Andrew Beresford's Blog

Yesterday I handed my notice in on my flat and my job. I’m moving back up to Yorkshire to start a new job in November. I’m really looking forward to going back up, but I’m going to miss so many people down here in Ipswich

This made me laugh. Seriously.

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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.

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.

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has meant that a phrase which would have been understood by the entire english speaking world, “10 items or less”, has been replaced by the far more ambiguous, “Up to 10 items”.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

Yestterday I was at the wonderful Leeders Farm recording studio with the rest of the band I’m playing in. We had a great time, got two awesome songs recorded and I must say a big thanks to both Nick and Alex at Leeders Farm. I’ve just heard a quick mix of both songs we did and they sound fantastic.

Here’s a sneak preview video of us at the studio…

Whilst out riding my bike, I’ve had a few people do silly or dangerous things, but the other day something unusual happened.

I was driving back home from work and pulled up at a roundabout. There was a car approaching, so I waited until it had passed and then pulled onto the roundabout to go straight on. I came around the back of the car infront, which was pulling off after the exit that I got on at and went around the roundabout to find a police car just pulling out infront of me. I was paying good attention to what was going on, so I spotted him long before he spotted me.

I pulled further in to the roundabout to move away from any potential impact and the policeman spotted me and stomped on his brakes. So I carried on, leaving at my normal exit. As I drove down the road, the police car was following me with his blues and twos on so I pulled over and stopped my engine.

Fortunately, all the policeman wanted was to apologise for giving me a surprise! Still, it was nice to have some one apologise for their mistake. I suppose it helps when you have flashing blue lights and a siren to apologise with.

…stuff like this;

http://625.uk.com/tv_logos/flash/itv_schools_clock_79.asp

Last night I had lots of beer and captured this photographic masterpiece…

Brilliant.