tis a fairly grim and silent journey, the 33 from Skerries starts at 4.50am
millie st murderlark
The 90 min journey (minimum) is always a treat. Frodo Baggins had it easier.
Bertie Blenkinsop
Skerries you say……
millie st murderlark
You’re getting warmer.
There are many, many, many stops on the 33 route.
Bertie Blenkinsop
Just making a list now…
Cian
You’d better check it twice…
scottser
hopefully anyone at work today can ‘ease themselves back in’. mercifully our place is pretty quiet today and mourinho (as we call her) isn’t back in till monday.
in other news, the only thing i have to do today is hand in my notice. wahoo!!
Bodger
Well done, Scottser
Clampers Outside!
Good luck with the change Scottser! Nothing like it :)
Lilly
Lucky you Scottser, congrats! Same here, boss not back til Monday, so time to deal with the PTSD. No traffic this morning, sane people taking the rest of the week.
Nigel
Spread your wings and fly free scottser!
Janet, I ate my avatar
a change is as good as a rest Scotser, dinnae look back
SOQ
Stay the hell away from family businesses scotty, no matter what your job title they will always gang up on you.
Tarftonclax
That dude with the bandaged head always has fresh bruises every week. A hard life. The photos are good, but vaguely voyeuristic.
pat the baker
My god
Moan moan moan
Its only the second of January folks
So going to work at 4.50 am big deal
I am a baker and all my life had to go to work at 4 am
At least in Dublin there is a choice of transport so spare a thought for those communities that have one bus a day or a week
Lilly
Yes, but you get to eat Pain au Chocolat for breakfast. Swings and roundabouts, Mr Baker.
Dub Spot
Grim (turns over and clicks’sooze’)
Good captures through, nice job.
Jimmy The Passenger
Any opportunity to slag off Dublin Bus…
They provide the best service they possibly can, and when they fall short it’s ALWAYS due to external forces, like car-drivers.
Free Wi-fi.
Free USB Charging ports in the back of the seat in front of you.
You can meet people and have a bit of craic or look at eejits on their phones.
Big Up de Dublin Bus.
I will not hear a word said against them.
Rob_G
No-one has yet said anything negative about Dublin Bus tho…
millie st murderlark
Nah, I did.
I complained about the fact that when you take the 33 from Skerries/Balbriggan you are assured a scenic 90 min journey through all of north Dublin. It’s a journey which should take no more than an hour (at non peak times). By car it takes 25 mins.
It is an extremely frustrating fact for commuters who rely on this bus service.
Jimmy The Passenger
It is an extremely frustrating fact for commuters who rely on this bus service.
Yeah, but that’s the car drivers.
We need a mind shift, away from your closeted space and asocicial tendencies.
Get on the bus.
Change the climate.
Make new friends if you want.
It won’t happen when you give someone the finger at a traffic light, but it could happen in the back seat, especially upstairs.
millie st murderlark
Funny, but I don’t drive a car to work.
My other half commutes a long distance to work and uses the car for that purpose. I’ve always relied on public transport, so I speak from experience.
I actually agree with you, and you’ll probably find most people do. But as regards transport, our infrastructure is poor to middling, considering we are a European nation, and the services provided are frequently not good value for money.
My complaint is valid. It has taken me two hours to get home, more sometimes, during train strikes etc. That’s ridiculous, considering I live 25 mins from the city centre.
I’ll say this for Dublin Bus, their drivers are by and large a really nice bunch of folks.
Lilly
I find the bus relaxing and would happily take it to work – I could read on the way – but the service is atrocious. Busses that do not arrive at the ‘live schedule’ time, a 20-minute wait in the rain, then three in one go. Busses driving by the stop on the way home… I stopped emailing their customer service and went back to driving – faster, cheaper and less stressful.
garthicus
Not always now that we have the 33’s that go to Swords/airport where you can connect on with swifter services… Plus the 33x is handy enough. I feel bad for the people in Lusk though as it’s always full by then. Decent pics.
Goodnight Ireland
Surely any trip, no matter what time of day, that leaves Balbriggan is a joy?
SOQ
I used to work for CIÉ. The office politics was unreal, people eyeballing each other for thirty odd years. The money I have seen squandered was beyond belief, I mean millions.
Do not tell me that CIÉ provide the best service they possibly can. They cant be bothered even letting passengers know when a service has been cancelled, and then, the government scratch their heads as to why people still incur expensive car costs?
Private bus operators have cut the legs from under them on the national routes and, the sooner that happens in Dublin the better. Is that negative enough?
scottser
i recently saw a man shave his nose on the 45a from bray. i have been most affected by this incident, to the extent that i now regard the gentleman from bray, who sits a few desks away from me, with derision and scepticism. dublin bus has shown me things which really should stay hidden.
Jimmy The Passenger
Yeah, yeah…
So what..?
Somebody would have if I hadn’t said anything.
If we all got the bus it would be better for all of us.
