Thursday, 20 January 2011
Monday, 17 January 2011
Heavy Spam!
Well now I've seen it all. I had a junk e-mail come through for cheap Fork Lift Trucks!
What's that all about? Either it's the world's worst spam or I really should go easy on the biscuits!!
What's that all about? Either it's the world's worst spam or I really should go easy on the biscuits!!
Sunday, 16 January 2011
Tunisia
It's a few years since I last visited Tunisia; went for a revision break as I had exams in January 2007 and needed some space and peace to revise in.
The hotel I was in was okay, the one next door looked as if its last guest was Rommel!
The lack of tourists because of the coup will obviously hurt the Tunisian economy pretty hard, so hopefully they can make a swift transition to democracy.
What is also to be hoped is that there is no more unnecessary loss of life; there's been enough killing already.
The hotel I was in was okay, the one next door looked as if its last guest was Rommel!
The lack of tourists because of the coup will obviously hurt the Tunisian economy pretty hard, so hopefully they can make a swift transition to democracy.
What is also to be hoped is that there is no more unnecessary loss of life; there's been enough killing already.
Traffic Calming...
I hope the council don't spend another penny on speed bumps and the like - there are that many holes in the road they don't need to!
The worst ones are the ones that you can't see when it's raining because they've filled with water - just have to count your fillings when you get home!
The worst ones are the ones that you can't see when it's raining because they've filled with water - just have to count your fillings when you get home!
Monday, 3 January 2011
Train fares up, first attempt to use this one year cancelled!
I was planning on going into Birmingham today on the train. However London Midland decided to cancel the thing. Nothing so convenient as a replacement bus service, so this afternoon's trip is off.
Remind me again why they need inflation busting increases? Oh yes, must have been to pay for the "public art" sculpture that appeared on Bloxwich North station before Christmas. They closed the road one night, bought in a massive crane and installed it.
It makes me feel so much better about waiting for cancelled services admiring such artwork...
Remind me again why they need inflation busting increases? Oh yes, must have been to pay for the "public art" sculpture that appeared on Bloxwich North station before Christmas. They closed the road one night, bought in a massive crane and installed it.
It makes me feel so much better about waiting for cancelled services admiring such artwork...
Sunday, 2 January 2011
2011 off to a reasonable start
I had a great New Year's Day this year. I avoided making any predictions, or any resolutions, so at least this year I can't get them wrong...
Took Mom to see Yes, Prime Minister at the Geilgud Theatre. It was an absolute hoot. It's only on until 15th January, but if you get the chance to see it, grab it with both hands!
Pleased to report that I've re-established contact with a few old friends from the 80s and 90s over the festive season, which is always a nice thing to do. We are all, of course, slimmer, fitter, better looking with the passage of time...
Had a brisk six mile walk this afternoon, so now I'm as stiff as a floorboard. However it will contribute at least to a small extent to a dimunition of girth, and help towards avoiding the embarassment of "one at a time please!" from speak-your-weight machines...
Whatever this year brings, good bad or indifferent, I'm going to face it positively and make darned sure I get the level best out of every day. Life's too short not to.
Took Mom to see Yes, Prime Minister at the Geilgud Theatre. It was an absolute hoot. It's only on until 15th January, but if you get the chance to see it, grab it with both hands!
Pleased to report that I've re-established contact with a few old friends from the 80s and 90s over the festive season, which is always a nice thing to do. We are all, of course, slimmer, fitter, better looking with the passage of time...
Had a brisk six mile walk this afternoon, so now I'm as stiff as a floorboard. However it will contribute at least to a small extent to a dimunition of girth, and help towards avoiding the embarassment of "one at a time please!" from speak-your-weight machines...
Whatever this year brings, good bad or indifferent, I'm going to face it positively and make darned sure I get the level best out of every day. Life's too short not to.
Thursday, 30 December 2010
What a day - "Mr Fixit" goes mobile!
Took Mom up to see my older nephew in West Yorkshire today; he went back up there from my sister's yesterday, and we knew he would be in as he had some contractors due at his flat so decided to spring a surprise.
When he had moved in there was something of a list of jobs that needed doing, and that we had expected would have been done beforehand. Yours truly wrote to the letting agency pointing this and various other matters out, so he returned to the smell of fresh paint, to discover that many of the jobs had been attended to whilst he was away.
Nice to know that letter worked!
O2 were due to install his broadband, but because he rashly accepted their advice and booked a "backup appointment" when they texted him in the bad weather, they didn't turn up. Despite assuring him in the morning that they were coming. They only work weekdays, and so does he, as a teacher, so the earliest date is the February half-term week, although that's only slightly later than the best they could offer him.
I made a couple of suggestions so he now has a dongle for his laptop, with O2 promising to reimburse him and give him 3 months' credit on his broadband/telephone plan. Result!
We then went to a Tesco to change his microwave, only to find that they didn't have anything suitable. Refund obtained, dash over to Curry's and replacement obtained, with built in grill this time. That way he will be able to cook cheese on toast as well as beans on toast...
Spoke to the car dealership that sold Mom her new one, to be told the inspection had been completed, they were working on a minor modification we'd requested and she would have it sometime on Friday, thereby beating the VAT increase. Nothing to do, of course, with my e-mails and letters to Skoda and their delivery contractors...
Then had a text from a friend to say that following my intervention about her misfunctioning dishwasher, they had relented and were going to supply her with a new one.
So, all in all, lots of positives in the day. It's nice when things go right, and particularly so when I've helped someone else to get fair treatment from the big boys...
As my first post on this intimates, it's been a heck of a year for all sorts of reasons, some good, others bad. I'm making no predictions about 2011, but I will approach it with optimism and do my best to make the most of any opportunities that may present themselves.
When he had moved in there was something of a list of jobs that needed doing, and that we had expected would have been done beforehand. Yours truly wrote to the letting agency pointing this and various other matters out, so he returned to the smell of fresh paint, to discover that many of the jobs had been attended to whilst he was away.
Nice to know that letter worked!
O2 were due to install his broadband, but because he rashly accepted their advice and booked a "backup appointment" when they texted him in the bad weather, they didn't turn up. Despite assuring him in the morning that they were coming. They only work weekdays, and so does he, as a teacher, so the earliest date is the February half-term week, although that's only slightly later than the best they could offer him.
I made a couple of suggestions so he now has a dongle for his laptop, with O2 promising to reimburse him and give him 3 months' credit on his broadband/telephone plan. Result!
We then went to a Tesco to change his microwave, only to find that they didn't have anything suitable. Refund obtained, dash over to Curry's and replacement obtained, with built in grill this time. That way he will be able to cook cheese on toast as well as beans on toast...
Spoke to the car dealership that sold Mom her new one, to be told the inspection had been completed, they were working on a minor modification we'd requested and she would have it sometime on Friday, thereby beating the VAT increase. Nothing to do, of course, with my e-mails and letters to Skoda and their delivery contractors...
Then had a text from a friend to say that following my intervention about her misfunctioning dishwasher, they had relented and were going to supply her with a new one.
So, all in all, lots of positives in the day. It's nice when things go right, and particularly so when I've helped someone else to get fair treatment from the big boys...
As my first post on this intimates, it's been a heck of a year for all sorts of reasons, some good, others bad. I'm making no predictions about 2011, but I will approach it with optimism and do my best to make the most of any opportunities that may present themselves.
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