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Posted May 8, 2005
cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!
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New guide entry- comments & suggestions please
Posted Apr 10, 2005
I've just written a new Guide entry at A3878436 on breakfast cereals, specifically making boring ones edible.
Please take a look, comment, and make suggestions. Any additions would also be groovy, and I'll of course credit anyone who gives me something I want to use 
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Complaint to Midland Mainline
Posted Apr 1, 2005
After having waited in London for an extra three hours in order to avoid the peak travel fee (the lady at the ticket desk when my friend and I bought our tickets told us that if we hadn't caught a train before 16:00 we would have to wait until 19:00), my friend and I boarded the service as stated above.
Shortly after leaving London St Pancras station, I heard the ticket collector enter our carriage and ask for tickets to be produced.
Having to stand in the train corridor is something I have experienced often, and as such it is something I have come to accept and will not complain about. However, I do draw the line when it comes to obnoxious and patronising ticket collectors.
The ticket collector concerned (A Mr Dave Fieldman, according to his name badge) worked his way through the carriage I was occupying, and I heard some of the comments he was making to other passengers. These included, among others, the question "Do you realise this is the grown-up's train?".
When he reached my friend and I, he was very impudent when asking for my ticket, and snatched it out of my hand. He was very patronising and overly officious when he attempted to tell us that our tickets were not valid for this journey.
Of course, having previously been informed that the 19:00 train was the first train which we were entitled to board after 16:00, and currently being on board the 19:00 service, I had cause to dispute this claim: I informed him that all the information we had so far been given had indicated to us that we were entitled to be on that train at that time. Instead of explaining the reason for his differing opinion on the matter, he tutted at me, and muttered something under his breath. After studying the ticket inordinately carefully he scribbled on it and then shoved it back at me, saying that my ticket wasn't valid for the 19:00 service, and that this was the 19:00 service, and asking which bit I did not understand.
I responded with the fact that the lady who had sold me the ticket hadn't told me that 19:00 wasn't included in her definition of "until 19:00". He responded with a flippant, and I must say, somewhat weak "Well I bet she didn't say that it was", and then stormed off, no doubt to patronise and insult some other paying customers of Midland Mainline.
I am very annoyed at being treated like this by a member of your staff after paying a not inconsiderable sum of money to you for the privilege.
I would like to make it clear that following this event, I will be investigating alternative travel arrangements when making future bookings- rail ticket prices are far too high to justify the kind of treatment described above.
Thank you very much for taking the time to read this email. I hope that the employee concerned may receive (at least) a verbal reprimand in order to reduce the risk of other paying customers being treated in such a fashion.
As usual, I'll post any response I recieve
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Queen concert, March 28th 2005 Brixton Academy
Posted Mar 30, 2005
A few details of my little jaunt along with some blurry pics here: http://spaces.msn.com/members/theaxis/
Feel free to ask questions or just gush about the wonderfulness of Queen
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Insured!
Posted Jan 18, 2005
I've just sent an electronic invitation to Direct Choice to remove £485.24 from my bank account. I am insured to drive my nice new car, that I'll be picking up on friday, as of next monday.
ARGH!
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