2003-05-21

the_eggwhite: (Default)
2003-05-21 11:26 am

This world is BROKEN!

The trains have gone wrong.

Both last night and this morning. When the trains are behaving, I normally have to change at either Richmond or Putney to get in, and then either Staines or Richmond and Staines on the way back out.

Last night I got on a train at Barnes and got off at Egham.
This morning I got on a train at Egham and got off at Barnes.

They've changed the timetable. Even more confusing, they've changed it in a way that's useful! They didn't update the customer information screens until yesterday (the train I got onto at Barnes was announced as the 17:11 to Staines, but the screens were out of action. This is one of my normal trains, but when I got to staines, the screens had come to life and I found out that it carried on via Egham to Weybridge!)

This morning I found out that I can get 4 extra minutes of sleep, because the direct Egham -> Barnes train leaves just after my normal one... Huzzah!
the_eggwhite: (Default)
2003-05-21 04:33 pm
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GRARGH!

Bah! Multilingual webpages! Bah!
You hear me? I say Bah!

Bah! Without any accents (î, ç, è, etc...), ligatures (œ) or any other blatantly non-plain-english things. Just plain Bah!
I do not like trying to find invalid characters in XML documents when the documents are in english... But when they're in FRENCH...?

BAH!