It has got really windy.
I couldn't find anyone who wanted to go to the pub, so I went to the shop to get some orange juice (Tropicana - smooth, as it happens) and I was shocked at how gusty it is.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 3 Feb 2011, 21:45, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

ooh I have tropicana orange and mango
best of all the tropicananananas
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Thu 3 Feb 2011, 21:48, Reply)

I have Rio so both of you lose.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Thu 3 Feb 2011, 21:49, Reply)

I quite like the Ruby breakfast juice.
I'm not sure if I've got a favourite though.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 3 Feb 2011, 21:50, Reply)

Gusty
fnar. I'm glad I'm driving in to work tomorrow, it's howling outside.
(berk, Thu 3 Feb 2011, 21:48, Reply)

Is your car all better now?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 3 Feb 2011, 21:51, Reply)

Yeah it's a happy little car again
has been for a while now. I just hope it doesn't cost me anything to damn well MOT next month or I'm fucked.
(berk, Thu 3 Feb 2011, 21:52, Reply)

Have you booked up for next week?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 3 Feb 2011, 21:56, Reply)

My train tickets and that?
no, not yet. I found out today I don't need to be there til 10:30, so I can get the first train up and not worry about a hotel. Cutting it fine, but still. I'll sleep better in my own bed and a five hour train journey will give me plenty of time to go through my notes...
(berk, Thu 3 Feb 2011, 22:03, Reply)

Whilst they've said 10.30
I'm sure if you were to call and explain you'll be getting a same-day train they'd be able to see you later (how long are the interviews? A couple of hours?).

The cutting-it-fine-thing is always a worry, as if the train is running late for any reasion, you've a whole world of stress and concern that is completely out of your hands.

Putting your faith in someone else - especially the public transport man - is, in this DogFuckers view, folly.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 3 Feb 2011, 22:07, Reply)

Ah no, it;s a whole day thing
intro talks and whatnot start at 10:30, interviews are after lunch. I will check though.
(berk, Thu 3 Feb 2011, 22:14, Reply)

If you can find the necessary to stay overnight, I'd go with that.
You might find that the cost of an off-peak train on one of the discount-rail fare sites off-sets the cost of the hotel when set against the same day travel ticket.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 3 Feb 2011, 22:17, Reply)

I've checked, it doesn't
well, it does. But it limits me to catching those two trains and only those two trains and is about £14 cheaper, so no point really.
(berk, Thu 3 Feb 2011, 22:21, Reply)

three bottles of wine that is

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Thu 3 Feb 2011, 22:23, Reply)

I would be sick
long before I managed to drink three bottles of wine.
(berk, Thu 3 Feb 2011, 22:26, Reply)

Putting the financials to one side.
Will you be more relaxed if you know all you have to do on the day is get up and get to the venue by 10.30, rather than getting up and hoping that the train in on time?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 3 Feb 2011, 22:26, Reply)

Not really
I won't sleep well but I will sleep better in my own bed. I'll speak to the staff and see what they think would be best. I just really can't afford to spunk an extra £50 on a hotel even if I will get it back in a months time.
(berk, Thu 3 Feb 2011, 22:29, Reply)

I understand that.
But if you can remove the stress of possibly putting your faith in the rail-network, you remove a potential problem, that's all I'm saying. But as you say, fifty quid is fifty quid.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 3 Feb 2011, 22:31, Reply)

That's 10 bottles of wine

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Thu 3 Feb 2011, 22:33, Reply)

I always drive to work
Mostly due to the walk home being 4 miles of uphill.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Thu 3 Feb 2011, 21:51, Reply)

I cycle usually
it's just over 3 miles with a small hill and a big hill. Fortunately the big hill is on the way back home so I can get off and walk without worrying about being late.
(berk, Thu 3 Feb 2011, 21:54, Reply)