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Letter_To_EOn.doc (Recovered)

Dear Mr. E.On,
Somewhere in England you own a subsidiary responsible for the supply of my electricity. I was wondering if it would be possible to upgrade my electricity supply to the modern, always-on, available-24-hours-per-day variant, which I keep reading about in the newspapers.
I am aware from the letters you frequently send that you are […]

Mum, Dad. I’ve Got Something To Tell You…

It should probably have appeared in the Outbox of my e-mail program though…..

Dot, get a different username, or do you find the greeting that other people receive amusing?
Song playing as this was published: The Smiths - “How Soon Is Now?”

No Half Measures…

I like my father. No, I really, really do. Mostly. We might disagree slightly about the existence of a higher being, an exact interpretation of Marxist theory and whether he really needs to leave any inheritance to both of his children, rather than just me, but we don’t have any major issues; I’m not one […]

Wordpress Problems

Yes, the post was different before. Yes, I’ll re-post it. Eventually. Even though it was rubbish, but I’m so hacked off with the stupid WYSIWYG editor that I use with Wordpress and trackbacks not working and tags being stupid and about 50 other things (some of those blog-related) that I’m doing a back-up and re-install. […]

Learning About Modern Britain, In Quotes

The BNP:
“have exactly the same policies as the Labour Party used to…..AND they hate Pakis.”
Overheard in Aldi, Glomm-on-Trent

Added: Hmm. Maybe I should clarify this a little. It was initially meant just as an example of the kind of language that I hear everyday in this part of the world; that is so commonplace that I […]

Reverting To Type

I’m not sure if it’s a final, unconscious acceptance that I don’t live there any longer, or just that I don’t have the requisite motor abilities to type and drink coffee at the same time, but I’ve got rid of my German “QWERTZ” keyboard. Despite cleaning it in the dishwasher, it still didn’t work, […]