(In Dublin)
Janet, I ate my avatar
If we all got the bus they’d HAVE to fix it right ?
like they do everything else…
Happy New Year ;)
Rob
What’s worse than getting the pre dawn bus on 2 January? Some weirdo taking photos of you getting the pre dawn bus on 2 January. What’s worse than that? Finding out those pre dawn photos were published on the internet.
millie st murderlark
Rob, are you in the pics?
Are you bandage man?
Dub Spot
And what’s worse than that? Somebody commenting inanely about in on the internet. Y’know the thing, starts with “What’s worse than getting the pre dawn bus on 2 January?”….
Nice pics, miss the old days of smoking upstairs (and downstairs) but I suppose conductors were going to go west eventually along with their odd uniform flexibility (Coras Jumper Eireann, etc).
Roman
I took similar photos over a 3 to 4 your period of people on the dart.
Dublin Bus drivers as the best-skilled drivers EVER.
Better than anyone else.
Stand at any heavy junction, like Westmoreland Street for 10 minutes.
Count how many idiots walk out in front of a bus as if it wasn’t there.
Count how many people get knocked down.
Yeah.
I do not and never have nor ever will work for Dublin Bus, but respect is due to them.
The service has improved at a fantastic pace in recent years, way beyond expectations.
Free Wi-Fi.
Free charger-ports.
Cheaper fares.
Faster, safer journeys.
Anyone who knocks them hasn’t been on a bus recently.
Cian
+1000
Lilly
You obviously haven’t come across the psycho Dublin Bus drivers who speed up to try and run pedestrians down.
Cian
obviously they are choosing nimble pedestrians because they rarely hit them.
scottser
they’re just playing ‘run monkey, run’. i do it all the time..
pat the baker
and better still the workers who drive those busses get up hours earlier
A big thank you for those who transport those loaners around
Jimmy The Passenger
You’re never a loan on the bus.
Friscondo
Great pics
Charlie
+1
Janet, I ate my avatar
Public transport is crap, it’s a city where people live in the suburbs, it’s a pain in the bum bee bacon to get anywhere and you are froze to death half the time waiting for the buses that do turn up. Also why are there no decent shelters on exposed train platforms for example Connolly, it’s bitter up there.
Janet, I ate my avatar
I’m sure the drivers are lovely, my complaint is the pitiful infrastructure and robbery of the costs and the grown adults who put filthy shoes on chairs.
Starina
I would like to propose that BS auto-change “aR53” to “bum bee bacon” when it comes up in comments. including bum bee baconhole and bum bee baconbiscuits.
Janet, I ate my avatar
thank you Staring, can’t beat em join em eh
Lilly
Where do you think your man in the second pic is off to?
tis a fairly grim and silent journey, the 33 from Skerries starts at 4.50am
The 90 min journey (minimum) is always a treat. Frodo Baggins had it easier.
Skerries you say……
You’re getting warmer.
There are many, many, many stops on the 33 route.
Just making a list now…
You’d better check it twice…
hopefully anyone at work today can ‘ease themselves back in’. mercifully our place is pretty quiet today and mourinho (as we call her) isn’t back in till monday.
in other news, the only thing i have to do today is hand in my notice. wahoo!!
Well done, Scottser
Good luck with the change Scottser! Nothing like it :)
Lucky you Scottser, congrats! Same here, boss not back til Monday, so time to deal with the PTSD. No traffic this morning, sane people taking the rest of the week.
Spread your wings and fly free scottser!
a change is as good as a rest Scotser, dinnae look back
Stay the hell away from family businesses scotty, no matter what your job title they will always gang up on you.
That dude with the bandaged head always has fresh bruises every week. A hard life. The photos are good, but vaguely voyeuristic.
My god
Moan moan moan
Its only the second of January folks
So going to work at 4.50 am big deal
I am a baker and all my life had to go to work at 4 am
At least in Dublin there is a choice of transport so spare a thought for those communities that have one bus a day or a week
Yes, but you get to eat Pain au Chocolat for breakfast. Swings and roundabouts, Mr Baker.
Grim (turns over and clicks’sooze’)
Good captures through, nice job.
Any opportunity to slag off Dublin Bus…
They provide the best service they possibly can, and when they fall short it’s ALWAYS due to external forces, like car-drivers.
Free Wi-fi.
Free USB Charging ports in the back of the seat in front of you.
You can meet people and have a bit of craic or look at eejits on their phones.
Big Up de Dublin Bus.
I will not hear a word said against them.
No-one has yet said anything negative about Dublin Bus tho…
Nah, I did.
I complained about the fact that when you take the 33 from Skerries/Balbriggan you are assured a scenic 90 min journey through all of north Dublin. It’s a journey which should take no more than an hour (at non peak times). By car it takes 25 mins.
It is an extremely frustrating fact for commuters who rely on this bus service.
It is an extremely frustrating fact for commuters who rely on this bus service.
