To adapt or die....

Ok, so you have to remember that this is purely an opinion of mine, and I use this blog to fire off my 'rants'. That said,even if strong, one shouldn't take it too personally, or think I'm directing it at anyone specific OK? Moving on.....

So, I often get the question : How do you travel on a train for 1h15 every day ? I couldn't do it!!

Well, here's how I do it. I get in the air conditioned train, get a seat, sit down and listen to music, or read, or do both, or read the FREE newspaper, or relax, I can even phone friends and chat to them! I can write letters too. Then I get off at my stop. I do it like that.

I don't get in a car, sit in traffic, jam packed, bumper to bumper for 90 mins, stoping and starting, frustrated. I don't have the worry of car-jackers, or beggars, or window washers, or jeers, or road rage idiots. I don't pay for parking at every stop. i don't worry my parked car will get hit/stolen /broken into.

So.... how can one not love the train? I've read more books since coming back here than the last 5 years in CT. I have caught up on politics, science, friends, writing,etc. essentially I've got 2 hours of my daily life back. With very little stress. It's all about adapt or die really. I adapted my travel choices to best suit me.

Because in this country I have a choice.

In others you don't have that choice. You have to have your own transport, or chance dying in the dangerous / unreliable / shoddy alternative. Fortune favours the brave, it take brave people to change their circumstances, or to change the world in bad circumstances. I chose the former cos I'm not brave enough to do the latter.

Cheers I'm off to get my train ........