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Title: Bus delayed by helicopter
Post by: Justin Tyme on May 14, 2014, 06:04:29 PM
This happened to me yesterday lunchtime in Corporation Street, Birmingham.  The X51 I was riding on found itself in a queue by the Law Courts, with a policeman stopping the traffic.  I wondered if it might be waiting for a prison van until a helicopter started to loom large, presumably an Air Ambulance leaving the Children's Hospital.

Fortunately the hold up was only a few minutes, and Enviro 4734 was a good bus for making up lost time.

Who would like to share with us more spectacular or strange-but-true delays?
Title: Re: Bus delayed by helicopter
Post by: Trident 4609 on May 14, 2014, 06:08:37 PM
I've been on a couple of buses around New Cross Hospital that have had to wait before the Air Ambulance has pulled onto the Helepad.
Title: Re: Bus delayed by helicopter
Post by: nitromatt1 on May 14, 2014, 06:13:44 PM
On both the 77 and 555R in Cumbria I've been held up by sheep. They have a whole mountain to explore and they choose to stand on the bloody road.
Title: Re: Bus delayed by helicopter
Post by: Liverpool Street on May 14, 2014, 06:22:26 PM
@Matt

Sheep? Well that's simply hilarious.

(More of a test post, really)
Title: Re: Bus delayed by helicopter
Post by: nitromatt1 on May 14, 2014, 06:41:42 PM
Quote from: Liverpool Street on May 14, 2014, 06:22:26 PM
@Matt

Sheep? Well that's simply hilarious.

(More of a test post, really)

It worked - I got a little [1] next to my profile link.
Title: Re: Bus delayed by helicopter
Post by: Liverpool Street on May 14, 2014, 06:44:26 PM
Quote from: Matt on May 14, 2014, 06:41:42 PM
Quote from: Liverpool Street on May 14, 2014, 06:22:26 PM
@Matt

Sheep? Well that's simply hilarious.

(More of a test post, really)

It worked - I got a little [1] next to my profile link.

That's excellent. Question is, does it duplicate it again if an @ is in a quote?

Disclaimer: Sorry for the Off-Topic posts. They'll be deleted once my tests are complete.
Title: Re: Bus delayed by helicopter
Post by: nitromatt1 on May 14, 2014, 06:50:14 PM
Quote from: Liverpool Street on May 14, 2014, 06:44:26 PM
Quote from: Matt on May 14, 2014, 06:41:42 PM
Quote from: Liverpool Street on May 14, 2014, 06:22:26 PM
@Matt

Sheep? Well that's simply hilarious.

(More of a test post, really)

It worked - I got a little [1] next to my profile link.

That's excellent. Question is, does it duplicate it again if an @ is in a quote?

Disclaimer: Sorry for the Off-Topic posts. They'll be deleted once my tests are complete.

I have only got a [1] twice so far - once for this thread and once for the "notice" thread. So I assume quoting doesn't cause duplication.
Title: Re: Bus delayed by helicopter
Post by: Liverpool Street on May 14, 2014, 06:51:46 PM
@Matt thanks, the ReadMe files of the mods aren't that in depth. Thanks again for helping me test this.

I'll delete the messages in given time.