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Not sure how clear this is in the photo, but here's a picture of teh helpful guide in the toilets of the local train. There's handy braille writing telling you which buttons to press to open, close and lock the door, then braille writing (shown in the photo) telling you which light comes on to show if the door is locked or unlocked.

I know braille is also useful for people who are partially sighted and might be able to make out which of the two lights are on, but it still seems an oversight that there is no braille indicator as well as the light, or even a sound played to signify the door is locked or unlocked.

What do you think?

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Happy New Year everyone. Hope it's a good one. Been busy over the last few weeks so not many updates. Sorry about that, but hey, it's been important stuff, quality time with my better half, jobs and family, so it's not wasted.

Now we're right into the swing of New Year Resolutions, I wanted to let you know about my experience between my birthday and Christmas, where I decided to go without alcohol. (Yes, the birthday bit is relevamt to that decision, and no, I'm not going in to any more detail). Of course, December is the party season, so there was plenty on, and plenty of drinks available. No drinking wasn't the hard part though, which surprised me a little.

The worst thing about going without drink is trying to explain it to others. A set of car keys proved to be a good talisman to ward off all but the most persistent persuaders, but there were plenty who just can't take no for an answer. I'm not drinking, I don't want a drink, I'll happily bring wine and nibbles to the party, but I'll be drinking Irn Bru. It's a message a lot of people find hard to accept, and I started to wonder if I was being unreasonable. You need a very strong will to see a resolution through, and the two thinks that got me through it were the talisman that could ward off the casual observer and the goal that I had to stay off for my own good reasons. If you are having trouble with your resolutions, think about what your motivtion is. If you're dieting, think of the outfit you want to fit into, if you're a smoker, jangle the change in your pocket that you wouldn't have otherwise. I'm sure you can think of your own. And if you do fail for one day, don't let it become 2 days.

As for alcohol, the Scottish Executive campaign ran with the tagline "Drink. Don't push it." After all, it's a drug. Looks like there's a lot of people who can't accept that. I'm drinking again, but I learned a lot from people's reactions. It was a very interesting experiment.

Take care,

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Your Theme Song is Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd

"There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship’s smoke on the horizon. You are only coming through in waves." You haven't been feeling a lot lately, and you think that's a good thing. The comfortable part is nice... but you should really work on numb.