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Archive for November, 2008

Digiweb – don’t try fool me!

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

I don’t know what has happened to Digiweb of late. Maybe someone can tell me how a company that once provided the most excellent and honest service can so quickly have become the worst? More than a year ago when my then broadband provider was stuck in a legal quagmire I anticipated they were about [...]

Yet another light blub joke

Friday, November 7th, 2008

A man with a broken arm was in the queue ahead of me. Holding a pack of light bulbs to his chest with the cast, he struggled to extract the money from his wallet with his left hand. When I was being served I remarked to the girl there wasn’t a hope in hell that [...]

Paddy is on the move again

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

While no official figures are yet available, the anecdotal evidence is that Paddy is on the move again. Not emigrating in the numbers we were in the 80s, but nonetheless a small wave of emigration is ebbing from our shores. The wave will likely remain small because, unlike in the 80s, there are few places [...]

Spreading pain

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

I spent the morning trying to get my head around what the customer wanted. A long dragged out mail thread between him and his erstwhile consultant – sacked because he couldn’t understand what was needed. Okay, so he needs to track hours. Fine. And he explained to what degree and purpose at one point. Labour [...]

A shite post

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

I met Batt Mahon (you can guess his nickname) while getting the Sunday papers. Jayzez, Batt, that dog of yours strolled across the road in front of me and I coming up the village just now. I was taking it handy, but yer man coming the other way nearly clipped him. And you, ya hoor, [...]

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