Archive for September, 2006

Oh noes, BT woes

Friday, September 29th, 2006

BT have told us that due to “engineering issues” we can’t have a phone line for two weeks after we move in*. Two weeks without a voice line doesn’t bother us much as we both have mobiles but two weeks without a data line for our broadband… NO INTERNET FOR TWO WEEKS … I may [...]

Reading and Reading

Thursday, September 28th, 2006

Well I had my library induction today and it taught me two useful things: 1. Head librarians can be weird – but very useful – people, who may sweat a lot 2. Those who run fast get book For my £3,000 yearly fee I am clearly expecting too much – like that there will be [...]

Choices

Sunday, September 24th, 2006

This weekend we’re trying to cost up everything we need to buy for the new flat for our grand renovation project; down to the last doorknob and tile. Today we went at looked at swanky Italian tiles and less swanky sheets of B&Q MDF. Our tile choices Bathroom tiles (round grey/white/black mosaic and grey floor [...]

Two and Three

Thursday, September 21st, 2006

My first week at Uni seems to be going well. We aren’t really doing much as it’s enrolment and Freshers stuff this week. Next Monday lectures start in earnest. We had a bit of a surprise on Tuesday though. After being spoken to about module choices – sadly we don’t find out until next week [...]

First Day…

Monday, September 18th, 2006

…at University today and enrolement was surprisingly easy (bye bye £3000) with minimal faffing. We were talked ‘at’ a lot by various reps, vice-chancellors and officers and I really needed a coffee to keep going. The low point of the morning was a campus fire safety video which said fire was a “Phantom Menace.” Hmmm. [...]