tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629666268463690318.post1194133955955079058..comments2023-10-31T16:31:51.895+00:00Comments on NeueArbeit Macht Frei: Electric Motor Buses: An old story shows how little we travelledRoger Thornhillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03591327286533118901noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629666268463690318.post-64164468434450874262008-02-10T16:00:00.000+00:002008-02-10T16:00:00.000+00:00CS,Maybe you would like to wander over to http://l...CS,<BR/><BR/>Maybe you would like to wander over to http://lpuk.org, where an alternative is being formed.Roger Thornhillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01153744692290896812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629666268463690318.post-11520437681979611492008-02-10T13:45:00.000+00:002008-02-10T13:45:00.000+00:00Top man Roger. You are thinking and saying exactly...Top man Roger. You are thinking and saying exactly what needs to be said. Trolleybuses were the best but, as you have written, the "oil lobby" (M.P.s who are well paid to represent oil suppliers) speak up as their puppets. Representing honesty, integrity and the bleeding obvious is not on the agenda. No M.P. should have ANY outside interest, let alone employing their wives, sons, daughters, grandmothers, cats e.t.c.<BR/>Sadly the Common Market,(we had a referendum on it once we had already joined, that's called Democracy)has now turned into a form of U.S.S.R.E.U. and, due to it's cancerous nature, is now looking to Asia and North Africa to feed itself. A great job for them that has it, no use to blokes like me who have paid for it and have gained nothing. The Government are paid by us to do one thing: make our lives more enjoyable. On this score they are a complete failure and should all be sacked. None of them represent me. Maybe I'm the one in the wrong, I only worked for the Government 1963-1996. Lose the USSR-EU, gain sanity.Civil Servanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11693684169790251207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629666268463690318.post-70851975404432766932008-02-10T13:43:00.000+00:002008-02-10T13:43:00.000+00:00Top man Roger. You are thinking and saying exactly...Top man Roger. You are thinking and saying exactly what needs to be said. Trolleybuses were the best but, as you have written, the "oil lobby" (M.P.s who are well paid to represent oil suppliers) speaking as their puppets. Representing honesty, integrity and the bleeding obvious is not on the agenda. No M.P. should have ANY outside interest, (let alone employing their wives, sons, daughters, grandmothers, cats) e.t.c.<BR/>Sadly the Common Market,(we had a referendum on it once we had already joined, that's called Democracy)has now turned into a form of U.S.S.R.-E.U. and, due to it's cancerous nature, is now looking to Asia and North Africa to feed itself. A great job for them that has it, no use to blokes like me who have paid for it and have gained nothing. The Government are paid by us to do one thing: make our lives more enjoyable. On this score they are a complete failure and all should be sacked. None of them represent me. Maybe I'm the one in the wrong, I only worked for the Government 1963-1996. Lose the USSR-EU, gain sanity.<BR/>Remember, the only difference between the Victorian ear and now is we now have electric lights.<BR/>Saying any more would put me outside of the Official Secrets Act.Civil Servanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11693684169790251207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629666268463690318.post-70148374835509310792007-09-11T08:39:00.000+01:002007-09-11T08:39:00.000+01:00Two main reasons:1. In the 1950's the overhead cab...Two main reasons:<BR/><BR/>1. In the 1950's the overhead cabling needed replacement, as did many of the vehicles (who were about 30 years old by then, but handsome with it). The logic of having a long-life infrastructure and vehicles passed them by.<BR/><BR/>2. The oil lobby.<BR/><BR/>Passengers and drivers certainly did not want them replaced.<BR/><BR/>Europe, China still have trolleys. I rode on one in Shanghai when I was working there a year or so ago - so much more comfortable than a modern bus, even though it was 20+ years old. No smell, no vibration, smooth accelleration, quiet and no heat (a good thing in a steamy Shanghai summer). I also took a trip on one in Moscow, but that was Feb 1982 and we were dodging our tail.Roger Thornhillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01153744692290896812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629666268463690318.post-39021859064263103842007-09-11T07:19:00.000+01:002007-09-11T07:19:00.000+01:00But they must have gone out of fashion for a reaso...But they must have gone out of fashion for a reason, what was the reason?Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.com