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INTERNATIONAL OFFICIAL FINAL STAND DOWN

We presently live in a world of confusion, of misinformation. Over time we come to look on many ‘sources’ with a kind of weary resignation . With that in mind, will readers please print off and examine the pdf below and feel free to make comments as appropriate. Our source for this beauty is usual very reliable..

Thank you.

Autobiographical, Financial, Humour

Changing of the guard

Can you remember the days when our trains always had a ‘guard’? I am about to return from Bedford to Yorkshire, and, when I last did this journey, I found myself in trouble, having mis-typed the return date when booking my ticket. As the ‘guard’ (now styled ‘Revenue Protection Officer’) was getting ready to remostrate with me, I disarmed him, smiling sweetly, with “I’m in my 80th year, and doing my best to keep up with all today’s digital dogma. Now, how would you like to punish me?” I got off with a warning. The young chap one seat forward wasn’t so lucky, a £20 on the spot fine for having used the incorrect ‘discount card’.