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Jet lag has certain advantages. It always affects me in the same way when I return from Las Vegas. I get tired at 5pm and then I wake up at 1am. This bears no relation to any hours that I might have been keeping in the US (it translates roughly to rising at 4pm and going to bed at nine in the morning — nothing like my actual hours of waking when I was on holiday).
Anyway, for once, this had the inestimable advantage of allowing me to do my food shopping in Tesco's at 3am. I have been there, at this time, before. Usually it's me, a couple of shelf stockers, a security guard and one person capable of manning a till (usually absent on a cigarette break).
But, this is Christmas, so things are different. The shop was surprisingly busy — say at about 6am level. Obviously the shelves were denuded, ravaged by last-minute maniacs concerned that a nuclear war might break out during the Queen's speech, and therefore buying three times as much food as they normally would. Hardly any bread, not much in the way of salad stuff (salads? At christmas?).
And, of course, the booze section was open. Almost makes you hanker for the days of alcoholic desperation. I mean, when I was drinking, and was desperate for some booze at 3am, there wasn't much that you could do bar find a friendly 24-store where they knew you would not report them, paying way over the odds for a few cans of Pils. Now you can pop into Tesco's at 3am and buy a 2002 Shiraz without so much as a by-your-leave.
And there was a family in there. I mean, what kind of family operates according to night-shift patterns? Chavs, I assume.
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Some excellent movies on the aeroplane. Batman Begins on the way out and Crash on the way back. The latter is highly recommended. I wouldn't sweat so much over Four Brothers or Stoned.
Although the plane landed at 9.50, it was a farcical 10.40am before we got off the plane. I'll say it again. GATWICK SUCKS. Then again, so does Heathrow. Customs apparently now won't let people off the plane while people are boarding planes if there is a risk of them intermingling, or something. This is ridiculous. Do they want to put people off travelling at all? I've yet to meet a public employee who has the faintest idea about the real world. Covering your arse, protecting your job (and pensions rights, of course, paid for out of other people's taxes), not doing a fraction more than necessary and blaming it all on your superiors seems to be the order of the day. If you assume that the average person' productive time is worth £20 an hour, I guess that Gatwick's customs people alone are responsible for destroying something like £250,000 a day in the country's productive capacity, perhaps considerably more. So much for added value. Don't blame your bosses. Do something about it.
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I've not touched an online poker room since I got back. Pretty good going for me. I think that it's better if I let other things take priority and only attack the rooms when I have the spare time. For the past few months the poker has been the "must do first" thing. That's a topsy-turvy way of looking at the world.
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From QuizGalaxy: My religion (Thanks to PH16 for providing this link. I come out quite close to him, actually).
Anyway, for once, this had the inestimable advantage of allowing me to do my food shopping in Tesco's at 3am. I have been there, at this time, before. Usually it's me, a couple of shelf stockers, a security guard and one person capable of manning a till (usually absent on a cigarette break).
But, this is Christmas, so things are different. The shop was surprisingly busy — say at about 6am level. Obviously the shelves were denuded, ravaged by last-minute maniacs concerned that a nuclear war might break out during the Queen's speech, and therefore buying three times as much food as they normally would. Hardly any bread, not much in the way of salad stuff (salads? At christmas?).
And, of course, the booze section was open. Almost makes you hanker for the days of alcoholic desperation. I mean, when I was drinking, and was desperate for some booze at 3am, there wasn't much that you could do bar find a friendly 24-store where they knew you would not report them, paying way over the odds for a few cans of Pils. Now you can pop into Tesco's at 3am and buy a 2002 Shiraz without so much as a by-your-leave.
And there was a family in there. I mean, what kind of family operates according to night-shift patterns? Chavs, I assume.
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Some excellent movies on the aeroplane. Batman Begins on the way out and Crash on the way back. The latter is highly recommended. I wouldn't sweat so much over Four Brothers or Stoned.
Although the plane landed at 9.50, it was a farcical 10.40am before we got off the plane. I'll say it again. GATWICK SUCKS. Then again, so does Heathrow. Customs apparently now won't let people off the plane while people are boarding planes if there is a risk of them intermingling, or something. This is ridiculous. Do they want to put people off travelling at all? I've yet to meet a public employee who has the faintest idea about the real world. Covering your arse, protecting your job (and pensions rights, of course, paid for out of other people's taxes), not doing a fraction more than necessary and blaming it all on your superiors seems to be the order of the day. If you assume that the average person' productive time is worth £20 an hour, I guess that Gatwick's customs people alone are responsible for destroying something like £250,000 a day in the country's productive capacity, perhaps considerably more. So much for added value. Don't blame your bosses. Do something about it.
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I've not touched an online poker room since I got back. Pretty good going for me. I think that it's better if I let other things take priority and only attack the rooms when I have the spare time. For the past few months the poker has been the "must do first" thing. That's a topsy-turvy way of looking at the world.
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From QuizGalaxy: My religion (Thanks to PH16 for providing this link. I come out quite close to him, actually).
You fit in with: Humanism Your ideals mostly resemble that of a Humanist. Although you do not have a lot of faith, you are devoted to making this world better, in the short time that you have to live. Humanists do not generally believe in an afterlife, and therefore, are committed to making the world a better place for themselves and future generations. 20% scientific. 80% reason-oriented. |
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