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Any port in a storm
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Oof. Our railways aren’t run for actual people, are they? I hope that woman got somewhere safe.
I stayed in a hostel in Dublin during the conference there. Luckily, four of us were able to book out a room for just ourselves. Unluckily, one of the four snored like a jackhammer, and it wasn’t me.
The conductor could have issued a Notice To Pay, which is enforceable in the Civil Courts. Or, more radically, shown a bit of compassion.
I think dorms should be divided into snorers’ and non-snorers’ rooms. The problem is, most snorers I have encountered deny they do it.
I tried to read The Tin Drum years ago but the font was so small in the copy I had that it was giving me a headache, so I bailed out. Never went back. Nothing is nicer than a nice hotel. It’s why so many people work deplorable jobs (myself, included). So they can afford nice hotels. So no Royal Academy exhibit?
It’s a trade-off isn’t it – no hotel is nice enough to make me want to go back to working full-time again. And it was my lack of planning that brought this on. Had I started my search for couchsurfers earlier I could have stayed with someone for free.
I couldn’t make the exhibition in the end. I ran out of money. Not my most successful weekend ever!
By the way, when I try and go to your blog, I get a warning from MS that your site has links to virus-loaded websites.
Are you sure that notice hasn’t just appeared now that I’ve restored you to the blogroll? :)
Yeah, when K says I snore, it’s often a surprise to me. As far as I’m concerned I’m still trying to get to sleep but some chump keeps waking me up.
It’s never thunderingly loud, though. Now my Dad is a thundering snorer. Looby, don’t ever sleep with my Dad.
Phew, that was a narrow escape – thanks for letting me know. I’ve cancelled the gîte.
I was reading one of those Notes and Queries type books from the New Scientist, and someone asked why our own snoring never wakes us up. The answer published was that the brain selectively ignores certain information at night in order to allow us to rest properly.
Yes, but what about the person you’re in bed with!
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