I know there's a football thread, but thought this is a thread that can stand alone from the Football Thread and be a conversation on it's own...

Mods: If this is best in the footy thread, please move it...

What is you guys opinion on the the corruption at FIFA, I personally hope they find something on Sepp Blatter and he gets lifted, I cannot stand the man and why he won't step down I don't know, this has been going on, on his watch for years and the fact some of his closest allies have been pinched by the Polis says a lot about who his friends are.

One arrest I was happy to see, was Jack Warner, that man is as bent as a 9 bob note, I very rarely ever agreed with Roy Keane, but the day he called Warner a clown, I agreed with him 100%, I hope Warner is hung out to dry.

Seems like UEFA will consider pulling out of FIFA, bringing European Clubs amd National Teams with them, would that work, how would a pull out work, what happens with Russia who are a UEFA Member and 2018 World Cup hosts, with no UEFA, I reckon the World Cup is worth a little less than 20 Benson and Hedges as UEFA provides 40% of the World Cup spots and UEFAs members are among the biggest teams in the world.

I personally believe FIFA is no longer fit for purpose anymore, losing the support of UEFA could be catostrophic and maybe the final nail in the coffin...

People have been mentioning that the 2018 and 2022 vote should be re-run and some have said England should be awarded 2018...

I personally don't believe we should go for the 2018 tournament if it was re-run, I would prefer to win it fair and square and with the controversy around the next 2 tournaments, we should keep well away, the whole thing stinks to high heaven and we should not get involved...

One more thing, I see our government is talking about football, the FA needs to tread carefully if they think the government is sticking there noses in, we could be banned from International Competition

Over to you guys now

This operator has or is in the process of moving its depot from Murray Hogg on Sandy Lane near Wideopen to a unit on Keats Road Industrial estate between Lemington and Newburn.

I had a weird dream last night which made me wake up in a cold sweat.

I dreamt that I started to pull out my own teeth willingly with surprising ease. It seemed quite real, so real in fact that when I woke I immediately checked my teeth (and checked for blood) and got myself a drink of water. 

Whether this was a dream or a nightmare is debatable, but do any other members of the forum have any vivid dreams which they wish to share or discuss?

I'll share another dream to start. This was quite some time ago but I still remember it well. I used to quite often misplace/lose keys and watches. In one dream I opened a door, went into a room and discovered a big pile of keys and watches - presumably representing the items I'd previously lost. 

If dreams do have meanings then I'd probably guess that dream had some underlying sub-conscious message attached.

29 - Kibblesworth - Team Valley Sainsburys - Harlow Green - Low Fell - Belle Vue Bank - Saltwell Road - Gateshead High Street - Gateshead Interchange - Teams - Dunston - MetroCentre
Merging of Services 29 & 64/64A with an Extension to MetroCentre

68 - Eighton Banks - Black Lane Estate - Wrekenton - Queen Elizabeth Hospital - Windy Nook - Felling Square - Heworth - Lakes Estate - Pelaw - Bill Quay - Hebburn College - Hebburn - Monkton Lane Estate - Leam Lane Estate

68A - Gateshead - Deckham - Split Crow Road - Felling Square - Windy Nook - Queen Elizabeth Hospital - Beacon Lough Estate - Rugby Gardens - Wrekenton - Fewster Square - Leam Lane Estate - Heworth - Lakes Estate - Pelaw - Bill Quay - Hebburn College - Monkton Business Park
Merging of Services 27X, 68, 515, TB10 & TB529.

been having trouble changing my profile name on NEB 

As just fourteen vehicles are now outstanding for the 2014/15 financial year, it makes sense to move on to the 2015/16 financial year order predictions...

Paired with DDA regulations coming into affect for single deckers from 1 January 2016 and likewise double deckers from 1 January 2017, final decisions for the Quality Contracts Scheme are just around the corner, so it's bound to be an interesting year on the order front.

I'm sure we'll hear all about how great it would be if the Volvo B9TLs were replaced on the X1, so fire away...

Durham Vintage Bus Gathering


Sunday 21st June - 10:00 AM
At Howlands Park and Ride site


Hello.

Just to let people know that on June the 21st at the Durham Howlands Park and Ride rally 4710 will be running on the "free" bus service. This is your one and only chance to sample the 310BHP Volvo THD100E power in FTN710W this year.

Craig Smith, Operations Engineer, NNRG. 

Just an idea I had today while waiting time out, one for me would be a Sapphire branded Leyland National 2. Now I'm in no doubt someone with Photoshop skills far superior to mine could make it happen, I know Garry Luck on Flickr (northernblue109) likes to dabble and some of his creations are very good indeed. Feel free to add anything you like, just a bit of fun!

Following a suggestion in the Go North East: Rare and Odd Workings Thread, i decided that it would be good to have a vehicle allocation list like both Stagecoach and Arriva have had posted within the past few weeks/days. Even if we were to have a scheduled odd workings list, the other allocations should be self explanatory. Obviously, its all well and good leaving the allocations to the usual culprits but it would be nice if we could all get involved, especially as the PVR is so big. I was thinking about having the layout a bit like this (I am aware that i have missed some details out):

·         1/1A: Coaster branded Scania Omnicity
·         V1/V2/V3/V4/V5/V6/V8/V9/130/131/689/706/707: Venture branded Optare Solo SR
·         Q1/Q2: Quaylink branded Optare Versa
·         S1: Metrocentre S1 branded VDL SB120 Wright Merit
·         2/2A: Simplicity branded Optare Versa
-          21:28 2 Sunderland-Washington: Drifter branded Wright Streetlite
-          22:05 2 Washington-Sunderland: Drifter branded Wright Streetlite

The main allocation will be found next to a circular bullet point and a scheduled odd working will be found next to a dash bullet point. 

This thread is mainly just to assess whether it would be worth doing it or not (would it help people etc) and if the proposal isn't as popular as I intend, the idea won't go ahead because me (and any other users who help) don't want to spend hours on end putting the list together for it not to be used by that many people.

Good afternoon, everyone.

As some of you noticed, we gained our one thousandth member yesterday, following the forum's creation in August 2012. Although perhaps only a tenth regularly contribute on the forums, I'm sure you'll agree this is a fantastic achievement for any forum and one which we should mark.

Liam started to record the site's statistics with Google Analytics from 1 January 2013. Since then, we've had a massive seven million pageviews. This site has gone from strength to strength, and is still growing to this day. The site and its forums have overcome the negative reputation they were first given by sceptical enthusiasts, and is now a very valuable source of information for all enthusiasts both in and outside of the North East region.

As ever, we're continuing to work on developing new features and improving existing features. When things quieten down for myself next month, I'll be sure to provide regular updates on some of the things going on behind the scenes.

Stay tuned!