Category: Ramblings

    Lack of blogging goodness

    Excuse #1: I’ve been busy 😐 busy pawing through PHP hunting for that ONE mis-typed line of code (found it though 🙂 – I’d finished a line with:      ) Instead of:      ); What a n00b huh? Excuse #2: I’ve been lazy? Actually, I may have to backup my entire blog and reinstall – I have to post a line before I can edit in links etc. so it’s not quite right (I also get the HTTP error 500 internal server when uploading images etc.) – so bear that in mind if you get a ‘page cannot be found’ in the […]

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    Morons on phones

    No, not the ones who wander around with their cellphone welded to their ears, bellowing into the microphone in a self-important manner – I mean sales people. I phoned a steel stockist on Tuesday to order (surprisingly) some steel. I explained we didn’t have an account, gave him the order and asked for a proforma invoice so we could pay, and get the gear. No problem right? 😐 So, I called back today to ask where my invoice was and got this incredibly stoopid sales monkey: Sales Monkey: “Do you have an account number?” Me: “No, I explained when I […]

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    My favourite pastime: shopping

    Sarcasm doesn’t really come across on a blog does it? So, was up early today and decided to do my shopping before the sheep all goto Tesco. It’s actually quite nice early in the morning – parking spot near the door (for a fast getaway), the aisles are fairly clear, and the checkouts unclogged. There were a few people around though, and I saw something that makes my blood boil: Parents who sit/stand their kids IN the trolley. Now the trolleys have a child seat for little ‘uns which is understandable, but letting their germ-ridden shoes into the bit where […]

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