Deep in the London Underground yesterday, as the train pulled into the station, I noticed the driver was wearing sunglasses. It looked very surreal.
Any explanations for this strange behaviour? You don't think they're employing blind drivers who won't see the dark tunnel of nothingness whooshing towards them do you?
Any explanations for this strange behaviour? You don't think they're employing blind drivers who won't see the dark tunnel of nothingness whooshing towards them do you?
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06/23Driving hundreds of people through tunnels at speed, stoned or drunk, either one is a spine-chilling thought.
The trains do have what they call a "Dead Man's Handle". This is the handle the drivers push to accelerate and, in the event they pass out or die, their grip on the handle will be released and the train will come safely to a stop. That's the theory anyway. Not much use if the driver is a suiciddal speed freak I suppose.
And his glassess?.......either Gucci or Rayban I think. -
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06/23got a bit of a stutter this morning.....
suiciddal ?
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06/23designer sunglasses: a vain attempt at thwarting the abyss's long look into him while he looks long into it?
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06/24rose colored? or, now how about the kind that skiers, etc. wear that are yellow and cut shadows. if you ever skied on on a dark gloomy day or in a bliding snowstorm, those googles and glasses with lenses like that pulled it all together, just like you said, a surreal world...not blinded, prehaps stoned, but more likely clarity. -
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06/25Requirements for train drivers : "fit & alert individuals with excellent eyesight & good hearing".
Protection in order to maintain visual clarity then? The tunnels are dirty and at the very front of the tube train the filth must be at it's peak. Clothes & skin would be very grimy after working a shift, but these are washable; eyeballs embedded with grime & grit are not.
Downside of the job : "it is also dark in the tunnels and the lack of scenery can get depressing"
Maybe back to my "blind" theory? Dark tunnels+dark glasses = pitch black = removal of any contemplation of scenery = no depression
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My eyes are *extremely* sensitive to those ultra bright halogen headlights, whether they are on a car approaching me or reflected in my side rear view mirror. (Wasn't there once a brand of toothpaste called "Ultra Bright"? But I digress.) Either way, my eyeballs will get fried unless I wear my sunglasses.
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Hey, Denise,
Are you extremely sound-sensitive? -
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Sound-sensitive? You mean do I want to jump out of my skin whenever a person: munches potato chips, cracks gum, clips nails (really, some things should not be done in the office), gulps water, slurps coffee, clicks on a pen all day long, and breathes too loudly? (That last item refers to my ex-husband, who was (and still is, I suppose) a mouth-breather.)
In answer to your next question, yes, I have read "Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight" (www.amazon.com/exec/obido...728-2626468 ). -
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damn!! Thanks Denise! For that link & more....
I thought I was alone & out there with this one.......
In trying to get my Dr to understand my neural dysfunctions in the upper body I told her that I can hear the seeds crack on pampas grass & she slowly shook her head & said "I'm so sorry" lol *~*
Do you use Chiropractic? Accupuncture? Meds?
I was always declared "too sensitive", which I have redefined as a good thing rather than being a 'numb nut' as we called some boys in high scholl, but then fractured C3 & my senses went through the Richter scale on reception. -
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the sound of silence
07/02Hi Gi Gi! You asked, "Do you use Chiropractic? Accupuncture? Meds?" Wellbutrin and Klonopin for the depression and anxiety, respectively.
I have not yet found anything to treat the hypersensitivity, though. I am almost *always* cold, I can't tolerate certain textures (e.g., terra cotta flowerpots), and I startle *very* easily (so much so that I actually bought a rear view mirror for my computer monitor at work).
I also have a hair trigger gag reflex. Oh, sorry, wrong tribe.
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