Geoff's Tube 21 - 14th September 2012

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21 attempts? I'm a third of the way there! :D
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I can't remember how many I've done... I could well be heading towards 21 (if not there already).

I won't be attempting one anytime soon though, I've much more important things going on than spending hours on the tube!!
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I'm 1/7th of the way :P
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I think snudge,s point was that every time u blame the network so perhaps to keep him happy blame something else instead?and as he said u clearly didnt have enough leeway in your route to avoid such a problem arising so perhaps (and im guessing here perhaps ur route was the problem if ur were doing a db at edgware road perhaps u should try running to the other one to avoid delays there if should happen)
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***** wrote:But you still write that 'people shouldn't blame the network for their failure to beat the record'. Which I cannot agree with! We clearly would have had a new record time last week had Edgware Road not stuffed up late in the day.
Whilst I understand what you're saying Geoff, and I certainly do agree with you to a degree, if we go down the blame game relating to what-might-have-been times, your original post said that you would have had a 16.23 completion if you didn't encounter delays. I can then just as easily turn around and state that if Andi and I hadn't had delays on our record run, then you wouldn't have broken the record with your 16.23 time. Ah, what-might-have-beens eh? :P
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***** wrote:Snudge - I have no idea who you are! Reveal yourself!!
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Geoff - I'm not arguing with you on the point about who to blame for trains being late - that's the Hopeful Travellers job!! From experience I know that cancelled/late-running trains can screw over a record bid and are bloody frustrating too, there are lots of instances where having leeway in your route is of no help - I once did an attempt where we got into Epping, had the train we arrived on taken out of service and had to wait 20 minutes for the next departure... no matter how much leeway you have in a route, there is no way to re-route or work around that!

The point that I am trying to make is that comparing "what-might-have-been" times is a somewhat futile exercise, as is (as you correctly state) comparing times even from timetable to timetable, as the subtle changes that occur between various timetables (even ignoring the Olympia change) can also render a previous good-looking route now useless.
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I would have had at least 10 GWR's had the system run to timetable.....

Prior to the 16:23 being set every full network I attempted was scheduled inside the current GWR.... As I am sure would have been the case for dozens and dozens of attempts by others.... It's the nature of the beast .....
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Going Underground wrote:I would have had at least 10 GWR's had the system run to timetable.....

Prior to the 16:23 being set every full network I attempted was scheduled inside the current GWR.... As I am sure would have been the case for dozens and dozens of attempts by others.... It's the nature of the beast .....
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moley wrote:
Going Underground wrote:I would have had at least 10 GWR's had the system run to timetable.....

Prior to the 16:23 being set every full network I attempted was scheduled inside the current GWR.... As I am sure would have been the case for dozens and dozens of attempts by others.... It's the nature of the beast .....
What 16:23 record?
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Ah it's only 16:29 damn I would have tried harder had I known it was that soft on my last few attempts :!:
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Going Underground wrote:Ah it's only 16:29 damn I would have tried harder had I known it was that soft on my last few attempts :!:
How many attempts have you done Kev? More than 21?
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The Raven wrote:
Going Underground wrote:Ah it's only 16:29 damn I would have tried harder had I known it was that soft on my last few attempts :!:
How many attempts have you done Kev? More than 21?

I think it's 17 or 18 Glen, I will check my books at home......

I would have done a lot more had the GWR time not come down so much and have pretty much reduced the attempts to charity or Tube Olympics now.... I haven't bothered with all the GWR criteria such as witness statements and photos etc for a couple of years now....
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Let me guess - that comment is supposed to be in a different thread?
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