The was a piece recently in one of the online UK broadsheets [maybe the
Independent] about a policemen in London who commuted by air to his home in
New Zealand every three or four months with a week or two between
turnarounds. The piece also mentioned other London workers who commuted
weekly from their homes in Belgium, Spain and Portugal.
jh
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Key" <rogerdkey@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, 15 December, 2006 09:30 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: Age concern
>
> When I was working in Toronto in the 70's and 80's one of my colleagues
> travelled from Peterborough, which involved a 20 minute drive to the
> station, and a three-hour train journey on a small 3-coach train, which
ran
> once a day (and back again in the evening). The passengers all had their
> regular places. They had a party once a year, and they used to joke that
> they saw their fellow passengers longer each day than they saw their
> wifes/husbands (sleep excepted). He got home each day around 8:45pm, and
> left again at 5:30am. The rest of us thought he was mad!
>
> Roger Key
>
>
> >From: "Wiliam Wagenaar" <wiliam@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> >To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >Subject: [OM] Re: Age concern
> >Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 08:17:52 +0100
> >
> >
> >43 and counting!
> >
> >Sometimes wild like a teenager (last summer has a complete blue *ss when
> >I fell from my son's skateboard)
> >
> >At other times grumpy like an old man (especially now since my
> >nworkplace is moving from 7 minutes by bike to 2 hours by train :-(( )
> >
> >Wiliam
> >
> >
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