Well said, Alison. I was trapped in fancy offices and radio stations for
near on thirty years. When the roof fell in, I ended up catching trains -
and met real people again! (I say _again_ because I used to work for
Sheltered Workshops of Australia before that when humanity was at my elbow
all day.) Public transport is a good place to feel the pulse of a community,
isn't it.
Andrew
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alison Croggon" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 11:19 AM
Subject: Re: Tangled, Snap
> My, Joanna! - it sounds like the train to Werribee -
>
> I've often thought that a major problem with politicians is that they
don't
> use public transport. They would understand society better if they did.
>
> Best
>
> A
>
> On 27/10/05 9:24 AM, "Joanna Boulter" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Sorry, a bit discombobulated at the moment. Went up to Newcastle this
> > evening to hear Jane Hirshfield read, which was a marvellous experience.
On
> > the way back two different sets of drunks, one violent and the other
merely
> > very loud, had to be taken off the train by police at two different
> > stations. The loudest confided, fortissimo, that he was a Geordie (i.e.
from
> > Tyneside) Irishman who lived in the Village in New York, where he was a
> > policeman who had killed ten men, and if the man he decided to sit next
to
> > didn't confess he would burn him. The guard asked me if I was all right
> > (they were in the seat behind me), and when I said I thought so, he
> > disappeared for the next half-hour. Talk about an evening of contrasts!
>
>
>
> Alison Croggon
>
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