In Defence of the Motorist

I tried not to write about it, I tried not to laugh about it and I tried not to be upset about it, but I have so got to write about the huge crash involving a poor Toyota Prius and some fancy motors.

A 14 car smash is news however you look at it but the interesting cringe-worthy thing here is that the crash involved the super car wish list of the century including 8 Ferraris, 1 Lamborghini, 3 Mercedes and possibly a Nissan GTR (though some sources say it was a Toyota).

The convoy of cars were thought to be on their way to Hiroshima for a ‘gathering of super cars’ which could maybe mean it was a car show or meet of some description, but to be honest it doesn’t really matter does it?

The point I’m trying to make is that, yeah I did have a bit of a smirk, guffaw, giggle and even a chortle to myself but that was more like a nervous laugh. After all, if I had just totalled my Mk2 Scirocco Storm I would be near suicidal, never mind if it had been my McLaren F1.

The Guardian reported ‘The automobile enthusiasts, aged between 37 and 60, were condemned by Japanese police. "It was a gathering of narcissists," Mitsuyoshi Isejima of the Yamaguchi prefecture expressway traffic unit told Bloomberg.’

How very dare people have such powerful and expensive cars and possibly break the speed limit. How dare a self employed business man spend his cash on a car? I mean really!

Now to me that says it all, because someone likes cars and saves up to buy nice cars and enjoy them it doesn’t actually make them the devil or one of his associates. Though in the everyday world it appears that may well be the case.


Yes, the 60 year old Ferrari driver admitted he that he had been speeding and happened to have an error of judgement, but that can happen anywhere with any driver of any car. The car accident didn’t happen because these people had fast, powerful, expensive cars!

Prost v Senna? No its BlackBerry v iPhone

After the BlackBerry Blackout of October I fell out with by beloved BB. I was disgusted, how very dare BB have a fault with their network which meant that I had lost touch with the world.

I had no email, no twitter and no facebook for 3 days; I mean really, how would anyone expect a woman to get through the day?

I am fully aware that there are many things wrong with that statement, like for one; do I not have a life? Or do I only have one that revolves around interaction via the written word?

Secondly, it’s not really as if it was a major hassle, I mean my poor BB got called some not very nice names, indeed the sort of words that would make a squaddie blush. It was only 3 days service missed from email, twitter and facebook in the time Ive had the phone, which is approximately 18 months or so. My little curve has been dunked in Cola, dropped in snow, kicked accidentally across a room and succumbed to the powers of a demolition expert of a 7yr old.

It is still in one piece, but I still felt let down and betrayed RIM.

As it is now approaching phone upgrade time Ive got the big decision to make, should I keep a hold of a phone that I like or go for the unknown iPhone contender?

I think the Blackberry RIM v iPhone rivalry is along the same lines as Ferrari v McLaren, Senna v Prost, you have to be in one camp or the other, you can’t (and won’t) dare have a foot in each camp. It just isn’t the done thing.

So I asked peoples opinions, iPhone 4S or BlackBerry Torch? It was that simple. I called Orange my network provider (see, I can be posh sometimes) and discussed it all with a lovely lady called Alison.

In short, FBF’s (facebook friends) say iPhone is the one to go for where as my twitfam (Twitter followers) are much more divided. Alison from Orange suggested that I try the iPhone and if I don’t like it I can easily return it within 14 days.

So, I’m finally buying into the whole ‘I’ thing, they have sold me a lifestyle choice full of hopes, dreams and aspirations and I’ve been reeled right in, all willingly.

Pfft, next Ill be owning an Audi……..oops got that.