Spent a manic day in London up at Kings hospital today with my dad to collect the results of his DAT scan. It confirms the theory that he is suffering from Parkinsons.
Still, hopefully this is good news in many ways - at last he knows what the problem is and the consultant is now pescribing [...]
Today our generator turned up at work. This is pretty much the last component of a complete refurb that we have been doing of our main machine room (people who knew the old one will not recognise a thing now!). The genny was a tad larger than we thought!
I’m interested to see how quiet it [...]
-0.85 \o/ (or, for whinging gits^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HJibbler, -0.85)
Well, after giving up with the shit doctors attempting to sort out an nhs referral for dad (sorry, paperwork wasn’t faxed - we missed it etc etc) today we had a private consultation with Dr Phillip Barnes who is apparantly “Clinical Director for Neurosciences, King’s College Hospital and Consultant Neurologist (muscular and movement disorders)” (jobtitletastic) [...]
yeah, I know they get slagged off endlessly and yes, their billing department is a bit like playing a really bad adventure game from the 80s but for the second time I’m seriously impressed with their support.
I’ve been with them for a broadband service for years (way before ADSL was even an option) starting with [...]
Bad month this month….firstly, the extra money I should have got for working over Christmas has still not arrived - we will be getting it in the March pay (which seems a bit pathetic given other depts got theirs in Jan but still…).
Secondly, the pug was due a service and MOTT - which it actually [...]
Congrats to Fil and more deservedly, Emma who in Phils words has “finally popped”.
Baby Sophie finally arrived monday 18th Feb (if I put it here, I might be able to remember it :))
She weighed something, Emma did well and just had some pain stuff. Blah Blah *baby stuff* etc etc
More importantly, I’m hoping to meet [...]
About 4 this afternoon, my neighbours knocked on the door for some help with a new laptop they had just picked up from Currys - an Advent 9315.
The guy in the shop had said “just turn it on, it really simple”. This it turns out was utter bollocks.
Firstly, none of the drivers were installed so [...]
Disneyland +++
5* hotel +++
5* hotel bar $$$
Magic fairies that come tidy your room twice a day +++
Magic fairies that come turn down the bed and leave you chocolates each day +++++
Man in top hat and tails at call 24hrs to make you a cup of tea ++++
Tea “menu” which is baffling and doesn’t include “builders” [...]
Some online stores seem to have “just got it right”. Svp and Amazon are a couple of those that I use and will continue to use.
Svp.co.uk are a great source of blank media and the only place I’ve found that will sell Duracell Procells to the public at sane prices. They are also friendly and [...]