When blogging from my PC I always use a spell checker and get Mrs P to proof read my posts before inflecting them upon the world. Now I blog with my iPhone, often on the train, I've noticed how bad my spelling really is. My sexy little mobile device makes a good attempt at guess the words, but it just can't correct them all. Such is life I suppose. I'll just have to learn to spell or download a dictionary app.
Regards
Chris
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Friday, 15 January 2010
Is It Art?
These rather curious looking things are the hand basins at work. I was rather taken by their curious design. They do the job for which they were intended perfectly well, but do rather remind me of urinals or animal drinking troughs.
What do you think?
Regards
Chris
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Thursday, 14 January 2010
I've Made The Paper 8-)
Last Wednesday I couldn't get to work due to the snow, so I met my Wife from work and spotted the Police fencing off the front of M&S in Queensway Crawley Town Centre. On closer inspection it appeared that a few of the coping stones on the roof had fallen off.When I got home I emailed the photo and details to a local paper. This week they published this photo and here's the article.
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Wednesday, 13 January 2010
More Lovely Snow
Just when I thought last weeks snow was showing signs of melting away, it snows some more. This when I'd just got used the walking on all that ice which still covers the pavements.
It wasn't too bad really as we only had about half an inch here in West Sussex. I hear it was far worse to the west of London.
Unlike last time it appears that few schools or trains are affected.
Fingers crossed that Juniors school bus arrives this morning. Yesterday it went AWOL, causing huge problems.
Enjoy the snow peeps 8-)
UPDATE
I spoke to soon. Juniors school is now not opening today. Another difficult day all round 8-(
I got to Croydon without drama and my colleagues managed to travel far further. What is it with teachers?
Did you know that the teachers get paid if they can't get in. The school kicthen staff don't and neither do Mrs P & I. Maybe that's the problem!!
Regards
Chris
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It wasn't too bad really as we only had about half an inch here in West Sussex. I hear it was far worse to the west of London.
Unlike last time it appears that few schools or trains are affected.
Fingers crossed that Juniors school bus arrives this morning. Yesterday it went AWOL, causing huge problems.
Enjoy the snow peeps 8-)
UPDATE
I spoke to soon. Juniors school is now not opening today. Another difficult day all round 8-(
I got to Croydon without drama and my colleagues managed to travel far further. What is it with teachers?
Did you know that the teachers get paid if they can't get in. The school kicthen staff don't and neither do Mrs P & I. Maybe that's the problem!!
Regards
Chris
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Tuesday, 12 January 2010
Three Reported Missing After Animal Rights Activists Take "War on Leather" to Motorcycle Gang Rally.
I saw this news article in an email from Motorcycle News. It's a hoax, but I'm surprised that it hasn't yet happened in this mad world of ours. It's simply brillient 8-)
The full story is here,
Regards
Chris
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The full story is here,
Regards
Chris
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Sunday, 10 January 2010
BlogPress for iPhone
I've spent the last week testing out various blogging apps on my iPhone. The one I've settled on is BlogPress.
I tried the free version "BlogPress Lite" which ticked all the boxes. It allows you to post blogs which contain photos direct from your iPhone, while also storing them to your Picasa account. I did need to set up a Picasa account, but because I was already a google user this was very easy. The free version will only work with Blogger & Blogspot blogs, but the paid one works with far more.
The feature that made me upgrade to the paid version is that it automatically posts a Twitter Tweet linking to my blog post. At last I've found a use for Twitter 8-)
Regards
Chris
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I tried the free version "BlogPress Lite" which ticked all the boxes. It allows you to post blogs which contain photos direct from your iPhone, while also storing them to your Picasa account. I did need to set up a Picasa account, but because I was already a google user this was very easy. The free version will only work with Blogger & Blogspot blogs, but the paid one works with far more.
