If you were sitting at a bus stop in the pouring rain....

There is a serious issue with Gonegirl's anecdote. Public transport services should be improved to the level where bus stops are comfortable and plentiful, buses frequent and comfortable, and what people formerly spent on private cars to be spent on comfortable free public transport, by means of taxation.

In all the years I have been on GN I have never thought Baggs to have a superior approach to life in fact completely the opposite

FWIW, I use traveline.info to try to mimimise waiting times - not always realiable, but you select 'live times', type in your posctcode and it presents you with all the bus stops nearby. You then click on the relevant stop and it should show live timimngs for the next half-dozen or so buses.

As I said, not always reliable (sometimes only shows timetable times) but works most of the time, and means you can stay in the warm until a sensible time.

No. Bags just likes to be occard.

I keep meaning to download a "where's my bus" app. Don't get round to it.

Will look at that one humptydumpty. I am new to using buses and never know where the stops are.

I would have laughed, and said why thankyou young sir

say i hope you have a good day too.

GG, on a PC you're presented with a map whcih shows all the stops (on a mobile the stops are listed by default but you can ask for a map view), and if you click on the bus stop icon, as well as showing you upcoming buses, it lists the buses that call at that stop and you can download a timetable if you wish. Hope it's helpful.

Thank you. Sure it will be helpful.

It's excellent Humptyd. If it wasn't raining and I wasn't still in my dressing gown, I would go up the town now!

Thank you, glam for that kind defence against SournessPersonified.

What's an occard, gg? (I did look it up).

It's how my granny used to say awkward.

Ah. TY. Thought it might be.

But, just for the record, I do actually think what I said above about cuteness etc. Now I’m only puzzled with its being seen as "superior". I just see it as true.

I swear to you there was nothing cute about me and those old blokes.

Hey ho Baggs...You will never please everybody or be ‘superior’ enough to discover an insight into their thought process.

Some puzzles are not worth the bother as you may find upon unravelling ?‍♀️

Keep posting and lang may yer lum reek?

Says her little Scottish chum.

I think the driver fancied you gg?

I’m Scottish yes, not actually little, you cheeky besom?

Oh. Perhaps it was what I said about offensiveness that was regarded as (trying to be) superior. Nope. It's just what I think. It's not superior to express an actual opinion. Take it or leave, eloethan, as, it appears, everyone else has.

I can probably count on the fingers of one hand how many times I've felt offended in my life. I've felt angry or annoyed numerous times. I think a lot of people use "offended" where I would use "annoyed". Offence eats away at a person; anger or annoyance are much easier to deal with. In my opinion.

I do like how Gransnet gives one the chance to spell out stuff for oneself that mightn't have got spelled out otherwise ?

(to kalu)

Thanks, kalu and nice to 'meet' you!

I agree that gg's a cheeky besom. That's why we love her.

Gonegirl I'd have flashed the fingers at him, but then I never did appreciate gobby men and I don't like the rain.

Oh, FGS, get my name right gg

You know what it’s like on here with the grammar police?

What did I get wrong? I said Kalu.