Scents of Direction

	Scents of Direction


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	Friday, September 16, 2005 Despatch or Dispatch? Both are correct spellings, which one would you use? - Steve, 3:42 PM, The hotel I stay at in Cheshire normally has free coffee and biscuits on tap (well the biscuits don't come out of a tap, but you know what I mean) but last night there were no biscuits left! This greatly upset my after dinner routine as it's just about the only time that going to bed with a pack of Brownies is appropriate behaviour for a 29 year old. - Steve, 8:59 AM, Wednesday, September 14, 2005 Had to attend a meeting in London this morning, so I traveled in by train. As long as you can get a seat then it's not a bad way to travel, had one of those trains that don't have tables but still managed to get a bit of work done on the way. Although the journey is good, I always find that I never leave enough time to get to the station and it all becomes a bit hectic, I was relieved to get a phone call on the way telling me that the meeting was going to start 30 minutes late. The extra time allowed me to properly wake up by having a Moccachino at Puccino's at Euston, and then an Americano when the Boss arrived. The day sort of went downhill after that. - Steve, 9:00 PM, Tuesday, September 13, 2005 Panic buying of fuel ahead of planned protests has started. I saw plenty of closed petrol stations around Crewe today, not sure what the situation is like in Oxfordshire but I bet the same thing will be happening here too. I have been badly effected by it today; on two occasions I have been desperate for a cup of coffee but the petrol stations I have chosen to frequent have had about 10 cars waiting at each pump and no room for me to park! Maybe I should panic buy cups of coffee to see me through this protest? The reason I visit petrol stations for coffee is that I really, really like coffee from Tchibo, especially the machiato that you get from this machine . I've seen a few of these in Total petrol stations (like the one at Jct 16 of the M6, just before I get to the office!) so I hunt them down. - Steve, 9:30 PM, Monday, September 12, 2005 I've downloaded the first few chapters of the Earthcore Podcast Novel for my aural pleasure on the way to Crewe tomorrow. I'm not really in to Sci-Fi but I generally enjoy most novels and stories and I have found that listening to audiobooks fits in with my commuting lifestyle pretty well. I really wish that car audio kept pace with other technology. The system in the car is pretty good and it has some neat tricks like: increasing the volume in relation to your speed (and road noise), pausing the CD when the 'phone rings and recording the latest travel bulletins but it seems quite "clunky" having to burn mp3's to CD in order to listen to them on the motorway. I should be able to send audio files directly to the car from the house, or better still, have the car download selected audio overnight (or during office hours) ready for the commute. - Steve, 11:31 PM, We had a really great evening today. It's Georgia's 5th birthday (already!) and we had a party for her and her friends at the local indoor entertainment place. I can't find a link to it on the web but it's one of those places where there are ball pits, slides and foam covered climbing frames. In the evenings you can hire the whole place out and play a laser quest type game amongst all the obstacles, the kids had a great time and when they got tired of carrying the heavy guns the Daddies took over and we had a right laugh! - Steve, 11:21 PM, Sunday, September 11, 2005 Poor memory almost got me in to a lot of trouble tonight. I went to a family gathering this afternoon to celebrate a couple of birthdays, we were there from 3pm until about 6.30pm and had a meal and some wine (Clare was driving). 4 hours later I need some sellotape to wrap presents, so I jump in the car and head off on a mission to find some. luckily I had driven all of about 100yds before I remembered that I had been drinking earlier on in the day and parked the car. I don't do drinking and driving so this was something of a close call for me. The trouble is that all the effects of the alcohol have worn off and I feel normal, but in all probability I'd still be over the limit now after drinking what was probably a whole bottle of red wine earlier. I'm sure there is a calculation that would tell me for sure if I was over the legal limit in terms of blood-alcohol level but that's not really the point. - Steve, 11:46 PM,


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