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Oh the irony

Posted on April 22, 2024 by james

A quote in the papers today from the Barcelona football team goalkeeper: There’s so much money in this world and there’s no money for what’s most important. What is he talking about? Child poverty? Dealing with famine? Climate change? Stopping … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane, 3rd January 2023: Christmas T-shirts

Posted on April 19, 2024 by james

Gifts from my children. And so appropriate that it’s almost a shame to wear them when they might get damaged 😀

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BT are utterly bloody useless, part 4

Posted on April 17, 2024 by james

At last today I’ve been able to get access to my account details once again. Possibly I could have done earlier, but no-one has actually bothered to inform me of the fact. I just had to try it after the … Continue reading →

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Didn’t see that coming over the Horizon

Posted on April 16, 2024 by james

One of the most odd things about the recent days of the inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal has been the apparent ignorance of the senior staff involved. We’re frequently told that such people have to be paid frankly … Continue reading →

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Personal freedom? What “personal freedom”?

Posted on April 16, 2024 by james

Presumably Liz Truss must have turned off her irony meter when addressing parliament today to oppose Richy Sunak’s bill that imposes a cut-off for the age at which people are allowed to buy cigarettes. It would limit personal freedom, she … Continue reading →

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I just can’t help it…

Posted on April 15, 2024 by james

I see this… but I can’t help thinking this… Has anyone ever seen them both in the same room?

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Separated at birth?

Posted on April 15, 2024 by james

Not quite, but it’s been irritating me that I was reminded of someone I couldn’t place every time she’s been in the news recently.

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Corporate musings

Posted on April 11, 2024 by james

I’ve never really considered it before and I’m not entirely sure when it started, but since I’ve been looking for work this time around it’s struck me that there is an entire group of people, I guess we could call … Continue reading →

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BT are utterly bloody useless, part 3

Posted on April 11, 2024 by james

I had a few things to get done today, but this afternoon decided to give creating a new account another go. Same problem as ever: the email address I was using was already set up somewhere else. So, as I’ve … Continue reading →

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BT are utterly bloody useless, part 2

Posted on April 10, 2024 by james

After 50 minutes on hold, I eventually managed to speak to another “guide” at BT this morning who insisted that I absolutely would have to wait the full twenty-four hours before recreating my account, despite previously being told it would … Continue reading →

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