Comments on: The journey home http://www.iamlivid.com/2007/08/20/the-journey-home/ Where 'net rage is all the rage... Wed, 18 May 2011 18:01:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: melanie http://www.iamlivid.com/2007/08/20/the-journey-home/comment-page-1/#comment-17660 melanie Tue, 21 Aug 2007 22:36:55 +0000 http://www.iamlivid.com/2007/08/20/the-journey-home/#comment-17660 Oh dear. *hands him a hot cup of tea, a blanket, and a shot of whiskey* Oh dear. *hands him a hot cup of tea, a blanket, and a shot of whiskey*

]]> By: Mr Angry http://www.iamlivid.com/2007/08/20/the-journey-home/comment-page-1/#comment-17659 Mr Angry Tue, 21 Aug 2007 22:25:54 +0000 http://www.iamlivid.com/2007/08/20/the-journey-home/#comment-17659 It is OK, I am alive. I just had a take a quick business trip to a country with no internet. You will read about it in the morning. And THEN read the rest of the story about my journey home... It is OK, I am alive.

I just had a take a quick business trip to a country with no internet. You will read about it in the morning.

And THEN read the rest of the story about my journey home…

]]> By: Anna http://www.iamlivid.com/2007/08/20/the-journey-home/comment-page-1/#comment-17658 Anna Tue, 21 Aug 2007 22:04:03 +0000 http://www.iamlivid.com/2007/08/20/the-journey-home/#comment-17658 Do you think he's neglecting us because he's finally found a girlfriend? I dunno, he doesn't phone, he doesn't write...I feel dumped! Do you think he’s neglecting us because he’s finally found a girlfriend? I dunno, he doesn’t phone, he doesn’t write…I feel dumped!

]]> By: TC http://www.iamlivid.com/2007/08/20/the-journey-home/comment-page-1/#comment-17657 TC Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:53:15 +0000 http://www.iamlivid.com/2007/08/20/the-journey-home/#comment-17657 This is worse then during the summer, when Wimbledon means you have to wait 2+ weeks for the next episode of Neighbours.... This is worse then during the summer, when Wimbledon means you have to wait 2+ weeks for the next episode of Neighbours….

]]> By: AFC 30K http://www.iamlivid.com/2007/08/20/the-journey-home/comment-page-1/#comment-17656 AFC 30K Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:47:26 +0000 http://www.iamlivid.com/2007/08/20/the-journey-home/#comment-17656 You just can't get the bloggers these days. He's gone missing before and just turned up again a few days later with out so much as a by-your-leave. Can you all please check your garages and sheds he might have been accidentally locked in... You just can’t get the bloggers these days.

He’s gone missing before and just turned up again a few days later with out so much as a by-your-leave.

Can you all please check your garages and sheds he might have been accidentally locked in…

]]> By: Anna http://www.iamlivid.com/2007/08/20/the-journey-home/comment-page-1/#comment-17655 Anna Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:02:21 +0000 http://www.iamlivid.com/2007/08/20/the-journey-home/#comment-17655 I'm guessing we'll get the second part of the story when he finally gets home then? I’m guessing we’ll get the second part of the story when he finally gets home then?

]]> By: GH http://www.iamlivid.com/2007/08/20/the-journey-home/comment-page-1/#comment-17654 GH Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:50:23 +0000 http://www.iamlivid.com/2007/08/20/the-journey-home/#comment-17654 Reminds me of a friend I had at Uni who missed the last train back to Guildford from the Ram Cider pub and decided to walk it (a few miles). He was stopped by the police on the way back, apparently that happens if you're carrying a road sign and a flashing light. Despite being totally bladdered, he still managed to talk them into giving him a lift back home. And it was his room, not the one with the metal door and no sheets on the bed. But then, he is a spawny git :) GH. Reminds me of a friend I had at Uni who missed the last train back to Guildford from the Ram Cider pub and decided to walk it (a few miles). He was stopped by the police on the way back, apparently that happens if you’re carrying a road sign and a flashing light. Despite being totally bladdered, he still managed to talk them into giving him a lift back home. And it was his room, not the one with the metal door and no sheets on the bed.

But then, he is a spawny git :)

GH.

