Catching A Bus ?
 

My car is going for a service in the morning. As a result I need to catch a bus.

Any tips on using this mode of transport will be welcome.

Do you still pay the clippie, or just jump off the back when she isn't watching ?

Does one still stick one's hand out to attract the drivers attention ?

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now now David stop being daft, this is 2007....all that went out in the 70s

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Which is probably the last time I got a bus

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lol fair enough, i'm sure the little woman will know how to catch a bus

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As one who has recently resumed using buses, I was surprised how much cleaner they are nowadays --- just remember that you have to press a bell when your stop is next --- a driver once took me past my stop because I didnt, even though I was standing beside him.
No clippies -- except on Blackpool trams.

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HEHE I caught a bus las week ,:eek: first time in yrs . and the embaressment of my daughter telling what to do,:o i didnt know we had tio press a bell either lol:eek::D

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I catch buses every time i go anywhere - tis the only mode of transport unless you count my feet and my bro's/sisters cars and taxi's.

Dont forget margaret most of the buses have now got the hydraulic suspension and so can lower the bus down to footpath level for oap's and mums & dads with pushchairs and wheelchairs. Just make sure dave that you catch the right bus dont want you ending up somewhere you shouldnt be!!!

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I used to laugh every time I got on the bus with my Grandma.

There was a sign saying ' Please show your pass to the driver'

and someone had scratched the letter 'p' from pass. LOL

We laughed at that every time!

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Just make sure you take your" pensioners bus pass" with you (well we did go to your 60th party didnt we:confused:)

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Senility getting to you ?. It was my 21st :rolleyes:

This thread was a waste of time anyway. Crossing the road near the market and the ****** drove off, so I walked it. Mind you not only did I save my £1 fare but I made 2p profit on Willows Lane :rofl38:

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No the little lady you live with told me it was your 60th so blame her:D

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Ive just started using the bus to get to college. There not that bad and are quite clean. However the other day i missed the bus so had to get one from accrington town centre to blackburn town centre. I had no idea where to go etc however a nice old man pointed me out where to go and how very nice of him! In previous occasions when i have asked bus drivers if they go such a place they talk to me like crap and give you a funny look however the bus driver on the 22d i think well the bus that goes from accrington directly to blackburn was so polite when i asked him and so very cheerful! :) I think bus drivers have changed aswell. I dont know who the driver was but what a nice bloke!

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There are quite a few different services that go from Blackburn from Accrington. Have you any idea which company owned the bus you caught?

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It was Pilkingtons ,nice little bus. Was in the bus stand near market. Lovely bus driver. Singing away while driving, happy chappy :)

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It is nice to get someone who enjoys their work. There is nothing worse than a dour face greeting, it can really make a big difference to your day:D

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Well, I too, have just started using the buses again after a gap of 20 or so years......and yes they are cleaner....but oh how long it makes the journey.
The bus to Preston took slightly more than an hour......and that was off peak.
I would dread to think how long it would take at rush hour.
When I had my little car I was used to whizzing about....not worrying about how much shopping I had bought because I knew it would fit in the car Ok....when you go on the bus you have to bear in mind that your shopping takes up space where you would like to put your feet.
The only good thing about it was it only cost 50 pence with my NOW card.

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We came back from the Royal Preston by bus last year(only because someone decided they wouldn't wait for a lift) and I can only describe it as a nightmare. A bus from the hospital to the centre, then a wait of about three quaters of an hour for a connection. As Margaret says that journey takes just over an hour and then another wait for bus from Blackburn to Accrington. Not a trip to take at the best of times much less when you have just spent three hours in a hospital!!!!

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This is a bus journey my daughter makes 3 times a week...she has just started at UCLAN.......she gets her course reading done on the bus.......2+ hours every day.........she leaves home at 6.40 for a 9am class.

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Now I know why I drive a car. I work in Preston and half an hour at most for me to get to work. Didn't realise the bus journey was such a mare :eek:

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Mare?......it is a mare and a half!

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At least she gets the peace to do her reading if that can be seen as a bonus;)

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Your even cheaper than Tinks, she charges 50p for her 'services' ;)

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I try to walk wherever I can, cuz im a tight git!!
it costs £1.10 just to town from ossy!!:eek:

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Here in Oldham, where I live, should take 20 minutes to
to Oldham center.

In the morning's between 8 and 9 am it can take twice as long, and cost at last guess £2.20 for a single or £3.50 for daysaver with First buses.

I catch train even though I work at Middleton a mile further on from Oldham (The train station is near work as is bus stop) the weekly fare if £20.30 Rochdale to M'ch return and my fare is £13 on buses.

I prefer trains as they're more reliable, so worth little extra in my eye's.

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It only takes half an hour on the train to preston from Accrington. When i went to the hospital caught the train from accy £6.30 return (now i have a pass it will cost £4.15) then walked down to the bus station and it costs £1.10 up to the hospital and drops you off at the outpatient doors.

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Willow my nephew has just started work in chorley and he lives in helmshore. Either his mum or his dad takes him in the morning, coming home he gets a bus into preston and catches the train back to accy and bus up the road to hassy. Takes him about 2 hrs including walking home from hassy.

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Oh boy ... now I know I'm over the hill and on the way down the other side. I can remember when it was fourpence, maybe even threepence:eek: And the train from Accy to Ossy was only three halfpence, half fare one way.

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Public transport!!!!!!!!!
Arghhh.... leaps back on stilettoes
Get a cab