Don't lift the lid!

This is an interesting point.....

"One of the main reasons for taking the train instead of a car will be removed" - Russ Tarbox

I'm sorry, is it just me, but is this one of the main reasons for taking a train? I guess I must be in the minority since I generally catch a train for the purpose of travelling from one place to another.
Reason 1 - I don't drive.
Reason 2 - Parking can be a nightmare in some towns.
Reason 3 - Road congestion and 'green issues'
Nope, s'not one of my main reasons then...

Of course I had noticed when getting on the train that every second person is holding a can of something!

Next time I'll say to the guard 'Make mine a Baileys and easy on the sharp pull-ups, I don't want to spill a drop'

Is Hobbit having la-la lessons.........

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/4376452.stm

I really like this quote I found in the New Scientist this week....

Margaret Atwood, novelist, on the subject of creativity - "I have a great big cupboard stuffed with ideas and when I want one I open the door and take the first one that falls out. Alternatively, if you want an idea, do the following. Close your eyes, put your left hand on the ground, raise your right hand into the air. You are now a conductor. The ideas will pass through you. Sooner or later one will pass through your brain. It never fails, though the waiting times vary and sometimes lunch intervenes".

Go on, give it a go!

"The Scandinavians seem to be much better at dealing with cold, dark months than we are, and food is their antidote to darkness."

http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/food_and_drink/features/article321358.ece

This is not the end, it is not even the beginning of the end, it is just the end of the beginning...