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Morning everybody, welcome along to your free podcast for today. Isn't it exciting? It's Wednesday,

January the 4th. It's another bloody train strike. But I'm not sure

about the buses. I'm not sure if the buses are off as well, because that could prove a big problem

for me. If I can get as far as Hammersmith on the train or on the bus, then I'm okay. But beyond there,

we might be sort of taking a black cab or something like that. Also, what about the

kids who have to go back to school? How are they supposed to cut? Are they supposed to walk or

something? Somebody came up with a good idea. It's not a new idea for the train strike. They said,

as opposed to really pissing off all the passengers on the trains. Why not? Open all the barriers.

Let people travel for free. And that way,

the management will be going, we're losing all this money. They're still having to pay everybody

because they're doing the job. I mean, would that not make perfect? I mean, you have to be,

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