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Sun Sep-07-08 06:40 PM
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Thank you to the train driver on the London underground |
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Dunno why I'm posting this here, but anyway. :D
I was walking down the stairs to the platform at Upton Park when I saw there was a train already there. I started running but the doors were closing as I approached the train. I didn't fancy doing anything rash so I gave up, but the driver saw me and opened the doors again to let me on.
As it turned out he or she saved my bacon, because I subsequently had to run to get my train back to Bedford. If I had had to wait for the next subway train back at Upton Park I would have missed my connection at St Pancras for sure.
It is little things like that that touch my heart. You fucking rock, anonymous train driver!
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Sun Sep-07-08 06:42 PM
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1. He got himself some good kharma, huh? |
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Glad it worked out! :hi: Duckie
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Sun Sep-07-08 06:43 PM
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3. I'm certainly very grateful indeed. |
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Sun Sep-07-08 06:42 PM
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Sometimes it's the smallest things that make the biggest difference.
I hope the rest of your week goes as smoothly. :hug:
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Sun Sep-07-08 06:44 PM
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With that mood, I shall go to bed. Night Rev! :hug:
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Sun Sep-07-08 06:51 PM
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6. Sweetest of dreams sweetie-pie! |
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Sun Sep-07-08 06:45 PM
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5. No one does stuff like that here. |
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In fact, I was once running to catch a bus, and I swear the driver saw me as he was pulling away and intentionally went just slow enough to make me think I could catch up before roaring off just as I got to the door.
I need to get out of this place. :silly:
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Mon Sep-08-08 01:10 AM
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8. Bus drivers are a different breed. |
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Maybe it's because they have to cope with traffic, while train drivers don't?
All I know is, when I was a kid, train driver is one of the jobs boys were supposed to aspire to. But nobody ever dreamed about driving a bus. ;)
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Mon Sep-08-08 12:36 PM
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21. Some are OK, some less so |
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Sun Sep-07-08 07:34 PM
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7. Oh, you make me want to be in London to ride the Underground! |
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Mon Sep-08-08 01:11 AM
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Mon Sep-08-08 12:10 PM
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10. Kick for something positive |
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to balance my other thread which is negative.
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Mon Sep-08-08 12:16 PM
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11. Excuse me, but...St. Pancreas? |
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Yeah, that's how I read it at first. Is that near Sacred Spleen Cathedral? :P
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Mon Sep-08-08 12:17 PM
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Patron saint of digestive juices. Or something. :D
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Mon Sep-08-08 12:17 PM
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12. the kindness of strangers... |
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makes the world go round :D
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Mon Sep-08-08 12:18 PM
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That, and angular momentum. :D
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Mon Sep-08-08 12:23 PM
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the angle of the dangle ;) :D
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Mon Sep-08-08 12:22 PM
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15. Did you mind the gap? |
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MIND THE GAP...MIND THE GAP...MIND THE GAP...
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Mon Sep-08-08 12:24 PM
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haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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Mon Sep-08-08 12:27 PM
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:thumbsup:
It's the little things in life that make us smile. :-) Glad you had a good day.
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Mon Sep-08-08 12:39 PM
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22. That was really very nice |
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Often enough I run to a underground just to have it closing the doors and leaving the second I stand in front of the doors. And the driver saw me running.
So that one person made your day. :hug:
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Mon Sep-08-08 12:48 PM
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I would have been stranded in London last night but for them. :hug:
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