Last night I switched off my computer, only I would not switch off. At the XP shutting down screen a message told me that four updates were being installed and that the system would shut itself down once the installation was complete. I found this process a little bit worrying, as it is the … [Read more...]
Rubbishy Naples
July 11, 2007 By Leave a Comment
The garbage problem in Naples, literally, smoulders on. Piles of waste still line the streets, and this burning issue is still very much alight, despite the appointment of a bigwig to resolve the problem.In other parts of the Living Museum there are record recyclers. My other half reckons that … [Read more...]
RAI or Sky?
July 11, 2007 By Leave a Comment
I've been thinking about this lately. You can choose who provides with you a phone line, who connects you to the www, and even, increasingly, who supplies your gas and electricity. But can you choose who provides you with TV? The answer is yes and no. Yes, you can choose to add another TV … [Read more...]
Four Four Two Free Beer
July 11, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Andy and his two mates have reduced the number of 'two for the price of one' beer vouchers by 3 to 27. Hope you had a good time Andy and Co. I would have wondered along had not been for the fact that I was down by the seaside.Never mind, I'm sure there will be other occasions. … [Read more...]
It’s the way I hold my beer glass.
July 11, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Last night a New Yorker told me that he had identified me as being English from the way I was holding my pint.Up to now I had never really thought anyone could have identified me as being of one nationality or another from the way I hold a glass. I didn't think I held a glass in an English … [Read more...]
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