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Orange Broadband, No Thanks

Posted in Credit Crunch, Excuses, Rant, Wii, Work, tagged , , , on 29/04/2009 | Leave a Comment »

My broadband service has gone down. The computer is connected to the router and the router shows ADSL connection, but no Internet. My ISP is Orange. I have been happy (ish) with the service, if you don’t count the issues with the LiveBox – until now.
I called customer services and reached Angela – a very [...]

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About the snow

Posted in Rant, Work, tagged , , on 06/02/2009 | Leave a Comment »

I’m from the North of Scotland. I passed my driving test when there was 30cm of snow on the ground. It was normal. Most of my driving on roads to that point had been in lots of snow. There are certains you do and don’t do in snow. 
Talking on a mobile phone is a no-no.
Driving [...]

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Grumpy this morning…

Posted in Rant, tagged on 25/01/2009 | Leave a Comment »

Me, yes, I was grumpy this morning. I need to share the source of my grumps…
I, unfortunately, had to visit the supermarket this morning. It caused me to be grumpy for a few hours afterwards. The reasons:

people who allow their children to sit in the shopping trolley. DISGUSTING! VILE FILTHY CREATURES! (Erm, when I say [...]

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Never has my blog seemed so bland and empty…

Posted in Rant, Twitter, tagged , , on 14/01/2009 | Leave a Comment »

I recently started to ‘Twitter’ and through the madness that is ‘Twitter’ (OK, so it’s really a recommendation by Stephen Fry) got to a blog called Alrighttit (you’ll find a handy link in my blog roll).
It’s definitely worth your time. Take a couple of hours. Grab a large coffee. Read.
You’ll understand.

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A Meeting I Don’t Want

Posted in Friends, Me, Rant, Work, tagged on 18/11/2008 | Leave a Comment »

(Sorry for the long one. This was written on on the 12 November, but I had to wait to post it).
Today, I have to attend a meeting and I don’t want to go. It’s not going to be good, easy or pleasant. I’m so glad that I’ll have someone special with me throughout (thank you).
I [...]

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There Will Be Blogging…

Posted in Me, Rant, Work on 12/11/2008 | Leave a Comment »

…normal service will resume again soon, I promise.
I have a juicy rant to publish, but I’m not allowed to right now.

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I Was Right

Posted in Me, Rant on 29/10/2008 | Leave a Comment »

Not to accept the second valuation.
I’m working from home today (awaiting a delivery) and I missed a call from my financial advisor while on the other line. Her message was short and sweet. Yesterday’s valuation came in at exactly the value I had talked about all along. I was right to hold out. I was [...]

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Recession?

Posted in General, Me, Rant on 28/10/2008 | Leave a Comment »

All the talk, all the news, every media outlet is talking recession. It’s affecting many of us already. The BBC has headlines of repossessions going up by 71% – http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7694819.stm and it’s scary. Yes, it’s very scary. But, how much of what we hear is scare-mongering talk? How much of the downturn is being influenced by [...]

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Warning: Breville JK64 Kettle

Posted in Me, Rant on 10/10/2008 | Leave a Comment »

Two years ago boyfriend and I got new homes. As part of the whole moving experience, we bought kettles. We ended up with the same model – because we wanted the same “filter” feature. Two years on and my BF has replaced his kettle with a newer model. Today I replaced mine with a different [...]

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“A Watched Pot…”

Posted in Rant, Work on 10/10/2008 | Leave a Comment »

they say it never boils…
Well, working in our tight little office is kind of similar. Each of us is waiting for the call to the boss’ office to announce redundancies. Everytime your name is called out, you think “this is it”. But, while the indications are there, and the boss has mentioned to me that “it’s [...]

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