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27th September 2006
My last blog was to do with sailing and creates a link for my latest
ramblings.
We all require it, but water seems to be taking up a
lot of media time over the last three weeks.Water water everywhere.Perhaps
because of the earlier shortages in the year and now the flooding in
Norfolk the essential stuff is always in the news.Having designed labels
and the like for companies who market bottled water I always look for ‘new’ products
and their respective packaging when I have the occasion to see them.
On
travelling to London last week , the journey meant that I had to travel
by train and underground. Yes the day was warm but I never realised
how successful the marketers had been in convincing the general public
that water was almost as important as the mobile phone.
It seems to
be the standard kit to carry now. There were people of all sorts, sipping
and some gulping the stuff down. Bottles and containers being produced
from handbags and some almost covertly, almost secretly from brown
bags when you would at least expect alcohol to appear.
On the tube I
counted from the ten commuters I could see easily,eight having a pull
during the three stop journey.
They must be peeing all day!
Certainly multi-pocketed clothes and ruck
sacks are being increasingly becoming the generic uniform and do lend
themselves to all manner of ‘accessories’
The old adage of checking
that you had all your essentials before leaving on a journey with the
rhyme. -Spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch now seems to be, ipod,
water, mobile and gum.
Regarding
apparel, dress design trends seem to move faster than IT.
When I was at college we thought we were trend setters in by
wearing ‘flared’ Levi's
and applying black polish to brown chelsea boots, but on the train
I noticed that around fifty percent of the occupants looked as if they
had just missed the main explosion. ‘Ragged military style clothing-
some with belts that served no purpose and trousers worn at ‘half
mast ‘that could certainly have used a method of keeping them
up. The rest seemed to be wearing their underware- overware, lacy fabrics
that looked as if the moth had got there first.
My thoughts are that it
can only reflect on the gullibility of society nowadays and the amount
of money spent on goods that could be obtained cheaply from the tap,
or clothes that a charity shop would decline.
To sign off I’ve included a few pictures
of when I recently helped bring a boat from Tollesbury to Woolverston
on the Orwell.
This is what life and water is really about!
Have you
ever thought that it was about time you ‘left the stage’?
What do you think?
I’d like to hear from you.
Chris
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