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When is a fine not a fine?
Posted on 8:19pm Monday 2nd August 2010
Just to update you, readers, on the saga of my so-called ‘fine’ for being sold the wrong ticket. I got a charming reply from Southern customer services who tell me it’s an administrative charge, not a fine. They were profusely apologetic for the confusion.
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Planes, trains and automobiles
Posted on 8:52pm Monday 26th July 2010
Planes, trains and automobiles Lots of travelling in recent weeks, dear reader — hence a slight slowdown in blogging activity.
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Don't get mad, get it off your chest
Posted on 12:55pm Saturday 3rd July 2010
Mightily aggrieved this week, readers. Sorry. Have tried to refrain from laying into the rail companies – in part because I have to travel with them every day to get to work, so prefer not to wind myself up into a negative mindset, and in part because they’re a soft target. Try to write about something more upbeat and positive, I thought when I started blogging. And that was five months ago so I’ve not done badly so far.
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Friday night antics
Posted on 2:01pm Saturday 12th June 2010
Who doesn't enjoy a drink on the train after a hard week in the office?
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Impure genius
Posted on 11:44pm Tuesday 25th May 2010
Oh, Mr Eno, you and your trains. Except this time I wished I could pretend I had a train to catch, but we were so near the front, and right in the middle, there was no way we could have got out without making a huge kerfuffle.
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Cheer up, it may just happen
Posted on 6:57pm Monday 17th May 2010
Is Brian Eno really God? Having a break from commuting — and getting involved in the festival — I realise what I've been missing
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I think, therefore iPad
Posted on 7:58pm Monday 19th April 2010
It was a match made in heaven when I was introduced to the iPhone. Wish I could say the same about the iPad
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Lies, damn lies and statistics
Posted on 11:51am Wednesday 24th March 2010
Don't believe everything you read — especially when it's peddling scurrilous rumours about cockroaches
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The appliance of science — or how to put on make-up on a moving train
Posted on 9:00am Monday 15th March 2010
It's obviously the done thing these days to put on your slap on the journey to work, rather than before you leave home
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Psychopaths of the world unite
Posted on 10:00am Monday 8th March 2010
Don't get angry, get stretching
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Us and them
Posted on 10:48am Sunday 7th March 2010
The joys of being a standard type of rail traveller
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Manners maketh the man
Posted on 2:45pm Wednesday 24th February 2010
However bad the journey is, we always seem to hold onto our dignity, and remember that we're the lucky ones
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Welcome to Planet iPhone
Posted on 9:00am Monday 15th February 2010
What on earth did we do on the train before they invented the iPhone?
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