Things I've learnt following public transport for 50 odd years

1. Spending £800,000 on a new diesel engine because the existing 60 year old one is too old to support a heritage railway that is almost 150 years old is called an irony.
2. The people who say that they want an alternative to taking their car to work and want something a lot faster than the steam train should be told its call a bus.
3. The management of the heritage railways who think that £800,000 is money well spent should tell the one in fifty thousand (or whatever the odds are) that has to wait for a bus if the steam train breaks down its called an unavoidable inconvenience. 
4. The people who complain that the bus service does not stop outside their front door should be told that the service already exists - its called a taxi.
5. The media, who usually like to exaggerate but don't realise that if there are £50k of design costs in the budget and another £750k for building the engine the cost (before the overspend) is £800k, should be told its called sums,
6. Even when times are tough and the council of ministers draw up a budget that is addressing the issues that have needed addressing for many years they allow an exception and its called a joke.