I'm on the ferry right now and I thought I would take a bit of chill out time to update  my load of vague posts of where I have been and what I have been up to. I found that the aircraft-type seats are deserted so I can quietly get some work done.

However some little Scottish kids are running back and forth down the aisle playing what I think is chasey. I don't have a problem with that except the little "brats" (censored for the site, but you know what I would be calling them) are screaming their heads off while doing it.

I asked them to be quiet because frankly they're giving me a headache but they completely ignored me. I even gave them one of my clasroom "OI!"s but they didn't even stop to look. I'm really tempted right now to coat-hanger one of them as they run past.  I know it's not nice, because I really should be taking out their parents,  not the kids.

Back in my day, when some stranger told me to shut up, I did. Now I feel old.