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Request For Help

( Misc. )

Someone who appears to be even more calamitous than I was booked to fly from Heathrow to Germany yesterday with British Airways and had his flight cancelled because of fog. What is the correct procedure for getting money, recompense etc. from BA?
More specifically, what are his rights? What can one request after x hours of […]

Tracking America’s Enemies…

The most dangerous people in the world, hunted down using everyone’s favourite search engine…
In Actual Fact > Visit Detail
Domain Name pentagon.mil ? (Military)
IP Address 141.116.10.# (Army Information Systems Command-Pentagon)
Location Continent : North America
Country : United States (Facts)
State/Region : District of Columbia
City : Washington
Time of Visit Dec 21 2006 2:45:09 […]

That’d Do For Me…..

It’s my Nana’s 90th birthday today. Well, figuratively speaking – she’s been dead for a few years now. When my death comes I’d like the doctor to say something like this about me too…
“Cutting down the tree with a chain saw was strenuous enough for an 85 year old woman. To then swap to a […]

And The Award For City Of The Week Goes To…

Leeds.
The judges based their decision on the combination of high-quality drizzle, the Royal Armouries Museum (if you can’t make it to Leeds, they do have a branch in Kentucky) and it being a top spot for London-based quangos to get out into the provinces and give job interviews. Now, it goes without saying that the […]

“Can’t Be Asked”

There’s an accent meme going around at the moment, but I’m not doing it, I can’t be bothered. It did remind me however (and this may give some small clue as to the way I talk) that German girl spent years believing that when I really, really didn’t want to do something, that I didn’t […]

We Think You’ll Like Our Product So Much….

‘Bahn.bonus’ is the name of Deutsche Bahn’s ‘frequent flyer’ programme. Except (and I don’t need to tell you that Deutsche Bahn is a railway company) it’s not flying. It might, sometimes, be very fast, but that doesn’t make it flying.
As far as I can tell, every time you purchase a rail ticket, you can choose […]