The Monday of Going Absolutely Everywhere
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janestarzYesterday morning I finished the final throes of homework. After hand-sewing the lining selvedge down the center-front of my interfacing I was quite done on Tuesday, so sewing the piping from a strip of bias-cut orange linen could wait until the Wednesday morning.
Above-mentioned hand-sewing is one of those Proper Tailoring steps we learn in school, but it feels so darn useless. I still wonder whether this protects the raw edge of the interflex interfacing from butting against the center-front or whether it has some other important funcion. We also sew it down the front neckline and folding line of the lapel, so it stands to reason it has a supporting function, but you know... it's lining fabric selvedge.
Okay, all technical terms aside, after homework I went to Waalwijk for my laser treatment and then back again. I kept an eye on the trains, because in the first week of any frost or snow, about half our trains freeze to the iron rails they ride on. NS tries to compensate by letting fewer trains drive their routes, so they have more back-up equipment to replace the trains that break down. I guess, anyway, because otherwise I have no idea why they change the frequency and length of trains when it's snowing or freezing.
When I went to Waalwijk in the morning there was no traffic to Breda possible, but when I returned from it, it seemed to have been taken care of. I took the time to have a cup of coffee and then took the 14.55 train to Rotterdam which stopped moving at Tilburg Universiteit, some 2 km from our departing station, making me wish I could jump out the window and walk back home, since it didn't seem to be going anywhere.
In any case, delay-riddled I finally arrived at my dad's and spent a whole hour and a half there before I had to go on to school. My visit was too short, which means I'll have to return somewhere next week to make up for it, I guess.
After school my trip home was also delayed, leaving me to walk briskly around the new and comepletely unsheltered platform until my train arrived. Brrr. I ran into someone from Zwaard & Steen toting a wrapped longsword ("larper or swordfighter?") and we chatted a bit until Dordrecht.
Feels like I've been absolutely everywhere yesterday, but that was just due to delays and traveling taking so long. I hope today is simpler and less delayed. That would be nice.
Above-mentioned hand-sewing is one of those Proper Tailoring steps we learn in school, but it feels so darn useless. I still wonder whether this protects the raw edge of the interflex interfacing from butting against the center-front or whether it has some other important funcion. We also sew it down the front neckline and folding line of the lapel, so it stands to reason it has a supporting function, but you know... it's lining fabric selvedge.
Okay, all technical terms aside, after homework I went to Waalwijk for my laser treatment and then back again. I kept an eye on the trains, because in the first week of any frost or snow, about half our trains freeze to the iron rails they ride on. NS tries to compensate by letting fewer trains drive their routes, so they have more back-up equipment to replace the trains that break down. I guess, anyway, because otherwise I have no idea why they change the frequency and length of trains when it's snowing or freezing.
When I went to Waalwijk in the morning there was no traffic to Breda possible, but when I returned from it, it seemed to have been taken care of. I took the time to have a cup of coffee and then took the 14.55 train to Rotterdam which stopped moving at Tilburg Universiteit, some 2 km from our departing station, making me wish I could jump out the window and walk back home, since it didn't seem to be going anywhere.
In any case, delay-riddled I finally arrived at my dad's and spent a whole hour and a half there before I had to go on to school. My visit was too short, which means I'll have to return somewhere next week to make up for it, I guess.
After school my trip home was also delayed, leaving me to walk briskly around the new and comepletely unsheltered platform until my train arrived. Brrr. I ran into someone from Zwaard & Steen toting a wrapped longsword ("larper or swordfighter?") and we chatted a bit until Dordrecht.
Feels like I've been absolutely everywhere yesterday, but that was just due to delays and traveling taking so long. I hope today is simpler and less delayed. That would be nice.
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Date: 2013-01-17 09:51 am (UTC)Actually it is because in this case when one train has trouble, it does not work through the whole system. So a delay in Leeuwarden does not (or: is less likely to) mess up things in Maastricht. We do not have a train schedule, we have a subway schedule on above ground rails... I haven't been traveling by train lately but I did get 3 e-mails from NS telling me that the schedule will be altered due to the weather. They write: "Door de dienstregeling aan te passen wordt de kans kleiner dat het treinverkeer vastloopt."
So now you know why. ;-) Doesn't make it any less irritating of course.
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Date: 2013-01-17 02:12 pm (UTC)