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A strange observation here...

All signs bearing station names at the stations which had one-unders occur at them were blurred out. Any ideas why?
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uefacup81 wrote:A strange observation here...

All signs bearing station names at the stations which had one-unders occur at them were blurred out. Any ideas why?
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I liked the driving style of the picc driver who lent on the dead-mans handle then used his other hand to move the controller.
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Wasn't hard to spot was it!

Tim Pinn (Warwick Av guy) was trending on twitter earlier

The idea of each line having a personality (Picc line guy) was a bit weird :shock:
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Iain wrote:The idea of each line having a personality (Picc line guy) was a bit weird :shock:
Driving trains obviously turns your head.
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Iain wrote:The idea of each line having a personality (Picc line guy) was a bit weird :shock:
Driving trains obviously turns your head.
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I assume they blurred the station name to help protect the identity of the "one unders".

I loved the guy at Warwick Avenue, I'm going to start following him on twitter.
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What about the guy at Notting Hill Gate who was in the mood for music? The last time I went to the carnival there were no Underground enthusiasts
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***** wrote:- what is the one under rate. about one a week? all suicides? shame there was no stats or figures on that, or a quote from someone about if the rate had stayed the same, or gone up during the last year with these austere times and perhaps more people out of work, on the breadline and depressed? i wanted a bit of background on that.
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***** wrote:They didn't mention how if driver's get two one-unders in their career, they get the offer to be paid off, or something... don't they? am glad the driver from last night didn't seem affected by it.
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Neil have you ever had any people jump under your train?
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hakc97 wrote:Neil have you ever had any people jump under your train?
Not yet, and I suspect that if I did, the speed would more than likely do the job ...
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Didn't know you were allowed to take class B drugs while driving.
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Starkey7 wrote:Didn't know you were allowed to take class B drugs while driving.
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