Comments on: Off their (Electric) Trolleys http://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2009/10/19/roy-mayall/off-their-electric-trolleys/ The Blog of the London Review of Books Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:00:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: geoffwhite247 http://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2009/10/19/roy-mayall/off-their-electric-trolleys/comment-page-1/#comment-2234 geoffwhite247 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:48:04 +0000 http://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/?p=1907#comment-2234 We're covering this for Channel 4 News this evening - can anyone tell me the manufacturer of the electric trolley? Just so we're not barking up the wrong tree. Also, does anyone have experience of using electric vehicles? I know Essex was experimenting with an eletric delivery vehicle... I can be reached at geoff.white@itn.co.uk. Thanks - look forward to hearing from you. Geoff. We’re covering this for Channel 4 News this evening – can anyone tell me the manufacturer of the electric trolley? Just so we’re not barking up the wrong tree.

Also, does anyone have experience of using electric vehicles? I know Essex was experimenting with an eletric delivery vehicle…

I can be reached at geoff.white@itn.co.uk.

Thanks – look forward to hearing from you.

Geoff.

]]> By: Thorby Bislam http://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2009/10/19/roy-mayall/off-their-electric-trolleys/comment-page-1/#comment-263 Thorby Bislam Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:52:35 +0000 http://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/?p=1907#comment-263 Roy, i'm a postie in a medium-sized town. We have one of these electric trolleys. It's about half as big again as a HCT and twice as heavy. The guy who uses it has been given a four hour walk against everybody elses three and half hour walks. You can see what the thinking here is. It does go uphill better though. Roy, i’m a postie in a medium-sized town. We have one of these electric trolleys. It’s about half as big again as a HCT and twice as heavy. The guy who uses it has been given a four hour walk against everybody elses three and half hour walks. You can see what the thinking here is. It does go uphill better though.

]]> By: Roy Mayall http://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2009/10/19/roy-mayall/off-their-electric-trolleys/comment-page-1/#comment-256 Roy Mayall Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:07:00 +0000 http://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/?p=1907#comment-256 That's a good idea. And hover boots so we don't have to open gates any more. That’s a good idea. And hover boots so we don’t have to open gates any more.

]]> By: Martin http://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2009/10/19/roy-mayall/off-their-electric-trolleys/comment-page-1/#comment-255 Martin Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:00:35 +0000 http://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/?p=1907#comment-255 And are they all-terrain 4x4 fitted with sat-nav? I ask because I live up here in Todmorden at the end of quite a steep and rough footpath. Some deliverymen have had difficulty getting through. And are they all-terrain 4×4 fitted with sat-nav? I ask because I live up here in Todmorden at the end of quite a steep and rough footpath. Some deliverymen have had difficulty getting through.

]]> By: Martin http://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2009/10/19/roy-mayall/off-their-electric-trolleys/comment-page-1/#comment-254 Martin Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:10:41 +0000 http://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/?p=1907#comment-254 Roy, Do you know whether your trolleys will include stun guns to deal with pesky dogs? Roy,
Do you know whether your trolleys will include stun guns to deal with pesky dogs?

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