Not a good start .. then gets worse 9 February 2010
Posted by Tony in Just another day, family.Tags: flat, gun, police, police station, robbed, robbers, work
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This week has started so bad. Work was the usual mix of coping with half-wits, and then it got worse !!
I got home to find that the eldest lad had had his flat robbed. Bad part about it was that they were in at the time !!!! Even worse, one of the bast*rds had a gun !! S**** thinks it was a BB gun, but that is not the point, it may not have been. Apparently, what happened was that someone knocked on their flat door. His flatmate went to answer it, and was confronted by two people, and one was carrying a gun, covered with a cloth of some sorts. The robbers then started putting S**** and R**’s stuff into bags. Got away with a couple of laptops, mobiles and some other computer stuff.
I trolled off down to his flat as soon as I got in, to find that they had gone off to the local Police station to make statements. This was about 6:15pm. After a lot of waiting about, they finally got back into their flat at around 11:15pm. I got home around 11:50pm. Both lads seemed to be okay. Very shook up and very tired.
Mrs H was a complete wreck !!!! She has only just got used to him being so independent, and then this happens, and sets her back 6 months. no sleep for her last night, and I can’t see her getting much tonight either.
Things seem to be moving fast though. S**** has got some of his stuff back, and some people have been arrested. They are both going to an ‘ID parade’ tomorrow, so we will see what happens then.
To be continued ……
Over so soon ….. 7 February 2010
Posted by Tony in Just another day, Ranting.Tags: bluetooth, flexi, forms, handheld, kitchen, mop, shredding, software, statements, USB
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That’s the weekend then !
I tried out the new mop today. It worked just as I expected. Mrs H has always doubted that any kind of mop would be any good in the kitchen. I think she has memories of when we used to mop the floors at work. There you washed the floor with a very wet mop and then dried it. The mop we got, more or less does a dry mopping. Cannot believe I am talking about a mop here !!!!
Still having problems with the bluetooth. It’s not so much the bluetooth itself, more a problem of getting things to work together. My Sony handheld just does not want to play. It uses a port that is is use by something else, and I think it could be the phone. I may need to re-install the software, although I can connect using a USB cable, so it is not really a problem, more an inconvenience.
I’m going to have a day off during the week. A flexi day. This will be the first full flexi day, I have had off in nearly a year. I’ve been staying until about half 4 everyday, and it has made up enough time for a day off. Just need the weather to be reasonable. Fingers crossed.
It took me nearly a hour, to do the shredding today. Admittedly, there were a large amount of old bank statements, but the thing that annoyed me most, were the pre-filled forms. You know the ones I mean. They come from banks and insurance companies, trying to get you to sign up. There must have been at least 20 of the damn things. Do these companies really think, that if they fill my name and address in for me, that I’ll buy their product ? (Note to self: Do the shredding weekly)
A good start …. 6 February 2010
Posted by Tony in Just another day.Tags: bluetooth, borders, dining room, email, facebook, Phone
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The borders in the living room came off a treat. It l
ooks like the ones in the dining room will be the same. We/I think that I will have to decorate the living room first, before I start on the dining room. The hardest part, I suppose, will be moving the large furniture. That is the sideboard and drinks cabinet. Both are full and very heavy. Fun times ahead !!
I’m not too keen on the new facebook setup. The status update seem to be all over the place. The best idea would be to invite a number of people to test out the new ideas, then implement them, with the option of going back to the old version.
Still having a few problems with the updated phone. The email seems to keep disconnecting. I will try and look on the forums tomorrow. There may be a setting that needs to be altered. I have also been having a bit of trouble with the bluetooth. I keep getting asked for authorisation, although I may have sorted that one, just now. I cannot seem to send files to the PC at the moment. The phone says they have been sent, but I have no idea as to where they are ending up. Certainly not in the place they went to before.
Sorted .. I think 5 February 2010
Posted by Tony in Just another day.Tags: back-up, borders, decorate, Phone, plan, update
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I updated my phone yesterday !!!!! Well at least that is what I intended to do !! It did not go quite to plan. I misread what I was updating. I suppose, misread is not quite correct. To be more precise, I did not read what I was updating. As a consequence, I did not create a back-up. So after the update, I was left with a phone that was more or less in factory state. All the personalisation’s gone !!! What a tw*t !!!! 
