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…wrote a song that began “It was 20 years ago today”. Well, it was 18 years ago today that my life changed dramatically. On the 26th November 1989 I received a telephone call which made me run for my car, and drive faster than ever before (or indeed since) along the main road between Aberdeen [...] So, we should trust our government to create and maintain identity cards with our biometric information on them eh? Think again.. There’s a superb article in the Telegraph this week about Speed Cameras, the ideas behind their implementation and some of the truth behind the arguments and statistics. If you’re anything like me you’ll long for the days when the Police had the authority and capability to allow some lassitude to drivers, giving many of [...] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt692UuRMyg&rel=1&border=0] Watch this and tell me that men don’t thrive on adrenaline! …are a wonderful thing, especially when they’re from people who are not particularly connected with the thing they’re recommending. “I like the Salvation Army because it is a “doing” organisation. “Heart to God and Hand to Man” is their motto. Philosophically, I do have problems with some of their ideas but that’s to be expected [...] I thought The Secret Millionaire was one of the most edifying TV shows I’ve watched in the last year. It’s back on tonight on Channel 4 at 9pm. Watch it and see if you agree. No, I haven’t just spelt my name wrongly or indeed changed it to suit my preference for ibooks/ipods etc. The Robi is a new product from Roberts, radio manufacturers by appointment to HM The Queen. It plugs into your ipod and gives the facility to listen to DAB or FM radio via your normal [...] In these days of really, REALLY crap customer service (as recently suffered by me via Comet, Specsavers and Hawkshead), it came as welcome relief to deal with the customer service team at Coventry Toys ‘R’ Us.As you’ll know if you read this blog, Mrs G-T recently purchased a Nintendo Wii for my birthday from www.toysrus.co.uk.Last [...] |
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