Roundabout Way

[dotinthesky]

Mile End Tube station was closed this morning, with firetrucks and ambulances parked outside its entrance. Two underground staff members fended off people's questions, who typically tried to get into the station even though it was bleeping obvious it was closed. My immediate reaction, naturally, was to think "terrorist attack"; I called Kevin, who was still at home, and a few minutes later he let me know someone was under a train.

They really need to sort out the platforms on that station; it has been an accident waiting to happen (and, in fact, not too long ago someone did get pushed in front of a train). The problem is the Central line: too many people want to get on it, and the problem is exacerbated when the District line arrives and people from that train rush towards the other. If you are standing first in line, you suddenly feel the crowd pushing and pressing against you as the train arrives. However, maybe someone did jump in front of a train. Who knows.

I had to take a bus to Canary Wharf and join the Jubilee line there. I sat beside three children - two boys and a girl - who spent the whole time describing in graphic detail the pros and cons of pooing inside bowls and cups. They were having the time of their lives.

Comments

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I only use them to go downstairs, so no, my legs are still scrawny as ever!

[iejw.livejournal.com]

Oh. That’s cheating… I was nearly impressed!

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

By the way things are going, I wouldn't be surprised if the other elevator died as well and we had to use the stairs for coming and going.

[fj.livejournal.com]

And I thought I had a problem in Düsseldorf with my 6th floor walk-up...

[iejw.livejournal.com]

That has happened before. I seem to remember I wasn’t terribly amused.

[desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com]

Oh c'mon, you can do it! Within a few weeks you'll be totally used to it.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I should take up the challenge; I really want big, football-player legs!

[desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com]

There you go, best way to go about it. It will take a few more than 4 levels for me to get bigger legs, though. I've been riding my bike nearly every day to work, and they've begun to look real smooooooooth! Muscles starting to define where before I was like, "Hey, nice legs" now my friend said, "Hey, where ya goin' with those gams!?" haha. If I could only give up some fat-filled items I eat and drink, then they'd be super fantastic. Oh well, I like being a little bit fatty, girls should have some curves on 'em.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I work all my muscle groups at the gym but I'm having no luck with the legs. I think I need to put extra work into them but I'm always worried about hurting my lower back (with leg presses etc) after a scoliosis in the past... so biking or staircase climbing might be the way for me to go.

[desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com]

Errr...scoliosis doesn't just go away. It's a 2nd degree bony deformity. You won't hurt your lower back with leg presses if you do them correctly and don't overload. You're more likely to overtire it with biking than leg presses.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Yup, I do my leg presses very carefully and I never push myself, which is why I think I'm not getting as fast a result as I want. My scoliosis use to really affect me, but then I started swimming, doing stretches and strengthening my lower back, and never had a problem with it again. It does actually feel like I don't have it because it's been about 8 years now since it last hurt.

[desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com]

Awesome! Yeah, my ex-roommate (the nice one) has it, too, but she does a lot of very specific yoga she's learned about, remember she's a yoga instructor? to help her counteract the tendencies of the curves.