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Barracuda!

September 23rd, 2008 beezly No comments

This made me laugh. Seriously.

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Another for my list of blocked numbers

September 17th, 2008 beezly 3 comments

02083071104

Hero Insurance. I suspect they are calling me about my motorbike insurance renewal which is due soon. However, they aren’t my insurer and I only called them last year for a quote.

Don’t these people appreciate how irritating it is to get sales calls on a mobile phone? So, they’re added to my block list.

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More Numbers

September 12th, 2008 beezly No comments

Two more numbers for my block list -

0161 2494490 and 0161 2494491

Claiming to be Chameleon Telesales Ltd. Lots of complaints about them on whocallsme.com.

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Next summer’s plan

September 7th, 2008 beezly 1 comment

I have a plan for next summer, which involves riding my motorbike to Tromsø, Norway inside the Arctic Circle, going via Denmark, Sweden and Finland.

Anyone interested in coming along? I’m guestimating the trip will take 3 weeks, but I’ve not organised anything yet.

Fewer and Less

September 1st, 2008 beezly No comments

The current debacle with Tesco changing the wording on their express checkouts really irritates me.

As far as I can tell, the wording has meant that a phrase which would have been understood by the entire english speaking world, “10 items or less”, has been replaced by the far more ambiguous, “Up to 10 items”.

“Up to 10 items” blows. Does that mean I can take 9 items or 10? It’s simply not clear. To match the meaning of the previous phrase clearly it would need to say “Up to and including 10 items”.

Not that it really matters either way of course. If I take 12 items through the express checkout, is anyone really going to care?

Grrr.

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