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  • mel
    You got one!!!??? I only have the first one.
 

Apr 15
2011

Posted by richard

I’m not necessarily one to say that technology is a thing of beauty, I’m more interested in the functionality of things and what the capabilities are. But I have to say that the iPad 2 really is impressive.

Never mind the fact that it’s an improvement on existing technology, There’s still been a lot of thought that went into it and for me at least, I’m duly impressed.

Now if only I could get it to make a cup of coffee!

And oh yeah for some reason the categories list doesn’t scroll in the iPad, bummer.

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  • richard
    I visited! And yes, got the site(s) in my ipad now.
  • macbros
    Yea Rick, Visit my site too will ya! I Just called you RICK because I can. (Mel: He hides on Twitter)
 

Apr 11
2011

Posted by richard

Is it just me or is the constant barrage of anti-pollution news and messages getting a bit over the top?

I’m not talking about the Japanese reactor issue (although that’s worrying; I still question why nations aren’t using pebble bed reactors or thorium reactors), but the news on the BBC site about nitrogen pollution costing Europe £280Bn a year. And they keep on finding yet more things we’re doing wrong…

What irks me and probably a lot of other people, is that all these ‘green’ people who tell us how to live, all still live in brick and mortar homes, they still drive cars, they still use electricity, buy computers, and so on. Them telling us it’s bad is one thing, but telling us and still doing it themselves is another!

I know for a fact we couldn’t go back to wooden homes, wattle and daub walls, no cars and so on, it’s impossible. So why don’t they give us solutions instead of just hammering on about what we’re doing wrong!?

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  • richard
    Possibly, you're right. I can't blame the operators too much I suppose, the workload must be immense with all the ...
  • macbros
    Well, being rude is always wrong. But being on the customer service side of that call, I can probably assume ...
 

Apr 9
2011

Posted by richard

My local dentist (NHS Dentist btw) has either opted out of the NHS service, or lost their contract with the NHS. So their patients got a letter in the post, informing them, us, of this.

On there was a number to call the Primary Care Trust here to get reassigned to another NHS dentist. I called it, and asked about getting onto another dentist’s books.

The woman I spoke to said there was one in Louth, was I interested in that one. She said I could tell her to get my on the waiting list or I could call them to do the same.

I asked, innocently, which was the quickest/easiest, and rather lippily she replied, ‘Well that’s obvious, isn’t it?’. Silence. I said, ‘No, not really, that’s why I asked.’

This is the level of customer service that we get from the NHS these days? Surely a bit of good manners would do them some good in terms of public perception, especially in these troubled times when doctors are moving to take control of the NHS?

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