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By: Using Books Weblog » Bussie Book Club

Using Books Weblog » Bussie Book Club — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 03:44:41 +0000

[...] Anna of little.red.boat gets to know people on the bus from their reading material: I know their ringtones, I know the voice they answer their mobile phone with in public, and the difference when it’s work or someone else. Some of them, I know their favourite deoderant, but that’s London for you. [...]

By: monkey

monkey — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:09:33 +0000

see, when i lived in london, most people i knew claimed to never see the same people (strangers) again, in public. whereas i did ALL the time, and in some cases felt like i sort of ‘knew’ things about them, im glad im not the only one!!

By: Anna F

Anna F — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 19:34:23 +0000

Anna, one question. WHY?! Why aren’t people allowed to look at each other, or even - heaven forbid - *talk*? I was introduced to the wonderful world of London public transport a couple of years ago, and I was shocked and appalled to find that eye contact has actually been outlawed. I have a faint feeling that our lot may have been a bit of a shock to the system.

Y’see, summer of ‘04, there were about 20,000 people flooding the tubes and buses, making eye-contact, talking, handing out chocolate chip cookies… we found out very quickly where the boundaries were, then skipped happily over the line every time we went anywhere. I have to say, the best indication of our presence was - aside from sheer numbers - the guy wearing a chicken-hat. Or possibly the tendency to perform mexican waves when the tube broke down.

… I thoroughly recommend that you talk to them. Chances are, all it’ll take is to break the ice, and you’ll meet some interesting, friendly people who probably wanted to talk to you too.

By: Pete

Pete — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 17:04:38 +0000

Of course, you don’t use WordPress, you use Blogger, so that guide is of no use to you. Ho hum.

I’ll have a look round.

By: Pete

Pete — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 17:00:25 +0000

I’ll field this one, Anna.

Schmutzie, it will be different depending upon what system you use. If you use Wordpress, you might find this guide useful.

By: schmutzie

schmutzie — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 16:39:28 +0000

Lovely. Very stalkerish, but lovely.

By the way, how did you get that alternating grey and white behind your comments?

By: Steffi

Steffi — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 16:14:16 +0000

don’t work too hard. it’s not good. At all. (not to mention that we all want to read more of your blog)
I see the same woman walking her boy to school every morning as I cycle to work, we cross the road at the same point, but in opposite directions. Recently she’s been looking tired, I almost asked her what’s up the other day. Didn’t though. We don’t do that here in Glasgow either… at least mostly.

By: the other other Karen

the other other Karen — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 15:18:04 +0000

nothing to add (i drive to work), just wanted to say that i really enjoyed this post. :)
you are what you read…

By: Damian

Damian — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:50:06 +0000

Your bussies wear deodorant? My tubies don’t. You must be dead posh!

By: Gordon

Gordon — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 11:49:51 +0000

Wonderful. I have quite a few trainies, but since they revamped the schedule I’ve had to make new ones. The book club is a bit low on numbers mind you, and mostly Da Vinci Code, some fantasy stuff or Catherine Cookson.

Which, in itself, is probably an indication of something but I’m too busy reading Tales of Endurance (tales of historical explorers) to notice.