@kim_harding the Queen used to take the train to Kings Lynn for Sandringham. They cleared the first class area for her. Two models of train ran on that line and she had strong views on which she was better and hence was always rostered

@kim_harding Absolutely!

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He's got a ticket to ride.

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And no one wants to be brave enough to sit down, say good morning, and just ride.

@kim_harding ... and on a corollary, this implies that #Hamburg is actually one of the most developed cities, as it one of the few places where you can find 1st and 2nd class coaches on the metro ("S-Bahn").

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I liked public transport, until it was filled with COVID

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A developed country is not a place where the rich use public transportation. It's where there are no rich people.
-- @p00k4

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@kim_harding The problem with Public Transport is that it doesn't start from where you are, and it doesn't put you down where you want to be. At our local hospital even your own car deposits you in a car park several light years from the main entrance (and then there are more light years to walk when you get in) so we have found the best transport there for us is by taxi. But it is very expensive, especially if you need several visits - 50 mile round trip each time.

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Is he visiting Canada?

@kim_harding My wife and I were walking on Bond Street in London in 2007 with another couple of Canadians when I spotted him walking towards us. He heard our colonial accents and stopped to talk to us for about a minute. Nice man. He probably would have chatted with you as well, for a bit.

@kim_harding the reverse pic of this is Seville

@kim_harding Well, obviously his baby is driving his car!

@kim_harding lol hi from germany

@kim_harding Though I am wondering whether it's a pre-Brexit photo fiven how committed the Tory government is to removing England from the developed world.

@kim_harding I'm a big fan of public transportation but if I used it, it would make a 20 minute commute turn into an hour and a half. Public transportation in the US outside of a major metropolitan area sucks.

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Sir Paul McCartney...

@kim_harding meanwhile, in America, the bus stop was so dark this morning that I think the driver actually missed me, and the bus stop by my work is near inaccessible because of the lack of sidewalks

@kim_harding I read Hawaii was like that, before USA made it a colony of cheap labour.

@kim_harding in a really developed country people can travel on public transport without strangers taking their photograph.

@kim_harding Kong Olav - king of Norway in the 70's - paying for his subway fare on way to skiing weekend. The ultimate example. This was during the oil crisis in 1973.

@kim_harding This is exactly the reason why USA will not become a developed country in foreseeable future.

Next!

@kim_harding A wishful thinking would be that he's proofreading the contracts to buy that train he's in right now and let it ride for free across the country. Like, forever.

@kim_harding ❤️ --Paul

@kim_harding I can't understand why this quote is attached to a pic of a BRITISH #train & still doing the rounds on social media. The #UK has got the WORST record in terms of #publictransport investment, let's not even talk about #HS2, about how much it costs to go from London to Cornwall, or how impossible it is to do 200km between 2 points away from the capital. It's woeful, if not criminal. Please stop using #Macca to pretend #Tories did anything other than DESTROY public transport.

@kim_harding@mastodon.scot Saw this on an FB post, and naturally, lots of negative comments followed, most of which I assume came from North Americans.

@kim_harding Looks like the Heathrow Express.