Archives for the 'consuming' Category
valentine
Wednesday, February 15th, 2006
i didn’t receive any valentines cards yesterday. all i got was a link to this rather funny news story.
compost
Friday, January 27th, 2006
finding items to put on the compost is a lot of fun. any tips on composting? we just received a big subsidised bin.
festive food pt 2
Wednesday, December 7th, 2005
i’m yet to see (or hear) anybody with a tesco christmas sandwich. any other sightings (or hearings)?
biscuit tin
Friday, November 25th, 2005
whoever invented biscuit tins was a moron. there is clearly no need for them, because since when did a worthy-of-eating biscuit ever exist long enough to go stale? and who wants to keep biscuits which aren’t worthy of eating?
salt
Sunday, November 20th, 2005
is salt really worthy of a domain name? www.salt.gov.uk
and one step cheaper than the megatrain?
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2005
you could always print your own rail tickets. ebay deleted the on-train ticket machine before the auction could close. clearly it was stolen.
the greatest transport revolution since…?
Monday, October 31st, 2005
It’s been a long time coming, but today Stagecoach announced the launch of megatrain.com. Following a similar model to their low-cost intercity bus service, they will sell seats on less popular trains from just £1. They will initially operate this model using a couple of services, operated by South West Trains from London to Southampton [...]
beef train
Wednesday, October 26th, 2005
best story ever? a train between Linkoping and Vastervik runs on boiled, dead cow organs. the full story at transportTrends i just can’t wait to ride the beef train.
expense for what
Sunday, October 2nd, 2005
not on my watch pointed out the following interesting article from the Observer today. I’d be quite miffed if I’d paid a few hundred quid for a Virgin train ticket, even if the did give me one of those awful snack boxes.
a first class experience
Friday, September 9th, 2005
Yesterday I moved to Edinburgh using a Virgin Train. I travelled first class, because for some reason it was the only advance ticket Virgin would sell me, and it was only £25. Unfortunately, Virgin’s complementary food wasn’t so first class, although there was a lot of it. During the journey I knowingly consumed E134, E127, [...]