Long train journey
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Saleen836 said:
Apart from reading a book, I'm after ideas to pass the time on Monday when I will be taking a 5 and a half hour train journey..
BookLaptop / tablet
Snooze
Headphones and listen to some new music (new music to you, not necessarily 'new' music)
Film (see laptop / tablet)
Bottle of wine (or 2)
Dr Murdoch said:
Book
Laptop / tablet
Snooze
Headphones and listen to some new music (new music to you, not necessarily 'new' music)
Film (see laptop / tablet)
Bottle of wine (or 2)
I'm a non drinker but couldn't drink anyway as I will be driving the return journey the same day, listening to some music and snoozeing sounds like the best optionLaptop / tablet
Snooze
Headphones and listen to some new music (new music to you, not necessarily 'new' music)
Film (see laptop / tablet)
Bottle of wine (or 2)
From recent train journeys I have taken the favourite pastimes of others appear to be:
Tutting at what you perceive to be bad manners from other people - that ought to keep you entertained for 40 minutes.
Follow that with: Allowing your children to run wildly up and down the aisle, whilst you ignore them and play candy crush. Problem is that whilst you might only survive one hour doing that, it will feel like an eternity to everyone else.
Next up - Make a complete faff of eating the most inconvenient "travel" food you can get your hands on. Especially something smelly, like fish, or some devilled eggs. Whatever you do, make sure you pack them in really annoyingly crinkly packaging. Don't clean up afterwards, leave the detritus all over the place to stink up the rest of the carriage.
Once this has finished, it is time to start dry humping your drunk council girlfriend whilst she has an overly loud conversation on the phone with her mate Chantice about how Darren has probably either got her pregnant or given her syphillis, but you won't know until she can afford a pregnancy test when her benefits come through.
Finally, once you have done all of that, you must get on Twitter and Facebook and complain to everyone about Southern Rail and their incompetence to run/manage a train service. Even if you aren't travelling on Southern Rail.
Or, instead, as others have suggested, a good book, or a couple of films on your laptop or iPad with some decent headphones ought to do the trick.
Tutting at what you perceive to be bad manners from other people - that ought to keep you entertained for 40 minutes.
Follow that with: Allowing your children to run wildly up and down the aisle, whilst you ignore them and play candy crush. Problem is that whilst you might only survive one hour doing that, it will feel like an eternity to everyone else.
Next up - Make a complete faff of eating the most inconvenient "travel" food you can get your hands on. Especially something smelly, like fish, or some devilled eggs. Whatever you do, make sure you pack them in really annoyingly crinkly packaging. Don't clean up afterwards, leave the detritus all over the place to stink up the rest of the carriage.
Once this has finished, it is time to start dry humping your drunk council girlfriend whilst she has an overly loud conversation on the phone with her mate Chantice about how Darren has probably either got her pregnant or given her syphillis, but you won't know until she can afford a pregnancy test when her benefits come through.
Finally, once you have done all of that, you must get on Twitter and Facebook and complain to everyone about Southern Rail and their incompetence to run/manage a train service. Even if you aren't travelling on Southern Rail.
Or, instead, as others have suggested, a good book, or a couple of films on your laptop or iPad with some decent headphones ought to do the trick.
condor said:
You could look out the window - I find that entertains me 
I love looking out of the window on trains (to be fair, I don't use them often). You get to see bits of cities you never see otherwise, and get to look in some peoples' back windows (including a knocking shop we stopped next to in Dusseldorf...)1) Download movies from Amazon Prime
2) Eat all the free food and free drink
3) Be nice to the hostess for extra free treats
4) Go to the toilet after any posh looking woman as should she have dropped a gorilla finger it will have been well cleaned up and perfume dispensed for an enjoyable experience
2) Eat all the free food and free drink
3) Be nice to the hostess for extra free treats
4) Go to the toilet after any posh looking woman as should she have dropped a gorilla finger it will have been well cleaned up and perfume dispensed for an enjoyable experience
Shakermaker said:
From recent train journeys I have taken the favourite pastimes of others appear to be:
Tutting at what you perceive to be bad manners from other people - that ought to keep you entertained for 40 minutes.
Follow that with: Allowing your children to run wildly up and down the aisle, whilst you ignore them and play candy crush. Problem is that whilst you might only survive one hour doing that, it will feel like an eternity to everyone else.
Next up - Make a complete faff of eating the most inconvenient "travel" food you can get your hands on. Especially something smelly, like fish, or some devilled eggs. Whatever you do, make sure you pack them in really annoyingly crinkly packaging. Don't clean up afterwards, leave the detritus all over the place to stink up the rest of the carriage.
