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Good service suddenly doesn’t seem so rare

In the space of a few days I have had quite stunning service from several unexpected sources. Paymentshield. Some years ago my wife and I took out an insurance policy with PaymentShield that would pay the mortgage in the event … Continue reading

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Note to self.

Write thoughts down when they come to me. I spent several hours out of the office today, most of them driving. While listening to the radio, several subjects cropped up that I felt compelled to comment on here. In fact, … Continue reading

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Time Travel For The Masses

This car achieves many world firsts. The instant (and therefore, infinite) acceleration means it must have zero mass. Since even the lightest engine blocks have mass this MUST be the first example of a production car powered by a flux … Continue reading

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Beware the coffee drinker

Aaaaarghhh!  No matter where I work there is always some FW coffee drinker who is utterly incapable of keeping the coffee (for the more metropolitan among you, know this: most of the country’s coffee drinkers have granulated instant, particularly when … Continue reading

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Thank you. I’m Stupid.

The local news outside broadcast director must have been beside himself with joy. “Great! We’re doing an article about the town councils putting millions of pounds into Icelandic banks. We’ll put handfuls of ten pound notes on statues and on … Continue reading

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Credit Crunch. Banking Biscuit Just A load Of Crumbs.

I’ve been duped. Perhaps you have too. I always took it for granted that my money was safe with a high street bank. I suppose most people were of this opinion. During the recent economic strife though, for the first … Continue reading

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Why do we do it?

Blogging that is. Surely vanity. The desire of otherwise modestly, if at all, talented people to see their name “in lights”. For sure there is a lot of good out there. Good, talented people donating software, knowledge, hints, tips, advice … Continue reading

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