Not sure what is going on this morning, but hoping that everyone is OK. I was in work early so didn't get caught up in it.

Edit: Anyone in London might want to contact family/loved ones to let them know they are OK. Some of the news reports that Nicky heard were distressing.

Edit 2: Nick is also fine. He is up in Hatfield and off-line today.

The company that owns my company has been in for a rough ride recently with allegations of creative accounting (used to be called fraud I thought) but it appears that it still has the interests of its workers at heart.  Apparently they are to supply us all with a 'Survival pack' in case we are trapped in the office for a period of time.  The pack ( Read more... )

The horrible nasty cold that has plagued me (and just about everyone else from the sounds of things) is drifting off and I can now breath again without making a funny noise.  Being off work on Valentine's day would appear to be an ideal way to spend it but as Nickylou and I were about 200 miles apart I had to make do with phoning her sounding like the man ( Read more... )

Ladies and gentlemen please make the very gorgeous nickylou welcome on LJ.  For those who have not been introduced, we will be at Whitby as she has just found an appartment by the harbour.  :-)

Working in an IT department you witness varying degrees of strange or obsessive behaviour. On Friday of last week a lady celebrated her birthday and bought us a large single-layered box of Ferrero Rocher. This contained 3 types of chocolates (normal, cappuccino and a half fat one) which were arranged in vertical lines according to type of ( Read more... )

After a week off work that allowed me to get my 'To do' list below 20 items, I am hoping that my roof is finally water-tight and I can remove the large orange bin from just in front of my TV and actually be able to use the remote without having to lean half-way off the sofa. Have to wait for the next storm to see ( Read more... )

To settle the argument of the weekend in my favour, I can confirm that Penfold from Dangermouse was indeed a hamster. Of species HAMSTERUS COWARDISSIMUS TERIFFICATUS.

http://www.nyanko.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/chamb/dangermousechars.html

Saint Isidore of Seville is the patron saint of computers, computer users, computer programmers and the internet. So now whenever one of my programs work I know who to thank. http://www.scborromeo.org/saints/isidores.htmRead more... )

Bought Shaun of the Dead the other day.  Only £9.99 at MVC when you spend over £20 on other things, and as all 3 series of Yes, Minister were on offer it was rude not too.

Despite careful observation I still can't spot miss_soap anywhere.  Come out, come out wherever you are!

Highly amusing extra feature is a clip from the version of the film that they made ( Read more... )

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