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Let's all conjugate his favourite verb(?) from the 1986 World Cup … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2004
I had a letter from Parcelforce at work yesterday. It was from Kevin King, who is apparently my local Parcelforce Worldwide Sales Executive, telling me how in the past two years, they have completely revamped their company and invested in … Continue reading
There's this organisation which is well-known in the sex work field. But despite their enviable access to the great and the good, they're… a little out of touch. Of course, they're doing something on the current government patronisation consultation, 'Paying … Continue reading
From an interview in USA Today (tries to open a pop-up) Q: Speaking of security, Internet Explorer has had well-publicized holes … Gates: Understand those are cases where you are downloading third-party software. Well, yes. IE's holes could well be … Continue reading
(if you're in the UK, anyway!) If you missed it, the short version is that in the 1960s, Britain threw the entire population, about two thousand people, off their group of islands in the Indian Ocean, so we could give … Continue reading
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1319767,00.html Over the years, there have been lots of reasons to dislike it – at one point it was actively removing the b-word from articles – and some truly awful stories (my favourite was a 1988 front page that said … Continue reading
I laughed when I read the first sentence in a story in the Metro last week: When having sex with a woman, most men would be turned off if they knew another man was nearby. Mind you, it may just … Continue reading
Ok, let's see what's on the ES website for "House Prices" in the last 24 hours: 1.IMF warns on UK house prices Plunge threat to Britain's economy…read News and city: 01/10/04 Hmm, hardly 'good news' and it is today's, … Continue reading
I know they don't like to give away the story (hence 'Interest rate decision' rather than 'Interest rates up/down/stay the same'!) but… Good news on house prices at last What do you think that means? House prices are going up? … Continue reading