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Stephen Bartley writes about poker and gambling. His passions away from work and family are horse racing, tea, drink and politics. Having escaped London, a world that involved double locks and baseball bats hidden by the door, Stephen moved with his partner, step-daughter and young son to Whitstable, a seaside town in Kent, where he resides in a coastal fortress with astonishing fields of fire. That makes it good for nights in, watching American racing, drinking cocktails and getting early nights.

Monday, May 01, 2006

Swearing in French is not rock 'n roll

The old 'Road Rage' gene is still strong. Found that out yesterday when I was moving my stuff from Blackheath to Streatham. I don't get out of the car and start yelling. It's more like I get annoyed when people let people in ahead of me when traffic is generally bad. Then I swear out loud, sometimes in French, and hope nobody sees me. Obviously I keep it down at traffic lights.

Tonight was good though, a short trip to Tooting. But on the way back it was like getting into the car for the first time. I couldn't find the windscreen wipers, forgot to take the hand brake off, tried to start the car in gear and for half the journey didn't have my seat belt on. Had a great night. Maybe this is as much Rock 'n Roll as I need to be?

It's Bank Holiday tomorrow. Again. But for some of us in the press Corp, the hardcore elite you might say, it's just another day hacking away at useless gibberish before someone persuades us to get a real job. Caffeine and chocolate, with attempts to write the perfect sentence in between. Hmm. Perhaps this is as much Rock 'n Roll as I need to be?

I'll try and play a satellite tomorrow too, probably in the afternoon, depending on work. Winners get a seat to the main event on Saturday, which I can't play in anyway. But then again I may buy sheets, and cowboy boots on The Kings Road. These are heady days, with no time for second thoughts. Act now without hesitation or regrets. That just might be as Rock 'n Roll as I need to be.

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