Which way shall we go!?
GiffGaff
Saturday, 22 September 2007
Tuesday, 18 September 2007
Sunday, 5 August 2007
Motorway madness
I have discovered this wonderful site on T'internet today.
http://pathetic.org.uk/former/m15/
Basically it reviews the history of the UK motorways past, present, future, secretive and disused.
Well worth a look!
http://pathetic.org.uk/former/m15/
Basically it reviews the history of the UK motorways past, present, future, secretive and disused.
Well worth a look!
Monday, 11 September 2006
Looking back down towards the Cove!
Over the August bank holiday I decided to get back down to Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door for some camping and walking. Yes.. I walked up before taking this shot!
Friday, 23 December 2005
Harvey's Christmas Ale.
Oh my god. I tried some of the Harvey brewery Christmas ale yesterday, two pints at 8.2%. The rest of the day just flew by! Touch it at your peril, or at least have a day off work planned first!
Tuesday, 16 August 2005
The Ashes!
This happened last Thursday….
I thought I would treat myself to a late lunch and catch the match down at the local pub between 2pm and tea.
A Rowley Birkin wing commander The Fast Show type comes out of the disabled toilet and comes up to me...
"Are we sticking it up them?"
"Pardon?"
"Are we giving those damned Aussies a sound thrashing like the 2nd test?"
"Well looking good at 195-2 at tea......
"Good because there is nothing better than giving those b@stard Aussies a big poke in the eyes with a short sharp stick!...Christ I maybe putting my foot in it ...are you an Aussie?"
"Do I look like a bread thief?", I replied.
Laughs and Japes all round!
I thought I would treat myself to a late lunch and catch the match down at the local pub between 2pm and tea.
A Rowley Birkin wing commander The Fast Show type comes out of the disabled toilet and comes up to me...
"Are we sticking it up them?"
"Pardon?"
"Are we giving those damned Aussies a sound thrashing like the 2nd test?"
"Well looking good at 195-2 at tea......
"Good because there is nothing better than giving those b@stard Aussies a big poke in the eyes with a short sharp stick!...Christ I maybe putting my foot in it ...are you an Aussie?"
"Do I look like a bread thief?", I replied.
Laughs and Japes all round!
Wednesday, 20 July 2005
Sunday, 3 July 2005
Live 8 Yesterday!
Live8 London! Well its about as close as we could get but still good fun, apart from Snoop Dogg who has a foul mouth!
Thursday, 30 June 2005
Goodbye Wildfire!, Thankyou Goodbye!
Today sees the very last day of Wildfire! the voice activated voicemail service from Orange, that allows you to control the entire experience using your voice.
For example you could ring your voicemail on your handfree in the car and go:-
WF: Oh hello, you have 1 new message.
Me: What does it say,
WF: Wildfire plays message
Me: Give them a call.
WF: Dialling, WF then calls using the number they left
Once call is finished
WF: They hung up
Me: Call
WF: Call whom?
Me: Derek
WF: At which place, home, work, mobile or other?
Me: Work.
WF: Dialling...
and so it continued, seemless call handlnig throughout the entire journey, I only had to press and hold 1 to do all this at the beginning of the call.
Now the bright sparks at Orange, and the wonderful Chinese Wise Man think that rewarding their existing customers should be to discontinue this service BEFORE putting in any comparable replacement service. I had a wonderful letter from them explaining I was being UPGRADED to their standard service.
Hang on I paid £10 a few years ago to be UPGRADED from their standard service.
So now my voicemail experience will be on the road:-
VM: You have one new message.
Me: Press a button to play message.
VM: Press another button to return the call.
Me: Hang up from voicemail
Me: Locate Dereks phone number in phone whilst driving
Me: Dial number
What a difference a change of ownership can make to a company, when owned by Hutchinson Orange was an innovative company with many unique selling points over their rivals, France Telecom have reduced this to your run of the mill network which now fails to compete on price against the likes of Vodafone or indeeed network reliability, especially 3g.
"Goodbye Wildfire, thankyou goodbye!"
For example you could ring your voicemail on your handfree in the car and go:-
WF: Oh hello, you have 1 new message.
Me: What does it say,
WF: Wildfire plays message
Me: Give them a call.
WF: Dialling, WF then calls using the number they left
WF: They hung up
Me: Call
WF: Call whom?
Me: Derek
WF: At which place, home, work, mobile or other?
Me: Work.
WF: Dialling...
and so it continued, seemless call handlnig throughout the entire journey, I only had to press and hold 1 to do all this at the beginning of the call.
Now the bright sparks at Orange, and the wonderful Chinese Wise Man think that rewarding their existing customers should be to discontinue this service BEFORE putting in any comparable replacement service. I had a wonderful letter from them explaining I was being UPGRADED to their standard service.
Hang on I paid £10 a few years ago to be UPGRADED from their standard service.
So now my voicemail experience will be on the road:-
VM: You have one new message.
Me: Press a button to play message.
VM: Press another button to return the call.
Me: Hang up from voicemail
Me: Locate Dereks phone number in phone whilst driving
Me: Dial number
What a difference a change of ownership can make to a company, when owned by Hutchinson Orange was an innovative company with many unique selling points over their rivals, France Telecom have reduced this to your run of the mill network which now fails to compete on price against the likes of Vodafone or indeeed network reliability, especially 3g.
"Goodbye Wildfire, thankyou goodbye!"
Sunday, 12 June 2005
Grumpier Old Men
Here's an excellent web site I was shown the other day. Brilliant for getting those gripes off your chest.
http://www.grumpieroldmen.co.uk
http://www.grumpieroldmen.co.uk
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