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06/10/2026

Car park safety campaign after death of teenager in Guildford - BBC News

The family of 17-year-old Tom Combeer are now calling for legal changes to prevent more deaths.

27/09/2026

Any Londoners out there with Spotify might appreciate a playlist I put together that is a genuine nostalgia trip of my time working all around our great city.

I wanted a way of promoting especially Melina Blanco who I recently saw supporting EEVAH in concert.

I am obsessed with her song "Bus 139" and had to put together a suitable blend of other songs with strong London ties.

Enjoy:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7wlAiMp635h5IVANRacqfu?si=JyqtI0bpSj6JTzMrVTtlGg&utm_source=copy-link&pi=qnae0wF2RmKNb

Playlist · Brian O'Sullivan · 11 items

22/09/2026

22/09/2026

Just another random observation as a former Public Transport Evangelist turned filthy petrol-head scumbag, for September I booked time off work for my birthday and to get my car through its MOT.
I went to three gigs so far this month, next one is in London Tuesday night.

Bebe Barry's EP launch London EC4 The Harrow pub next door to the Inner Temple where I once spent a lovely summer doing a parking/security job years ago...drove to Ruislip Gardens, £6 pay by phone parking until 4am, Central line to St Paul's walked down the road, amazing night, easy journey home.

Then there was Rachel Croft's gig in Teddington. I booked a hotel near the Landmark Arts Centre and the train station to give myself the choice of public transport or driving. At the last minute I chose to drive all the way there and back. Parking was £6 for 24 hours under the hotel. The gig was amazing, £72 for a room with breakfast included from 6:30am, drove home.

Then my MOT ran out and failed first go so I had to book it in for some work.

So I had to get to Stoke Newington Earth theatre for Charlotte Church.
I was officer 548 for Hackney borough based in Dalston Kingsland so getting there was easy. Getting home? Not so much. Epic excruciating adventures through Willesden, Harlesden, Wembley. Tried getting a hotel room in Wembley. £198. No thanks. Got to Harrow then Wealdstone to one of my favourite taxi offices from way back in the day. Door locked, no one answering the phone.

Found a chicken shop open until 3am. Ended up in an Uber and getting home 3:45am.

At least the rain was warm.

So the plan is to do my usual drive to Northolt for my favourite free parking spot, Central Line to Tottenham Court Road, walk to the gig, enjoy the local area, tube half way home, drive the rest of the way, and be in bed by midnight.

I'm not saying public transport is completely useless... I am saying the average person STILL needs a car.

26/08/2026

Totally.

20/08/2026

Ten habits to explain why I've been single for ten years:

1) Any time any object is more than an arm's length away that I need I complain I may have to take an Uber to fetch that.

2) Any time in a Cop show, Detective drama or procedural on telly that someone says the line "He's clean, he doesn't even have a parking ticket!" - I mutter or whine under my breath involuntarily.

3) I not only snore, I do sometimes recite car number plates in my sleep allegedly.

4) I say the word "c**t" a lot.

5) When parking the car I am obsessive about keeping lots of leg room to the right for climbing out, so I will often go 3 floors higher in the MSCP just to get an easy space.

6) I watch Tik Tok lives at 4am with the volume quite loud.

7) I would rather play SIM CITY for 3hrs on a tablet than go out for a romantic restaurant meal.

8) I often shout wrong answers at the telly when watching The Chase.

9) I do not share my pizza. You can have your pizza and I can have mine. Don't ask for a slice of mine as refusal often offends.

10) I don't buy chocolate unless specifically asked to, so if you like "Nice thoughtful surprise" then I'm sorry to say, in my lifetime, with my upbringing, chocolate has never been received as a nice, thoughtful surprise.

16/07/2026

What an absolute embarrassment.
Mirfield.

16/07/2026

Last night and this morning has been an emotional night shift. England losing to the Argies didn't help. I was dealing with someone stuck in a lift whilst two colleagues in our WhatsApp chat were bantering about high stakes bets on the Spain v Argentina final.

Eventually senior management got someone out on call who could fix the problem.

The problem of someone stuck in the lift, not the problem of England unable to get some more goals in the opposition net.

21/06/2026

So I'm on a night shift at work checking emails for any important goings on around the site. There was a request for us to put three cars on our ANPR, guest speakers, some big event coming up.
First person's name on the list was Serif.
Immediately my brain went: "So if he fails to show up on the podium does it become a Sans Serif Font?"
And I'm very sorry if you now hate me for that very bad joke but that's probably the funniest thought that's immediately popped into my head in my entire life.