Yeah, but that’s the car drivers.
We need a mind shift, away from your closeted space and asocicial tendencies.
Get on the bus.
Change the climate.
Make new friends if you want.
It won’t happen when you give someone the finger at a traffic light, but it could happen in the back seat, especially upstairs.
Funny, but I don’t drive a car to work.
My other half commutes a long distance to work and uses the car for that purpose. I’ve always relied on public transport, so I speak from experience.
I actually agree with you, and you’ll probably find most people do. But as regards transport, our infrastructure is poor to middling, considering we are a European nation, and the services provided are frequently not good value for money.
My complaint is valid. It has taken me two hours to get home, more sometimes, during train strikes etc. That’s ridiculous, considering I live 25 mins from the city centre.
I’ll say this for Dublin Bus, their drivers are by and large a really nice bunch of folks.
I find the bus relaxing and would happily take it to work – I could read on the way – but the service is atrocious. Busses that do not arrive at the ‘live schedule’ time, a 20-minute wait in the rain, then three in one go. Busses driving by the stop on the way home… I stopped emailing their customer service and went back to driving – faster, cheaper and less stressful.
Not always now that we have the 33’s that go to Swords/airport where you can connect on with swifter services… Plus the 33x is handy enough. I feel bad for the people in Lusk though as it’s always full by then. Decent pics.
Surely any trip, no matter what time of day, that leaves Balbriggan is a joy?
I used to work for CIÉ. The office politics was unreal, people eyeballing each other for thirty odd years. The money I have seen squandered was beyond belief, I mean millions.
Do not tell me that CIÉ provide the best service they possibly can. They cant be bothered even letting passengers know when a service has been cancelled, and then, the government scratch their heads as to why people still incur expensive car costs?
Private bus operators have cut the legs from under them on the national routes and, the sooner that happens in Dublin the better. Is that negative enough?
i recently saw a man shave his nose on the 45a from bray. i have been most affected by this incident, to the extent that i now regard the gentleman from bray, who sits a few desks away from me, with derision and scepticism. dublin bus has shown me things which really should stay hidden.
Yeah, yeah…
So what..?
Somebody would have if I hadn’t said anything.
If we all got the bus it would be better for all of us.
(In Dublin)
If we all got the bus they’d HAVE to fix it right ?
like they do everything else…
Happy New Year ;)
What’s worse than getting the pre dawn bus on 2 January? Some weirdo taking photos of you getting the pre dawn bus on 2 January. What’s worse than that? Finding out those pre dawn photos were published on the internet.
Rob, are you in the pics?
Are you bandage man?
And what’s worse than that? Somebody commenting inanely about in on the internet. Y’know the thing, starts with “What’s worse than getting the pre dawn bus on 2 January?”….
Nice pics, miss the old days of smoking upstairs (and downstairs) but I suppose conductors were going to go west eventually along with their odd uniform flexibility (Coras Jumper Eireann, etc).
I took similar photos over a 3 to 4 your period of people on the dart.
https://www.instagram.com/p/eFs3y4sSQQ/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=11cfbb9nhdxzy
https://www.instagram.com/p/YnYeQgsSXU/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=1mfbvcq9j1dml
https://www.instagram.com/p/Vckb5xMSfD/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=1gb3euf0t841f
I like these
You scamp
Dublin Bus drivers as the best-skilled drivers EVER.
Better than anyone else.
Stand at any heavy junction, like Westmoreland Street for 10 minutes.
Count how many idiots walk out in front of a bus as if it wasn’t there.
Count how many people get knocked down.
Yeah.
I do not and never have nor ever will work for Dublin Bus, but respect is due to them.
The service has improved at a fantastic pace in recent years, way beyond expectations.
Free Wi-Fi.
Free charger-ports.
Cheaper fares.
Faster, safer journeys.
Anyone who knocks them hasn’t been on a bus recently.
+1000
You obviously haven’t come across the psycho Dublin Bus drivers who speed up to try and run pedestrians down.
obviously they are choosing nimble pedestrians because they rarely hit them.
they’re just playing ‘run monkey, run’. i do it all the time..
and better still the workers who drive those busses get up hours earlier
A big thank you for those who transport those loaners around
You’re never a loan on the bus.
Great pics
+1
Public transport is crap, it’s a city where people live in the suburbs, it’s a pain in the bum bee bacon to get anywhere and you are froze to death half the time waiting for the buses that do turn up. Also why are there no decent shelters on exposed train platforms for example Connolly, it’s bitter up there.
I’m sure the drivers are lovely, my complaint is the pitiful infrastructure and robbery of the costs and the grown adults who put filthy shoes on chairs.
I would like to propose that BS auto-change “aR53” to “bum bee bacon” when it comes up in comments. including bum bee baconhole and bum bee baconbiscuits.
thank you Staring, can’t beat em join em eh
Where do you think your man in the second pic is off to?
I think he’s an embalmer.