February 9, 2008

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I’m happy, hope you’re happy too

So I’ve watched Ashes To Ashes twice now, and there’s only one thing I can say:

The Gene Genie is back!

(And those of you who haven’t seen Life On Mars (and if not, you shouldhang your head in shame. SHAME I TELLS YA! :¬p) won’t have a clue what I’m on about.)

It was really, really good. Looking forward to the rest of the series.

Not really been up to much. Agreed to help a friend of mine (who is a foreign student) type up her dissertation. She is paying me for the work (d’you think I’d have to declare it to the DWP? doubt it) but I’d be willing to do it for nowt. But I’m glad for the money. I’m sick of being so skint I can’t even afford £6 for OD+.

Hopefully I’ll get this Post office job though.

Thanks to this I have discovered and fallen in love with the word cadaveric. Seriously, I need to inculde that word in something I write cos it’s just amazingly cool. Plus in setting up a songlist for typing the stuff for my friend I stumbled accross my ideal writing songlist. At long last.

If I still had a desktop computer, I would seriously want one of these. Cos they rock.

Remember the saga of my phone? Well, it turns out that the replacement battery they sent me isn’t the compatable with my phone. So I emailed them. This is what I said:

Dear Sir/Madam,

At the very end of last year, I had a problem with my mobile phone. This was, it wouldn’t start. I phoned up and was told that someone woulde contact me within the next 24 hours.

24 hours later there was still no call. So i called back, only to be told that I should have been advised to wait 48 hours.

So the next day, with still no call, I phone again. Only to be told that someone had phoned me the day before. (I’ve a very funny feeling they tried to phone me on my mobile. Y’know, the broken one.) The person I spoke to that time arranged for a replacement battery for the phone, as well as a replacement charger. As I was in Aberdeen, but due to return to Middlesbrough soon, it would be sent to the later.

Get back to Middlesbrough and there is the new charger, but no battery. Try the phone with the charger. Nothing. So I put the sim card for the phone into another phone I have and call back, to be assured that the replacement battery is indeed on it’s way.

One week leater, still no battery. Phone back to be told there was no sign of the battery being ordered but hte person would order another one for me. A couple of days later, it arrives. I put it into the phone and plug it in to charge.

Over 24 hours later, it’s still charging and I still can’t switch on my phone. I then phone back and a replacement handset is sent out to me. I decide to keep the replacement battery just in case.

Imagine my surprise when I realise that the replacement battery is not a BQ50, like the one in my phone, but a BT50 which, according to this: http://www.motorola-shop.co.uk/accessories/bt50-battery/
is not compatable with my W375.

So, here is my question: do I return the battery to you, keep it as an unusual ornament or do you think Motorola would approve of me grafting a face and limbs onto it and teaching it to tap dance? Might make me a bit of money, a tap dancing mobile phone battery.

Yours faithfully,

William Forbes

And this was their reply:

Hi William,

Thanks for your email to Virgin Mobile about the exchanged battery you received.

We’re sorry to hear that you seem to have been sent the wrong battery.

Don’t worry, we don’t require you to send it back. You can do as you wish with it, we’re sure Motorola won’t mind.

We hope your phone is now running correctly, please don’t hesitate to contact us back if this isn’t the case or if you do have any further questions or queries.

If there’s anything else we can help you with, just reply to this email. You can also give us a call on 789 from any Virgin Mobile phone it’s just 10p, no matter how long you talk for. Or, you can call us on 0845 6000 789 from a fixed line phone. These calls are charged at local rate.

Kind regards,

Cole Talbot
Virgin Mobile

Regertably, I’ve been informed that the science is not yet in place for my later proposal :¬(

Anyway, must dash (need to get food and phone the parentals).

Speak later.

Will

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dear_gertrudeperkins

February 10, 2008

*rolls eyes*

I thought it started off slowly but looks promising

findingsunshine

please note: I am writing this with my head hanging in shame… your email to Virgin made me laugh and then snort embarrassingly – I glad no-one was around to witness it. And yay for songlists that help you write – I’d be really interested to know what’s on your list. xo

btw: I want one of those keyboards too!!

Oribeth

*adds Life on Mars on the ‘to watch’ list* Since it’s coming highly recommended by you, I’m sure I’ll enjoy it :o) RYN: Yup. ^^

You have been given a gift of a six-month Open Diary Plus subscription!

Karma Girl

I’m just gonna hug you, for no reason. *HUG* ^ Man, someone gave you a present! LUCKY SCOTTISH SONOFA. (It wasn’t me. Sorry.)

popeyechicken

February 11, 2008

Yes the unbalanced schedule could affect the bottom of the league as well. Though it could also affect the top of the league. After all, the seedings will be based on where teams are in mid-season. But if they must have it, I think it should be 1 v 20, 2 v 19, etc. based on where they are at a particular date. Even if the top 5 can’t play each other, it wouldn’t be fair to have the title decided

because 1’s extra game was vs 20 and 2’s extra game was vs 6. Or the flip side relegation because 18’s extra game was vs 2 and 17’s extra game was vs 14. Like I said, I’d prefer they just have the Community Shield abroad. That pretty much guarantees two big clubs anyways. And if you don’t think people will bid on these games, you seriously underestimate how much influence money has on the game

now. I don’t think the PL cares that much about Japan. January is in the middle of the A-League season so obviously Australia doesn’t want the competition. But I could guarantee you the US, China, Singapore and Dubai would fall over themselves to get these games. And Asia is the market they are most looking to exploit. Like I said, I’d be shocked if it doesn’t happen at some point. Maybe not in

this form but it’ll happen somehow at some point. And by the way, it’s a little hard to listen to Alex Ferguson whine about this, a few weeks after his team travelled to Dubai or somewhere for a meaningless mid-season friendly against a local side.

this is why i love you. you think of things like tap dancing batteries. 🙂

quine ahin the lens

February 15, 2008

im avoiding it … i wore 80’s fashion isn’t that punishment enough