A few things I don't miss...

Commuting from Redhill, on the stupid full-and-standing or late/cancelled pink Thameslink/First Capital Connect service...


Trying to empty the spare room to build a nursery...


Alcatraz...


Santa Pod in the rain...


The Jubilee Line...


Queueing for the number 17 bus...


Shopping for the Wedding (although luckily Flyingpops rather enjoyed it)...


Colin the Camper breaking down...


The Jubilee Line...


My Xbox breaking (twice)...


Putting up the thermal shields in Colin (seemed to take forever)...


Our rubbish old boiler and being able to run out of hot water...


Tent camping in the rain...


The Jubilee Line...


Experimenting (foolishly) with the various chilli sauces in Mexico in the "native" section of the buffet (despite my asbestos mouth)...


Trying to fit everything into Poppy the Beetle's boot...


Giant spiders on the doorstep...


Brain dead domestic terrorists...


Kings cross (in general)...


Trying to commute in the snow...


Chaotic scenes at NCT sales, when we needed *everything*...


Nokia N73 headphones...


Trying to be a plasterer...


Daves insanity sauce...

The Waddle of the Blackberry Zombies

Time for another "thing that should be deleted" now...and I'm not quite sure if it's the entire principle of the Blackberry that should go into the recycle bin here - although the last estimate I heard was that for each £50-odd monthly contract fee a company pays to equip a drone with their shiny black handset and connection, they (on average) reap 5 extra *free* hours work from them per week (not a bad deal!)-

- or do I just want to delete the zombie-like blind waddle that is characteristic of the hopelessly infected (usually excessively overweight - so they can completely block my way) executive unable to tear their eyes from that little screen even for the purposes of walking along...? Last time I tried that with a book I nearly walked into a lamp post (and that was in leafy Surrey) you'd have to be a bloody idiot to do it in London (with it's multiple dangers to the unwary) and yet there they all are, every morning, clogging the pedestrian arteries, bumping into each other (and potentially falling in front of trains/buses/taxis in a sort of digital darwinia of dismal delay)...

DELETE!

Things that should be deleted #1 - The pull along briefcase

Lazy Dog
Originally uploaded by Mark A. Scholl.

Well, I guess if the shoe were on the other foot, and I were scooting around an airport or zipping along a hotel corridor I would be very pleased to have my little pull along briefcase, taking the weight of the oh-so-heavy mobile phone, wallet, pen and small pile of papers from my tired shoulders and placing them on those squeaky casters or roller-blade wheels, and in those situations, I'm sure they are most practical - however - when moving at speed as a (and I make up a word) "commuter-raptor" whipping through the pack of equally aggressive hunters, all making our certain, rapid and steely-eyed way with practiced familiarity through tunnel, across street and plaza, the occasional sudden trip (or even stub) when encountering the stupid little blob on the end of flimsy aluminium rod, flipping over every few steps as it wobbles pitifully along behind some confused, diminutive and lumbering "business traveller" who is frankly perfectly capable of picking the pathetic item up and using the handle makes my blood boil...

DELETE.