Author Archives: Steve

Alone

Posted on November 24, 2008 by Steve

Its very odd how you don’t realise just how much you miss someone until they are not there. Kathy flew out to Maine on Saturday to spend Thanksgiving with her family. Its the first Thanksgiving since her dad died and … Continue reading →

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This Hoover Sucks

Posted on November 21, 2008 by Steve

Back in 2002 Kathy and I bought a Hoover AAA 140 washing machine. Hoover, a good name, so its going to be a good washing machine. Might last as long as my parents Hoover washing machine (aeons) or their Zanussi … Continue reading →

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Things to do when you are unemployed

Posted on November 11, 2008 by Steve

Well I’m still sort of offically employed : my last pay cheque arrives this Friday but I’m laid off. So I’ve been using an old Toshiba Satellite SA30 laptop running Ubuntu and its OK but its only a 640*480 display … Continue reading →

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Last FM Widgets – updated

Posted on November 7, 2008 by Steve

I’ve just upgraded this to support the “Include Friends Listening Now” on the Recent Tracks option. Version 1.7 can be downloaded here

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MOT

Posted on October 15, 2008 by Steve

Well the 93 failed its MOT. The exhaust is leaking in the flexi section so that needs replacing and the offside front road spring is broken. So that needs to be replaced, and of course you change them in pairs … Continue reading →

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Worcester

Posted on September 28, 2008 by Steve

We had a good day in Worcester yesterday. As it was quite some time since the Gloucester pub Crawl we’d decided that we needed to do another pub crawl because they’re such good fun. We were supposed to be going … Continue reading →

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When Endowments go wrong

Posted on September 25, 2008 by Steve

Back in 1993 I bought a flat in Cheltenham, a nice flat it was too. OK when I bought it it didn’t actually exist and was just a muddy swamp but I saw it being built. I stood in it … Continue reading →

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Someone, somewhere hates us

Posted on September 8, 2008 by Steve

Early Friday morning (about 01:55) our car alarm went off. I went down stairs and found that the windscreen had three holes in it. I deactivated the alarm and went and phoned the police and gave them all the details. … Continue reading →

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Oh No. Not again!

Posted on August 27, 2008 by Steve

Those were the thoughts of the bowl of petunias in The HitchHikers Guide to Galaxy when it suddenly came into existance miles above Magrathea. Oh No. Not Again was what my wife and I said when we came out of … Continue reading →

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United Airlines – Fly the Unfriendly Skies : Part 3

Posted on July 22, 2008 by Steve

Well they processed the refund sometime in the past couple of weeks. It appeared on the Credit Card statement we got the other day. I still have heard nothing from them, not a sausage, not a peep, not a word. … Continue reading →

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