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Kids on trains...
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Random question....how old do you thin k a kid should be before you allow them to do a long train trip on their own?
My bro is 13.....think he is old enough. Would be a bummer if he got stranded in a dive like Crewe!
My bro is 13.....think he is old enough. Would be a bummer if he got stranded in a dive like Crewe!
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That's nowt to do with age, mate
I'd say 13's about right.
But I'd say 13 should be fine for the average person.
Shhh!! :razz:
Oh yes! All the biggest fruitcakes hang around the train stations... I should know I'm the biggest one of all :razz:
If either 1) Bruce Willis 2) Jean Claude Van Damme 3) Steven Seagal 4) Dolph Lundgren or 5) Keith Chegwin get on, I'd be making sure that none of my loved ones got on. 1) to 4) getting on any kind of public transport means the shit is about to go down motherfucker! Hijacking! Kidnapping! Shooting! One liners!
As for 5), imagine being stuck on a train with that tit! I'd be expecting a complimentary noose......
At 13, he should be ok. I'd ake sure he had a mobile phone with him though. Just in case.
Half of them act like annoying dicks on trains.
Nah, I'd say 12-14 somewhere. Once they got a bit of sense in them... I was fine! Trains and navigation is easy shit, I walked round Prague, Berlin, and Bratislava alone as well as Lake Bled... no map half the time until I find one at a tourist info place! Haha...
Amazingly yes, because a lot of trains use it.
On a side note I wouldnt say there was a specific age that would be OK to travel alone - all depends on maturity and knowledge of the route and the railway. For example I was 12 when I started journeying alone, peace of cake because I know a lot.
If it's an easy route, like one train terminating where the kid is getting off, then that's a whole load different to having a four train monster of a journey with changes at big stations stretching into the night.
I have never felt unsafe at Manchester Piccadilly... even at 3am shitfaced trying to sleep on a bench for the fun of it with a load of lads from Huddersfield.
And it's big because it's incredibly busy.
That would have been me - who was also getting harrassed by those cheeky young salesmen. The best way to deal with them is to let them think they've got you - and then walk away. Love it.
'So, Claire, would you just like to sign here...?'
'Actually, sorry, no... see ya!'
Not right bright, I musta walked past the same one 6 times each time getting a free can
The best was when they were giving away these pretty chunky jars of pasta sauce. I must have had about 4... they were fucking gorgeous.
Sounds like the same guy that got me. He was a cutie though.
Like when you get given the Standard Light in London they often give you two and say one is for your friend.