James Murphy

Retired, critic. Likes Kilmarnock, la bourgogne, Oxfordshire, Islington and shortbread.

[James Murphy @JamesMurphy767]

@HappinessRpt @oiioxford In English, please.

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@HappinessRpt How much of all this is based on self-reporting?

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@HappinessRpt @jedeneve @CNN Can any of this be proved???

[James Murphy @JamesMurphy767]

@HappinessRpt How do you measure the happiness of a hungry person?

[James Murphy @JamesMurphy767]

@natalieben @ucu What is your proposal???

[James Murphy @JamesMurphy767]

@HappinessRpt Why bother?

[James Murphy @JamesMurphy767]

@scotgov @_KateForbes Money, er, well spent in these times!

[James Murphy @JamesMurphy767]

@STVNews Does Kate Forbes speak Gaelic?

[James Murphy @JamesMurphy767]

@HappinessRpt "This approach is direct, efficient, globally comparable, and distinguishes wellbeing from what might explain it".
Nonsense.
Someone rings me at home to ask if I am happy. I say : not at all / my life is a complete failure!
Er, really???

[James Murphy @JamesMurphy767]

@chilternrailway More shortforming today (16 Dec)?

[James Murphy @JamesMurphy767]

@chilternrailway You must lose money from shortforming, no?

[James Murphy @JamesMurphy767]

@chilternrailway More shortforming again this morning? (11 Dec 25)

[James Murphy @JamesMurphy767]

@thetrainline Actually, we checked at Manchester station on Thursday 4 Dec to be told the service was running on the Saturday.
Not "last minute" at all. We waited for the confirmation email from Trainline. In vain.

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@TheTrainlinehp
Does the Trainline ever reply to emails?
JM

[James Murphy @JamesMurphy767]

@thetrainline Its funny. I got an email to tell me the service was not running. But not one, later, to tell me it still was. Go figure.

[James Murphy @JamesMurphy767]

@thetrainline Well, I responded to the original email (with the tickets). The email about the train disruption was "No Reply"!

[James Murphy @JamesMurphy767]

@thetrainline Don't have the App.

[James Murphy @JamesMurphy767]

@thetrainline Let me repeat. I got an email from Trainline telling me that the Saturday train from Manchester was not running. This proved not to be the case. I had emailed back for clarification (given that I had already booked). No reply.
Are you happy with this service?

[James Murphy @JamesMurphy767]

@thetrainline Still paid a booking fee though!

[James Murphy @JamesMurphy767]

@thetrainline The journey was made. We took a chance and turned up at Manchester station. Train was running. Why the email???