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Thursday, 11 Aug 2011
Sunday, 7 Aug 2011
This one is a little bit Zen...
NAILS IN THE FENCE
There once was a little boy who had a bad temper.
His Father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.
The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence.
Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, ! the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.
Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all.
He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper.
The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone.
The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence.. He said, 'You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence.
The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one.
You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. But It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry, the wound will still be there.
A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one.
NAILS IN THE FENCE
There once was a little boy who had a bad temper.
His Father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.
The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence.
Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, ! the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.
Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all.
He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper.
The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone.
The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence.. He said, 'You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence.
The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one.
You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. But It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry, the wound will still be there.
A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one.
10:04 PM
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Tuesday, 2 Aug 2011
It's my birthday today. Woo.
Happy frakkin' birthday to me!
Happy frakkin' birthday to me!
Monday, 1 Aug 2011
With the impending rise in cost of gas and electricity, I'm considering getting solar panels fitted to my house. Doing some research online in my lunch hour I came across the Energy Saving Trust website.
Once there you are offered the opportunity to complete a "Home Energy Check", so I figured I'll have a go. It is a multiple page wizard, taking you through a number of steps asking you about your house.
The first thing that irritated me was that it called me a liar when it told me that my phone number was invalid. Dear reader, my home phone number actually has only 10 digits. Now I appreciate that this is uncommon - UK phone numbers typically have 11 digits. Mine does not. It's an old BT exchange or whatever, but I get 10 digits.
So I add an extra digit at the end, just to get through the validation, even though it will make my phone number incorrect, and carry on. After another few minutes I think I was close to the end of the quiz, and I was presented with a bank wizard page, announcing:-
Here's the page:-
I don't at this time wish to complete the Home Energy Check on the phone; that is why I chose to try the online quiz.
And the net result is that I have had my energy wasted after all. This just adds to the impression of amateurish cack-handedness that the eco-friendly movement has historically enjoyed.
Once there you are offered the opportunity to complete a "Home Energy Check", so I figured I'll have a go. It is a multiple page wizard, taking you through a number of steps asking you about your house.
The first thing that irritated me was that it called me a liar when it told me that my phone number was invalid. Dear reader, my home phone number actually has only 10 digits. Now I appreciate that this is uncommon - UK phone numbers typically have 11 digits. Mine does not. It's an old BT exchange or whatever, but I get 10 digits.
So I add an extra digit at the end, just to get through the validation, even though it will make my phone number incorrect, and carry on. After another few minutes I think I was close to the end of the quiz, and I was presented with a bank wizard page, announcing:-
Sorry, a problem has occurred that has prevented us from processing your information.
If you would like to complete your Home Energy Check over the phone with an advisor or would like to send us an enquiry by email, please refer to the contact us page.
If you would like to complete your Home Energy Check over the phone with an advisor or would like to send us an enquiry by email, please refer to the contact us page.
Here's the page:-
I don't at this time wish to complete the Home Energy Check on the phone; that is why I chose to try the online quiz.
And the net result is that I have had my energy wasted after all. This just adds to the impression of amateurish cack-handedness that the eco-friendly movement has historically enjoyed.
Saturday, 16 Jul 2011
The Blue Nile play the song "Tinseltown in the Rain" from their album "A Walk across the Rooftops". Taken from the TV show "Later with Jools Holland".
4:23 PM
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