180 degrees
Our new house is on the same train line that I used to commute to work on, but on the other side of the University. This means that I arrive at (and leave) the University on the opposite platform to the one I’m used to. It’s going to feel quite weird until I’m used to it, and lends a kind of ‘Alice Through The Looking-Glass’ feel to my mornings, particularly when I’m not quite awake. Human auto-pilot is a surprisingly powerful thing.
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The danger is that you automatically leave the University and walk to the wrong platform when you go back to school.........
by Jonathan Briggs @ 14/08/2006 5:09 pm • Permalink •
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In the evenings you'll be able to wave across to your old platform, and maybe some of your former fellow passengers will recognise you and actually think to themselves for a split-second, 'Oh, hang on - am I on the wrong platform here?'
Just think of all the hours of fun to be had!
(Or perhaps not.)
by David (TEFL Smiler) @ 14/08/2006 6:09 pm • Permalink •
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Jonathan Briggs: I've nearly done that a couple of times
David (TEFL Smiler): That would be fun, but thanks to the magic of a commute that only takes half the time of the previous one, I've shifted my work day half an hour later, so I don't see any of my former fellow passengers any more. I do, however, get an extra hour in bed, work the same number of hours, and still get home at the same time as before: yippee!
by bsag @ 15/08/2006 5:08 pm • Permalink •
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Off-topic comment, but I think you might appreciate it: I seem to remember you mentioning you're a Smiths fan. Then get thee to the UK iTunes free download single of the week, if you haven't already. It's a somewhat different version of 'Panic' by the Puppini Sisters...
by David (TEFL Smiler) @ 15/08/2006 8:08 pm • Permalink •
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