As I do most days in the week, I was travelling using the London underground and as I was going up the escalators and I wondered what would happen if it broke down suddenly - would everyone fall back like dominos? And how suddenly would the escalators stop if you press the big red stop button. People usually just stand on one step not holding on to anything and I just think that's a huge hazard.

well, maybe not Elly!  :wink: These london tube escalators scare me too....well if there was an accident and the thing was to stop i think it does it during 5 seconds, not just like stop 'dead'....but if there was a power cut, yea i suppose dominos all the way to the bottom  So hold on mate...or take a jog down the stairs each morning - easy and faster 

I commute for about 3 hours every day and it used to wear me down but now I've got my fitness back with playing tennis and eating healthily, I've kinda got used to it. About the terrorism, that's sometimes in the back of my mind but I always sit in the back carriage as I think a bomber is unlikely to blow himself up there as it would kill the least number of people. Thinking like that, even though it's just a personal theory of mine and might be wrong, helps the anxiety.

Haha, no no Elly - no harm done at all! 

Absolutely.... no way should these people stop others living their lives.  I feel I am very lucky to live where I do, even though it's allegedly the oil capital of Europe, we seem to be relatively safe.

But, as top spin said, best to leave all this in the past where it belongs..... we have our Andy playing to look forward to next week  

A blast from the past Mark!

It's fun doing that

I've never had that experience...

Yeah, you don't want yer hand arriving minutes before yer feet, now...there's nothing worse 

I think the tube escalators suddenly stopping is the least of your worries!