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There. I said it. I want to be a writer. It's not new information. The fact that I spend time every month trying to come up with two new blogs should have been a clue. But as much as I enjoy writing these little pieces for you (and only for you), dear reader, I'm not doing the kind of writing I want to do. In… Read more »
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Ordering a mobile phone should be a simple process. You select the phone you want, you pick a contract, then within a few days your phone arrives and you start using it. I had always been under the impression that it was this easy. Indeed I had even had just such an experience a couple of years ago when I fir… Read more »
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The company I work for is primarily a printing firm and its specialism is the arts. Around about this time of year, many of the theatres we deal with are gearing up for their winter seasons and, in particular, their Christmas pantomimes. This is the only company I've been to where a group of up to ten adults… Read more »
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I don't have much luck with deliveries. On the occasions a delivery company manages to find my house, they almost always seem to do so on a day when I won't be in it. Even more frustrating is that more and more of the companies I need to order things from have taken to using delivery companies that refuse to… Read more »
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It's that time of year again. Apple have released a new mobile phone handset and millions of people across the world are clamouring to be among the first to get hold of it. I confess that I'm among them—maybe not clamouring so much, but at least taking advantage of the option to upgrade my now two-generations… Read more »
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Our house has a new occupant. In the grand scheme of things it has several. It is, after all, a new house and we've only just moved in. But specifically it has a new occupant called Steve. Steve is about nine inches tall when standing up normally, but can reach much higher if he's so inclined, especially if i… Read more »
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I'm embarrassed to admit how much I've missed having broadband. Until this weekend, I was without it for all of seven weeks. By and large moving house has been a painless experience. There's been a lot to do but somehow it's all come together. There have been a few things, however, that have taken their time.… Read more »
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A new house brings a new bus journey and with it new scenery and a whole array of new people to be amused or irritated by. Since moving at the end of last month, I've had time to get used to my new routes to and from work. The journey that from my old house required only one bus that conveniently picked me up… Read more »
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So, I've moved house. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Granted, it took a few trips to move everything, but despite all the initial toing and froing, it went rather well. In fact, thus far, the only problem we’ve had is that nobody can find us. We first noticed the issue on the Monday after we move… Read more »
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Ever since I started working about eleven years ago, I've been saving up to buy a house. I didn't save a lot at first. I didn't earn enough for it to be a lot. But it was something. And over the years, as the amount I earned increased, that something got bigger. I was good at saving. I'd monitor interest rate… Read more »