The Daily Mail website has a story about ‘Osborne’s plans to hit workshy’. Scroll down to the bottom and there is this remarkable image. Not the first time I have looked at the DM website and felt like clawing my eyes out, and it won’t be the last I am sure.
Entries from September 10th, 2010
Cheques and balances
September 9th, 2010 · Comments Off on Cheques and balances · Life
I got a nice cheque today. OK, it is £400 less nice than it should be, but nice enough. But what a pain. I actually detest getting cheques. I would much rather have money transferred electronically, because I don’t work near a bank. I could use up my entire lunch hour tomorrow and go into […]
Tags: Money
So much stuff
September 8th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Life
Have you ever seen one of those pictures where somebody gets all the food that a person or family would eat in a week/month/year and pile it all up to make some point or other?  How about non-edible stuff? Ever wondered what it would look like if everything you ever owned had been kept rather […]
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Temptation
September 3rd, 2010 · 9 Comments · Technology
It has been a long time since I have been sorely tempted by a new gadget, which is a bit of a relief for the wallet but makes life more boring. I used to be able to spend hours browsing Comet or PC World wanting every other thing in there but I have sort of […]
Broadband speeds
September 2nd, 2010 · 4 Comments · Life, Technology
I do have some sympathy with Virgin Media about the advertising of broadband speeds.  With their fibre optic network they can deliver much higher bandwidth to homes and do it so that end users will actually get that speed – and then companies providing broadband across ADSL come along and advertise services that, once contention […]
Tags: Virgin Media
Special advisors
September 2nd, 2010 · Comments Off on Special advisors · Life
With all these stories about William Hague floating around I keep getting confused by headlines, but that is mainly because the term SPAD keeps getting used.  Due to the six years I spent working for London Underground the term SPAD will always mean a train going through a red light (signal passed at danger).  This […]
Tags: Language
Wallowing in it
September 1st, 2010 · 3 Comments · Life
I have been putting off going through my photos for a while because it was a bit daunting, but now I have started and it turns out to be a much better way to pass an evening than watching TV and I have already scanned in some of my favourites from two albums which cover […]