I have now got it back to a reasonable state, but am still having problems with the email client.
I’m starting the big decorating job tomorrow. Living room and dining room. I think it is going to take a week or two to complete. I’m hoping, that the borders in this room will not be as hard to get off as the ones in the kitchen.
Hmmm… 4 February 2010
Posted by Tony in Computer stuff.Tags: browser, firefox, flaw, IE8, Microsoft, vunerability
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Here’s a thought. The Firefox browser starts to make a big dent in the browser narket. Microsoft wants everyone to use their latest version of Internet Explorer (IE8). Suddenly, a vunerability is discovered in IE6 and IE7 (MS knew about this in September) that is so dangerous that Governments are getting involved. Suddenly everyone is updating their browser to IE8, even though they never use it for the internet, because IE is integral to the operating system. Bingo!!!! IE8 becomes the most popular browser again (V3)
Now forgive my cynical nature, but what if that ‘vunerability’ or ‘flaw’ was buried in one of the service pack or updates …
…. and on and on. 2 February 2010
Posted by Tony in Nothing special.Tags: challenges, credit card, facebook, job, Windows Live Writer, work
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Well, the afternoon didn’t get any better. The file that I was waiting for arrived too late to fully process, so that’s the first job in the morning. Then it’s back to the routine stuff. I need more challenges in this job. I think it is time to start putting feelers out. There are times, when I think that there is not enough work to justify my job.
A new Asda card arrived today. It would appear, that a lot of people (me included) have had problems with the previous issue. It is now fixed! I’m tempted to start using it again. I only used for petrol at the Asda garage, as it gave me an extra penny of a litre. Is it worth the hassle of using two credit cards ?? Maybe not. It will also be a pain activating the card. They’ll try and sell me card insurance or a credit report.
I downloaded a Facebook plugin for WLW (Windows Live Writer) yesterday. It is supposed to put an announcement in Facebook that I’ve made a blog posting. Typically, it did not work.
Dragging….. 2 February 2010
Posted by Tony in Work stuff.Tags: IT, work
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Work seems to be dragging on today. There is plenty to do, but I seem to be waiting about for other to do their bit. I had to get IT out to one of the printers this morning. It has been making an odd noise for a day or two, and catching the paper down one edge. It’s going to cost nearly £200.00 to fix it. Problem is that we print such a lot of documents, that it is bound to have some effect.
Another day done …. 1 February 2010
Posted by Tony in Nothing special.Tags: light, nights
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The automatic routine worked. Well at least, I think it worked ! There were not as many notices produced as normal, but I think that could be down to the Christmas week effect. We shall have a better idea next week. There should be a full batch then. But all in all, I figure it was a success.
The nights are starting to get a lot lighter now. I was able to drive home with just my side lights tonight, although maybe I should have gone to dipped when I came off the motorway. It’s not getting any warmer though.
All change …. 31 January 2010
Posted by Tony in Nothing special.Tags: photo, theme
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Just thought I would have another theme change. Wanted something a little cleaner for a while. It is strange. There are about 50 themes, but a lot of them are quite sameish. I don’t like the photo themes or the very dark ones. Some are very cluttered, and I think this one is quite good.
A nice day 30 January 2010
Posted by Tony in Just another day.Tags: ale, lunch, pint, pub, respite
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Youngest was on his respite day today, so me and Mrs H got to go out for the day. We had a nice walk round the lake in Roundhay Park, then onto The Roundhay Fox for lunch. Then a bit of shopping and back to pick the lad up. He’d had a good time too. I had a nice pint in the pub. A Scottish ale called ‘Bitter and Twisted’ … kind of fitting, I think.
I am a Project Officer with Leeds City Council. I'm married with two sons, and live in a small village on the outsklirts of Leeds. Hobbies include computers, the internet, social networking, drinking, walking, reading and I have a very eclectic taste in music.
