It used to be that whenever I started a new job one of my grandparents died. That was quite depressing. But recently fate has been getting more ambitious – I started my last permanent job in August 2001 and I’ve only been at my latest job for a few weeks. I’m just hoping they put the bins back on the stations now that they’ve developed bombs that don’t need to be planted in bins.
I was pleased by the concern shown by some of my friends in Japan, but it struck me as slightly odd, too…they regularly have earthquakes there, if part of a city is brought to a halt by a quake a good chunk of the citizens in the local area /will/ be directly affected by it. It would cause a much more pervasive destruction, within which it is reasonable to make sure those you know are OK. And, without wishing to trivialise the situation, yesterdays events weren’t a great deal more than another day of tube timetabling problems for most of the people affected.
Any London based people who feel they would like to get away for a few days in the country, let me know.
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