Yeee Haaa
Satelite TV has finaly come of age.
Forget all the Sci-Fi, and horror,
BRAVO have started to show the Dukes of Hazzard not to mention MacGyver
And then just to top it off UKTV Gold have got “the A-Team”……..
Almost a second childhood………..
Now dont get me wrong, standing on a street corner with a laptop is asking for trouble, but this is going too far.
I have been very busy, so not much bloggin lately
But this has been a nightmare day
Following on from the break down of my girlfriends car last month and the? excellent response of? The AA I have been forced to call them again, for my car this time…..
While on my way to London , via Swinon, when accelrating? ( Not too hard, honest )? away from the A420 roundabout and about to change gear when the engine decided it would only work on TWO cylinders
So call the AA, and despite a very noisey line (windy mobile phone) they fully under stood and had a flat bed tow truck with me in 45 mins..
and offered to take me to my destination or back home !
I have yet to get a qoute / report on the damage from the AA approved garage where we took it, due to the fact my usual outfit could not even look at it for 3 weeks
I have a nasty feeling it is going to be? VERY? Expensive
Have you ever tried buying a buger in Mcdonalds, Just a burger, No Fries, No drink etc etc. If so then i guess you are familier with the barage of rediculous questions. So now lets go to PCWORLD to buy a laptop. YES, i brought a Laptop in PC world. I wanted a new machine for video editing and anything else I wish to do, having decided not to buy a desktop machine, I did my research and decide to buy either a Compaq R4025EA or a R4065EA .The 4065 being the bigger machine, but the is easier to get hold of. And dixons group seem to have exclusive retails rights to Compaq kit… So Off to PC world we go.
PCW: “Can i help you ?”
ME: “I woudl like to buy a compaq R4065 Laptop Please”
PCW: “I have not heard of that one”
ME: “Your Web site says you have one in stock”
PCW: “I would not believe that if i were you” Pause…., Tap tap tap on stock computer
PCW:“OH! we have 3 in stock..” PCW then proceed to tell me, Very inacurately, all about this laptop he has never heard of
PCW: “We have an excelent range of Laptop Bags”
ME: “Got one”
PCW: ” I have added the PCW support pack to the price, you will need this if you have any problems, ”
ME: “No I dont want it, Just a Laptop Please”
PCW: “Without a support pack we cannot help youwith any setup or software problem”
ME: “Thats Fine”
PCW: “no you dont understand, you wont be able to bring it back to us if there is non hardware problem”
ME: “I do understand, and i still dont want a support pack”
PCW: “You Will Need some anti virus software”
ME: “No I have some”
PCW: “Are you sure ”
ME: ” YES !!!!!”
PCW: “You may not be able to transfer the licennce”
ME: ” Surely that is my problem to sort out, I would just like to buy a laptop”
PCW: “How would you like to pay, we have some good buy now pay later deals”
ME: “Debit card ”
PCW: “OH”
Finally ! I have my laptop, NO ! not quite PCW now have to right an essay on the back of the Reciept, stating that I refused to buy any of the extras, Probably just his way of sulking because he got no commision on the support deal !!!
PCW: (closing Comment) Now dont forget you dont have ANY software support sir !
The only thing that was missing was “Would you like fries with that sir ?”
We (my immediate family, and the girlfriends brothers etc) recently spent an excellent week at Rose Cottage which is one of five cottages at Eastkirkland Farm, just outside Wigtown, Scotland…
There is a lovely childrens play ground, tree swings, games barn, with a pool table, table tennis, and a few bicycle of all sizes, including a toddler size one, which my three year spent HOURS riding around the courtyard and i must not forget the pool.
Rose Cottage includes a Decent TV (with SCART) and VCR and has a nice homely layout, compared with one of the mews cottages (which the In-Laws used) which has smaller TV with an external DVD player, but has a shallet style layout, but is still very nice
The owners, who live on site in the main farmhouse, were even kind enough to allow me to erect my portable satelite system? (60cm Sky Dish on a tripod)
An absolute must when you have to keep 4 kids quiet (not all mine) ……..
The Farm is situated Close enough to Wigtown to pop out and get the essentials (BEER and Doughnuts) but far enough away to be very peacefull. The pool house is Kept secure, so that you can relax and let your kids roam safe in the knowledge they should be safe
Well after being an Orange customer for over 10 years, I have finally had enough of there so called customer service.?
I was looking into upgrading my peronsonal phone to either 3G or a PDA type device. They were unable / refused to offer me the same deal as a new customer , desipte several calls to their so called retentions deptartment and their new adverts about treating existing customers with the SAME respect as new ones.
It even took me an hour to convince them to issue a PAC. However ironically the delivery of the PAC code was the most impressive bit of the whole argurment, it arrived by SMS before i could hang up the phone !
so i am now the proud owner of an O2 XDA11i complete with my original orange phone number
A Short Story
I was going on holiday on the saturday, so friday morning, I get in the girlfriends car and drive to the garage to check the tyres etc. About to leave the garage, turn the key and “CLICK” , the battery is DEAD……
Time to call the AA. it is now 11:10 and the call taker said someone would be with us by 12:00, not too bad i guess. At 11:15 I get an SMS from the AA saying the van will be with us by 11:30, and at 11:25 he arrives, WOW
He diagosed that a CELL in the battery had failed open circuit and jump started the car from his portable booster pack, and followed us the 0.5 miles to the nearby main dealer, who replaced the battery under warranty !!
Horray for the AA !!!!!!!
Despite the earlier entertainment, I made it…
As a film. I have to say not really my cup of tea, but you have to watch it to get a grasp of the WHOLE story. Over 90% of the film is CGI, but it is not over done with needless effects, Very well thought out and presented, however I cant help feel they were struggling to make it all fit. with the last 10 minutes dedicated to tieing up loose ends and giving some continuity to the story. Things like erasing C3PO???s memory and the Jedi conversation about the destiny of the children seemed a bit unnecessary.
But all that said, I will have have to find time to watch The empire strikes back and return of the jedi, as believe it or not i have not seen either of them properly..
The saga continues from Bank Holiday monday
Well, what can i say, it is a saturday, and I have just booked my tickets to see Revenge of the sith this evening, when I get a SMS on my work Phone “Device PING Warning , DYCFxxxxxxx not available”
BUGGER, BUGGER, BUGGER, BUGGER, BUGGER, BUGGER, BUGGER, BUGGER, BUGGER, BUGGER, BUGGER, BUGGER, BUGGER.
I have now signed up to BlogExplosion.com , which is a free blog directory, with topic search etc.
The way I see it, VENTing my anger on the world is only half the answer. However discussing it with people i have never met, HMMMM, Scary thought…..
