I shall continue to pester my insurance company until I get some satisfaction. Whatever that may be.
Oh, if you hadn't guessed - I just phoned and was told I'll be contacted when they can be arsed to.
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
Still no progress
I don't want to be a pain (despite what my friends may tell you). All I want is an answer. A figure. An offer.. nothing more. Well that's not strictly true - I want a wad of cash. However, in the first instance I want to tell a very patient man that I'm going to buy his car. He won't be patient for long (and nor should he).
I shall continue to pester my insurance company until I get some satisfaction. Whatever that may be.
Oh, if you hadn't guessed - I just phoned and was told I'll be contacted when they can be arsed to.
I shall continue to pester my insurance company until I get some satisfaction. Whatever that may be.
Oh, if you hadn't guessed - I just phoned and was told I'll be contacted when they can be arsed to.
Wednesday it is, Wednesday...
You can't keep a good blogger down. Or at least, you can't keep a blogger down.
Another day, another dollar - but will I get my insurance company to pull their finger out? Errr. Hmm. Ummm. Well, I shall post later on that one.
I saw my good friend Si last night. It seems odd to see him back "daaaan saaaaaf" after so long but it also seems right I guess. The next few months for him will be odd - his life is kind of in flux and he's not really sure what's going to happen - so I wish him all the best.
The 911 I've seen is still about - and it sounds like a cracker of a car. I really hope I can secure it.
Tea time.
Another day, another dollar - but will I get my insurance company to pull their finger out? Errr. Hmm. Ummm. Well, I shall post later on that one.
I saw my good friend Si last night. It seems odd to see him back "daaaan saaaaaf" after so long but it also seems right I guess. The next few months for him will be odd - his life is kind of in flux and he's not really sure what's going to happen - so I wish him all the best.
The 911 I've seen is still about - and it sounds like a cracker of a car. I really hope I can secure it.
Tea time.
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
Insurance update
Or more accurately, lack of.
The "It'll be reviewed today" quote I had yesterday is now a "It hasn't been reviewed as they're very busy". So I was honest and said I was going to pester every day. I'm sick of waiting and I know I'll not get anything sorted before this other car is sold. Of course, will another come up when I have the money? No, it won't. That's called "Sod's law" don't you know.
The "It'll be reviewed today" quote I had yesterday is now a "It hasn't been reviewed as they're very busy". So I was honest and said I was going to pester every day. I'm sick of waiting and I know I'll not get anything sorted before this other car is sold. Of course, will another come up when I have the money? No, it won't. That's called "Sod's law" don't you know.
X3: Reunion
I've posted before about the X games. I loved the startling beauty and the gorgeous soundtracks - but hated the 15/20 hours of gameplay required to make 1 credit. I don't have 15 hours to devote.. so neither of the previous games kept my attention.
This news story from PC ZONE has some shots and info on the third in the X series. This includes a fancy new engine and probably another 20/30 hours of gameplay before you find out how to turn the ship's engine on. A shame.. it's so pretty. :)
This news story from PC ZONE has some shots and info on the third in the X series. This includes a fancy new engine and probably another 20/30 hours of gameplay before you find out how to turn the ship's engine on. A shame.. it's so pretty. :)
Pirates of the Caribbean - ONLINE!
Oh good grief.
Right off the back of my last blog I happened upon this. In fact, it was in the next e-mail I had from PC ZONE.
It's due to be released along-side (yeah, joke intended) the next film next summer... next.. summer. 2005 or 2006? I can't be bothered to look..
In fact, this one will suck. LOTR may be okay with the backing it has.. and the history. But this is based on a themepark ride at Disneyland. Yeahhhhh.
Well time will tell. I hope. :)
Right off the back of my last blog I happened upon this. In fact, it was in the next e-mail I had from PC ZONE.
It's due to be released along-side (yeah, joke intended) the next film next summer... next.. summer. 2005 or 2006? I can't be bothered to look..
In fact, this one will suck. LOTR may be okay with the backing it has.. and the history. But this is based on a themepark ride at Disneyland. Yeahhhhh.
