I’m taking a leap in the dark!

Saturday, 27 December 2008, 16:39 | Category : Blogging, Ramblings, Rants
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I’m so sick of trying to salvage my cat blog that I’ve decided to go back to Blogger - Nooooo, not really!
I have decided to completely zap Simplycats off my server, including the sub-domain.  Then I shall load a new copy of WordPress 2.7, make my sub-domain again and drag my old back-up into the [...]

Excuse me while I rant!

Thursday, 25 December 2008, 20:34 | Category : Blogging, Rants
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What a Christmas present!
The only reason I have not put my ‘Frustrated Babs’ doodle here is because it’s Christmas, and I didn’t want to spoil the Christmas mood.
About a week ago, I updated my Photo Blog to WordPress 2.7.  I chose just the one so I could be sure it would go OK, and to [...]

I am so MAD!

Mo and I have been following the X Factor (UK) this year again, as there are a few brilliant singers in the ‘over twenties’.  This week was Mariah Carey week, and she was present, and worked with all the singers.
There is just no understanding the way the public vote.  There is a chap who, although [...]

I got a result!

Saturday, 8 November 2008, 0:04 | Category : Rants
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Penalty charge update
Having received that stupid Penalty Charge the other day, I emailed the appropriate department, stating what idiots they were querying it. This was their reply.
*The Penalty Charge Notice was issued because the Civil Enforcement Officer was unable to read the details on your Disabled Persons Blue Badge because it was not [...]

This was an expensive trip out

Wednesday, 5 November 2008, 3:42 | Category : Rants
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Mo went out today to buy a few bits an pieces and it turned out to be an expensive few bits and pieces.
She went to park the car in the parking bay and, as usual, some of the cars were badly parked.  People never give a thought for others. They park just where they want, [...]

I don’t believe it!

Tuesday, 30 September 2008, 2:10 | Category : Humour, Ramblings, Rants
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You could be forgiven if you find this hard to believe - I do!. As Victor Meldrew would say, **I don’t believe it!**  For those of you who are not familiar with the British sit com ‘One Foot in the Grave’ check the link for a small clip of the catchphrase.
Just two days after the [...]

Fings ain’t what they used to be!

Monday, 8 September 2008, 0:01 | Category : Ramblings, Rants
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For those of you that probably won’t know, ‘Fings ain’t what they used to be’ is an old Cockney song ;O)
I went to a party last night.  It was a great party but I had two disappointments which were both to do with food.  It was a lovely spread that was all very fresh.  The [...]

I’ve aged ten years!

Thursday, 4 September 2008, 1:16 | Category : Blogging, Rants
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I hope you’re not all bored with this WordPress stuff, but…..
How can I put this?  All of you ‘Windows’ users may well be used to the issues of disappearing files and sudden loss of everything you have just worked on.  The delicately balanced platform that has to be treated with kid gloves, petted and stroked [...]

A fair price or a fleecing?

Friday, 22 August 2008, 17:03 | Category : Ramblings, Rants
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Our cooker started acting up the other day. The timer panel wouldn’t allow us to use the oven. After all that’s gone wrong with us lately, that was all we needed!
We found a cooker repair company and was given a quote for £200, and told we had to wait 8 days, as they [...]

Where have all the craftsmen gone?

Saturday, 9 August 2008, 4:04 | Category : Ramblings, Rants
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I got my new carpet laid today. It was the final stage in a very long and very messy job.
It all started back in January, when we had a flood in the loft, which meant a new ceiling in my bedroom, which meant I had to sleep in a spare room with furniture [...]