Shopping in Tesco this morning I happened across this massive saving. I often wonder how we’d survive without such discounts 😉
Comment Spam
Askimet has been getting a bit pants lately, and over the last day or so is almost completely failing to trap any trackback spam, so I’ve switched to Spam Karma 2.
I’ve actually disabled trackbacks on all new posts anyway, but left comments as active. You do need to be registered and logged in to comment.
I’ve put this post in both Positives and Negatives. Positives for SK2 and Negatives for Askimet and those bastard spammers.
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Meet Chocolate
Courtney was feeling left out, so she bought Chocolate on Saturday. That makes a grand total of 4 hamsters here now!
Social Networking
In short, I don’t do social networking. I have a website, this blog, msn, ICQ, IRC and more e-mail addresses available than you can shake a shitty stick at so I’m just not interested. I neither have the time nor inclination to sift through endless invitations to become friends to people I’ve never even heard of so I will not sign up to any of them, even if a family member invites me (they should know better anyway 😉 ).
Myspace, Facebook and now Bebo have been added to my mail server’s blacklist for not respecting my “do not contact me again” requests. Some of do actually have a life outside the realms of the Internet. Strange I know, but there you have it 🙂
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Meet Toffee and Cream
This is Toffee…
This is Cream.
Both actually joined our family on 27th December, but I’ve only just got time enough to photograph and post this entry.
Toffee is quite mad, and Cream goes flat when petted but is really docile and friendly. Neither bite, which means we’ve still been lucky on that score to date 🙂
Cardiff Bus’ new double deck buses
I’ve just had to get off one of these super new buses to wait for the next one.
I’m a shortarse at only 5’3″ and my feet don’t touch the floor when I’m sat in any downstairs fixed seat. Now while this may sound hilarious it’s not just uncomfortable it’s actually painful. I could feel the tension building up in my back (and I don’t generally suffer that way) until I could take no more and got off.
I’ll be emailing the company tonight and when (or if) they eventually reply I’ll follow up in this entry. Watch this space!
Update: E-mail has been sent.
Update #2: I’ve been in communication with a person I know personally at Cardiff Bus and made a suggestion on how the situation may be alleviated. This is by using a fold down foot bar similar to those used on National Express coaches. Initial impressions on this are good so I’m quite happy with the progress so far 🙂
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R.I.P. Muffin :-(
After a short illness, Muffin the hamster died this morning. Not a bad age (about 2 years old) but still a bad time for such a loss.
Registrations
Due to random user registrations suddenly starting I’ve decided to restrict registrations to those who mail me via the contact page on my main web site.
What spammers hope to gain from this is anyone’s guess, but they never have been a breed that’s easy to understand.
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Disney and the Great Euro Ripoff?
I was walking around the Disney Store with my family yesterday and noticed a few “interesting” prices.
Now with an approximate conversion rate of £1 to €1.50 that should really be closer to €18.00, but it doesn’t stop there:
Same price in Sterling but €6 more, and then:
This item is £2 more than the previous 2 but €4 more than the first and €2 less than the second! Each one is far more than the current exchange rate.
Now I don’t know about you but this pricing makes me confident that this country is absolutely right to keep Sterling as our currency. If everyone else followed the same example we’d end up being severely ripped off… more so than we appear to be already.
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Meet Rose and Martha
Meet the latest additions to the Cavy Clan; Rose is topmost. From the names some of you might guess my daughter is a Doctor Who fan 😉
We’ve spent half the day so far just introducing them on neutral ground and at the third attempt I think Nibbles is finally coming to terms with new company. No threatening gestures and currently all is quiet 🙂