Well time will tell. I hope. :)
Lord of the Rings... ONLINE!
It's not new.. at least, it's not new "news". Last year this little oddity jumped up amid the throws of post-LOTR trilogy madness and announced it's intentions. Back then it was Middle Earth Online - or something just as obvious. However, it's developers/publishers has changed and now it's Lord of the Rings. Online.
The initial pics and info do sound quite interesting (read the Gamespy article here) - but I wonder if it'll try to be another WoW (without the "bad guy" element). I don't know. It's not out until 2006 and by then it will likely have changed considerably (as, I hope, will WoW).
I give it a "meh" out of 10. :)
The initial pics and info do sound quite interesting (read the Gamespy article here) - but I wonder if it'll try to be another WoW (without the "bad guy" element). I don't know. It's not out until 2006 and by then it will likely have changed considerably (as, I hope, will WoW).
I give it a "meh" out of 10. :)
Dear diary...
Ok, so it's a pathetic excuse to make it look like I'm updating the site. But I am! :)
Have I mentioned how little I like insurance companies? Well I'm about to. You see, I wrote my 911 off a couple of months ago. This sort of thing happens and there is nothing I could have done about it at the time (other than not drive it in the first place). As gutted as I am about the whole thing I had some solace in the fact that I paid a very large amount of money to an insurance company to protect from this very eventuality. Unfortunately, as is often the case, I'm sat here two months later - still paying for the damn thing - and have seen very little in the way of activity from the company in question.
Now, don't misunderstand me here. I'm not slating them. It's just that it isn't all that hard to review some pieces of paper and pay up. Yeah, I'm not the only person that has insurance - but I am the customer - and therefore, right. Having been in a customer facing industry before, I know how it works.
To make matters worse, I've found a car (that will be long sold before I get any money). She's identical to my previous effort, and at a great price. Humph.
I chased them yesterday and I will chase them today. It won't help me but at least I'm trying.
It's Tuesday.
Have I mentioned how little I like insurance companies? Well I'm about to. You see, I wrote my 911 off a couple of months ago. This sort of thing happens and there is nothing I could have done about it at the time (other than not drive it in the first place). As gutted as I am about the whole thing I had some solace in the fact that I paid a very large amount of money to an insurance company to protect from this very eventuality. Unfortunately, as is often the case, I'm sat here two months later - still paying for the damn thing - and have seen very little in the way of activity from the company in question.
Now, don't misunderstand me here. I'm not slating them. It's just that it isn't all that hard to review some pieces of paper and pay up. Yeah, I'm not the only person that has insurance - but I am the customer - and therefore, right. Having been in a customer facing industry before, I know how it works.
To make matters worse, I've found a car (that will be long sold before I get any money). She's identical to my previous effort, and at a great price. Humph.
I chased them yesterday and I will chase them today. It won't help me but at least I'm trying.
It's Tuesday.
Monday, May 09, 2005
I'm a lazy sod....
Yup it's true. I can't be bothered with computers right now. I guess it's partly due to the weather (it's been nice!) and partly due to pure laziness. But I've been feeling like that a lot recently. WoW has gone out the window. Meh.. I have no energy to play bloody computer games - at least, nothing more involving that a 5 minute blast. WoW is not that. LOL.
Education gets told to lose MS. Heh. I love it. It'll never happen (as usual) but it's nice to hear that things are happening. I don't hate MS - not at all - but I like the competition (it's healthy).
Longhorn gets RSOD. Why? Stupid idea.. why not just let the offending module die and then have it restart? Meh.
New XBox anyone?. I doubt it'll retail looking anything like that but.. whatever. Meh. Again. :D
What else? Well the Calibra is sat doing nothing at the moment. Time is short and I can't play. Meh. I'll get round to it! This weekend I think I'll spend playing. Rain or not. Although I may be arranging a long drive instead.. hmmm. That's not related to this though.
