28-12-2005, 23:07
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Re: "PaintbyNumbers" Fire Engines
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Originally Posted by mez
havn't they just taken certain red london buses off the rd ? the last one was a couple of weeks ago.
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Yes the Routemaster bus, famous all over the world, is no more.
I spent years jumping on and off the 9,14,19,22 between Knightsbridge and Piccadilly. They helped traffic flow because people boarded them and paid the conductor when seated, unlike the new pay-as-you-enter ones, which take forever to board when you have twenty Japs trying to ask for Harrods.
Mind you they were very dangerous. People were always being knocked over, or falling off them, by jumping off before the buses stopped.
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Last edited by garinda; 28-12-2005 at 23:10.
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