TV Tom Posted March 24, 2023 Report Share Posted March 24, 2023 1 hour ago, Open End Numb Legs said: Nothing on the news headlines to suggest trouble in Napoli so I hope that means everyone got back to base without too many problems. Paid for the wrong train to take him back to Rome this morning so had to fork out another £50, main thing is though is that he survived Naples despite it’s reputation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pillred Posted March 24, 2023 Report Share Posted March 24, 2023 (edited) 26 minutes ago, harrys said: Paid for the wrong train to take him back to Rome this morning so had to fork out another £50, main thing is though is that he survived Naples despite it’s reputation Where did that saying see Naples and die come from? I'm assuming it's nothing to do with football fans. Edited March 24, 2023 by pillred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Open End Numb Legs Posted March 24, 2023 Report Share Posted March 24, 2023 44 minutes ago, harrys said: Paid for the wrong train to take him back to Rome this morning so had to fork out another £50, main thing is though is that he survived Naples despite it’s reputation Good to hear he got out ok, as some pilots used to say, any landing you can walk away from is a good one. £50 for a train fare though? I thought Italian trains were supposed to be cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted March 24, 2023 Report Share Posted March 24, 2023 1 hour ago, Open End Numb Legs said: Good to hear he got out ok, as some pilots used to say, any landing you can walk away from is a good one. £50 for a train fare though? I thought Italian trains were supposed to be cheap. That is cheap compared to English fares. It's a more than two-hour journey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudski Posted March 24, 2023 Report Share Posted March 24, 2023 1 hour ago, pillred said: Where did that saying see Naples and die come from? I'm assuming it's nothing to do with football fans. It came from a poet travelling in the 18th Century. Who on seeing Naples back then, wrote the expression...meaning you will die from its beauty. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob k Posted March 24, 2023 Report Share Posted March 24, 2023 A mate out there said he saw no trouble at all bar a bit of shoving from the police Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudski Posted March 24, 2023 Report Share Posted March 24, 2023 4 minutes ago, Red-Robbo said: That is cheap compared to English fares. It's a more than two-hour journey. You can still get tickets every day from Naples to Rome by train for 12euro. In the middle of the afternoon. The fast trains that take an hour are more expensive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted March 24, 2023 Report Share Posted March 24, 2023 5 minutes ago, spudski said: You can still get tickets every day from Naples to Rome by train for 12euro. In the middle of the afternoon. The fast trains that take an hour are more expensive. Certainly some bargains to be had on the Italian railways. They wanted to charge me £129 to get to Manchester for 1pm on Monday. I'm driving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudski Posted March 24, 2023 Report Share Posted March 24, 2023 5 minutes ago, Red-Robbo said: Certainly some bargains to be had on the Italian railways. They wanted to charge me £129 to get to Manchester for 1pm on Monday. I'm driving. I've found them fantastic. Always on time, clean, plenty of them, and cheap if you book in advance or are willing to take the slower ones. Our system is a disgrace. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TV Tom Posted March 24, 2023 Report Share Posted March 24, 2023 3 hours ago, Open End Numb Legs said: Good to hear he got out ok, as some pilots used to say, any landing you can walk away from is a good one. £50 for a train fare though? I thought Italian trains were supposed to be cheap. I always thought that and it certainly was when I went to Northern Italy a few years ago but I booked all my train travel in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted March 24, 2023 Report Share Posted March 24, 2023 19 minutes ago, harrys said: I always thought that and it certainly was when I went to Northern Italy a few years ago but I booked all my train travel in advance They are, and they aren't. We went from Milan to Como and back then Milan to Venice . Apart from getting thrown out of first Class (hard to tell) , we found out there are many different Rail Companies. We managed to get a cheap ticket , but then got on the wrong train (different company), the difference in prices was huge. The Woman conductor was brilliant, she pointed to a Train passing and said , "that was the one you were supposed to be on". Then followed up by saying, "I didn't see you" and smiled. We got where we wanted at a decent price, but the machines aren't straight forward and prices varied a hell of a lot. Just checked on Trainline, that journey can cost £200 or under £20, I think booking in advance is the best way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkev Posted March 24, 2023 Report Share Posted March 24, 2023 4 hours ago, Red-Robbo said: Certainly some bargains to be had on the Italian railways. They wanted to charge me £129 to get to Manchester for 1pm on Monday. I'm driving. Someone has to pay for the 14% pay rise just been given to staff , mark my words them and the tube drivers will be striking again within 18 months about something else , if there was a league for strikers those two would be top of the premier , do my head in 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkev Posted March 24, 2023 Report Share Posted March 24, 2023 2 hours ago, harrys said: I always thought that and it certainly was when I went to Northern Italy a few years ago but I booked all my train travel in advance Wise father , take note my son Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcusX Posted March 24, 2023 Report Share Posted March 24, 2023 16 minutes ago, redkev said: Someone has to pay for the 14% pay rise just been given to staff , mark my words them and the tube drivers will be striking again within 18 months about something else , if there was a league for strikers those two would be top of the premier , do my head in Not really, the rail prices have gone up every single year as far as I can remember and the service has got shitter. You could easily say, they should have no problem giving a decent pay rise after all the increases every year. Give it 12 months they will rise them again 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TV Tom Posted March 24, 2023 Report Share Posted March 24, 2023 2 hours ago, redkev said: Wise father , take note my son Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning. -2 Timothy 3:16 Here ends my lesson for today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted March 24, 2023 Report Share Posted March 24, 2023 Good to see it seems to have passed off largely peacefully, despite the best efforts of that ******** from Burnley to land the rest of the travelling England fans in a whole lot of bother. