| Festival tickets |
[Aug. 21st, 2008|03:27 pm] |
There's just been a quick segment on Radio 2 regarding a woman wishing for horrible weather for all ticket scammers, as her son and his friend bid and paid £150 each for some festival tickets for this weekend and of course didn't get them. The site was ebay, so hopefully he'll get his money back, but this isn't the first I have heard. Apparently at least 2 websites were set up to sell tickets for the various goings on this weekend and they have now shut down, running off with all the loot.
So where on earth are you supposed to get tickets from these days? If you can't trust ebay or websites, how do you get them? My daughter will be wanting to go to Bloodstock next year and I have no intention of being scammed. |
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| Postage to Ireland |
[Aug. 21st, 2008|11:43 am] |
A quick question, does anyone know if posting an item to rep of Ireland counts as postage overseas or within the UK?
Thanks =) |
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[Aug. 21st, 2008|11:37 am] |
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Yesterday I stupidly asked for some advice regarding the cold blooded murder of a co-worker. Firstly, thanks for all the tips, but I see now that I was WAY off the mark. Murder (well manslaughter really), isn't the answer. So what I did was pop a mickey Finn in her afternoon coffee and framed her for the murder of one of the cleaners.. Job done. I even managed to keep a straight face while saying "She was ever so quiet, I'd never expect HER to lose it and club one of the cleaners to death with her shoe!". |
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| Faceparty |
[Aug. 21st, 2008|10:10 am] |
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A long time ago one of the early social networking sites was called Faceparty. It didn't really offer much more than profiles and photos. It claimed to have about 7 million members. It was an early and crap version of facebook. Then this ,
Weird, eh? |
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| Journalistic Laziness |
[Aug. 21st, 2008|07:34 am] |
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In before the usual annual stories about increased pass rates at GCSE meaning that exams are getting easier. |
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[Aug. 20th, 2008|10:39 pm] |
Found this, thought it was hilarious. I remember someone doing a similar thing with "The Shinig" ages ago, but i hadn't seen this one...
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| Two things! |
[Aug. 20th, 2008|09:03 pm] |
First things first, the boy and I are heading to Cheshire this Friday night and not returning home until late Sunday if we can manage it. Specifically we're staying near Macclesfield, but we have the car and will be happy to drive. Problem is I don't know what there is to do in the area! Any thoughts, ideas, suggestions of places we could go, or things we could do?
Secondly, the time has arrived where I can upgrade my phone. Now I'm currently with Orange, but not bothered about keeping my number, so could start all over again if need be. I know I want the Sony Ericsson C902, but haven't a clue how to find the best phone package for me. I surf the net a fair bit on my current phone, specifically facebook, LJ and my gmail. I text more than I call, and really don't call that much at all. 100 minutes would last me a couple of months at least!
So what should I be looking at and where?
TIA! |
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| The best thing since eBay, and only in the UK! |
[Aug. 20th, 2008|03:34 pm] |
Get Yourself into a Great Groove
Gone are the days of spending a ton of money on concert tickets only to learn that you have to go to some lame family reunion. Well, that might still happen (familial obligations never end), but now you won’t be out of all your money. A live, online auction to buy, sell, or trade tickets? Yup. That’s what this is. |
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| Festival Season |
[Aug. 20th, 2008|05:26 pm] |
Alternative to the Notting Hill Carnival:
 
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| Visa 2012 Party |
[Aug. 20th, 2008|10:37 am] |
I have 4 free Visa 2012 Party tickets. If you don't know what it is, click here.
It's this Saturday (24th) at The Mall in London. My Mother in law got tickets and now doesn't want them. They are free too! I can pop them in the post tomorrow, 1st class.
Let me know asap! |
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| Gary Glitter rant |
[Aug. 20th, 2008|10:05 am] |
So the loathsome old kiddie-fiddler is currently refusing to go back to Blighty, claiming to be too ill to travel.
What really makes me seethe is his continuing insistence that he's not REALLY a kiddie-fiddler, and was framed when he was convicted of child abuse in 2006 in Vietnam.
So let's see - originally, he was convicted in 1997 of having child porn on his computer, something that he couldn't deny. Now, imagine that you were in his shoes then and wanted to prove that you weren't a paedophile and had collected those images more or less accidentally. What would you have done on your release from jail?
EITHER
a) Move to a remote Scottish island where there are no children, and spend your time growing goats and knitting bonsai?
