British Paper-shuffling gone mad
To rent a van I need to provide the following Driving licence (this makes sense) Proof of my address (fair enough) A credit card to take the deposit (if you insist) The proof of address must be two...
View ArticleIt either went in the van, or it went in the bin
We moved house. It was a little bit disruptive to all concerned and isn’t something I’d recommend doing unless you’ve got a week to waste. All this crap went to the “recycling centre” The day of the...
View ArticleEfflorescence in our cellar
Since moving in I’ve noticed a strange white fur growing on the walls and floor of the cellar. Originally I just figured it was mould caused by the damp in the cellar and ignored it, but yesterday I...
View ArticleI’m Be-ing invaded from the Sky
Oh bugger. Hello james, As you may well know, we’ve now bought O2 and BE home broadband and home phone businesses, and we’re really excited to welcome you to Sky. We’ll be bringing your services over...
View ArticleDamit IT, stop being pretend-ironic
So I had to get a new ISP after my last one was bought by satan telecoms Sky (thanks O2 for going off to pursue 4G mobile data instead of maintaining one of the best British ISPs out there). I chose...
View ArticleFix it again, Tuesday
You know the popular opinion about French cars and “I hope you didn’t get one built on a Friday”. Well, I like to think that ethos is also applied to their entire car companies. In this story, names...
View ArticleApple flavoured spam!
Not had an apple device for about 3 years now, I think they might be fake emails
View ArticleThankyou for holding, sir. Your call is important!
I tried to buy a Surface Pro 3 online. It didn’t quite go to plan… Originally I tried to “buy now, pay in six months” from PC World but that just ended in YOUR CREDIT HAS BEEN REFUSED, GO AWAY NOW...
View ArticleFright Night, Boring Morning
We lost the cat last night. This morning the gas man came to make all our gas appliances safe…The cat is small, fluffy and can usually be found velcroed to the warmest person in the house. Last night...
View ArticleUPS do SMS chat lines now…
So I’m waiting for a parcel to arrive. I’ve got a tracking number and UPS even knows it exists. They have a handy option to send updates via SMS. It isn’t supported in the UK though, even though...
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