Nineteen Sixty Four (The Blog) is a collection of random thoughts, comments and adventures from my life, opinions are my own and are not to be confused with the thoughts in my head or written elsewhere, trademarks are similarly not mine (except for the ones that ARE mine) and are used within the context of the stories being told. Some of these stories are as I remember them, others may be spiced up to keep the reader engaged… you can choose what to believe or not…
Despite my adventure on the train yesterday I'm not really a train person, today I realised how unprepared I am without a vehicle to provide the necessary comforts that I have become used too. I like to be prepared, I like to have a rain jacket and a warm jumper, I...
Well today I took my first 'functional' trip on public transport since around 2005, I haven't been a regular train user since my apprenticeship and the days before I got my license; when I talk about functional I mean to travel with a purpose or more importantly...
Sometimes we have to wait for things to happen, parcels to arrive, the weekend to come around or any number of other things... don't get me wrong, I hate waiting the same as the next guy, lining up is one of my least favourite things ever, but I'm talking about...
Sometimes when you think you have everything sorted you come outside and find oil on the ground. Oil on the ground, specifically differential oil is never good, but the day you are planning to head off for a Christmas road trip is the worst timing, thankfully the...
I'm technically on my third recliner chair, left on a friends verandah more than 15 years ago, mostly home to spiders and the occasional cat, my chair sits idle awaiting a new life. I found this chair on the side of the road discarded amongst other household...