has previously been banned from the boards' rule......

Unlike West Quay that has absolutely no retail outlets in it whatsoever, none, not even one

Dave. Are you sure he's a he?

Can you just agree that Portsmouth is a sh1thole