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Hey, bud. I'm a '45 ... and I'm still kicking .... older than dirt I may be, but I still lead an active life, and still regard viagara as something the other guy needs.;):D:theband:

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I don't think anyone should be able to stand on a bus. All passengers should be seated and there should be seat belts on every seat. Babies are a difficult one as they are very vulnerable if the bus crashes but providing baby seats on buses would be difficult.

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Some of the little red buses the M&M ones do have seat belts and there are notices saying seat belts must be worn but people take no notice i have never seen anyone use them

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You are right Margaret, that notice was displayed well into the seventies.

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as others have said, was brought up, to give up my seat to women/disabled etc, still use the bus occasionally n still do, whilst i see what steeljack says about the family car being only form of transport etc, theres more to it than that i think, Bottom Line= its down to example taught by Mum n Dad, (Good Parenting) and sadly quite a few have missed the bus.:rolleyes:

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I don't know about giving their seats up, they don't even wait in the queue some of the time. Was waiting for the bus with my Mum last year and two women (took them to be a mother and daughter with baby in pram) just calmly walked up just as the bus pulled into the bus station and got on ignoring the rest of us in the queue. They were not the type of people you would pull up about it neither, well not if you valued your safety. Some people just follow the example they are set unfortunately.

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Same thing happened to me in Watford........waiting quite patiently for the bus (which was late) there were a few old ladies, some young lads and girls, just before the bus arrived a woman (slapper, actually and her teenage son) got to the stop and walked straight to the front of the queue and got straight onto the bus as soon as it stopped......nobody said a word to them so think it is a common occurance do there, so I keep quiet as well, not gonna get into a fight the day before I'm coming home :(

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I got on a bus in Aberdeen that displayed a sign proclaiming (DOGS MUST BE CARRIED):confused:

The conductor was not amused when I said,Where am I going to find a dog at this time of night.:D

OK Start the car.

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The engines already running Beni:D

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As the "youngest pensioner" on here, i was, obviously, born in 1949, lived in London, i remember seeing signs on buses for children paying half fare to give their seat up for mums with young children and older people. Have only lived in Spain for two months and have seen respect for the older people from the younger generation, sometimes if they forget their manners, the elders give them a real telling off and the younger stand there and accept the telling off even if the elder is not related and there is no verbal profanity returned. I admire the Spanish youngsters.

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i found just the same when i lived oer yon, they could teach us a thing or two about respect n manners.

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Stop moaning you old git :rolleyes::p:D:D

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Oi, respect for others!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:tongueout

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have things changed becuse iv always thought that half fare paying child passenges were expected to give up their seats for full paying customers.

putting the should someone give up their seat issue asside should a bus driver be allowing people not sturdy on their feet onto a bus knowing that they will be standing up while teh bus is in motion

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absolutely right Margaret,but a lot of water has gone under the bridge since then,,,,and it seems to have washed all respect and manners downstream,,,,,