Gemma is back at Uni. I've been up there this weekend. I always enjoy that! Only another 8 weeks and a year left (yeah, work that out) and she's back for good. Can't say I'll be upset when she's back! :)
The show season is upon us. Next month it's the Performance Vauxhall Show at Santa Pod. Then a month later, in the same area, is the VBOA's show at the Billing Aquadrome (go Google it if you can be bothered!). i really enjoy these shows and it lets me show off the car and my hard work. Next year may be quite different as work and the car may put me in a position that may make me miss them. Either that, or the full respray, retrim and more engine work will. Hehe. Me? Mad? Never.
Right.. it's lunch time.
Education gets told to lose MS. Heh. I love it. It'll never happen (as usual) but it's nice to hear that things are happening. I don't hate MS - not at all - but I like the competition (it's healthy).
Longhorn gets RSOD. Why? Stupid idea.. why not just let the offending module die and then have it restart? Meh.
New XBox anyone?. I doubt it'll retail looking anything like that but.. whatever. Meh. Again. :D
What else? Well the Calibra is sat doing nothing at the moment. Time is short and I can't play. Meh. I'll get round to it! This weekend I think I'll spend playing. Rain or not. Although I may be arranging a long drive instead.. hmmm. That's not related to this though.
Gemma is back at Uni. I've been up there this weekend. I always enjoy that! Only another 8 weeks and a year left (yeah, work that out) and she's back for good. Can't say I'll be upset when she's back! :)
The show season is upon us. Next month it's the Performance Vauxhall Show at Santa Pod. Then a month later, in the same area, is the VBOA's show at the Billing Aquadrome (go Google it if you can be bothered!). i really enjoy these shows and it lets me show off the car and my hard work. Next year may be quite different as work and the car may put me in a position that may make me miss them. Either that, or the full respray, retrim and more engine work will. Hehe. Me? Mad? Never.
Right.. it's lunch time.
Friday, April 29, 2005
Sunday, April 24, 2005
Porn and Jedi names...
They come up a lot don't they?
Porn name is your first pet's name and your mother's maiden name..
So mine would be something like Tommy Clark. Crap isn't it?
Jedi name is the first two letters of your first name and first two of your second name for your FIRST name. Then the first two letters of your mother's maiden name and the first two letters of your place of birth for your SECOND name..
So mine would be Dawi Clpo. Crap again. Great name I have eh?
Porn name is your first pet's name and your mother's maiden name..
So mine would be something like Tommy Clark. Crap isn't it?
Jedi name is the first two letters of your first name and first two of your second name for your FIRST name. Then the first two letters of your mother's maiden name and the first two letters of your place of birth for your SECOND name..
So mine would be Dawi Clpo. Crap again. Great name I have eh?
Simpsons is number ONE...
At pretty much everything. Firstly the best cartoon ever - now it's the best children's show.
Bloody good show! :D
Bloody good show! :D
Blah
Indeed. Today had it's ups and downs.
Gemma left (clearly a down, before you take the piss) for University again. I hate that. This Easter has been great; one of my best times with Gem during a "school holiday" and I'm gutted she's gone. Again.
However, I did manage to run around 10 miles this morning. Not a huge thing but my back doesn't like me doing it. Hmm. Tomorrow I may be sore.
I did it prove a point to myself. That I could do it, and therefore do the Great South Run this year. I never get to do it due to injury so this year I'm making that effort.
Wonderful weather too.. until I got home and it rained heavily all afternoon (only here, of course). So I couldn't play car. Did the ironing instead.
One thing I don't get about us Brits - a bit of sun and we all get outside on motorcycles. "That's not odd" you may think - but we do it without leathers. Why does anyone think that a helmet alone will save them in an accident? Bloody idiots.
