Two questions of earth shattering importance ‘Kingsbridge, Devon - where on earth is that - Somerset ?’ ‘Look, Norman. There’s something wrong with this darned phone again. Why is everyone continually engaged; my mum, my sister, Phyllis and now Doreen ?’ Answers: Kingsbridge is in Devon. There is nothing wrong with the telephone. Your mother, sister and close friends have a tendency to spend an inordinate length of time on the phone....
…won’t be hard because I just don’t get it. 06:55 Bin day. Dustbins out (from Web) 06:57 Fortnightly recycling day. Grolsch cans and newspapers out (from txt) 07:04 Radio 5 on (from ear) 07:07 Grapefruit juice. Lovely. (from tongue) 07:12 Poltergeist has re-assembled furniture in lounge (from brain) 07:17 Quick shower (from bathroom) 07:25 Twitter about twitter (from recursion) 07:34 Oh no. I feel a cold coming on. Please excuse me from gym (from Mummy)
The new machine from Dell duly arrived yesterday so I hid it safely away in a tall cupboard. This morning, when no-one was looking, I surreptitiously retrieved the boxes out of the tall cupboard and carefully cut the boxes open. Then I quickly hooked up the new PC to my existing keyboard, mouse and monitor and power cable. I had a sneak peek at Windows Vista and it looked pretty nice (IE7, integrated desktop search, media player, shiny new interface)....
I currently pay £92 per month to Virgin Media: Telephone Rental - £5.50 Talk Evenings/Weekends - £11 Digital TV (L) - £11.50 Broadband (4MB) - £25 Additional Set Top Box - £15 Sky Sports 1/2/3 - £24 I just called Customer Retentions on 0800 0730591 (not 150) to try to renegotiate my package after the recent loss of Sky One. It took a while (15 mins) to get through on the Freephone number but it was worth it....
Patrick Stuebing from Leipzig (near Germany) has a few issues A curious red object growing out of his head A penchant for redheads Unhealthy obsession with Catherine Tate Unemployed burglar locksmith Father of four young children The mother of these children is his, err, sister. And I thought I had problems.
I celebrated my recent promotion (to BMI Silver) by ordering a brand new Dell computer running Windows Vista (Premium) and proudly attaching the tag to my suitcase. I then spent hours ensuring I had secured the cheapest price possible and placed the order at 23:12 on Sunday night. Yesterday afternoon, I received a call from Dell confirming delivery for Thursday (at an unspecified time somewhere in a 10 hour window between 08:00 and 18:00)....
‘Good evening. Blueyond - sorry - Virgin Media Customer Services. Carol speaking. How may I help you ?’ ‘Slight problem. I can’t get Sky One any more.’ ‘Yes, Sir. I know [sighs inwardly ‘Oh God please not another one’]. Those nasty people from Sky increased the prices and Sir Richard called their bluff. Unfortunately, a horrid Australian man called Rupert then called his bluff back so we can’t show it any more....
Stuart Brown from the excellent Modern Life asks ‘Why is RSS adoption so abysmal amongst UK newspapers online ?’ with some interesting analysis including the staggering fact (to me at least) that Modern Life has more Bloglines subscribers than The Daily Torygraph. The detailed analysis in this article interested me. I (delude myself that I) am technically literate. I subscribe to around 100 varied feeds and am very lazy. I live in the UK and am interested in News, Sport and Technology....
This sign in my hotel room intrigued me. Every time I entered the bathroom, I gazed at the sign. I found myself entering the bathroom to study the sign when I didn’t actually need to use the bathroom. Was the pipe hot or not ? Unfortunately, this towel rail wasn’t listed anywhere on this site. Could the temperature really be as high as 140’ F ? How hot is 140’ F ?...
When I returned from evensong last night, after I had ironed five shirts and read a bedtime story to my loving (but strangely uncommunicative) teddy bears, I sat down with a hot cup of Horlicks to enjoy two hours of high quality Sunday night viewing. I don’t know why but I have always had an interest in ‘conspiracy theories’. When I was a lad, I was convinced that Marilyn Monroe was killed by the Kennedy brothers....