As I had to go into town anyway this afternoon to pay in a cheque, I decided to have a browse in HMV. I came out with a nifty DVD of The Crazies, which has the 1973 original on a second disc. Watched the film tonight and really enjoyed it. I suspected that I would [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Shopping'
On the move?
August 16th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Life
With any luck we will be moving soon.  We went to look at a place the other day and had decided even before we arrived that we would have it unless it turned out to be absolutely unsuitable. We spent about half an hour there and decided that it would do. When I bought my [...]
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Novelty worn off
June 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Life, Technology
I think I have lost my geek mojo. Today I decided to skip lunch at work, in protest at the canteen having bloody courgettes and cauliflower on the menu together yet again, and went over the road to look in the shops instead. Where I work the local shops are Comet, Currys and PC World. [...]
Just in time for Mother’s Day
March 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Life
I do not normally succumb to advertising, but yesterday I clicked through one of the adverts on Spotify. It was for a company called Flowe(red).  They do flower deliveries, but unlike the other companies that do the same all profits go to the Global Fund to help eradicate AIDS in Africa.
Did somebody say recession?
January 18th, 2010 · No Comments · Life
Apperently times are harder for some than for others if Selfridges reckon they will sell a leg of ham at a price of more than £250 a kilo (and than includes the bone!) according to the BBC. You would want to be sparing with the Branston on that wouldn’t you?
Baionarena
January 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Life, Music
After Christmas I treated myself to a couple of things on Amazon, notionally using some xmas money from Mum (happy birthday today BTW – 70 candles!). Unfortunately they had not quite arrived when the snow fell and so they didn’t get delivered here until today, when the postman brought a huge backlog of mail – [...]
Top Gear never had to put up with this
December 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Life
Chrystal got a new stereo for her car a while back (a pink one of course), but the shop had to order a special part in to fit it.  Over the last couple of weeks Jayne has had several increasingly disputatious1 phone calls to the shop about why it was taking so long. Today she [...]
Delivery disaster. Nearly.
December 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Life
Today, when everybody was out, I had a delivery from Amazon which was a bit too big to fit through the letterbox. With Royal Mail this would normally mean a “while you were out” card and a trip to the sorting office. With couriers it usually means a note saying there is a parcel in [...]
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Playing the pink recorder
December 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Life, Music
It sounds like a euphemism, a variation on the famous Private Eye ‘pink oboe’ line, but it is for real – you can buy a pink descant recorder at Amazon. An ideal ‘secret santa’ gift for a gay friend with a sense of humour and no love of music.
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Blame Zeus!
December 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Life
I expect to be posting here rather less often for the forseeable future, thanks to a bargain purchase of Master of Olympus and Master of Atlantis for about six quid altogether. According to the package the games contain over 200 hours of gameplay which works out at about 3p for an hour’s entertainment.
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