]]> By: Oli http://www.iamlivid.com/2007/08/20/the-journey-home/comment-page-1/#comment-17653 Oli Tue, 21 Aug 2007 07:36:20 +0000 http://www.iamlivid.com/2007/08/20/the-journey-home/#comment-17653 And wheres the follow on? And wheres the follow on?

]]> By: bob http://www.iamlivid.com/2007/08/20/the-journey-home/comment-page-1/#comment-17652 bob Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:26:31 +0000 http://www.iamlivid.com/2007/08/20/the-journey-home/#comment-17652 probably doesn't help to know at this point ... but there was a spare room at ours, about a 10-minute walk from Paddington. probably doesn’t help to know at this point … but there was a spare room at ours, about a 10-minute walk from Paddington.

]]> By: ninja chinchilla http://www.iamlivid.com/2007/08/20/the-journey-home/comment-page-1/#comment-17651 ninja chinchilla Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:16:55 +0000 http://www.iamlivid.com/2007/08/20/the-journey-home/#comment-17651 Well at least in London you have the option of the tube/trains/night bus. Down West Country way it's taxis or nowt. Well at least in London you have the option of the tube/trains/night bus. Down West Country way it’s taxis or nowt.

]]> By: Equine Pimp http://www.iamlivid.com/2007/08/20/the-journey-home/comment-page-1/#comment-17650 Equine Pimp Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:12:38 +0000 http://www.iamlivid.com/2007/08/20/the-journey-home/#comment-17650 I once got so pissed that I left Blackfriars at 9 and it took me 3 and a half hours to get to Potters Bar. This journey can be done in 40 minutes. Most of the journey is a blur but I do remember going to Mile End. That is definitely NOT the short route I once got so pissed that I left Blackfriars at 9 and it took me 3 and a half hours to get to Potters Bar. This journey can be done in 40 minutes.

Most of the journey is a blur but I do remember going to Mile End.

That is definitely NOT the short route

]]> By: Betty http://www.iamlivid.com/2007/08/20/the-journey-home/comment-page-1/#comment-17649 Betty Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:35:45 +0000 http://www.iamlivid.com/2007/08/20/the-journey-home/#comment-17649 I would have paid the sixty pounds. Or got a cab from High Street Kensington to Paddington. You tight wad. I would have paid the sixty pounds.

Or got a cab from High Street Kensington to Paddington.

You tight wad.

]]> By: Four Dinners http://www.iamlivid.com/2007/08/20/the-journey-home/comment-page-1/#comment-17648 Four Dinners Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:35:02 +0000 http://www.iamlivid.com/2007/08/20/the-journey-home/#comment-17648 If you spent a night at Paddington and are still walking straight legged as opposed to bow legged you are either very lucky or exceptionally ugly... There's an all night cafe not far. Full of druggies n winos but the food n coffee is first class. If you spent a night at Paddington and are still walking straight legged as opposed to bow legged you are either very lucky or exceptionally ugly…

There’s an all night cafe not far. Full of druggies n winos but the food n coffee is first class.

]]> By: Jo http://www.iamlivid.com/2007/08/20/the-journey-home/comment-page-1/#comment-17647 Jo Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:47:43 +0000 http://www.iamlivid.com/2007/08/20/the-journey-home/#comment-17647 Oh, you tease. My bloke tried to walk from Maida Vale to Kensington without asking for directions, failed miserably and I think ended up by Hyde Park as well. Maybe it's like a meeting place for people who have gone the wrong way. Oh, you tease.

My bloke tried to walk from Maida Vale to Kensington without asking for directions, failed miserably and I think ended up by Hyde Park as well. Maybe it’s like a meeting place for people who have gone the wrong way.

]]> By: bittersweet me http://www.iamlivid.com/2007/08/20/the-journey-home/comment-page-1/#comment-17646 bittersweet me Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:32:17 +0000 http://www.iamlivid.com/2007/08/20/the-journey-home/#comment-17646 *holding breathe* *holding breathe*

