tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post418359960744355303..comments2024-03-25T22:17:35.616+00:00Comments on Public Transport Experience: Various Bits (four of several)fatbusblokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833340546527596517noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-60598714499183451382020-04-14T11:14:13.239+01:002020-04-14T11:14:13.239+01:00Yep, some people resort to notions of God to help ...Yep, some people resort to notions of God to help them to understand the world. I for one choose to comfort myself with the fact that the universe is imperfect and our lives are dictated by coincidence more than anything. Sh*t happens, and you'll either be in the right place at the right time or the wrong place at the wrong time. Support from other human beings around you will help. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-89984953293760010182020-04-14T11:11:36.960+01:002020-04-14T11:11:36.960+01:00fbb said himself the other day: "In the end F...fbb said himself the other day: "In the end Faith alone has the definitive answer. A God who exists outside of our space time continuum, with powers and abilities beyond human understanding or replication, and not constrained by the laws of physics could engineer a resurrection. Easy peasy."<br /><br />A very nice way to explain it all away... Meanwhile, your all-powerful God is, surely, deciding which people to infect with the virus and which ones to spare. Not so easy to trust in faith then. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-29100291391102441902020-04-14T11:03:18.141+01:002020-04-14T11:03:18.141+01:00Totally agree. This must be a big test if people&#...Totally agree. This must be a big test if people's faith if they are having to come to terms with their loving God creating a virus to wipe out hundreds of thousands of people. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-31311023787616998522020-04-14T10:38:47.045+01:002020-04-14T10:38:47.045+01:00I and many others prefer to take comfort from the ...I and many others prefer to take comfort from the scientific explanation of COVID-19, rather than living with the fear that humanity may or may not have angered a mythical (yet supposedly all-loving and all-powerful) higher power. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-146770637581044332020-04-14T10:37:01.574+01:002020-04-14T10:37:01.574+01:00One presumes that some of TM's drivers and oth...One presumes that some of TM's drivers and other staff are having to self-isolate and the company is having to make provisions for more to do so in the coming weeks, so it is sensible to err on the side of caution and not offer a full and regular timetable if at all possible. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-78201801922369494452020-04-14T08:36:41.081+01:002020-04-14T08:36:41.081+01:00In regards to the TM 218, what we have seen is num...In regards to the TM 218, what we have seen is numbers on longer distance interurban services have dropped substantially and did so very quickly at the start of this. As long as the intermediate settlements have a reasonable village shop (& you imagine locations like Baslow will) then people simply aren't leaving so there is less demand than equivalent routes elsewhere. It is very difficult to extrapolate demand from one route to another and the only people really in a position to know what the demand is for any route is the operators who will be checking numbers on a daily basis.dwarfer1979noreply@blogger.com