The feature that made me upgrade to the paid version is that it automatically posts a Twitter Tweet linking to my blog post. At last I've found a use for Twitter 8-)
Regards
Chris
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Saturday, 9 January 2010
A Garden Visitor
I'm sure you'll all be glad to know that we didn't waste our time while snowed in on Wednesday 8-)
I must admit that my head is now a little cold as he's wearing my hat. But there really is no need for sympathy as I have a spare.
Regards
Chris
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Friday, 8 January 2010
Have we turned soft down south?
On Tuesday evening it started to snow. By 6:30 Wednesday morning it was 4" deep and 2 hours later, 6" deep. This raised several questions for us at home.
1 - Would my son's school be open?
2 - Would I get a train to work?
3 - Who would look after Junior if his school was closed?
The first question was answered quite quickly by the local radio station. Question 2 looking like a definate no, which made the 3rd one easy to. It would be yours truly and Mrs P could walk to work. That wasn't a popular decision apparently, but a practical one none the less.
By Wednesday evening it was clear that Juniors school would be closed again on Thursday. This time Mrs P was to stay at home & I would try the train. To my surprise I had very little trouble getting to work and I even got a seat!!
Today (Friday) the school was still closed. Unable to get any child care, we decided to both go to work and trust Junior to stay at home on his own. After all he is now 13, he had everyone's phone numbers to hand and it was only for 4 hours. It all went very well and when I phoned him, he was sick of people checking up on him.
All this brings me to my main point.
Q- Are we so soft now that the powers that be won't let our little darlings into school because it's a bit slippery and they might fall over?
Q- Or are the schools worried that they'll get sued if one of their charges takes a tumble?
What kind of example is this setting for our youngsters? At this rate they'll grow up thinking it's ok to stay off work because it's a little nippy out!
Regards
Chris
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1 - Would my son's school be open?
2 - Would I get a train to work?
3 - Who would look after Junior if his school was closed?
The first question was answered quite quickly by the local radio station. Question 2 looking like a definate no, which made the 3rd one easy to. It would be yours truly and Mrs P could walk to work. That wasn't a popular decision apparently, but a practical one none the less.
By Wednesday evening it was clear that Juniors school would be closed again on Thursday. This time Mrs P was to stay at home & I would try the train. To my surprise I had very little trouble getting to work and I even got a seat!!
Today (Friday) the school was still closed. Unable to get any child care, we decided to both go to work and trust Junior to stay at home on his own. After all he is now 13, he had everyone's phone numbers to hand and it was only for 4 hours. It all went very well and when I phoned him, he was sick of people checking up on him.
All this brings me to my main point.
Q- Are we so soft now that the powers that be won't let our little darlings into school because it's a bit slippery and they might fall over?
Q- Or are the schools worried that they'll get sued if one of their charges takes a tumble?
What kind of example is this setting for our youngsters? At this rate they'll grow up thinking it's ok to stay off work because it's a little nippy out!
Regards
Chris
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Wednesday, 6 January 2010
London Fox in the Snow
I found this quite amazing photo on the LBC Website. I wish I'd taken it, but sadly not.
From the LBC Website
Regards
Chris
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From the LBC WebsiteOur friends at Bread and Shutter Photography sent us this magnificent photo of a fox in the London snow.
Uploaded on 6 Jan 10
Regards
Chris
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Monday, 4 January 2010
New Year, New Job
After a somewhat turbulent 2009, I am now looking forward to 2010 with renewed hope. The main reason for this positive outlook is that today I start a new job, having been made redundant from my old one in December.
That was a first for me, which makes me lucky I suppose. There are many others who are nowhere near as lucky. In fact I had secured a new position before I had even left.
Anyway, I'm now waffling.
Happy New Year to all in the blogging world.
Regards
Chris
That was a first for me, which makes me lucky I suppose. There are many others who are nowhere near as lucky. In fact I had secured a new position before I had even left.
Anyway, I'm now waffling.
Happy New Year to all in the blogging world.
Regards
Chris
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