...is now something I am qualified to do in company without an instructor (Only person of 3 to succeed on that trip... I was astonished - I didn't consider it was going to be a course you could actually fail - first one of those I've done for pushing 20 years... first one I've passed for longer...). No fanatic nonsense occurred and the people of ( Read more... )

In a little under twelve hours I will be departing these shores for Araby and will return qualified submersible. Hopefully, the Front Line of the War on Terror will have moved on from Dahab and no jihadis will go grenade fishing while I'm there. Apparently there is a chance I may be being taught to Scuba by the man who kidnapped my wife and stole ( Read more... )

Next Monday I fly away to learn to dive ( Read more... )

I got Skype. It were eeesy. russak67 is me... If you want, email me your contact to russak at hotmail dot com.

A number of us wrote to our MPs about the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill recently. I have had a reply from my MP saying he's getting specialist advice about the effect of the wording and safeguards. HE "shares my concern" which is good, but he's only a newbie MP, so might not be able to swing much ( Read more... )

So, I'm off for a "using up holiday at the very end of the holiday year" break. So I won't be seeing work emails, though russak at hotmail dot com will be read occasionally, along with this place. Or ring me if you've got my mobile and need/want to.

Tarra!

I can't think there's anyone who might read this who won't already have seen the basic links, so I'm not going to repeat 'em. I Wrote to my MP and found that having read others' letters was useful, so here's mine in case anyone else can use or avoid any points or structure.
( My letter to my MP )

Hi folks, I wonder if you web-designer types out ther can help? I know that the general standard for on-screen reading is sans-serif typefaces and I need to convince a senior manager who has a print background and is insisting (as is correct for ink media) that serif faces are better for body text. He's going to be hard to convince because he has ( Read more... )

Thanks to everyone who sent mail in respons to yesterdays post. I'm still checking!

Hi folks!. Can I please ask a favour? Could you, if you've a moment, send me an email? We've just migrated from Notes to Exchange/Outlook (long story; not my idea) and there's a general feeling that mail isn't arriving in the volume it ought. If you could send a mail to "russak at bps.org.uk", with a CC: of "russak at hotmail.com", I could see ( Read more... )