After the better (?) part of a year out of work, my sister’s husband has finally managed to land himself another contract! Congratulations. Missus’ Dad was the star of two episodes of “The House That Mackintosh Built” on Discovery Home & Leisure, where he was doing steelwork on the renovation of a Charles Rennie Mackintosh [...]
Archive for October, 2003
After the better (?) part of a year out of work, m…
October 30, 2003My new built-to-order G4 iBook was shipped this mo…
October 30, 2003My new built-to-order G4 iBook was shipped this morning!!! Sat here refreshing the tracking page every couple of minutes to find out where it is, although it hasn’t been updated. Got tomorrow off, so if it turns up then it would work out very well – missus is having my ‘old’ iBook & selling her [...]
Got a new printer at the weekend, only went to buy…
October 27, 2003Got a new printer at the weekend, only went to buy a couple of cartridges but these days it’s just about as cheap! HP PSC 1210 – Scanner, Printer & Copier, 90 notes from PCWorld with the better half’s tax-avoiding student discount. Back in Bristol again, but it’s only for one night as I’m off [...]
After doing top-secret work in Liverpool, thank go…
October 25, 2003After doing top-secret work in Liverpool, thank goodness it’s the weekend again. And the bank balance looks healthy for a day or two, after getting paid. Will all be gone by Monday Been for a look around in Lincoln centre, and a bit of shopping. Used Chip&Pin for the first time in Safeways!
Back in Greenwich again, where nothing ever gets d…
October 21, 2003Back in Greenwich again, where nothing ever gets done & nothing ever works. Just found some cards kicking around on the floor, which were supposed to be installed by 25/7/03! Can’t wait to get home tonight, just not looking forwards to yet another trip up the M11!
At last it’s the weekend, and no more Bristol unti…
October 17, 2003At last it’s the weekend, and no more Bristol until Wednesday at the earliest! And would you believe it, I’ve done some Christmas shoping already, albeit on t’internet. Mum & Dad are coming down for the weekend to help out.
Off out to the pub with Ian, possibly the only goo…
October 15, 2003Off out to the pub with Ian, possibly the only good thing about being in Bristol! Couple of people from work might also join. Home again tomorrow night, and working in Leicester Friday. Mum & Dad are coming down at the weekend to help with the gardening & kitchen.
Back to Bristol again, and now it’s prettty much p…
October 13, 2003Back to Bristol again, and now it’s prettty much permanent Not many people in my group at the office, as most people have left for the USA! Only good thing about Bristol is the M5 Northbound on a Friday afternoon.
Didn’t realise that a lot of PCWorld stores now ha…
October 8, 2003Didn’t realise that a lot of PCWorld stores now have a BTopenzone access point, which is a great idea. Only problem is it’s £6/hr or £15/day! Couple of local pubs have it too, through that fancy quiz machine. Not sure how much they are, I don’t go to pubs – can’t stand the places [...]
Forget what I said about One&One, thieving gits! U…
October 8, 2003Forget what I said about One&One, thieving gits! Up in the north again, messing around with the call centres. Might work this time, but I’m not holding out much hope. Mike’s off on his hols, so I’m going to have no-one to waste my days with while he’s away
