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Dear Royal Mail: using the same name for two different services is retarded
Full text of my letter to Royal Mail. This is long and probably only interesting if you’re hacked off with Royal Mail or the Post Office, but it does highlight the complete lack of joined-up thinking going on there, and the lack of training that their staff receive.
Betrayed
Just when I thought I could trust Ikea, they screw me over my bumping the confirmed delivery date so that it’s a whole week later than the estimated delivery date, meaning we won’t get our new furniture until well after we move in.
That means I actually have to move the old furniture, then get rid of it later, instead of disposing of it when we move out.
DAMN YOU, IKEA!
Traction
My first attempt at getting up the now very icy hill we live at the top of was a miserable failure. My initial run-up was broken by a Jaguar which had failed its run, and in having to slow to manoeuvre around it, I lost momentum.
A few hours later, when the road was once again empty and quiet, I took another long run up and just made it up in first gear, at far higher revs than my speed would account for, due to the tyres half-slipping all the way up.
The ice rink will only solidify overnight, and we are forecast more heavy snow by tomorrow evening. The car is staying put. I’m walking.
Oh, the irony
As seen while reading BBC News – TV buff’s thrill over test card
You’re entitled to your opinion, but you’re still a hypocrite
So, a couple of London boroughs are trialling the provision of the Pill without a prescription in a bid to reduce teenage pregnancies in an area which sees more than 200 morning-after pills issued in a month. Of course, it’s going to be controversial with religious and conservative groups. And of course, they are going to make tits of themselves talking about it.
Quote of the day comes from Mark Haughton, of the Christian Medical Fellowship:
I’m not aware of any evidence this is going to be effective. It may be pouring petrol on the flames.
Source: BBC News, 11th December, 2009
Yes, that’s right. In a single breath he decries the apparent lack of an evidence-based approach while espousing his own completely unfounded speculation. Nice work completely undermining your argument, Mark. Don’t give up the day job.