Once this has finished, it is time to start dry humping your drunk council girlfriend whilst she has an overly loud conversation on the phone with her mate Chantice about how Darren has probably either got her pregnant or given her syphillis, but you won't know until she can afford a pregnancy test when her benefits come through.
Finally, once you have done all of that, you must get on Twitter and Facebook and complain to everyone about Southern Rail and their incompetence to run/manage a train service. Even if you aren't travelling on Southern Rail.
Or, instead, as others have suggested, a good book, or a couple of films on your laptop or iPad with some decent headphones ought to do the trick.
Post of the year so far.Tutting at what you perceive to be bad manners from other people - that ought to keep you entertained for 40 minutes.
Follow that with: Allowing your children to run wildly up and down the aisle, whilst you ignore them and play candy crush. Problem is that whilst you might only survive one hour doing that, it will feel like an eternity to everyone else.
Next up - Make a complete faff of eating the most inconvenient "travel" food you can get your hands on. Especially something smelly, like fish, or some devilled eggs. Whatever you do, make sure you pack them in really annoyingly crinkly packaging. Don't clean up afterwards, leave the detritus all over the place to stink up the rest of the carriage.
Once this has finished, it is time to start dry humping your drunk council girlfriend whilst she has an overly loud conversation on the phone with her mate Chantice about how Darren has probably either got her pregnant or given her syphillis, but you won't know until she can afford a pregnancy test when her benefits come through.
Finally, once you have done all of that, you must get on Twitter and Facebook and complain to everyone about Southern Rail and their incompetence to run/manage a train service. Even if you aren't travelling on Southern Rail.
Or, instead, as others have suggested, a good book, or a couple of films on your laptop or iPad with some decent headphones ought to do the trick.
I can't even remember the last time I used a train, probably around 30 years ago! 
I'm leaving Warminster on the 07.25ish train to Mansfield via Gloucester and Nottingham, looks like they have assigned me an aisle seat so will see how I get on, if I keep twitching my head and mumbling I doubt anyone will want to sit next to me!
I'm leaving Warminster on the 07.25ish train to Mansfield via Gloucester and Nottingham, looks like they have assigned me an aisle seat so will see how I get on, if I keep twitching my head and mumbling I doubt anyone will want to sit next to me!
Watching porn is now considered bad manners, so you can entertain yourself at each station in other ways. When the train stops it time to have your first round of carriage door roulette. jump out and run as far along the train as you dare before getting back on to return to your seat. At the next station try to beat your carriage score and run a bit further down the platform.
You can expand on this by attempting to purchase a food item from the platform retailers before the doors close. Then risk going into one of the shops to buy a paper or similar.
Passes the journey quickly - although can sometimes make it a bit longer...
You can expand on this by attempting to purchase a food item from the platform retailers before the doors close. Then risk going into one of the shops to buy a paper or similar.
Passes the journey quickly - although can sometimes make it a bit longer...
Saleen836 said:
I can't even remember the last time I used a train, probably around 30 years ago!
I'm leaving Warminster on the 07.25ish train to Mansfield via Gloucester and Nottingham, looks like they have assigned me an aisle seat so will see how I get on, if I keep twitching my head and mumbling I doubt anyone will want to sit next to me!
You're coming to Mansfield?I'm leaving Warminster on the 07.25ish train to Mansfield via Gloucester and Nottingham, looks like they have assigned me an aisle seat so will see how I get on, if I keep twitching my head and mumbling I doubt anyone will want to sit next to me!
Don't get on the train.
Dan_1981 said:
Saleen836 said:
I can't even remember the last time I used a train, probably around 30 years ago!
I'm leaving Warminster on the 07.25ish train to Mansfield via Gloucester and Nottingham, looks like they have assigned me an aisle seat so will see how I get on, if I keep twitching my head and mumbling I doubt anyone will want to sit next to me!
You're coming to Mansfield?I'm leaving Warminster on the 07.25ish train to Mansfield via Gloucester and Nottingham, looks like they have assigned me an aisle seat so will see how I get on, if I keep twitching my head and mumbling I doubt anyone will want to sit next to me!
Don't get on the train.
boyse7en said:
condor said:
You could look out the window - I find that entertains me
I love looking out of the window on trains (to be fair, I don't use them often). You get to see bits of cities you never see otherwise, and get to look in some peoples' back windows (including a knocking shop we stopped next to in Dusseldorf...)Gassing Station | Boats, Planes & Trains | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff