I am definitely turning into a grumpy old man, not because I am grumpy per-se, but because the people who have replaced me since I retired* from local government management seem incapable of handling some of the basics. The latest the Garden Waste Bin calendar. They appear to have automated the calendar generation software to… Read More »
A day of very mixed emotions. As an adopted child I have always had a full and loving family but until recently had almost no knowledge of any blood line relatives beyond my birth mother’s details. Through ancestry research/DNA test results I have discovered she had a sister and I have now made contact with… Read More »
What a frustrating session in trying to find the RM complaints option, eventually discovering that the only option for a non-standard one is to phone up. After phoning and going through the inevitable grind of automated options the call wait queue was anticipated to be 50mins! I hung up. An annoying but simple thing –… Read More »
Grumpy old man mode! Yet another IT systems c**k up this time with a swap of service providers (BBand and phone). Dead easy, swapping is the way forward, OFCOM have made it simple etc., etc., say the ads. B******s to that. Not the first post here on this blog about poor IT systems and it… Read More »
A somewhat hectic start to 2024 finally seems to be settling down after family trips back up north and the usual Easter events. One highlight was seeing my granddaughter in the Market Weighton school production of Fame JR. This update is mostly about model making and model railways. As usual my wife and I did… Read More »
The blog may well drift into being mostly model railway posts. This post will be expanded but here is a holding link to a description I posted elsewhere. https://www.rmweb.co.uk/topic/141337-phoenix-yard-including-related-builds-and-stock-mods-etc/?do=findComment&comment=4800753 The real castle The Castle is on the west side of the Island of Portland in Dorset. It overlooks Church Ope Cove. Although often attributed to… Read More »
I don’t want the blog to cease but life has been somewhat hectic since the last post; has this blog really seen nothing new posted since Christmas: where has the year gone? Those who know me will be aware that my replacement as SLS Journal editor suffered a disastrous house fire just into the new… Read More »
Down by the old colliery buildings there were no street-lights and, with tonight’s bright moonlight, eerie shadows were crossing the broken concrete slabs of the old access road. The hard frost made Ernie’s steps crackle. As he hit the frozen remains of a small puddle, an even sharper crack as it split and shattered under… Read More »
Dyno-Rod Another automated phone system (Dyno-Rod’s) that asks for dates but does not say it needs to be in US format. We are in the UK you should make your systems UK compatible OR make it clear you need the month first before your customers have failed several times by giving it the right way… Read More »
British Gas – hopeless We have been trying to book a service for ages, but every time doing it on line the system crashes. Finally gave in and rang the given number. Repeatedly during the call centre wait it tells you it is quicker to go on line! Duh, on line is bust! The system… Read More »