tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4576959142506128840.post7454867304955262875..comments2023-10-10T12:07:58.895+01:00Comments on mugofstrongtea : Coffee for Phil? People watching at Starbucks.Phil Lowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13481531408247859880noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4576959142506128840.post-6785775171236926972013-03-29T09:43:51.642+00:002013-03-29T09:43:51.642+00:00Another great story. What a joy it is, taking the ...Another great story. What a joy it is, taking the time to watch the world go by, even if most of what,s going by would not win any beauty contest.<br /><br />I am sitting in the Eurotunnel car park at the mo, watching the whole world and his mother flee the country in search of above-freezing temperatures. There was a cock-up on the ticket booking (might confess later) and we are lucky to still be getting across the channel today. Our crossing has been bumped to 12.00 but what the heck, it's better than having to come back tomorrow.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4576959142506128840.post-4871429448592633282013-03-22T15:16:45.930+00:002013-03-22T15:16:45.930+00:00I recently wandered down to this (to me) strange p...I recently wandered down to this (to me) strange part of town when I decided to visit Hopkinson's Antiques centre. It's like another world down there, nobody smiled, or even acknowledged each other, & there was an man distributing free magazines who tried 4 times to persuade me to take one - even when I waved the 2 I'd been given earlier at him, he gave me a blank look & waved more at me. You ertainly saw a great variety of human life whilst in Starbucks.If only there had been somewhere which sold decent cups of tea I might have been persuaded to 'watch the world go by' too, as I rarely drink coffee. Karenjanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05759086564626599394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4576959142506128840.post-79194591818413286542013-03-20T18:32:25.972+00:002013-03-20T18:32:25.972+00:00There is a Job Centre Plus just down the road. I k...There is a Job Centre Plus just down the road. I know cos I used to be someone signing on there. A lot of decent unemployed folk go there to sign on and genuinely look for work. And yes, I think that there a homeless shelter further on. Saying this I have the good sense and grace not to be critical of any of the unfortunate afore-mentioned people just a small element of dodgy folk skulking around.Phil Lowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13481531408247859880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4576959142506128840.post-48281998286779954002013-03-19T23:04:52.464+00:002013-03-19T23:04:52.464+00:00Certainly some odd types lurk around that part of ...Certainly some odd types lurk around that part of town. Possibly because the job centre is just down the road & not sure if there's a homeless shelter on London Road tooAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10349828855153546542noreply@blogger.com