Comments on: getting somewhere http://wendyhome.com/2009/06/29/hope/ fictional reality from Reading town Tue, 22 May 2012 23:57:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Tim http://wendyhome.com/2009/06/29/hope/comment-page-1/#comment-75278 Tim Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:43:53 +0000 http://wendyhome.com/?p=4584#comment-75278 If we are talking roads let me put on the map the A465, a veritable turbo-charged, GTE-suffixed, environmental limit a-bashing bat-out-of-hell experience of bends, uphills, downhills, roundabouts and death defying overtaking points; that I gallantly experienced in a- something- over-1 litre mini-metro without go-faster stripes, but with go-slower dinks. And no radio, melodic humming was provided by the car at speeds over 40 mph or 30 mph for the uphill stretches. Many years ago journeys home from college seemed to last forever. My wing mirrors were good though. Tracy Chapman should have sung ‘Slow Car’. If we are talking roads let me put on the map the A465, a veritable turbo-charged, GTE-suffixed, environmental limit a-bashing bat-out-of-hell experience of bends, uphills, downhills, roundabouts and death defying overtaking points; that I gallantly experienced in a- something- over-1 litre mini-metro without go-faster stripes, but with go-slower dinks. And no radio, melodic humming was provided by the car at speeds over 40 mph or 30 mph for the uphill stretches. Many years ago journeys home from college seemed to last forever.
My wing mirrors were good though.
Tracy Chapman should have sung ‘Slow Car’.

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]]> By: :: Wendy :: http://wendyhome.com/2009/06/29/hope/comment-page-1/#comment-75276 :: Wendy :: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:11:42 +0000 http://wendyhome.com/?p=4584#comment-75276 Oh my, Mme D. I used to drive around Edinburgh in the '90's, if it was your wing mirror I'm really sorry. W Oh my, Mme D. I used to drive around Edinburgh in the ’90′s, if it was your wing mirror I’m really sorry. W

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]]> By: Madame Defarge http://wendyhome.com/2009/06/29/hope/comment-page-1/#comment-75275 Madame Defarge Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:02:24 +0000 http://wendyhome.com/?p=4584#comment-75275 anti spam is 'the jam' - which is what I encountered whenever I drove around Edinburgh in the 90s. Ad my tape deck never worked. I hummed a lot. anti spam is ‘the jam’ – which is what I encountered whenever I drove around Edinburgh in the 90s. Ad my tape deck never worked. I hummed a lot.

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]]> By: Scarlet http://wendyhome.com/2009/06/29/hope/comment-page-1/#comment-75274 Scarlet Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:33:54 +0000 http://wendyhome.com/?p=4584#comment-75274 Blimey, that brings back some memories. Sx Blimey, that brings back some memories.
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