What is it with Americans and coffee? A visitor from another planet watching American film and television would be led to believe that coffee was a class A drug.
They seem obsessive about how much they drink and how it should not be given to anyone under 21. Everyone who drinks it seems to be strangely affected. Is this the same coffee we drink in the UK, or does it have some other ingredient?
Absolute classic! Typical merkins.
Our Beer
Which are in barrels
Hallowed be thy drink
Thy will be drunk
I will be drunk
At home as in the local
Forgive us this day our daily spillage
As we forgive those who spill against us
And lead us not into the practice of poncey wine tasting
And deliver us from alco-pops
For mine is the bitter
The ale and the lager
Forever and ever
BARMEN
Apparently, Vodafone have sent my PAC code (Number Portability Authorisation Code) to my old address. I only moved 2 and a half years ago!
Congratulations to England on winning the Ashes!
Great Stuff!!
Well, surprise, surprise, Vodafone rang me this afternoon to ask why I was leaving and could they persuade me otherwise.
I filled them in on the lack of security on their online billing website, and the fact that Vodafone customer services were not taking the matter seriously.
They offered to halve my rental for six months and upgrade my phone for free. Well since the first part only represents a saving of 30 quid, and an upgraded phone would have Vodafone’s butchered operating system, I didn’t think that was much of an offer.
I declined, saying that the website was still non-secure and besides, I had already set in motion my move to another provider.
Further to my problems with Vodafone customer Service (see previous posts), they finally accepted they were giving me false information:
Well, it’s September and the biggest clue that the summer is over, is that my journey to work now takes 33% longer. Yes, the schools have gone back.
I still don’t understand how the school run affects traffic at 7 o’clock in the morning when school starts at 9.
What also doesn’t make sense is that the traffic on the motorway is so much heavier. I could understand increased traffic on local roads, especially around schools, but why does the school traffic increase the motorway traffic?
What happened to walking or cycling to school, or even getting a bus?
