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• At 2008.10.01 03:30, Hope said:
  

  These sorts of lines always seem to be longer when you’re late to work!

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• At 2008.10.01 09:49, Chrissy said:
  

  Know how you feel Beth. I used to travel along the A1 past the angel every morning in rush hour it was horrendous. Now I have a new job and use the metro stress free.

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• At 2008.10.01 14:05, Mike said:
  

  I bet there is only 1 person in most of the cars…and that most journeys are short.
  People should walk more if they can, for all sorts of reasons, including exercise & health.

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• At 2008.10.01 15:33, Ineke said:
  

  did you know todays theme was Lines?

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• At 2008.10.01 15:41, Mrs K said:
  

  The biggest number of people employed in the North East work on the Team Valley (just over ten thousand and growing)

  What do the planners do - build the Metro out to Sunderland - Doh!

  What they should do - link the Metro from Central Station to the old Railway station at Low Fell, plenty of room alongside existing track - then Chester-le-Street and Durham.

  Result - work it out for yourselves - much less traffic, much less fumes,much less stress.

  But then I am old and watched Beeching shut the local rail link down. I worked on the Valley and hundreds of people who worked on the Valley at that time, came by rail from both North & South of the River.

  You were home in Durham in less than 15 minutes, into Gateshead and Newcastle in 5 and 10 minutes respectively. Change at Newcastle home at the coast in 20 mins - I think the old planners knew what they were doing - but then wages did not allow - ordinary workers to own cars. Nuff said from an old grump.

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• At 2008.10.01 19:25, Beth said:
  

  Hope, tis true tis true…!

  Chrissy, I do miss living close to the metro lines. The bus service, while good, gets stuck in queues like everyone else. The metro just whizzes past. I loved living in South Gosforth and just getting the metro in each day, but that’s a while ago now…

  Mike, I’m probably being oversensitive here… we didn’t have a car till earlier in the year; we’d always relied on public transport. But now my hubby needs one for work, so we have to suck it up. It’s a lot more expensive, but unavoidable.

  Ineke, I knew, but I was too late to join the theme day. I kinda liked posting a line of traffic anyway though!

  Mrs K, you are entirely right and if you were in charge Newcastle would be a much better place, I reckon!

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• At 2008.10.01 22:55, Ruby said:
  

  LOL. your photo sums up my morning. I spent a big chunk of it in a traffic jam on the way to Ikea in Leeds. Boy was I ready for my Swedish meatballs by the time I got there :-D

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