I would be if there was any suggestion that they had set the residents of RTW back in them doing so. If there was no water the length and breadth of Southern England due to a drought, it would be heroically cunty but that isn’t what’s happened. They’ve made the best of a shit situation.
Normal people wouldn’t care but we both know that normal people are a bit thinner on the ground at these events.
To put this another way, 30,000 litres sounds like a lot but, given it takes 13 litres to flush a (modern, high efficiency) toilet, it’s a rounding error. Even if the Spa Valley Railway tipped it into the system, it wouldn’t materially affect the situation.
Not just the quantity of water itself though, it is also the use of the supply chain that could potentially (if it is potable grade transportation) be used for at least some of the other necessary supply.
Just like the quantity of flour in courtesans’ hair at Versaille wouldn’t have fed many peasants (and now I am wondering if there is a Antoinette equivalent to Godwin).
The article doesn’t give any clue as to whether the locomotive is running on potable water. As that’s the bulk of the consumption, it’s going to hinge on that really. I’d have thought for bog standard cost reasons they wouldn’t be tipping Volvic into it but I’ve no way of knowing.
So your point is that, even though there’s no real suggestion that it would make anything any better, they still shouldn’t go ahead? No schools will re-open or appointments will happen but those turbocunts who checks notes- fancied a day out over Christmas will need to seek a refund so there’s that.
I suspect it is as much about the messaging as anything else. If it was a case of “we have to do this or the railway goes bust” (which is very plausible), “we are using only the water we need to and have reduced where we can” then it would come across quite a bit better.
Completely changing the subject (and it really needs fucking changing). This is apparently a thing now, and someone really needs hurting (or to go for a lot of therapy for whatever hurt them as a child):
Oops, completely missed that. Fantastically, the forum did its usual “this thread you are creating is quite close to these ones” and then didn’t list the actual Cheese thread, but did list a load of threads about specific hifi bits.
