I moved to Orange for my mobile phone service when we relocated to Glasgow, because Vodafone’s signal was atrocious wherever I went, and much of Frances’ family were on the Orange network. On the whole, I’ve been quite happy with them. But the last few months they’ve managed to annoy me in very weird ways. One) [...]
The Audi advert on the television right now that claims greatness because, and I quote: To date, NASA has filed 6,509 patents In developing the A6, Audi filed 9,621 And I’m supposed to be impressed? How does that work? That Audi claims so many patents highlights more than anything else the sheer [...]
Saturday saw us back over in Edinburgh. We did have a great time, but it didn’t start well. Our train, from our local station, was cancelled. Frustratingly, the announcement came after the train was already late, and had already been cancelled for the last twenty minutes (the Cathcart circle, which we’re on, starts and terminates [...]
There really seems to be a growing tendency at the BBC TV News department to go for touchy-feely correspondents, with some sort of perceived populist touch and ability to communicate to us, the unwashed masses. My main gripe is the two new features I’ve seen become increasingly common on both national and local news. First is [...]
I’ll make no apologies for what follows. Over the last 3-4 weeks, I’ve driven about 1,500 miles, from Glasgow to Somerset, to Gatwick, to Somerset, frequently to Bristol from Somerset, and finally back home - yesterday - to Glasgow. Consequently, I’ve spent more time on the roads than I normally do. As I also keep this [...]
Ryanair have announced they intend to charge to check-in luggage. “To reduce airport handling costs” says the article. I don’t know why Ryanair continues to succeed. In every experience I’ve had with the airline, whilst I’ve saved money, I’ve become hugely irritated by their mode of operation (See my most recent experience, flying from Glasgow Prestwick [...]
Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsey have been “cleared” by Ofcom regarding the inclusion of scenes in which animals (a lamb, and turkeys respectively) were killed. When I heard about this I was minded to complain about the complaints themselves, as yet another pathetic knee-jerk reaction to perfectly sensible goings on (Much like the Jerry Springer: [...]
Watching the news today that a person has (possibly) died in Turkey of the human form of “bird flu” (the infamous H5N1 strain is suspected), I’m again struck by the media-driven paranoia that is being built up around this issue (much like the media drive paedophile hysteria). Every worried journalist’s dire prognosis about the mortality [...]
I’ve just completed what I’ve dubbed a “commando shopping trip” into the centre of Glasgow to pick up the last few bits of Christmas shopping. I hate shopping at the best of times, and at Christmas it’s doubly bad for all the queues and ill-tempered folk around It’s a time to be happy, “they” [...]
Well, such words didn’t come out of my mouth, that’s for sure. Last week was very busy, partly because I was travelling down to London on Wednesday morning. Travelling always puts me slightly on edge, but it usually means I’m paying attention: So far no delays, hassles or complications because of lost or misplaced bookings, [...]
