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Sunday, February 25, 2007

Charlie's face was all swollen and we had to take him to the vet. Turns out its an abcess, probably from Charlie having been in a fight. Charlie had to have an operation and he's feeling very sore. He can't get out and he doesn't like it. He's wearing a lampshade and he doesn't like it. He can't really see where he's going, so he's started walking backwards. Poor Charlie. Cost us £70. Poor me!

Labels: bad bad bad

posted by timesnewroman at 2:51 PM

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Sunday, February 18, 2007

Paris Je Taime

Sad, Happy, Poignant, Hysterically Funny. Well worth seeing.

This was on at the Glasgow Film Theatre as part of the Glasgow Film Festival. We went along on Friday and it was well worth the trip. Well except for the random chaos which is the method used for queueing and entering the GFT. The film was eventually introduced by one of the (20) Directors, Sylvain Chomet. Set in each of the 20 arrondissements, each director had a 5 minute slot. Put together its a pretty good film and where its weak its only weak for 5 minutes. Chomet's own piece was supposed to be an animation, however that would have broke the budget, so he ended up doing it as live action. It was one of the funniest bits of the film to boot.

All that and a Chinese buffet at Ding's, beforehand. I normally not a fan of Chinese food, its usually bland, however in the big metropolis they do things differently and I had the most enjoyable Chinese food I've yet eaten.

Saturday I spent most of the afternoon making Morasso Polow, before heading off with it to a birthday party for Natalie 6, Kayley 6 and Brodie 3.

I have a flexi day tomorrow to boot. Superb Weekend

posted by timesnewroman at 11:24 AM

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Tuesday, February 13, 2007

If anyone can Canon can part 2.

This was the reply from Canon to my letter of complaint re their missing ink.

Dear Customer,

Thank you for your recent enquiry regarding your Canon product.

Please be advised the Canon iP1200 printer is an entry level product. To help keep costs as low as possible the printer is supplied with a colour cartridge (most people do colour prints) and is indicated as having an optional black cartridge.

The contents is indicated on our website and on the packaging and this can be verified pre-sales with your chosen retailer or by calling our pre-sales line.

Yours sincerely,

Canon Support Centre

"Optional" he notices. Oops! This was my reply:

Dear Canon Helpdesk Folk

Thank you for your response. I now have to admit to being a total idiot. My upset at the lack of a black ink cartridge when I purchased the printer was because I couldn’t get the printer to work with only the colour cartridge loaded. I assumed it also require a black cartridge as well. Thanks to your response I have now discovered that in fact had I loaded the colour cartridge properly in the first place it would have worked fine. Boy do I feel slightly silly.

Regards,

PS It’s an extremely good printer for the money.

Labels: Numpty

posted by timesnewroman at 7:49 PM

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Sunday, February 11, 2007

A wiff of something nefarious

Some days you have an inkling that all is not as it should be. I used to think that Dougie MacDonald, the referee with the extremely bad (Keane) musical taste I blogged about a few weeks ago was just typically incompetent along with all the other referees in Scottish Football. Grade 1 my arse. Anyways I was so so wrong. Many many times I have witnessed what seemed to be the worst display of refereeing I have ever encountered only to say the same thing a week or so later. This display though took the absolute biscuit. 3 penalties awarded, none of them conceivably justified, including ours, should you think this merely sour grapes. Decisions continually given to the blue weegies, it was blatant, blatant cheating. Bastards, and we were better than them too.

Labels: doodles

posted by timesnewroman at 5:04 PM

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Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Telesales

I heard this for the first time the other night, thought it was a hoot.

The daughter of a friend, lets call her Shaz, used to work for a US company in a call centre in Scotland selling insurance to Americans a few years ago. Apparently us Scots have a trustworthy accent and are probably as cheap to hire as Indian graduates.

Anyways, our Shaz is on the line looking to speak to Mr X. Mrs X explains that Mr. X has "gone to meet his maker" a euphemism lost on Shaz, who asks "when will he back? " "No" says Mrs X, "he's gone to meet his maker." "Yes" Shaz replies, "but when will he be back home?"

Oh how we laughed.

Labels: lazarus

posted by timesnewroman at 7:21 PM

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Sunday, February 04, 2007

Con - If anyone can Canon can.

