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Old Jun 21, 2005 | 04:35 PM
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so now theres not only one for the cars the people who gave up the car to get a train instead are now still gonna have to pay


basicly go to work and ya pay more, go to work ar 3am and ya wont, but ya boss wont be happy that ya leaving at 1pm to save cash

i really cant belive they new plan , as if the trains aint already over priced

the real problem is theres too many people in the capital !!!!!!!

stop charging and move some out !!!!!, stop building offices in locations of congestion !!!!

work out how many can fit in a bus. train ect and they dont allow anymore staff

nope that wont work, well just charge people for getting a train instead. then they can be allowed to quit there job and ease congestion

zone 1 passing is already at a premium and also too fooking much

sooooo glad i got a mobile office and the only charge i gotta pay is the dart , 1.80 though the thieving tossers

anyway does this make any of ya feel that living in london is going too far with the charges now

where should we all move to avoid all this and make a new london . birmingham looks a good bet so far, anywhere else ya can think of
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Old Jun 21, 2005 | 04:45 PM
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I know what you mean.. I travel in by train every day and costs Ł250 a month...
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Old Jun 21, 2005 | 04:48 PM
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fook, dont get me started! i'll end up shooting the next train driver i see!
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Old Jun 21, 2005 | 04:48 PM
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Great idea. That'll encourage people to leave their cars at home and use public transport
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Old Jun 21, 2005 | 04:52 PM
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It's a scam plain and simple.

Much like the traffic light timing was changed in London to make it appear worse than it actually is..............

Example:

Morning rush hour Thameslink from Mill Hill Broadway to central London. They have, over the past three months, cut the number of trains by half, and each of those trains still running has had the number of carraiges cut in half, with no viable reason.
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Old Jun 21, 2005 | 04:57 PM
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sooooo glad i got a mobile office and the only charge i gotta pay is the dart , 1.80 though the thieving tossers

funny how they said that they would stop the toll after the tunnel had paid for itself. well it was all done and paid for years ago but mr blair got the green eyed monster and saw how much money it was bringing in every yr.

its never gunna end untill this govenment realise they cant tax ppl out of there cars! it just wont work the only way forward is to work out a solution that will able the city to accomadate the number of people its holding.
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Old Jun 21, 2005 | 04:58 PM
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Originally Posted by b19bal
birmingham looks a good bet so far, anywhere else ya can think of
I can think of pretty much everywhere else before birmingham
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Old Jun 21, 2005 | 05:00 PM
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I think everyone should stay at home one day and then see what the government thinks wen the country grinds to a halt!! What they gona do, sack the whole country?! LOL
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Old Jun 21, 2005 | 05:03 PM
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see notice im not moaning as it dont affectme as i wouldnt get the bus if i got shot in both feet and never had a phone to calls for a abulance and all i had in my pocket was a bus pass, i would rather bleed to death

i say un privitise em !!!!!!, make em public as the government where too busy spending the cash to find new ways to get more of it

thought it was also weird that the bus is now gone up by 50 pence, almost double since the congestion charge was brought into place thats ment to be paying for more busses

shoot livingstone and then all the private companys who run the system and make it a NON PROFIT system and all the extra cash gets donated to a childrens charity rather than a bonus scheme, and not a childrens charity whos director happens to be the chairmans wife

but as i drive a van i dont care, aslong as i can get to pondersend, barking, dagenham, epsom,staines,hayes and alperton then i dont care about it

the only reason there charging sooo much is cause no matter what ya have no choice but to pay it


i think im deffo gonna open my scooter and cycle shop in the west end when i get some spare cash together

might get a deal in a shop in regent street too at this rate
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Old Jun 21, 2005 | 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by b19bal

i think im deffo gonna open my scooter and cycle shop in the west end when i get some spare cash together

might get a deal in a shop in regent street too at this rate

you'll probs even be able to apply for a tax break as the govenment seem to be going ape on anything green.
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Old Jun 21, 2005 | 06:03 PM
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nope i asked when the congestion charge was being hyped as there was no cycle shop in the west end where i was gonna open it and they told me to write a business plan and they would look into the chances of grants ect


then i got help to write it ( think you also helped too if i remember) prsented it and was told and i shit you not

cause i have not been on benifit/unemloyed seeking work for 18 months, cause i wasnt a assylem seeker and because im basicly a hard working person whos never ponced in his life that im not eligable

as for the green grants, theres no fooking grant for cycle shop buisness ,. no tax breaks and not even offer to rent me a shop at a decent rental rate

even though there was no cycle shop and its in the congestion charge where people are being sugested to ride a fooking bike

thats where my bitterness started i think

if i could work cash in hand and pay no taxes ( if i found a employer that would do it) then i would do just that, id rather dissapear off the system all together and pay private health care and just survive on my own pension in furture than pay tax

hence why i quit my job and also why i never went looking for a job

but as i never fiund a place and i got offered a job im gonna do that instead
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Old Jun 21, 2005 | 06:38 PM
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i'm sure if u applied to like the princes trust or something they might give u a grant, they usially help out people starting there own small business.

but then in saying that with the property prices in central london the grant they give you probably wouldnt cover the cost of having a set of keys cut
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Old Jun 21, 2005 | 06:42 PM
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the prince's trust also told me to go stick it

the business plan wasnt layed out perfect, needed working to make it presentable, i contacted them after the government told me to tryu them, also tried shell livewire

i wanted to open a bike shop and i needed to be a chartared accountant to get a loan for it, thats money i borrow to then pay back, 10k is what i asked for and i stick the other 5k to it

if i was that fooking educated id work for a proper firm and not need to get a fooking small business
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