OR
b) Go overseas and move around between several Far Eastern locations that have reputations for sex tourism, where you spend your time drinking in bars with young prostitutes, some of whom have younger sisters who are anxious to meet wealthy Western men?
Anybody could make the wrong decision there, couldn't they? |
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| Law question... |
[Aug. 20th, 2008|09:50 am] |
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Hi!!! Listen, if I was to get the annoying co-worker in the office who won't shut up with her endless supplies of inane stories about complete and utter bobbins that NO-ONE would ever be interested in listening to, grabbed her by the back of the head and repeatedly smashed her face into her keyboard until the only noise left was a weak gasping noise, where would I stand, legally?
Thanks!!! |
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| Holiday Owed |
[Aug. 20th, 2008|08:12 am] |
Hi all - I've come to pick your brains again!
I handed my notice in for my awful job last week (finally!), and I've realised I have two weeks of holiday left.
There's no way I'm going to be able to take them before I leave (one month's notice period) as there's always someone else off between now and then.
So what do I do?
The other half thinks that they should pay me for those weeks, which seeing as there's a pay discrepancy going on with two weeks overtime I did would mean that I'd be paid right up until November. Which would be handy!
I'm a bit rusty on employment law, so I was wondering if someone here knew where I stood regarding this holiday and pay.
Thanks in advance!!
EDIT....
Thanks all - had a chat with my dipstick manager who bumbled his way through the details - all sorted! He wasn't my first port of call because he couldn't manage his way out of a paper bag.... |
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| Sony Ericsson T650i |
[Aug. 19th, 2008|11:39 pm] |
Im getting a new phone....AGAIN!!
Nothing is really catching my eye to be honest, but i do liek the look of the Sony Ericsson T650i.
Has anyone had one of these, or known anyone to use one...just want to know peoples opinions!!Thanks!
::EDIT:: Ive just noticed this...its a little pricier but i likey!! Anyone had this??
Sony Ericsson C902 |
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| Anybody writes lyrics for songs? |
[Aug. 20th, 2008|02:30 am] |
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Hi, everyone. Anybody writes lyrics for songs? I have a little such. And i'm looking somebody who can write for completed melodies. It's unpaid teamwork for the beginning. Details by email. photograffity at gmail dot com |
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[Aug. 19th, 2008|11:09 pm] |
Random question time yet again.
2 months ago, I bought some laptop ram off a seller on ebay..it came within a few weeks, but when I tried it in my laptop, it just crashed windows, so presumably its faulty.
So I contacted the seller..and nothing..over and over again I sent emails, and had no contact..
Beginning of the month I started a paypal claim, and hear one thing, simply "you want to return?"..so I asked how much would it cost me.
Again, heard nothing else, so last week I escallated it to a claim, and demanded half the money back (£20!) rather than the full £40 as one stick was working.
Finally had a semi-response today..paypal have said the seller has instructed me to return the ram in its original condition for a full refund, by the beginning of next week. Two problems though, one - The address to return too is Taiwan, and paypal or the seller are INSISTING its sent trackable which will prob cost a fair bit, and ive marked on the box it came in that its faulty so as not to mix it up with the other couple of sticks of good ram I have, so that wont be original condition would it?
And two - Im currently on holiday until the middle of next week so it is impossible for me to get anything sent out until the end of the month!!
Trouble is, the seller never responds to emails direct, and paypal have left me no option to leave further comments on the dispute or state that im on holiday, simply provide tracking details or close the claim, and if I dont, it will be automatically closed.
So have I been left screwed? Least at the moment I have one working stick (but currently spare) but paid £40 for it, or I could try sending back anyway, but very more than likely i'll never recieve a refund nor see the ram ever again, AND be down however much the postage game too!
Anyone know anything further I can do about this or has the seller won either way?? |
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| Any nurses here? |
[Aug. 19th, 2008|03:21 pm] |
After 2 years of debating, I'm looking into going Nursing in September 2009.
I'm on UCAS now and I'm wondering, would Uni's look down on on you applying for Mental Health, Child and Learning Disability Nursing all at the same place? I'm looking at Nottingham and they offer all 3 and I have some experience in all these fields and I would rather go into those than Adult Nursing.
I hate UCAS, it makes my brain ache. |
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[Aug. 19th, 2008|02:01 pm] |
Now then, now then, now then, why send all them athletes to the Olympic Games when we could send our very own superhero - Jimmy Savvile! Goodness gracious: Cycling, running, wrestling, all in a days work.
A car crash! How's about that then, guys and gals, not a problem, Jim'll Fix it. |
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