I've gone and bought another car too. A Renault Clio. I'll get a page up about it soonish (if I can be bothered!). It's nothing special; 1.4RT, 1992 K-plate, 5-door hatch in white. It'll do the job and replace the Calibra as the daily slogger. Doing 3 miles back and forth, short journeys etc were likely going to kill that £8k engine I've just built. So I'll use it for pleasure and work on it in the meantime. At least the Clio has good seats! :)
Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy is out this week... I can't wait and am getting the audio books in preperation ;)
Will Smith has a new album out called Lost and Found - the first track is great. :)
Gemma left (clearly a down, before you take the piss) for University again. I hate that. This Easter has been great; one of my best times with Gem during a "school holiday" and I'm gutted she's gone. Again.
However, I did manage to run around 10 miles this morning. Not a huge thing but my back doesn't like me doing it. Hmm. Tomorrow I may be sore.
I did it prove a point to myself. That I could do it, and therefore do the Great South Run this year. I never get to do it due to injury so this year I'm making that effort.
Wonderful weather too.. until I got home and it rained heavily all afternoon (only here, of course). So I couldn't play car. Did the ironing instead.
One thing I don't get about us Brits - a bit of sun and we all get outside on motorcycles. "That's not odd" you may think - but we do it without leathers. Why does anyone think that a helmet alone will save them in an accident? Bloody idiots.
I've gone and bought another car too. A Renault Clio. I'll get a page up about it soonish (if I can be bothered!). It's nothing special; 1.4RT, 1992 K-plate, 5-door hatch in white. It'll do the job and replace the Calibra as the daily slogger. Doing 3 miles back and forth, short journeys etc were likely going to kill that £8k engine I've just built. So I'll use it for pleasure and work on it in the meantime. At least the Clio has good seats! :)
Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy is out this week... I can't wait and am getting the audio books in preperation ;)
Will Smith has a new album out called Lost and Found - the first track is great. :)
Thursday, April 21, 2005
Who should you vote for?
Your expected outcome:
Liberal DemocratYour actual outcome:
Labour -7  | |
| Conservative -2 | |
 Liberal Democrat 6 | |
| UK Independence Party 2 | |
| Green 29 |
You should vote: Green
The Green Party, which is of course strong on environmental issues, takes a strong position on welfare issues, but was firmly against the war in Iraq. Other key concerns are cannabis, where the party takes a liberal line, and foxhunting, which unsurprisingly the Greens are firmly against.
Take the test at Who Should You Vote For
Sunday, April 10, 2005
Calibra page updated...
Indeedio! This time with the "Angel eye" headlights and new big brakes.. she's getting there now. Still loads to do... although I think there always will be. LOL
Anyway, check it out here!
Anyway, check it out here!
Monday, April 04, 2005
The Calibra...
..is now pretty much run in (as she is). It's been an interesting, and really mucky, experience.
Oil leaks own. I've gone through around 30 litres of oil in the last 1000 miles. Mostly through quick-succession changes for the good of the engine, but some through leaks. I've had to remove and rebold the sump (RTV rules!) and replace some washers/seals to get things oil "tight" but I think I'm nearly there. At least, I'm touching wood as I write this (literally).
Pop over to Baz's photo site (cheers!) here to see my car from the Hook meet (ClubCalibra) yesterday - see, she's on the road baby! :D
Oil leaks own. I've gone through around 30 litres of oil in the last 1000 miles. Mostly through quick-succession changes for the good of the engine, but some through leaks. I've had to remove and rebold the sump (RTV rules!) and replace some washers/seals to get things oil "tight" but I think I'm nearly there. At least, I'm touching wood as I write this (literally).
Pop over to Baz's photo site (cheers!) here to see my car from the Hook meet (ClubCalibra) yesterday - see, she's on the road baby! :D
Tuesday, March 29, 2005
Second earthquake hits Indonesia
I wouldn't normally post news you'll see everywhere, but this is just unreal.
Who said lightening doesn't strike twice? You gotta feel for that country and it's people.
Who said lightening doesn't strike twice? You gotta feel for that country and it's people.
PSP Web browser hacked ;)
DX9 under WINE
Well this is a step in the right direction. It's not perfect (what is?) but it does help that bridge get closer to the shore.
HL2 under Linux? Maybe.
HL2 under Linux? Maybe.
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