Posted in Rambles on Jan 16th, 2009 2 Comments »
Here’s a complete transcript of a month-long email conversation I had with the county’s most average: from Kibo to Call Centre, Gloucestershire Police date 6 November 2008 16:43 subject Parking on Mini Roundabouts Supposing I parked on the mini roundabout shown on this map (http://tinyurl.com/665rk3 – Cambray Place and ), on double-yellow lines with the [...]
Posted in Rambles on Dec 16th, 2008 No Comments »
Now that Alexandra as won Pop Bone Idol Strictly Factor Come X Dancing Out of Here, and has released “Hallelujah”, a beautiful song by one of the world’s best songwriters, it’s time to take a stand. Her version is only marginally better than the trite, pseudo-religious pap that Katherine Jenkins warbles her way through on [...]
Posted in Rambles on Dec 12th, 2008 No Comments »
Although PCs are shipping with huge data storage, few people back-up their data properly. I imagine that there are millions of people that don’t even back-up their photos, instead entrusting the security of their memories to a bunch of precise, high-speed components that require just the smallest piece of dust to cause total failure.
Posted in Rambles on Dec 5th, 2008 No Comments »
Who really cares how your email was sent, you vacuous, egotistic, middle-manager toss-pot? Is your life so empty and devoid of anything exciting and cool that you need to show off by appending this trivial piece of nonsense to your out-going email? Are you really so important that you can’t keep email out of arm’s [...]
Posted in Rambles on Dec 2nd, 2008 No Comments »
Now that this has been moved from my “Spam” folders I can’t seem to click any links. Google Mail is adamant that it’s from someone trying to steal my balls.
Posted in Rambles on Nov 28th, 2008 No Comments »
What’s wrong with this picture? Clue: there are two instances of illegal parking and one of plain inconsideration. What would the driver expect someone in a wheelchair, or a someone with a pushchair to do? Taken on Vittoria Walk in Cheltenham at 1.30 today. There’s a car park three feet in front of the van.
Posted in Rambles on Nov 21st, 2008 No Comments »
Wouldn’t it be so much better if it took less energy?
Posted in Rambles on Nov 18th, 2008 No Comments »
This, from the UK’s leading high street bookseller. You’d expect them to get it right, wouldn’t you? It should be “Waterstones.com has shipped your order.”
Posted in Angry, Rambles on Nov 8th, 2008 No Comments »
This place is fucking awful. If you’re in the area and need food, save yourself the hassle and go to Burger Burger or Prezzo. OK, so I get that Nando’s is fast food, and I get that you don’t freeze the chicken, but is there any need to take 40 minutes to serve a cold [...]
Posted in Happy, Rambles on Nov 7th, 2008 No Comments »
Fresh white bread, think, rindless bacon, butter, and brown sauce. So much brown sauce, in fact, that I broke in to a sweat. Perfect.