January 2008
5 posts
The other half (and isn't he a socialist?) →
I got to think (yes, I know, take it easy) about how the other half live. Take Peter Hain for instance. He’s got into a spot of bother for some donations that he may, or may not, have had given to him to use for his campaign to become deputy leader of the Labour party. When the water got a little too hot, he was able to tender his resignation, in order to ‘clear his name’. Now,...
Art imitating life? →
Apparently the loss of power to the engines of the 777 that crash landed at Heathrow airport the other week wasn’t the first such incident. A UK aviation industry source told the Press Association seven engine failures was “not a large figure” given the aircraft’s long flight history.
Anyone else see the similarity with Fight Club? JACK: Take the number of vehicles in the...
Steve Jobs keynote speech not here →
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Dear British Gas →
Just thought I should let you know that ten past eight in the morning is not between nine and one, unless of course, you meant nine pm and one pm. This I am quite sure is not what you meant as you only gave one date, and nine pm to one pm would be over two days. ust thought you’d like to know. Yours Tired and tealess
Political comment →
Now I don’t claim to be as incisive as John Humphreys or Jeremy Paxman (or even Jeremy Clarkson) when it comes to political issues but I have watched the TV. On the way to work this morning I caught the radio talking about the US Presidential election and the first rounds of voting taking place today in Iowa. It said that the Republican favourite to take Iowa was Mike Huckabee, a former...