November 15, 2002
What a day!
What an epic journey getting home this evening. Left work at 6pm, heard on the mini-bus to DART station that all bus lanes were open to everyone, so delays were to be expected...
So got the DART into Connelly, then waited God knows how long for the 90 bus in the puring rain. The bus eventually arrived, bus drive mentioned that it would be faster for everyone to walk (yeah right, in this weather!) as it took him 2 hours to make a round-trip (eep)! We chanced our arm anyway, so getting out of Connelly was, shall we say, slow and painful. Got to the quays nearly an hour later. At this stage my BF knows the ins and out of the Javascript book which makes it trivial to incorporate with RDF, datasources and XUL. I was half-conked out at that stage. We got so bored that we sms'd each other, even though we sat beside each other. But as we finally got nearer and nearer Hueston Station, I noticed a spray of water from the other side of the quays, it was the civil defense doing what's it looks like pumping water into mid-air towards the Liffey. But all I saw was the water been blown back onto the road. Was wondering for awhile why the other side of the quays had no traffic. Seems that the road was so badly flooded, all cars were diverted, and the Gardai were allowing some trucks, buses and other larger vehicles through. The thing was, the bus lanes should not have been made free for all. Bus lanes are for buses (and other public transport). Just look at the chaos it caused this evening. To top it off, I stepped into a big puddle. That is where my piccie comes in...
So 3 hours (and a bit) later, I am home. At least there was warm dinner to come home to (thanks, Oish!). Posted by whykay at November 15, 2002 12:05 AM | TrackBack