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Good. Good. Good.

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hopeful traveller wrote:Good. Good. Good.

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The Raven wrote:
hopeful traveller wrote:Good. Good. Good.

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I think I love Boris in a different way to you though!
I'm not gay, shut up.

I have a "Back Boris" Oyster card holder. :P
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What the hell are you two talking about?
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hopeful traveller wrote:I'm not gay, shut up.
:lol: That wasn't what I was implying at all! :lol:
I assume you like Boris for his policies and ideals

I love Boris for his stupid hair and the controversial things he come out with!
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This place gets weirder by the day ... :roll:
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***** wrote:The new Boris Bus that's the replacing bendy-buses, Neil. Which is a good idea in some places, but not in others. I think (for example) that it's perfectly suited for route 207 (where i live) and replacing it won't be a good idea.
Look at road accidents, Geoff - up when Bendy Buses came in.
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Geoff, the thread title does indeed suggest buses, but all I can see is two guys talking about how much they fancy Boris.
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tubeguru wrote:Geoff, the thread title does indeed suggest buses, but all I can see is two guys talking about how much they fancy Boris.
Perhaps they prefer blondes?
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Going Underground wrote:
tubeguru wrote:Geoff, the thread title does indeed suggest buses, but all I can see is two guys talking about how much they fancy Boris.
Perhaps they prefer blondes?
I prefer Redheads me! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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The Raven wrote:
Going Underground wrote:
tubeguru wrote:Geoff, the thread title does indeed suggest buses, but all I can see is two guys talking about how much they fancy Boris.
Perhaps they prefer blondes?
I prefer Redheads me! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Nah, Sam doesn't go for tube challengers.
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jamesthegill wrote:Nah, Sam doesn't go for tube challengers.
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***** wrote:Yup, good in some places (like the long, non-bendy! Uxrbidge Road which the 207 goes down), and less so in others ... Routes with more turns and corners in central London where some bendy's used to operate. Ones already been replaced, hasn't it? I forget which number. Good in some places, bad in other. I just hate it when sweeping generalisations are made and just because a bendy-bus wasn't suited for one route, doesn't mean it's automatically unsuitable for ALL routes!
Surely the 207 has at least one bend in its route...
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Not necessarily. The bus turning circles may not be part of the route...
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