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TV Tom Posted March 24, 2023 Report Share Posted March 24, 2023 2 hours ago, redkev said: Someone has to pay for the 14% pay rise just been given to staff , mark my words them and the tube drivers will be striking again within 18 months about something else , if there was a league for strikers those two would be top of the premier , do my head in I’m afraid it’s not the fault of the workers for our ridiculously high prices it’s the fault of our greedy foreign owned owners, something else to be thankful to Maggie for 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TV Tom Posted March 24, 2023 Report Share Posted March 24, 2023 1 minute ago, Northern Red said: Good to see it seems to have passed off largely peacefully, despite the best efforts of that ******** from Burnley to land the rest of the travelling England fans in a whole lot of bother. What a complete lunatic, hope he gets banned from every ground for the next 25 years 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_BCFC Posted March 24, 2023 Report Share Posted March 24, 2023 Got train down from Rome to Naples yesterday £35 and took 75 mins at about 1pm. Train back at 5pm… 2 hours and £25. Both pretty reasonable I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Club and Country Posted March 25, 2023 Report Share Posted March 25, 2023 21 hours ago, 2015 said: This generation of players absolutely **** on the 'Golden Generation'. It's great to see they're one unit now when playing for England. When you listen to the 'golden generation' in interviews now they weren't have a jumped up, entitled group give me the current team any day of the week 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2015 Posted March 25, 2023 Report Share Posted March 25, 2023 1 hour ago, Club and Country said: When you listen to the 'golden generation' in interviews now they weren't have a jumped up, entitled group give me the current team any day of the week Heard it from the likes of Gary Neville many a time - they'd rather be with their club and not socialising with their rivals. Yet these same Man Utd players thought they were mistreated by England. Entitled primadonnas, the lot of them 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkev Posted March 25, 2023 Report Share Posted March 25, 2023 19 hours ago, MarcusX said: Not really, the rail prices have gone up every single year as far as I can remember and the service has got shitter. You could easily say, they should have no problem giving a decent pay rise after all the increases every year. Give it 12 months they will rise them again My issue is the train drivers are earning decent money yet in a time of hardship others have had to suffer for them line there own pockets even more that’s why I have little support for them 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyClapper Posted March 25, 2023 Report Share Posted March 25, 2023 (edited) 13 minutes ago, redkev said: My issue is the train drivers are earning decent money yet in a time of hardship others have had to suffer for them line there own pockets even more that’s why I have little support for them It wasn’t actually really the train drivers on strike. The government and right wing press pushed that narrative because they were hoping there would be a lack of support from the public. The vast majority of those striking were support staff, for example cleaners, who are very poorly paid. Edited March 25, 2023 by HappyClapper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted March 25, 2023 Report Share Posted March 25, 2023 (edited) 43 minutes ago, redkev said: My issue is the train drivers are earning decent money yet in a time of hardship others have had to suffer for them line there own pockets even more that’s why I have little support for them As @HappyClappersays, not really all about them or payrise, but support of their fellow workers over changes to terms and conditions , dropping in standards, move to driverless trains, etc. As someone who got shafted by their company over a change to my t&c’s re my final salary pension (which became a something significantly different to what my final salary would be), I fully support them. My changes cost me circa £250k-350k in my pension pot. I could’ve course given up 10%-15% of my salary in additional contributions to make up the deficit - how kind of them! And if you didn’t sign the new terms, you couldn’t get a payrise. I decided to leave. @Clevedon Red was one of the “lucky” ones as he being sooooooooooo much older than me wasn’t as far away from his pension age, so lost less, but he still lost out. And the bastards used his photo on all the brochures and intranet pages, until he realised and told them to remove them. That was quite funny though!!! Solidarity to all people being shafted. Edited March 25, 2023 by Davefevs 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkev Posted March 25, 2023 Report Share Posted March 25, 2023 2 hours ago, HappyClapper said: It wasn’t actually really the train drivers on strike. The government and right wing press pushed that narrative because they were hoping there would be a lack of support from the public. The vast majority of those striking were support staff, for example cleaners, who are very poorly paid. I bet the train drivers did get a pay rise though , totally understand the the support staff looking for a pay rise but like I said the drivers are on decent money . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted March 25, 2023 Report Share Posted March 25, 2023 https://www.reed.com/articles/train-driver-salary-benefits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkev Posted March 25, 2023 Report Share Posted March 25, 2023 2 minutes ago, Davefevs said: https://www.reed.com/articles/train-driver-salary-benefits I’ve just applied Dave but I shall be joining the picket line before I start for work experience 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkev Posted March 25, 2023 Report Share Posted March 25, 2023 4 minutes ago, Davefevs said: https://www.reed.com/articles/train-driver-salary-benefits My brother in law has been a driver for virgin , Gner , & now gwr £55,000 10 years ago now earning over £68,000 and his dream job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkev Posted March 25, 2023 Report Share Posted March 25, 2023 19 hours ago, Northern Red said: Good to see it seems to have passed off largely peacefully, despite the best efforts of that ******** from Burnley to land the rest of the travelling England fans in a whole lot of bother. Totally agree I bet a few England fans were very sceptical about going and a little nervous about what awaited them .Then this idiotic poke the bees nest , the problem with anything like this is it’s usually the innocent who Kop the wrath of the offended 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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