So a young boy in the prime of his life (that’s me if you thought the description was a little hard to fathom ), travels home to get some lunch after a battle with a wireless network printer in Derby.

Thoughts of the delicious turkey breast rolls drifting across his consciousness…

Driving along the road I stop a young guy (mid 20s) dragging an older (late 50s to 60) guy toward himself with his fist raised.
Not an everyday occurrence for me to see this kind of thing but I pulled over the car to make sure IF anything happens, there would be witnesses.

Aggressor pauses…
Aggressor swings at older guy..!

I get out of the car and position myself between them ~ the younger guy is almost foaming at the mouth, obscenities flying.
Lots more shouting and lots more people later, after the young guy has launched himself at the older guy a few more times, the Police arrive and I’m asked to give a statement at the station.

Long discussion with the Policeman… Not a nice way to spend ones afternoon.
Back to work – starving hungry, having missed my butties!

I abhor violence and will always do what I think is right to stop it happening.
There was NO need for such an aggressive assault on someone who was probably about 3x this guys age; apparently it all started with a minor traffic altercation. I was shocked by the amount of hatred coming off this young guy ~ and I’m not one to be shocked easily.
Now I’m having a sleepless one as I realised BOTH of us (myself and older guy) could well have been left bleeding on the floor with serious injuries.

What is our society turning in to? :eek:

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So last night it got a little late and my GF decided that cooking was off limits, so pizza was the culinary delight of choice ~ phone call, 30 minutes and about £10ish later and we are filling our faces eagerly.

The pizza was goooooood :mrgreen:

Sleep came a little slowly as I decide to compute rather than the (probably) more sensible option. Pretty typical for me though
Not far from the midnight hour, fatigue overwhelms the desire to play and I’m heading for the land of nod…
Cue “REVENGE OF THE PEPPERONI PIZZA” ~ loud stomach growls precede a night of discomfort… :twisted:

2-3 hours of sleep later and it’s up-time. Doing my best Neanderthal impression I drag myself to the bathroom, in a vain attempt to achieve full consciousness. Failing miserably I vacate the premises.

Rolls into the office, only to be confronted with a heap of stuff to do (not normally a bad thing), plus several issues clients need resolving via the remote support. By this time my keyboard is starting to look like the image, blurred to say the least…

At this point what I didn’t need was to confront the Micro$oft licensing beast; In this case a client needed access to his volume license keys to upgrade his [old] version of Office.

Just so you know ~ Microsoft’s website is RUBBISH!
Their own licensing documentation points you to a ‘Page not found’ error and, with little information of what you actually need, searching is practically impossible.
The ‘low tech’ solution to this problem?
TELEPHONE CALL TO MICROSOFT! Manually request the VLKs. Problem solved…

An early home time, sleep, and a good chicken dinner sorted me out, as will this early night

Nighty night…

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It’s becoming more and more likely that workers in the UK will go on strike, rather than discuss with their employers.

The Post Office is now the most strike bound company in the UK ~ a sad fact that continually annoys their customers.
The recent decision to take industrial action in this climate of recession and businesses struggling to exist, belies belief.
It also seems to have little support from the public, who seem to think that Post Office workers have a particularly ‘cushy’ job to start with. ALL the business leaders who I have asked, simply roll their eyes and say something amounting to “Oh no, not again…”

Not that the unions seem to care, but the strike has far reaching consequences for small businesses who rely on cash flow and prompt deliveries to keep alive. Payments that are ‘lost in the Post’ can cause us major headaches.

It seems that the unions care not a jot for this though…

Also, the head-banging continues in the Leeds refuse collection dilemma ~ it’s looking more and more like we’ll be seeing this little drama play  out for some time to come as the two parties seem unable to come to an agreement.

Meanwhile Leeds is becoming an interesting place to live ~ soon to be rat central methinks. An explosion of the rat population in Leeds is apparently ‘expected’.
Are the local medical services equipped for an influx of diseases such as:

• Weil’s disease
• Salmonella
• Tuberculosis
• Cryptosporidiosis
• E.Coli
• Foot and mouth disease

All of which are carried by rats and definitely won’t be fun… :mrgreen:

Finally…
I have man flu, or H5n1, or any of the above.
I just know I feel rough ~ what a nice souvenir from Bulgaria! :evil:

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I’m a resident of Leeds.
Usually this is something that doesn’t even cross the threshold of conscious thought; Not until the STUPID strikes by the bin men!

As I understand it, there is a disagreement about the pay structure.
Apparently some bin men are paid more than female care workers.
In general this sounds like the old male / female inequality thing, but bear in mind that rubbish collection and carework are unrelated industries. Why there should be equality across these industries baffles me! I am not paid the same as a merchant banker, airline pilot or Premier league footballer ~ perhaps I should go on strike!

The net result of this stupidity is the local vermin getting fatter, a strange smell around the area, and lots of unhappy citizens.

On the plus side, my bin WAS finally emptied; It only took 3 weeks!!

Also – remember this: Broadband Tax?
It looks like the Government is committed to making this a law! (BBC News article)

This beggars belief – why should people with ‘old’ technology pay for those who decide to live in rural areas?
I would think firstly, some people DON’T WANT BROADBAND, secondly, they could pay for their own services just like we do.

Also, if the technology is ‘old’, why are they still rolling it out to consumers?

Stupid stupid stupid…

P.S. This is an early timed post ‘cos I’m off on holiday today

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As some may or may not know, my mum is over in sunny Spain, living the high life (she sold her house just at the peak of the housing boom, made a killing and is living off the proceeds!).

So, like any diligent son, when she makes a request (read ‘demand’) I try to honour it.

“Can you get me some Yorkshire tea please?”
Not an unreasonable demand methinks ~ this turns out to be the start of an epic journey for said tea.

It’s a simple enough start, I have the correct address (having sent things there before) and after a brief sojourn to the shopping temple of Tes-Co I had the tea and some funky brown paper kit thing for wrapping.
A minor interlude whilst we re-enact the usual Christmas tide frustration of trying to wrap something ~ I’m not too good at it!
Finished and proud. A small brown paper package resulted Complete with address label AND return address, just in case…

Posted – £6ish – expensive tea…
Days pass – not parental call thanking me for my thoughtfulness.
Finally I get a ‘Package undelivered’ through the door – somewhat confused I collect my now international tea from the Post Office. no reason given for the lack of delivery.
Off to Post Office where they too couldn’t find a reason; Delivery attempt no. 2 (another £6)

More days pass and I get flagged down on my way to work by the post lady who just so happens to have a package from Spain.
The effin tea! (now quite battered and VERY expensive looking tea 2x £6 + £2.50 = £14.50 to date!)
Again, no reason for the lack of delivery…
This tea has travelled 4400 miles so far PLUS the miles it took to get to the supermarket. So much for food miles then…

I asked the post lady to try again and this time get a bloomin’ reason if it’s not delivered.!

We live in hope of a “I got my tea” conversation and not another ‘undelivered’ note.
Once more and we’ll have another ‘Donkey Award’…

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