I was travelling the last 2 days and could not spend too much time on the internet with only a surf stick attached to my laptop

Train carriages and bus seats are really hateful these days. Nobody wants to encourage a stranger to speak with them any longer. In fact less and less people are able to speak to strangers(no need now-a-days) ...unless of course it's Internet strangers. Everybody seems to be wired up to Internet wifi dongles. Don't try and speak to him or her..they could well shout Rape! personally I have a go at speaking to all in close proximity- a question of 'i should be able to' But alas mobiles and tablets and laptops have become shields. I'm too fragile for you to speak to me directly shields.