Monthly Archives: June 2002

Job

Published June 30, 2002

I start my new job tomorrow, so I will be updating in the evenings from now on, I expect. Or possibly at lunch I guess, we shall see.

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Ridiculous

Published June 30, 2002

Someone is suing Diners Club because they declined his credit card in a shop [news.bbc.co.uk] which apparently makes it appear as though he is financially unsound because the word "declined" appeared on a reciept. Hmmmmmmmm. I have to wonder, who has he been showing the reciept to? It surely doesn’t show anything to anyone unless [...]

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Boxes

Published June 30, 2002

Today is of course World Cup Final Day [news.bbc.co.uk] so that means that millions of girlfriends and wives might get their boyfriends and husbands back tomorrow (and vice-versa) after people stop watching the football. I will be back with more later, after I finish my OU assignment which absolutely must be done today.

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House

Published June 29, 2002

I’ve found a house and put an offer in. I shall say no more lest this one falls through. Heh. News items of note today were – Tim Henman scraps through into the next round at Wimbledon [news.bbc.co.uk]. He won 7-6 (8-6) 3-6 7-6 (10-8) 6-1 against Wayne Ferreira in what must have been a [...]

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Funny

Published June 28, 2002

Somehow, someone’s rant about self install ADSL [news.bbc.co.uk] made it into the BBC news front page. Who is it, I wonder? I also wonder if BT will ever be made to listen to the countless numbers of people demanding their exhanges are upgraded to allow ADSL, when they keep harping on about “lack of demand”. [...]

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