Archive for September, 2008

Trains cost…and right here’s where you start paying

September 8th, 2008 at 11:19 pm

Everybody likes to get something for nothing. Whether it’s the complete stranger walking up to you outside a cinemamovie theatreer and offering you tickets that they can no longer use, or a snack company giving away sample products on the streets, there’s no greater bargain than ‘free’. But like a junkie desperate for just one [...]

Two pieces of bread and a whole load of turkey

September 4th, 2008 at 1:43 pm

I’m proud to say that I come from the home of the sandwich. You can’t beat a simple sandwich, freshly made with great bread and quality ingredients, and preferably accompanied by a bag of crisps. Admittedly the Earl of Sandwich probably didn’t go for cheese and Branston Pickle butties with an accompanying pile of cheese’n’onion [...]

Going back to school the expensive/American way

September 2nd, 2008 at 11:14 am

I never really minded going back to school when I was a kid. I lived a fair way from the rest of my schoolmates, so it was always good to catch up with friends. And besides, I always had a relatively immature fascination with getting a new pencil case, and filling it with HB pencils, [...]

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