Maggie was right

[Doggy Styles]

In 1996 I used UK trains first time - it did not impress me to have to open window, bend over out of the window to open door from the OUTSIDE. Even in Soviet trains they had inside opening handle.

Who was in power before that I wonder?

Or how about Thatcher allegedly not allowing BT to put fiber into ground to replace crappy copper phone lines?

I think you've missed the point of this thread AtW. It was about socialists running out of other people's money, not doors on railway trains.

[Mich the Tester]

In 1996 I used UK trains first time - it did not impress me to have to open window, bend over out of the window to open door from the OUTSIDE. Even in Soviet trains they had inside opening handle.

Who was in power before that I wonder?

Or how about Thatcher allegedly not allowing BT to put fiber into ground to replace crappy copper phone lines?

Is this how you judge a country’s welfare and happiness? Door handles? Bloody hell, the Gulag was a bit of a downer but at least the trains had good door handles in the Soviet Union!

[Churchill]

So your grudge with maggie is based on complete bollocks like most of your arguments?

FTFY...

[Doggy Styles]

I'd say she is responsible for destroying remnants of British industry, though on the other hand Labour probably finished the job, but Maggie certainly set this train to go into that direction.

Again, you have missed the point. Stay on track!

[Mich the Tester]

Maggie certainly set this train to go into that direction.

And how did the door handles work on Maggie's train?

[HairyArsedBloke]

In 1996 I used UK trains first time - it did not impress me to have to open window, bend over out of the window to open door from the OUTSIDE. Even in Soviet trains they had inside opening handle.

Who was in power before that I wonder?

Or how about Thatcher allegedly not allowing BT to put fiber into ground to replace crappy copper phone lines?

Did it ever occur to you that this might have been a safety feature to cut down on the chances of opening the doors when the train is in motion?

[Platypus]

I think you've missed the point of this thread AtW. It was about socialists running out of other people's money, not doors on railway trains.

A Russian complaining about trivia while missing the big picture about how the country is run ?

I'm shocked

[AtW]

And how did the door handles work on Maggie's train?

I guess she had a butler to open them for her?

[Andy2]

Did it ever occur to you that this might have been a safety feature to cut down on the chances of opening the doors when the train is in motion?

The doors are automatically locked when the train is in motion so its not a safety feature.

[AtW]

I think you've missed the point of this thread AtW. It was about socialists running out of other people's money, not doors on railway trains.

When do you think socialists start doing it? It's when the previous greedy party that won't invest smartly and get tulipy trains like I described, then it creates OPENING to some socialist barsteward who'd say - let's tax the rich to fix trains etc: one leads to another.

So Thatcher and Conservatives in general are also responsible for what Labour did - after all if Conservatives were so bloody wonderful they would not lose their jobs