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Comment on Talking about addiction with Westminster Skeptics by taniaglyde

taniaglyde — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:59:48 +0000

Thanks, Paul. I really enjoyed it. We could have had a whole chat about the higher power, and you’d have been welcome to make statements rather than ask questions, as that seems to be fairly normal at similar events. Next time…

Comment on Talking about addiction with Westminster Skeptics by paulclarke

paulclarke — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:10:58 +0000

You were brilliant. It is a tough audience, that’s for sure. FWIW I was a bit surprised by that comment at the beginning of questions saying there was something on the stream about the talk being wayward in parts. I checked back, of course. I’m like that. There was nothing. I don’t know if anyone else found something, or it was deleted in haste, but I also know from my own experiences of presenting or performing that the one little comment like that is the one that sticks. Well, I don’t think it was there, and if so, was meaningless, as you ROCKED. Thank you – it was a privilege to hear you. If the environment had been a little smaller, warmer and more intimate I’d have had some interesting comments about the Higher Power thing, and about alternatives to AA, but I guess they’d have been comments, not questions, so not within the format. Anyway. It was a joy. Well done!!!

Comment on I don’t like going in taxis. There, I said it. by abz byrne (@abzbyrne)

abz byrne (@abzbyrne) — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 12:50:58 +0000

I did have a very unfortunate experience in a cab when I was a teenager so rarely take cabs now. Even when someone else is paying I don’t like it. I had a job once where if we we had to work beyond a certain hour we were entitled to take a cab home. I often shared one with a Board member who lived in Hampstead. She was always rude to the minicab driver. She got dropped off first and once I was in the cab alone on the way to Finsbury Park I had to be overly friendly to make up for her ill manners. This also got me into difficulties once or twice.

Comment on I don’t like going in taxis. There, I said it. by taniaglyde

taniaglyde — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 08:51:13 +0000

I agree – being whisked home in a cab late at night when there are two of you is lovely. I just think they’re desperately overpriced and, like I said, I think I may have a thing about cars…

Comment on I don’t like going in taxis. There, I said it. by taniaglyde

taniaglyde — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 08:49:17 +0000

It sounds wonderful. I’ve also been on some amazing car rides. But none of them involved taxis. :)

Comment on I don’t like going in taxis. There, I said it. by Vina Green

Vina Green — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:23:33 +0000

hmm I’m in two minds about this. I generally feel safer in taxis than I do getting home by any other means. I’ve only had to throw myself out of one once, for safety reasons, and considering the number that I’ve caught over the years, I think that’s pretty good going. I’ve had more taxi drivers kindly wait for me to turn the front door key and get inside before driving off late at night, than those that have tried to proposition me.

Inane conversation depends entirely on my mood – sometimes I encourage it, sometimes I despise it.

The smell and feel of a black cab, I love, I still find it both a novelty and a luxury, but maybe it’s just that even after five years in England, I still feel like a tourist. If the driver has an East End accent, even better. I don’t think I’ll ever find travelling by black cab a chore.

And the feeling of getting into a cab on a cold night and being whisked safely and quickly home – marvellous. Though, I’ll admit, when I’m with company it’s pure joy (and half the price), if I’m alone, it’s a stressful initial ten minutes, then a joy as soon as I realise the driver is decent and I’m not going to have to make a run for it. I generally tip them a fiver for not trying to maul me, after midnight. Money well spent.

Comment on I don’t like going in taxis. There, I said it. by Captain PhingerSpex (@PhingerSpex)

Captain PhingerSpex (@PhingerSpex) — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:23:11 +0000

It was a convertible with the top down and the sun shining, just me and my best mate. Those little extra details help paint the picture.

Comment on I don’t like going in taxis. There, I said it. by Captain PhingerSpex (@PhingerSpex)

Captain PhingerSpex (@PhingerSpex) — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:20:33 +0000

Driving a vintage Alfa Romeo over the Viljoen Pass on the way to a beach party in Hermanus on the south coast of Africa… sometimes being in a car can be exhilirating.

Comment on Remind me why I should pay for your booze? by taniaglyde

taniaglyde — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 07:42:48 +0000

There is also an idea floating around in some circles that it’s a bit declasse to talk about money, and a bit mean, and ‘not getting it’, to want to divide a bill according to what you’ve had. Again, I used to, but I don’t hang out in those circles any more.

Another point someone made was that vegetarians often end up paying for way more than they’ve had.

Comment on Remind me why I should pay for your booze? by taniaglyde

taniaglyde — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 07:39:56 +0000

I totally agree about cooking for someone who’s veggie – you would expect them to point it out well in advance. But with the booze thing in a restaurant, making a thing of not paying of drinking at the beginning can sometimes be embarrassing. See the scene in my book where the woman announces the fact at the beginning of the party, making me look a little foolish and, of course, poor. I also think it shouldn’t be an automatic convention that the bill is split equally, and I’m noticing that quite a lot of the time people do check it over and break it down. But then I don’t hang around with big drinkers any more.