tenthofjune

Hugh Laurie, who is currently starring in an American medical drama called House, has recently said of trying to sound American, “I have not identified a single word that is pronounced the same in America as it is in England. It is as if everyone else is playing with a tennis racquet and you have […]

From today, the cost of sending a letter or packet in the UK is changing. Now I’m not getting involved in the reasons or justifications of this change, however, I can see it causing more than a few problems during the next few weeks.
There is much discussion about the lack of advertising regarding this change […]

This morning on a 30 mile motorway journey, there were three separate occasions where unnecessary congestion was caused when traffic was forced over into the third lane due to HGVs overtaking other HGVs.
Now I appreciate that HGVs have just as much right to overtake as other vehicles but on each of these three occasions, […]

I’m always amazed at the number of vans and lorries I see with a web address such as www.abcsupplies.com but then right next to it is a mickey mouse email address such as abcsupp568@aol.com or abcsupp568@fsnet.co.uk.
If you’ve gone to the trouble of paying for and setting up a proper domain name, then why not use […]

There was a multiple pile up this morning on the M62 between Junctions 6 and 4. Unfortunately, according to the map on the Highways Agency “Traffic England” website, this section of motorway does not seem to exist. As you can see from this screenshot, they’ve even had to put the warning triangle hovering over an […]

In order to assist European doctors coming to England to work in the South Yorkshire area, Doncaster West Primary Care Trust have issued a Glossary of Yorkshire Medical Terms.
Please note, if you are easily offended, don’t follow the link..

Further to my previous post about Powerhouse’s lack of support for any browser other than IE, I decided to check if they had changed their attitude, but it would appear that they have gone into administration.

“The youngsters of today have no respect for the police” is a phrase which is often heard today, yet West Midlands Police recent petty actions against a group of children playing hopscotch have done little to build that much needed respect.
According to the BBC, they have “asked parents in Spring Street in Halesowen to remove […]