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  • And On a Final Note…

    … there is now so little leg or elbow room on aeroplanes that the whole experience is deeply uncomfortable. And to my mind, dangerous. Not only are you so close to the seat in front that you cannot stand up straight unless you are in the aisle, but you also don’t have enough room to…

  • The Wonders of Modern Technology: Final Part, I Promise

    I have two observations about our baggage fiasco: A manned bag drop/check-in desk facilitates rapid resolution of issues through effective problem solving. This results in happy transactions and good customer relations, for the most part. A “difficult” customer has to be dealt with whichever process you want to shove them through so you need to…

  • The Wonders of Modern Technology: Part Three

    Wakey, wakey, saga not finished yet… Breakfast at Pret accompanied by two very noisy small children and one harassed mother loudly declaring that if they didn’t pack it in everyone who was staring would think they were naughty and they were not naughty children. I think she thought I was staring at them in horror…

  • The Wonders of Modern Technology: Part Two

    The fact that getting through security had involved dismantling some extremely tight packing (when I realised that Toronto doesn’t have the jazzy new x-ray machines that let you pass through with small liquid containers), the shoving of dismantled contents into random shopping bags and then the rush to find our departure gate – with purchase…

  • The Wonders of Modern Technology: Part One

    Or lack there of. I am spectacularly annoyed. In only the way that computers and the internet can make you annoyed. If I didn’t have jet-lag and therefore have no strength in my entire anatomy including my hands, wrists and arms, I would fling my computer out the window and emigrate to Patagonia. Even getting…

  • Moral Debate, Continuation Of

    Claim to fame No 1 is that my god father (a major general whose father was heavily involved in Bletchley Park during the war) was the MoD talking head in a Channel 4 program several decades ago (I think it was Channel 4 in its early, slightly amateurish stage). Anyway, Henry was asked by the…

  • Random Moral Debate

    Having watched a couple of episodes of previously mentioned Long Road North, recalled A Town Like Alice, Bridge on the River Kwai (claim to fame to follow) as well as several series of Tenko, I was struck by the conflicting emotions evoked by the 80th anniversary of Hiroshima. The Today program covered this anniversary with…

  • Catch Up: Tuesday

    Had even more productive morning doing little jobs like shifting and sorting random things that are either not in their rightful place, are not on the correct floor of the house and therefore nowhere near rightful place or need to go to charity/in the bin/into the recycling cupboard. Met friend at station and caught the…

  • Catch Up: Monday

    Did lots of organising for holiday to Canada about which I was very pleased with myself. Only to discover that the cottage on Lake Huron at the end of our trip doesn’t offer bed linen or towels. This is annoying. But it does explain why it was cheaper than the rest. Hi hum. Abortive call…

  • Catch Up: Sunday

    Did more work trying to fathom SQL coding. Made scrambled eggs on toast for lunch. Eyed the sky suspiciously. Departed for Oxford to visit son, rang residential home to say we were half an hour away and drove straight into a traffic jam. Shortly after idly wondering why lots of drivers were exiting the motorway…