North of the Stupid Line

Posts Tagged ‘Moblogging

01 Feb, 2006

Is ‘North of the Stupid Line’ boring?

Posted by: Rob

I ask the question because since the launch of deaf-blogs.com earlier this year, I’ve been far less inclined to post on here, much less vlog. Why? Simple. Some brilliant blogs have emerged that I feel I can’t compete with in terms of content and humour. It’s a sad situation, I admit. What’s to do? I [...]

01 Feb, 2006

Commuting (again)

Posted by: Rob

Joe jokingly wished me a good journey home from work this afternoon, particularly with regard to the smelly man eating a packet of cheese and onion crisps. It’s not that bad at the mo (yet) but it did get me thinking. What is a succesful commute? Is it that you get to work or home [...]

01 Feb, 2006

Packed train

Posted by: Rob

How lovely . . . here I am on a Thameslink train to Farringdon that’s been reduced from 8 carriages to 4 due to a fault. In the rush hour. Good timing. On a train that I can usually sit down on, it was already full of people. Luckily I managed to strategically place myself [...]

23 Jan, 2006

Clapham Junction

Posted by: Rob

(Posted via mobile) Just saw something absolutely hilarious. Following on from Lynne Truss’ Eats, Shoots and Leaves, I just went through Clapham Junction on the way to East Croydon and noticed that the sign notifying all and sundry that Clapham Junction was “Britains [sic] busiest railway station”, as pointed out by Truss in the book. [...]

10 Jan, 2006

London Underground

Posted by: Rob

(Posted via mobile) Seeing as this is the first time I’ve been on the London Underground since the strikes and for a week or so, I thought I would comment on the state of London’s public transport system. It was quite amusing to receive a text from my sister on Monday morning just as [...]



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Why North of the Stupid Line? It's quite simple: to signify an individual of subnormal intelligence and general social ignorance. This blog belongs to Rob Wilks (never!) who can be summed up thus: Deaf, married, daddy, happy chappy, smiley, solicitor, Welshman, Cymru.