Archive for December, 2005

Hello Campers!

Monday, December 19th, 2005

Spent the last four days at Butlins in sunny Bognor Regis for their Christmas Fantasy. Not normally something we would consider but when we ended up with so many Tesco vouchers that the 300 quid package cost us 19 quid so it seemed silly not to take up the offer…
Had a great if tiring time. [...]

If you are thinking of sending me a Christmas card this year…

Tuesday, December 6th, 2005

then read this (I’ve just sent this around work)

Subject: Christmas cards…
Or rather, lack of Christmas cards.
If you don’t know me then I can safely say you don’t need to read any more of this as it’s pretty unlikely you are considering sending me a Christmas card (but feel free to take part anyway).
This year, [...]

Bastard credits cards. Bastard John Lewis

Saturday, December 3rd, 2005

I placed an order with John Lewis last night via their website. Got a confirmation email and all looked fine. Even got a 10 pound discount as it was my first online order with them.
This morning I find
We have been unable to obtain the necessary authorisation from your payment card issuing company. This could be [...]