Wild, free, and warmer than ever!

The postal service is crap. But they saw to it that I got my package, so I shouldn't fault them. Even if they no longer deliver twice a day (yeah, I remember Royal Mail circa. 1900), and postage is expensive, and they take a break for lunch at 2pm. British people do not take siesta. Seriously people, when will we learn that complacency breeds poor service?

So earlier, I skipped heartily through town wearing my new coat from eBay, well, I jogged happily...okay, I moved swiftly through the streets to avoid the gazes of the town rats AKA chavs. $380 of down coat for £36 - BARGAIN! But I won't plug eBay like I did with nikuman... (see old blog on blogspot). It was warm, a little too warm, but perfect for a jaunt through the bitter cold of winter in North China, which is (funnily enough) where I'm going. Forward planning YEAH!

Seeing as I'm a charity case myself, it seemed suitable for me to wade through clothes in the charity shops, holding my breath where possible to avoid collapsing the nauseating smell of old perfume. They should have badges for that - like the ones in nuclear power-plants.

[Charity shops need badges]

But kudos to charity shop workers who trawl through the muck that gets dumped outside their shops to find the little gems amongst soiled trousers and half-used toiletries. I picked out two pairs of non-jeans, so now I should be ready to look like an old man/teacher for those kids in China. With my TWO pairs of trousers. For a whole year. Here's hoping I can buy loads in China.

And on another note, I'm hoping the train service in China is better than here too, since it can't get much worse. Example: Cam & Dursley Station to Yeovil Pen Mill. One train... £29. But what is that, national rail? I can get it down to £21 if I buy two tickets - one to Bristol, then one to Yeovil from there. ON THE SAME TRAIN? Wow, national rail, way to make the prices nonsensical. I guess I'll look forward to a service where just trying to figure out the pricing system isn't a massive mindfu*k.

...readers! I'll hold him back, escape before he mentions politics!!!

And if you are still here, I'll leave you with a picture of my other dog, almost 17 and still strong (though a little clumsy, somewhat blind and SELECTIVELY DEAF). I give you... SOX!


["Throw me the ball, throw it!"]

Later!