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Catching The Rain

Hacks and experiments with cultural heritage content, from James Morley

Category: Rants

26 September 200626 September 2006

Anti-junk mail postie loses round – revenge

I read with dismay the story Anti-junk mail postie loses round on the BBC news site. But my devious mind immediately turned to thoughts of how to let the post office know just how annoying junk (e)mail can be, and to my surprise very quickly found a direct email address Read more …

Rants, 1 Comment
23 May 20063 June 2006

Polite Robber Jailed

At least where I live the robbers are polite, even if the Estate Agents aren’t!

Rants, Silly bits, No Comments
22 May 200623 May 2006

Estate agents are liars

Recent experience in my comprehensive survey of Ealing’s estate agents provided conclusive proof, if any were needed, that all estate agents are liars. OK, so it was just one call, from the one that’s about third on the list of the Google search link above (extra clue – the first Read more …

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7 December 20057 December 2005

London Pride

I don’t drink that much, but I do like to go out for a few pints a couple of times a week. It certainly helps having a great local in the form of The Fox in Old Hanwell just down the road. My ‘regular’ is Timothy Taylor’s Landlord, but it Read more …

Rants, No Comments
1 December 20057 December 2005

Put your boiler in safe hands

Nope, nothing to do with ‘taking care’ of your spouse, or even a jealous ex-girlfriend, but the title of an email I got yesterday from British Gas or, more specifically, from [email protected] In it they tell me: “For just £12 a month*, HomeCare 100 provides an expert maintenance and repair Read more …

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30 November 20057 December 2005

Other people’s rants….

Second only to having a good rant yourself, reading other people’s rants is always uplifting. The trials a tribulations of Disgruntled commuter provide just such a cathartic experience.

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