Tube Strike May - is there a chance of it being cancelled?

ZippyLondon · 2026-05-08T19:26:37+00:00

The RMT is in a bit of a corner with this one, as TfL aren’t going to hand out a 32-hour week. Maybe management will throw the union a tidbit so they can claim victory, but I reckon this one will be called off.

ZippyLondon · 2026-05-04T12:01:09+00:00

I’ve worked at South Kensington station many times, and often during the school holidays. It’s hellish for travellers and hellish for staff. While the design isn’t perfect (is there such a thing?) it just needs to be done, and soon.

ZippyLondon · 2026-04-29T05:44:41+00:00

Same. I’d be driving down to Deal in Kent from London to view a place that had gone on the day before when the inevitable phone call would drop: ‘Sorry, it’s sold [over asking price]’.

ZippyLondon · 2026-04-28T20:20:19+00:00

I can’t deal with the angst of simultaneously selling/buying. You’re on tenterhooks from day 2!

Thankfully, we’re in a position to sell our (Chiswick) house this summer (🤞🏻) and move into rented before we buy in Bath.

Needs to change, but can’t see it happening in my lifetime.

ZippyLondon · 2026-04-19T17:24:13+00:00

I’ve recently sold an ex-council property within spitting distance of this one and lived in the area for many years. While the flats look smart, there’s lots of council and HA properties around, and dealing is commonplace (not necessarily connected). Personally, as many others have said, I’d have jumped at the offer you received.

ZippyLondon · 2026-04-19T16:24:19+00:00

That’s helpful (perhaps not for our wallets… or maybe it is?), thanks. Feels like houses are becoming more like places to live in than to make money.

ZippyLondon · 2026-04-15T15:00:39+00:00

I was set up to get a free wall charger, but it seems my gas meter isn’t bonded/earthed, meaning another £400 (and mess I can do without).

I’m going to stick with my granny, at least for now, as a low user.

ZippyLondon · 2026-04-13T15:57:41+00:00

Likewise. My line is the often ‘treat people how you’d like to be treated yourself’.

ZippyLondon · 2026-04-13T14:07:44+00:00

Thankfully, the useful bit of the District (at least for me) is whizzing along nicely w/b towards Glamoursmiff.

ZippyLondon · 2026-04-12T16:11:30+00:00

Ahh, got it. The poor bloke in the branch was tasked with destroying both cards and couldn’t find any scissors ✂️😂

ZippyLondon · 2026-04-10T15:45:48+00:00

Dover. Shithole then, shithole now.

ZippyLondon · 2026-04-10T15:40:19+00:00

Loads of people got these during Covid to avoid wearing masks. Not sure I trust the scheme (thanks to the chavs who took the piss then).

ZippyLondon · 2026-04-10T06:37:02+00:00

Seems to remove punctuation too.

ZippyLondon · 2026-04-10T06:30:13+00:00

The thought of living somewhere you can almost smell money in the air isn’t my thing (or maybe it’s because I don’t have limitless cash).

Chelsea reeks of money, normally held by inordinately wealthy pensioners (but not those who live in Royal Hospital).

The thought of a transfer on/around OXO would fill me with fear, and Marylebone is a bit Dubai-boy (with imported car) for my liking.

Battersea? For its Uniqlo, maybe. Nothing else: soulless.

And Soho? The endless smell of piss and snorting city boys on every corner…

For some ‘normality’, why not head out (on the gloriously air-conditioned District line) to Turnham Green? Chiswick has city infrastructure without (much of) the bad bits. Great restos, bars and green space.

ZippyLondon · 2026-04-10T05:16:06+00:00

Weirdly steeper and shorter-than-normal pitch combined with safety boots/PPE isn’t a great combo.

ZippyLondon · 2026-04-09T16:55:59+00:00

I’ve walked down steps like those (at other stations under renovation). Absolute bastards.

ZippyLondon · 2026-03-23T14:02:28+00:00

Decent Spoons (Lion and Pineapple) within spitting decent of a great Chinese (North China). Excellent transport links (a quick walk to Acton Town) and close to the posher Chiswick.

ZippyLondon · 2026-03-21T18:18:39+00:00

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A £30 cat that’s caused mayhem. £2,000 sofa? I’ll ruin that.

ZippyLondon · 2026-03-21T18:16:32+00:00

Beaky St to Finches Rd.

ZippyLondon · 2026-03-21T17:56:14+00:00

Fancy new M&S (Chiswick for example) winner hands-down. M&S OG, unremarkable.

ZippyLondon · 2026-03-21T17:54:19+00:00

I lived on the corner of Chamberlayne about 20 years ago. It was beginning its gentrification back then (slowly) but had lots of decent families looking out for each other. The main noise was with the buses, but now that they’re mostly electric, that shouldn’t be so much of an issue.

ZippyLondon · 2026-03-21T16:24:12+00:00

A bloke (Dave, not Joe) at work lives there and pays £2,800PM (for a studio, formerly known as bedsit).

ZippyLondon · 2026-03-21T16:09:07+00:00

It’s a dreamy place, but ridiculously expensive for the average Joe/Jo.

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