Hot steaming hell

So I made it back to Toronto for my summer holiday.

After a crazy number of queing moments, I finally arrived the day after the "Bombings" and have more than a few well wishers saying they're glad I'm safe. I have to admit, I am too.

Saturday I managed to put in an appearance at my brother's shop. It was the Grand Opening and they needed all the help they could get. Crazy busy doesn't begin to describe it.

So far the weather has been tolerant.

Today, however, has just been nuts. My sweat is sweating, it's so hot. I was out shopping and had to curtail my activities because of the heat... even with an air conditioned car. I have to ask who can handle this weather? Every time I left my air-conned POD (be it house, shopping mall or car) , the oppressive heat smacked me in the face like a comedy wet noodle.

I know that London has the world's worst summer, but I'd take temperatures you can actually live in over this. It's just hella-hot.

Yeck.

Our 9/11?

Well, as reports filter through the news today, it looks like our 9/11 in London has finally come.

My thoughts go out to all those who actually died today, and to the rest of us who are pretty much stranded in a locked-down city.

That's an event then

A day after we get the Olympics, the entire London transport network seems to have gone to hell in a handbag.

The trains have been delayed, as usual and the entire tube system has been shut due to power surges. Wonderful. And we think we can handle the Olympics?

Of course, power surge could be code word for actual bomb, and God knows there's enough terrorist cells in the UK that would love a chance like today to prove their worth.

This city is now in chaos and probably won't be sorted for days.

Thankfully, I'm off to Toronto tomorrow for a well deserved holiday. Granted their tube line consists of two lines as opposed to London ten-odd, but getting out of this bloody town seems like a great idea.

Olympics

Crap. We got the Olympics. After living through the happiness of Toronto's failed bid, I now have to put up with our crumbling infrastructure trying to cope with millions of extra tourists in the summer of 2012.

As much as they want to believe London's transport system WILL be able to handle it, I have my fears. It can't handle the flow now and while everyone complains, nothing is done. Do we really believe that for a fortnight in 2012 we're going to get THAT much added investment? I don't think so. There'll be tailbacks, sweaty delays on the overcrowded tubes and general malais.

I also trust the BNP-factions of Britain to come out and harrass the Olympic athletes in true ASBO/Yob style, proving once again that the "great" in Great Britain is there mainly for historic reasons.