Top Ten Things Heard On Swindon's Buses Last Week ; 186

"I have it on good authority that if you type 'google bus' into Google, you can break the internet"

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10. I'm not really a fan of him, but he was rather funny.

9. New series of Being Human, yey!

8. There's three reasons he won't go out with you and coming onto me on the way home is going to give her a fourth.

7. They need someone with knowledge of pre 1973 policies, so my job's safe.

6. I thought if people wrote in in big enough numbers it might come back.

5. She drinks far too much and can't remember a thing about it the next morning.

4. Did you remember to remind me about that thing I shouldn't forget?

3. I'd put a fiver on him not coming back, but being on facebook all the time talking about it.

2. I want to get a copy of that book, I'll have to ebay it, amazon is so corporate.

And the number one overheard phrase on Swindon's buses from last week is...

1. In 1840, one man transformed travel in Britain, and he wasn't Brunel!

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Top Ten Things Heard On Swindon's Buses Last (Last) Week ; 185

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10. What's your pin?

9. The whole thing is coming down in May.

8. Keep your hands over there.

7. You want the other side, 24.

6. There are no windows at the back!

5. The report he wanted me to finish is never going to be seen by anyone, so I just filed the file with blank A4 and headed for the shops.

4. That's all your time used up, sorry.

3. I don't quite know how to tell you this, but she doesn't like you.

2. Where did that come from? Aldi? Well, take it back, it's horrid.

And the number one overheard phrase on Swindon's buses from last week is...

1. You could have made more of an effort and worn less clothes.

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Top Ten Things Heard On Swindon's Buses Last (Last, Last) Week ; 184

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10. Stick a needle here.

9. It's a bargain all the time!

8. I really want to meet your mother.

7. There's a streak of crazy running through this town.

6. Time to regift.

5. How do I tell him I think he's the embodiment of idiocy?

4. There's nothing wrong with that, sort of.

3. The wine was non-alcoholic, why?

2. He's the Grandad of the modern estate.

And the number one overheard phrase on Swindon's buses from last week is...

1. His birthday card had all the warmth of a government deficit reduction plan, an icy feeling.

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Swindon Centric For Those With Attention Deficit Disorder

Swindon Centric is now on Twitter.

You can find us at @swindoncentric

Swindon Centric Says : More damage, in less characters!

Wi-Failed : The Money's Ran Out - Official

That's pretty much it really.

After many weeks of promises of "an announcement soon", the straw that broke the camel's back appears to be a combination of Geoff Reid's words on Talk Swindon and (suspected) decision on the running of a story with-or-without comment by the Swindon Advertiser. They did comment.

Swindon Centric Says ; There's no money left, new investors are sought for what Councillor Perkins (who's coming across more and more like the Walker character from Dad's Army) still insists on calling "innovative" (it's not, it's wireless internet, it's been around since 1999).

Two questions now need to be asked :

What's our money been spent on?

and

Is the fundamental part of the council's checks and balances, the scrutiny process (that decided this investment was sound) unfit for purpose?

plus

How rotten are Swindon Borough Council's processes if this has been allowed to happen?

and one more for luck

Will the Swindon Borough Council councillors who openly criticised Chris Watts, Des Morgan and Councillor Steve Wakefield now apologise as this admission now vindicates their concerns?

The business idea itself was just bad, plain and simple. It was a bad investment idea.

Pedestrian Potholes, Fearless Leaders & Sick Notes.

A tremendous new year to all, now on with the important stuff...

The majority of Skanska contractors, who installed the new paving in Regent Street (and initially in Canal Walk) have done the job, but they may be regularly returning (not just for future contracts for other public realm work), but for maintenance on the Leader's New Paving.

The choice of paving slabs was altered by the council leader (according to whispers and despite advice from, you know, engineers), but they're slightly soft, which makes them absorb muck, tire tracks and other debris at an alarming rate. Happily, a budget for regular jet-washing of the paving has been set.

However, if you stroll along Regent Street, up from the fountain, you'll see several holes (no bigger than the size of a two-pence piece) appearing in the middle of slabs which are in the centre of the street.

Is this caused by the softness of the material chosen, the jet-washing, or a combination of both?

Any work on this will have to wait for Councillor Bluh (THE man for micro-managing) to return fully to work, having been scarcely seen since the start of the year.

Swindon Centric Says ; According to Swindon Borough Council employee rules, I'm sure after two days he's provided a sick-note to those in HR, giving his reasons for his absence.

Is there a tick-box for 'leadership challenge' on a doctor's note these days?

Top Ten Things Heard On Swindon's Buses Last Week ; 183

If only parts of Scott Pilgrim had been filmed on the number 15.

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10. Changes in attitudes and latitudes, I saw it over his shoulder.

9. Do you like asparagus?

8. It's a confidence thing - no one else is as good as him.

7. I suspect they've ran out of double-deckers.

6. The number 13, 14 of 19.

5. Move the eggs to the cloth bag, or you'll be having an undercooked, impromptu omelette on the bus.

4. I haven't seen it advertised anywhere, but believe me, it's there.

3. Jackie said that Hayley had seen Tyrone, she was majorly embarrassed.

2. We nickname it Spiffington Manse, sounds better than The Lodge.

And the number one overheard phrase on Swindon's buses from last week is...

1. They've reduced all the 2010 New Year-branded stuff, I bought a bagful.

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