A £100 Button On A Nationwide Cashpoint
I needed to get some money out this morning, so I went to a Nationwide Cashpoint in Kings Cross Station. After keying in my pin, it offered me the usual choice, but with a special £100 button.
As that was what I was going to draw out, I just touched it and got my money!
How sensible!
Is This The Worst DIY Superstore In London?
When I used to live in Newmarket, I used the B & Q store in Cambridge a lot. This one in Leyton is my nearest DIY Superstore and it’s only about half-an-hour on a 56 bus.
Is This The Worst DIY Superstore In London?
The staff at Cambridge were helpful and knowledgeable, the store usually had what I wanted and the check-out was quick. On the other hand, Leyton had just one visible person in the store today, there was no-one to ask for what I needed and the check-out queue was long and not moving. So I put the stuff I’d wanted to buy, back on the shelves and left.
I suppose it does have a bus-stop in front, but I doubt I’ll ever go there again.
I’ve Got A Left-Handed Cable
A friend has just sent me a left-handed cable for my printer.
I’ve Got A Left-Handed Cable
But it would have been nice for there to be left-handed plugs, as I’m not the only person who wants one,
Hell’s Angels
This was the title on the second leader in The Times today and it talked about a charity called Riders for Health. It has been chosen as one of the newspaper’s charities for Christmas.
I think what they do is brilliant and it’s so simple. Providing transport in the rural areas of Africa must surely get better healthcare.
Should Starbucks Pay More Tax?
As a High Street company I would prefer that they set up a system like Waitrose has done with Community Matters, where local charities are chosen by customers to benefit from a levy on takings.
After all, Governments have a record of wasting our taxes on things that a proportion of us don’t want. We all have our pet hates and mine is probably the money government wastes on defence and computer projects.
And Now The Plastic Light Bulb!
Well not quite yet, but this report is encouraging.
Thinking how far lighting has come in the last ten years, what will be using in 2022?
And what will all this do for our electricity bills?
Yesterday Was Cold Shower Day
It’s not just the central heating that is up the creek in this house, but the hot water as well.
So yesterday, I had to have a cold shower, as for some reason the hot water had gone awol.
It may be de rigeur in the best public schools, but I can’t wait to get my shower system replaced with one like I had in the previous house.
Two Dave Banks
On BBC Radio 5 Live’s program Double Take on Sunday morning they had a problem.
Both guests were called Dave Banks.
I had to go out, so I didn’t see if it led to any large amounts of hilarity.
I have a very common name and I’ve actually met three people who use the same first and last name combination I do.
I’ve always thought it an idea for a television show to get twenty with the same name and their partners to have a weekend in a hotel and then record what happens. You’d have to be careful about the hotel you choose.
A Letter In The Guardian
A friend of mine has just had a letter published in the Guardian. It’s here on their letters page.
I’ve had several letters published in The Times and there’s one big difference between the two papers.
I have never been contacted by The Times before publication, but my friend was phoned the day before to possibly check they were who they are.
The only time, I’ve been phoned by The Times, was when they didn’t publish my letter. They asked me to review the days paper in a few hundred words and that was duly published the next day.
A Rant From France
I received this comment last week and feel it should be posted.
Hello Anonymous,
I came across your blog whilst doing my daily research regarding wind farms.
I live in rural France and now have six x 140 metre high wind turbines…….one of which is under 600 metres from my home.
The value of my property has dropped by around 40%? Exactly how this percentage is arrived at I do not know. I can say the estate agent I asked to come and see my property was “shocked”! by the size of the turbines and the close proximity of them to my home.
He was also amazed that I was not getting any money for having them so close to my property.
He declared that I had a lovely home, beautiful garden and extremely attractive gite, he then said what a pity about the windfarm…….getting people to come to the house would be the biggest hurdle as the turbines loomed from every angle over my property,enough to put most people off before they even got here. He felt ( and I can only agree) that given a choice most people would not choose my property over a property without a wind farm so close. Now how bloody obvious is this!!!? For goodness sake…….so here I am with a blighted home, with a mortgage, with noise issues. I am just one of many in this situation.Our neighbours host the turbines on their land and receive around 25,000 Euros a year plus, the village 2.5 kilometres from where I live also receives around the same amount. I have received absolutely nothing apart from a complete change of circumstances as to how I now live my life. There are of course worse things in life then having a wind farm next door but it is the way “we” are simply overlooked and referred to as selfish! that I cannot understand.People need to “wise up” as to just how crushing it can be to have turbines so close to them.I am forever reading about people not understanding why turbines can be so unpopular……it is only the people who have to live next to them who really know why.Visiting a wind farm is not anything like living with one and yet again and again groups of people are taken on a visit for a couple of hours so they can make an “informed” decision about having a wind farm near them………please everybody wake up! bit of a rant I suppose.?
All I can do is sympathise!
My views on wind farms are detailed here.
