One of the down-sides to working from home is the sever lack of blog material I encounter. Working at Leeds Uni was great as I used to commute via bus, train and foot every day. When I was at Nektar I had loads of time doing nothing (and getting paid for it) so blogging was easier. However, now I’m working at home I tend not to come across any peculiar folk that I can write about. Unless, that is, you’re interested in the Jehovah’s Witness who called round the other day; or the seemingly unendless cold callers telling me I’m entitled to a government grant for free cavity wall insulation – free if you’re on benefits. Although I’m told they offer a 50% discount if you’re not – hardly free though, is it? Twice they rang today! If you think that having regular phone calls asking if we sell the finest Indian spices is fun then let me know and I can blog about that for you too… I could tell you about Kia the cats smelly breath as she huddles up next to me on the couch, but it’s hard to explain the smell with words – if you’ve ever done a dissection then I can tell you that her breath smells like the innards of a pig, actually, no, probably more like the innards of a chicken.
So, anyway, I’m babbling! Catch ya later!
MaFt
You should register with the Telephone Preference Service (Google will show it up). This has eliminated the cold calls I get, and companies who ignore the list can be fined. Some people say they shouldn’t have to register with some agency just to stop the calls they never asked for in the first place, but it is a reasonable solution to the problem.
Cheers,
Tony
the annoying thing is that i HAVE registered with the TPS yet these people still call… if you ask what company they’re from they refuse to tell you so you can’t even grass them up!
the funniest ones are when you ask the company name and they say “oh, is it TPS? cos we only pick random numbers so we don’t have your number on record…” utter nonsense!!
Maft
I’ve registered too … the cold calls we usually still get are about chnaging our mobile phone service provider … grrr … one of these days I’m gonna shout down the line .. GET ORF MOY LOYNE! … ooh .. i could crush a grape .. anyway, now for spam .. please vote for my shirt designs on dshirt.co.uk … ta
I bet you could come up with some top designs for that site Maff!
Nothing smells worse than a two week old placenta!!!!!!! except maybe a 6 week old spleen