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Ramblings about cats, games and miscellanea.
My local server Uriel is going offline now. It probably won't be back up until 1st August - if you use any of the services I provide on it, try using Qapla, I've switched most of them over to that.
Yes, so as I said... August 1st. Because BT have messed up, I cannot request my Plusnet ADSL reprovision until 25th at the earliest, which means that I can't get it until 1st August - assuming nothing else goes wrong. Which you can bet it will.
I'll still be online fairly regularly though - going to get a months ...
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Yes kids, it's that time of the year again - the sun is out, the schools are on holiday, and BT have screwed me over again.
I was kinda expecting something to go wrong. Even I can spot a pattern - last time BT got anything right was in 2002.
In 2004, they said I'd be fine to set up broadband on the new line, I placed an order with Zen, and the order failed. The line was an old-school hard-wired line, and would have to be replaced for stupid money. I decided against that, and went with Blueyonder. Internet ...
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I don't mind people ringing me up to sell me stuff. Well, that's not true - it interrupts my work and wastes my time, because I never have and never will buy something from someone who approaches me out of the blue. But I don't mind them quite so much if they're polite.
I've recently been getting a lot of calls on my mobile from random companies implying they are Orange wanting to do me a good deal on my contract. Slick, seeing as I haven't been with Orange for several months. I usually say ...
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As I mentioned in my last post, Leela and I are moving up to Cheltenham next month - her new job starts there in August. We appear to have secured a very nice flat; lower ground floor, two parking spaces, a stones throw from town and Leela's place of work, and I'll have a bigger room for my office. Ooh, and we have a patio - at last, somewhere for barbeques! And I didn't see anywhere for spiders to hide, so that's good. Going to sign the contract the week after next, moving in the week after.
In ...
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Today is Put Out The Rubbish Day in Truro, or at least it is in my road. Come to think about it though, Thursday has been rubbish day in all 5 homes I've had in 3 counties - co-incidence or conspiracy? Maybe Thursday is National Put Out The Rubbish Day - but in that case, what do the bin men do the rest of the week? So many questions, so little time. But I digress.
Our outside rubbish bin is kept round the corner next to some hedges, so every Thursday I carry it out to the road. Being quite sheltered ...
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