I bought a new Canon printer from PC World. I was astonished at how cheap it was. Only 25 quid. I know that the printers are sold deliberately cheap, with the big money being made on the consumable refills. I was gobsmacked though when I opened the box connected it up and discovered that it only came with a colour ink cartridge and that I would also need a black ink cartridge as well. Of course I wouldn't be able to get one at the time of night I had put it all together. Bastards. Next day of course I went out to get a black Ink cartidge. That'll be thirteen quid thank you. So really the printer cost nearer the forty quid mark which is what I was expecting. What kind of fucked up lame brain thinks this shit up?

posted by timesnewroman at 11:00 AM

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Turns out its an abcess, probably from Charlie having been in a fight. Charlie had to have an operation and he's feeling very sore. He can't get out and he doesn't like it. He's wearing a lampshade and he doesn't like it. He can't really see where he's going, so he's started walking backwards. Poor Charlie. Cost us £70. Poor me! Labels: bad bad bad posted by timesnewroman at 2:51 PM 1 comments Sunday, February 18, 2007 Paris Je Taime Sad, Happy, Poignant, Hysterically Funny. Well worth seeing. This was on at the Glasgow Film Theatre as part of the Glasgow Film Festival. We went along on Friday and it was well worth the trip. Well except for the random chaos which is the method used for queueing and entering the GFT. The film was eventually introduced by one of the (20) Directors, Sylvain Chomet. Set in each of the 20 arrondissements, each director had a 5 minute slot. Put together its a pretty good film and where its weak its only weak for 5 minutes. Chomet's own piece was supposed to be an animation, however that would have broke the budget, so he ended up doing it as live action. It was one of the funniest bits of the film to boot. All that and a Chinese buffet at Ding's, beforehand. I normally not a fan of Chinese food, its usually bland, however in the big metropolis they do things differently and I had the most enjoyable Chinese food I've yet eaten. Saturday I spent most of the afternoon making Morasso Polow, before heading off with it to a birthday party for Natalie 6, Kayley 6 and Brodie 3. I have a flexi day tomorrow to boot. Superb Weekend posted by timesnewroman at 11:24 AM 4 comments Tuesday, February 13, 2007 If anyone can Canon can part 2. This was the reply from Canon to my letter of complaint re their missing ink. Dear Customer, Thank you for your recent enquiry regarding your Canon product. Please be advised the Canon iP1200 printer is an entry level product. To help keep costs as low as possible the printer is supplied with a colour cartridge (most people do colour prints) and is indicated as having an optional black cartridge. The contents is indicated on our website and on the packaging and this can be verified pre-sales with your chosen retailer or by calling our pre-sales line. Yours sincerely, Canon Support Centre "Optional" he notices. Oops! This was my reply: Dear Canon Helpdesk Folk Thank you for your response. I now have to admit to being a total idiot. My upset at the lack of a black ink cartridge when I purchased the printer was because I couldn’t get the printer to work with only the colour cartridge loaded. I assumed it also require a black cartridge as well. Thanks to your response I have now discovered that in fact had I loaded the colour cartridge properly in the first place it would have worked fine. Boy do I feel slightly silly. Regards, PS It’s an extremely good printer for the money. Labels: Numpty posted by timesnewroman at 7:49 PM 1 comments Sunday, February 11, 2007 A wiff of something nefarious Some days you have an inkling that all is not as it should be. I used to think that Dougie MacDonald, the referee with the extremely bad (Keane) musical taste I blogged about a few weeks ago was just typically incompetent along with all the other referees in Scottish Football. Grade 1 my arse. Anyways I was so so wrong. Many many times I have witnessed what seemed to be the worst display of refereeing I have ever encountered only to say the same thing a week or so later. This display though took the absolute biscuit. 3 penalties awarded, none of them conceivably justified, including ours, should you think this merely sour grapes. Decisions continually given to the blue weegies, it was blatant, blatant cheating. Bastards, and we were better than them too. Labels: doodles posted by timesnewroman at 5:04 PM 1 comments Tuesday, February 06, 2007 Telesales I heard this for the first time the other night, thought it was a hoot. The daughter of a friend, lets call her Shaz, used to work for a US company in a call centre in Scotland selling insurance to Americans a few years ago. Apparently us Scots have a trustworthy accent and are probably as cheap to hire as Indian graduates. Anyways, our Shaz is on the line looking to speak to Mr X. Mrs X explains that Mr. X has "gone to meet his maker" a euphemism lost on Shaz, who asks "when will he back? " "No" says Mrs X, "he's gone to meet his maker." "Yes" Shaz replies, "but when will he be back home?" Oh how we laughed. Labels: lazarus posted by timesnewroman at 7:21 PM 0 comments Sunday, February 04, 2007 Con - If anyone can Canon can. I bought a new Canon printer from PC World. I was astonished at how cheap it was. Only 25 quid. I know that the printers are sold deliberately cheap, with the big money being made on the consumable refills. I was gobsmacked though when I opened the box connected it up and discovered that it only came with a colour ink cartridge and that I would also need a black ink cartridge as well. Of course I wouldn't be able to get one at the time of night I had put it all together. Bastards. Next day of course I went out to get a black Ink cartidge. That'll be thirteen quid thank you. So really the printer cost nearer the forty quid mark which is what I was expecting. What kind of fucked up lame brain thinks this shit up? posted by timesnewroman at 11:00 AM 1 comments