]]> By: gnarlyswine http://www.iamlivid.com/2007/08/20/the-journey-home/comment-page-1/#comment-17644 gnarlyswine Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:33:30 +0000 http://www.iamlivid.com/2007/08/20/the-journey-home/#comment-17644 It truly is a sinking feeling going the wrong way. I recall a similar event in my youth...cue wobbly effect.... Having enjoyed an evenings debauchery in Glasgow in my now distant youth I had failed to keep note of the departure of the last train to Edinburgh (my then home) Being late in the evening,inebriated and stuck in Glasgow city centre I thought better of trying to check into a hotel, and instead decided to salvage a piece of Carpet from a Skip and spent the night under it, In a play park (Garnett Hill for those who know it), In Scotland, On the top of a hill, In october. After a nights convulsions due to the temperature hovering around absolute zero I set off bright and early (or late depending how you look at it) to catch the first train home from Queen street Station. After a wonderfull journey (I got the 4 seats to myself - wonder why - Oh yes I was wearing white trousers on which I had spilled half a bottle of Bright red aftershock so looked like i was covered in blood and smelled of alcohol and cinnamon). I managed to fall asleep just as I was coming to the outskirts of edinburgh, and missed my stop (Haymarket) as a result. I then woke up in The Waverly - to a nice half hour walk home, as I had no frickin change for the bus. Asshats. Dont take it the wrong way Angry, but I do hope you fared worse, as it will make that memory feel a little better. It truly is a sinking feeling going the wrong way. I recall a similar event in my youth…cue wobbly effect….

Having enjoyed an evenings debauchery in Glasgow in my now distant youth I had failed to keep note of the departure of the last train to Edinburgh (my then home) Being late in the evening,inebriated and stuck in Glasgow city centre I thought better of trying to check into a hotel, and instead decided to salvage a piece of Carpet from a Skip and spent the night under it, In a play park (Garnett Hill for those who know it), In Scotland, On the top of a hill, In october.
After a nights convulsions due to the temperature hovering around absolute zero I set off bright and early (or late depending how you look at it) to catch the first train home from Queen street Station. After a wonderfull journey (I got the 4 seats to myself – wonder why – Oh yes I was wearing white trousers on which I had spilled half a bottle of Bright red aftershock so looked like i was covered in blood and smelled of alcohol and cinnamon). I managed to fall asleep just as I was coming to the outskirts of edinburgh, and missed my stop (Haymarket) as a result. I then woke up in The Waverly – to a nice half hour walk home, as I had no frickin change for the bus.

Asshats.

Dont take it the wrong way Angry, but I do hope you fared worse, as it will make that memory feel a little better.

]]> By: Megan http://www.iamlivid.com/2007/08/20/the-journey-home/comment-page-1/#comment-17643 Megan Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:23:00 +0000 http://www.iamlivid.com/2007/08/20/the-journey-home/#comment-17643 I trusted someone once to know basic things like what towns resided north or south of his home and ended up almost-but-not-quite visiting Louisiana. And yes, I did hear banjos. I trusted someone once to know basic things like what towns resided north or south of his home and ended up almost-but-not-quite visiting Louisiana. And yes, I did hear banjos.

]]> By: Kate http://www.iamlivid.com/2007/08/20/the-journey-home/comment-page-1/#comment-17642 Kate Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:20:57 +0000 http://www.iamlivid.com/2007/08/20/the-journey-home/#comment-17642 Sounds awful... was krispy kreme shut too?! Sounds awful… was krispy kreme shut too?!

]]> By: Mr Angry http://www.iamlivid.com/2007/08/20/the-journey-home/comment-page-1/#comment-17641 Mr Angry Mon, 20 Aug 2007 11:43:08 +0000 http://www.iamlivid.com/2007/08/20/the-journey-home/#comment-17641 AFc - It seems amusing now, but not at the time. Peach - That is scarily prescient... AFc – It seems amusing now, but not at the time.

Peach – That is scarily prescient…

]]> By: Peach http://www.iamlivid.com/2007/08/20/the-journey-home/comment-page-1/#comment-17640 Peach Mon, 20 Aug 2007 11:25:49 +0000 http://www.iamlivid.com/2007/08/20/the-journey-home/#comment-17640 a very familiar story I'm afraid, from anyone in London going anywhere in our outside London late at night. Transport SUCKS Hope nothing else too dreadful happened - must involve tramps and/or police / locking up the station / lack of food, drink or shelter.... ??? a very familiar story I’m afraid, from anyone in London going anywhere in our outside London late at night. Transport SUCKS

Hope nothing else too dreadful happened – must involve tramps and/or police / locking up the station / lack of food, drink or shelter…. ???

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