The reason for this weekend’s trip to Brighton was to move my stepdaughter into Sussex University. She loaded up all of her stuff into her boyfriend’s car on Saturday lunchtime and they drove down together[1]. We followed on the train and by a sheer fluke managed to arrive just as they had finished the unloading.… Continue reading University
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Badger
I spent the weekend staying with friends in a small Devon village. It’s nice to get away from the city every once in a while. One of the bonuses of the weekend was seeing my first real-life badger. Unfortunately it was dead, having been hit by a car. We did, however, get a good view… Continue reading Badger
Celebrity Comment
Most “celebrities” are obviously too stupid to add anything sensible to discussions on world events. Unfortunately that usually doesn’t stop them trying. Here’s Celine Dion on the recent looting in New Orleans. Some of the people who do that they’re so poor they’ve never touched anything in their lives. Let them touch those things for… Continue reading Celebrity Comment
American Dates
Why are American companies so determined to confuse the rest of the world with their illogical way of writing dates? Yesterday I got an email from register.com reminding me that one of my domains needed to be renewed. They said that the current registration expired on “12/07/2005”. “Bloody hell,” I thought, “that’s over a month… Continue reading American Dates
A Levels
So my stepdaughter was just about to leave the house to go up to college to pick up her A level results when the post arrived. And it included a letter for her from UCAS. It contains confirmation of her university place. Which rather spoils the surprise of going off to college and picking up… Continue reading A Levels
The Scandal of Candles
The Mail can always be relied on to cover the really important issues of modern life. Today it investigates why modern candles don’t fit into older candlesticks. I know it’s a problem that had been keeping me awake at night and it seems I am not alone. According to retailers across the country, they are… Continue reading The Scandal of Candles
English As She Is Spoke
I understand that English is a changing language. I appreciate and approve of the fact that we no longer speak the same language as Chaucer, Shakespeare or even Dickens. But some of the “English” used in comments on this site depress me a lot. It seems there is a large and growing subsection of British… Continue reading English As She Is Spoke
Dell Customer Service
Not only do Dell have a terrible web site but it seems they’re also in the running for the worst customer service that I’ve seen for some time. When I ordered my new computer on Tuesday there were four special offers listed for the model I bought. They were double the amount of memory you… Continue reading Dell Customer Service
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Tube Holdups
This morning my tube was held up at Bond St for ten minutes and three carriages (including mine) were evacuated. All because someone left their bag behind when they got off the tube. Of course, London Underground’s method of investigating this was for the driver to wander up and carefully look into the bag. I… Continue reading Tube Holdups