Tag Archives: Having a moan

The Avis scam

Posted on 10 May, 2018 by jb

This post was originally to let off steam about an obvious attempt to palm me off an obviously damaged car and later ping me for the repair bill. It’s since developed into a running commentary on what appears to be … Continue reading →

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>On getting offside

Posted on 4 January, 2011 by jb

> There are few things that will get you offside quicker in Germany than going to a village butchers 20 minutes before closing and ask for some sliced ham. “Ei, mer habbe doch grad die Maschine saaber g’macht”(Oh no, we’ve … Continue reading →

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>Dear Apple

Posted on 28 January, 2010 by jb

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>Please re frame from blame pointing out

Posted on 6 January, 2010 by jb

> I’m used to Call Centre monkeys mangling the language As in “…but you may want to re frame from logging in heaps whilst out of the country” But I’d expect more of New York Times White House correspondent, Jeff … Continue reading →

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>In the pink

Posted on 23 July, 2009 by jb

> Visual Economics today treats us to a truly meaningless graphic, purporting to represent “how each country’s employment situation has fared in the downturn” Bollocks. It shows that everyone’s unemployment rate is pretty much the same (with the exception of … Continue reading →

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>At least Dick Turpin wore a mask…

Posted on 23 April, 2009 by jb

>   Talk about highway robbery. The price of petrol/gas shot up from €1.17/litre on Monday (April 20) to €1.26 today (April 23). Given that €0.80 of that are fixed taxes, price variability can only happen in the area above … Continue reading →

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>"You seem a little agitated…."

Posted on 31 March, 2009 by jb

> …said Mr Homeland Security. Agitated? Of course I’m bloody agitated. I’ve checked in in Los Angeles, taken my bags to the TSA screening point, been shouted at because I’ve followed the signs to the (non-existent) screening point for Lufthansa … Continue reading →

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Precisely….

Posted on 26 February, 2009 by jb

  I’m having some work done in New Zealand by a quantity surveyor. I found a couple of discrepancies in his initial estimate, so we had a conference call with him and the architect o clarify things and to discuss … Continue reading →

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>Rigor mortis in turdis…

Posted on 7 February, 2009 by jb

> Or: Gravity ate my hard drive. It wasn’t from a great height and I don’t think it even hit the ground, but the rapid deceleration a) buggered the drive spindleb) severely stuffed the surface of the diskc) probably shagged … Continue reading →

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>The day the music died…

Posted on 2 February, 2009 by jb

> Bit of a problem. My 250GB external drive fell off the desk the other day. In fact, EVERYTHING fell off the desk – Mac mini, USB and Firewire hub and 2 other drives. I managed to grab the monitor… … Continue reading →

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