Bold Rover Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 11 minutes ago, GordonD said: So there's no cause for complaint when a cello with a ticket is occupying one. Especially on a train with no luggage compartment. I was once on a train from Glasgow to Edinburgh (via Motherwell - ultimate destination London) where a couple of women had a cello which they'd propped in the seat opposite. The ticket collector knew that the train would fill up at Edinburgh and got them to move it to the luggage van. This of course is not a possibility where the train doesn't have one. In the scenario which started this discussion: even in the (improbable) event of the cello having its own ticket, it shouldn't have a seat when there are people standing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 1 hour ago, Bold Rover said: In the scenario which started this discussion: even in the (improbable) event of the cello having its own ticket, it shouldn't have a seat when there are people standing. There's nobody standing in the photo. And where else could it go? If you put it in the vestibule at the end of the carriage it stops people getting on and off. You could argue that the station staff shouldn't have let them take it on the train in the first place but if they haven't done that then a seat space is the only place it can go. Some trains have a luggage space at the end that's used for bikes but they're the old type. The flash modern ones have done away with that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold Rover Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 There's nobody standing in the photo. And where else could it go? If you put it in the vestibule at the end of the carriage it stops people getting on and off. You could argue that the station staff shouldn't have let them take it on the train in the first place but if they haven't done that then a seat space is the only place it can go. Some trains have a luggage space at the end that's used for bikes but they're the old type. The flash modern ones have done away with that.The poster who described the scenario said there were people standing. I would say it should go somewhere, anywhere, that doesn't deny a passenger a seat. And if there's nowhere, it shouldn't be on the train. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy boo Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 1 hour ago, GordonD said: There's nobody standing in the photo. And where else could it go? If you put it in the vestibule at the end of the carriage it stops people getting on and off. You could argue that the station staff shouldn't have let them take it on the train in the first place but if they haven't done that then a seat space is the only place it can go. Some trains have a luggage space at the end that's used for bikes but they're the old type. The flash modern ones have done away with that. There were people standing at the doors either end but they had left prior to the picture being taken. Some Ayr trains do have luggage spaces near the doors but not sure if that one had. I did think it would've fitted in the rack above though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kebab Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Tbh, you wouldn't get to take it on a plane as hand luggage, a bus driver would tell you to f**k off and a taxi driver would probably be even more colourful, so why should a train be any different??? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lofarl Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Planes and buses have cargo holds. Trains have only got that corridor next to the bog where I store my bike. This usually causes much annoyance to the fat waddling full time mummies that think that area is for the soul purpose of parking their errant mutant fuckspawn. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 18 minutes ago, Lofarl said: Planes and buses have cargo holds. Trains have only got that corridor next to the bog where I store my bike. This usually causes much annoyance to the fat waddling full time mummies that think that area is for the soul purpose of parking their errant mutant fuckspawn. Absolute c**t. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Man Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Am I missing something here or is that not a storage area above the seats that that instrument could go on? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsimButtHitsASix Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Dunno if a cello would fit. Also a bit of an unwieldy job to get it up there if it could. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 6 hours ago, King Kebab said: Tbh, you wouldn't get to take it on a plane as hand luggage, a bus driver would tell you to f**k off and a taxi driver would probably be even more colourful, so why should a train be any different??? They can cost £20,000 and upwards, people pay for an extra seat when flying, don't see why you shouldn't be able to do the same on a train, although I'd try and grab the wheelchair area and hope a wheelchair didn't come on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiepiemuncher Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 If it bothered you so much you should’ve had a nice wee conversation with her about it. She like me would’ve told you to f**k off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 3 minutes ago, welshbairn said: They can cost £20,000 and upwards, people pay for an extra seat when flying, don't see why you shouldn't be able to do the same on a train, although I'd try and grab the wheelchair area and hope a wheelchair didn't come on. My brother in law is a cellist and the one he plays is worth something like £200k. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 25 minutes ago, KnightswoodBear said: My brother in law is a cellist and the one he plays is worth something like £200k. Could you possibly pm me his address and any other pertinent information such as when he's maybe going on holiday or events he will be attending sans-cello? Ta. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsr Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 If you can afford to pay more money than most people's houses cost for a musical instrument, why are you travelling on Scotrail with the lice-ridden poor? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 54 minutes ago, KnightswoodBear said: My brother in law is a cellist and the one he plays is worth something like £200k. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 2 minutes ago, nsr said: If you can afford to pay more money than most people's houses cost for a musical instrument, why are you travelling on Scotrail with the lice-ridden poor? Most cellists don't own their instruments. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsr Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Just now, welshbairn said: Most cellists don't own their instruments. You mean they just rob them? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 1 minute ago, nsr said: You mean they just rob them? Yes. It's like bicycles in Amsterdam. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 5 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Most cellists don't own their instruments. Yeah. He has his own, but the one he plays professionally isn't his. I think that's the case with most of them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsr Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 In that case I'd be surprised if he's allowed to lug it around on public transport. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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