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Previously on "Back in London this week. Why is it so dirty FFS?"

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  • JohntheBike
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    Originally posted by Amanensia View Post
    That's it, by Jove, we've solved it!

    Except...

    Hang on a sec...

    Oh yeah. SNCF is also state-owned.
    yes, and presumably were responsible for that stretch of line at the Swiss border that I described.

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  • Amanensia
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    Originally posted by WTFH View Post
    Or maybe part of it is national pride, part of it is that the rail network is not privatised as we would know it, and the higher taxes go towards investing in it.

    You get what you vote for.
    That's it, by Jove, we've solved it!

    Except...

    Hang on a sec...

    Oh yeah. SNCF is also state-owned.

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  • d000hg
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    Originally posted by Eirikur View Post
    I take it you have never been to Amsterdam. Dog sh!t everywhere, marijuana smell everywhere and Brits on stag and hen do-s everywhere
    You'll note he said 'few' not 'no'. And the smell of pot isn't "dirt".

    British towns are generally quite dirty or can be. So I don't think we can blame immigrants, it must be our own fault

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  • JohntheBike
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    Originally posted by WTFH View Post
    Or maybe part of it is national pride, part of it is that the rail network is not privatised as we would know it, and the higher taxes go towards investing in it.

    You get what you vote for.
    part of it is that the rail network is not privatised as we would know it
    according to my rail worker cousin, there is more traffic on the Southern network, than the whole of Switzerland. Perhaps that is also part of the reason as there is considerably less to subsidise.

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  • WTFH
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    Originally posted by JohntheBike View Post
    Many years ago, whilst walking from France into Switzerland along the southern shores of Lac Leman, I noticed how the prolific weeds on the railway line on the French side quickly disappeared on the Swiss side. I guess it's all down to money and national pride.
    Or maybe part of it is national pride, part of it is that the rail network is not privatised as we would know it, and the higher taxes go towards investing in it.

    You get what you vote for.

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  • JohntheBike
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    National dirtiness

    Many years ago, whilst walking from France into Switzerland along the southern shores of Lac Leman, I noticed how the prolific weeds on the railway line on the French side quickly disappeared on the Swiss side. I guess it's all down to money and national pride.

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  • PCTNN
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    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
    I supposed when I lived here I got used to it. But really guys, stop littering and clean up.

    OK wrong forum. Is it Brexit related?
    It's the bloody foreigners, this is who's to blame.

    Once those savages will be kicked out, London will go back to be the small town it really is. I don't know...1-2 million people. The smell of jam and biscuits coming from the only factories left active will be such a treat.

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  • shaunbhoy
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    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
    I supposed when I lived here I got used to it. But really guys, stop littering and clean up.
    It is the preponderance of whining entitled Bremoaners churlishly throwing their latte mugs around that does it.

    HTH

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  • Mordac
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    Originally posted by Old Greg View Post
    I'll take your word for it.
    Football trip. Thankfully the bar was open. I was pleasantly surprised, as it was barely 6am...

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  • Old Greg
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    Originally posted by Mordac View Post
    Beats the sh!t out of flying into Luton...
    I'll take your word for it.

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  • Mordac
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    Originally posted by Old Greg View Post
    Avoid flying into Heathrow if at all possible. The miasma of despair around the Thistle Hotel can be unbearable.
    Beats the sh!t out of flying into Luton...

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  • Old Greg
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    Avoid flying into Heathrow if at all possible. The miasma of despair around the Thistle Hotel can be unbearable.

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  • Mordac
    replied
    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
    I supposed when I lived here I got used to it. But really guys, stop littering and clean up.

    OK wrong forum. Is it Brexit related?
    Bloody cyclists...

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  • original PM
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    Originally posted by Eirikur View Post
    I take it you have never been to Amsterdam. Dog sh!t everywhere, marijuana smell everywhere and Brits on stag and hen do-s everywhere
    I was stoned as feck so did not really notice that much..

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  • sasguru
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    Originally posted by Eirikur View Post
    I take it you have never been to Amsterdam. Dog sh!t everywhere, marijuana smell everywhere and Brits on stag and hen do-s everywhere
    I have. But it was on a stag do so didn't notice anything

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