Train Travel

[Carruthers]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

I wouldn't travel (via any mode of transportation) in London if they paid me.

Originally Posted by Carruthers

Not even this one?

A few years ago Stephen Fry made a six episode TV series about his trip around the US in a London black cab.

In this video he stops at London, KY. Scene starts at the 17 min. mark.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Is KY the Deep South?
At 19:22

[Gravdigr]

Thank you Mr. Carruthers! I watched the whole episode!

By far, the best part was when he got to Miami. I think his favorite part of Miami was the "You are now leaving Miami" sign.

I was aware of the show, as I like Stephen Fry. Might have to check out the other episodes.

Thanks again.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Is KY the Deep South?
At 19:22

No, I guarantee they were thinking "Whut did he say?".

[Gravdigr]

The only thing we're deep in, is horse shit and bourbon.

And weed. We grow some pretty damn good weed.

[Carruthers]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Thank you Mr. Carruthers! I watched the whole episode!

By far, the best part was when he got to Miami. I think his favorite part of Miami was the "You are now leaving Miami" sign.

I was aware of the show, as I like Stephen Fry. Might have to check out the other episodes.

Thanks again.

Good to read that you enjoyed the video, Mr G!

Having watched it, it occurred to me that I might consider buying the DVDs if cheap enough.
On checking Amazon it told me that I had already bought the box set.
I'd completely forgotten and I have no idea where it is!

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Carruthers

On checking Amazon it told me that I had already bought the box set.
I'd completely forgotten and I have no idea where it is!

So that's why you went into that room.

[Clodfobble]

Maybe you bought it as a gift for someone else?

[glatt]

Originally Posted by Carruthers

On checking Amazon it told me that I had already bought the box set.
I'd completely forgotten and I have no idea where it is!

Did you check the airing cupboard?

[Carruthers]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Maybe you bought it as a gift for someone else?

Found it! Third box down on the left.

The trouble is that I have a serious lack of shelf space so DVDs and books often have to be stored in boxes or cupboards that do not do them justice.
At present, apart from four bookcases and sundry other storage areas, I have four piles of books on the floor.

Books tend to suffer the most. I have a database which records 545 titles.
Like the Stephen Fry DVD I sometimes stumble across a title that interests me only to find that I have already bought it.
Sometimes the ensuing search fails to find it and I realise that it was probably donated to the local charity shop when I had a purge a year or two back and I didn't delete it from the database.
Rather sheepishly I have to admit that I have bought the title again.

I have promised myself that one day I shall have an oak panelled study with a large desk and several hundred feet of shelving!
Not to mention a softly ticking grandfather clock, a roaring fire and a Labrador snoozing by my side.

Originally Posted by glatt

Did you check the airing cupboard?

[Clodfobble]

Originally Posted by Carruthers

I have a database which records 545 titles.

One of my first paid "jobs" was creating just such a database for a friend of my mom's when I was about 12. It was thousands of books, and the most important part was documenting which room/bookcase/shelf they were in. At the very end I was wandering around the house making sure I hadn't missed any random stashes of books, and I discovered a clothes hamper with about 50-100 softcore romance novels shoved inside. I decided to pretend I hadn't found it.

[Diaphone Jim]

Amazon remembers. Google too and God knows who else.