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A guy goes to the supermarket and a beautiful blond waves at him and says “hello”. He’s rather taken back because he can’t place where he knows her from. he finally asks “Do you know me”. She replies, “I think you are the father of one of my children.” Now he thinks back to the [...]

Some of you will have noticed that I sometimes put emoticons, or smileys, in my posts like this The Blog automatically converts certain character combinations to smileys for you and the table below gives a list of what to type: So, to get just type in ‘:-)’

Is it just me or is a web-cam in a place where nothing ever happens generally amusing? Take a look here.

I have an off-beat sense of humour – caution is recommended!

Software is really pretty expensive when it comes down to it but you need not spend as much as you think. Need office software such as word processing or spreadsheet? Why not try Open Office you can download it here? Like a Cd full of free software? Then download the Open CD here. The download [...]

It seems that many people don’t really understand broadband so here’s a few tips… Broadband is a umbrella term i.e. what you have is probably more properly called ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line). Asymmetric basically means that you download stuff from the Internet much faster than you can send it. (So, that’s why it takes [...]

Yes, let’s manage them in the community, with a shotgun.

It would appear that if I go out and indulge in a bit of skulduggery (you know, burglary, that sort of thing) as long as I repent and apologise to the court and promise to be a good boy for a bit I’ll get pretty much let off. God help me if I put the [...]

Well, it’s taken a while but eventually someone has figured it out! Registration plates are not the foolproof identifier the authorities claimed. So, what about all those people who picked up speeding and congestion charge fines while nowhere near the area but couldn’t prove it? Well, even though Police records suggest 33,000 cases of number [...]