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02/10/2002
Stupid London Underground staff! All they care about is themselves. Two strikes in a week, massively inconveiencing everyone as usual just cos the drivers want more than £30,000 a year. I must be in the wrong job! They are really scum of the Earth and need to be taught a lesson and brought back into the real world. They don't know the meaning of the sentence 'hard graft'. Lets see them do some REAL work and see if they complain then, twats!
09/06/2002
Fools!I hate travelling by planes. I've decided after the shambles on the 5th June. First of all, Aer Lingus decided to cancel flights from the Fri 31st May and only resumed it on the 4th June, ruining lots of people's holidays. But that's not it. It was when I was travelling with Ryanair back to the UK. Once again, the twats made sure that my flight was late. Again. This is the 3rd flight in a row that's late (the 2nd was the flight to Ireland and the 1st flight was a previous flight back from Ireland to the UK) and I was pissed off as I specifically booked an earlier flight so that I could avoid all the nonsense of missing the Tubes, trains and having to hail a taxi home. But oh no, the plane was late. Then when we were in the air approaching Standsted Airport, we had to circle because the weather was crap. Yes, something a stupid as that. Then to top it all, when we got down, it turns out there aren't enough staff around to 1. escort us passengers to the terminal and 2. to take our bags off. Yes, we had to wait TWO AND A HALF HOURS to take our bags off!! Idiots!! And when we got them, they didn't actually announce it, we found it going round on carousel 4, it could've been there for ages. Unprofessional idiots at Standsted. And it's always in the UK. The transport system is abysmal as small things such as slightly bad weather, leaves on the lines, etc. causes the network to sieze up. What a load of bollocks!
26/11/2001
Fucking weekend.I had a nightmare weekend. On Fri, on my long-awaited day off, some stupid water pipe burst. Yes, outside my brand new flat, a hole in the pavement has been left by Thames Water since the flats have been finished. Of course, the pipe burst and covered much of the street in water. Now, those dicks were on the case pretty quickly, a bit too quickly, as they fixed the problem without checking to see if anyone had actually had their water supply fixed. Guess who didn't? Yes me! So, for the last 4 days, I've had rubbish water pressure, I can barely have a shower without either burning or freezing my ass off (the boiler only comes on when there is enough water pressure, so turning the cold tap on reduces the water pressure enough to turn the stupid boiler off) and I am incredibly pissed off. Those Thames Water dicks don't know their head from their asses as they can't seem to work out what's wrong. Calling them several times (last count, 8 in 4 days) doesn't seem to work with them. Faceless corporate bastards.
But that's not all. The stupid trains had to pack up again coming from Victoria. Useless. So SouthCentral are obviously Connex in disguise. Bastards! Our 8:07pm train going to West Croydon was half hour late, then it terminated 1 stop, yes ONE stop from my intended station!! So we waited. And waited. And waited. And the stupid time/destination electronic boards lied to us all and told us the next train was coming at 8:57pm (which was 2 mins away). Of course no train turned up, then it changed the time to 9:17pm!! Got pissed off and went for a bus. Of course, the bus turned up early so I had to run for it. GRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!
But there's more!! Today I wanted to get a battery fitted for my watch. You think it was a simple job. But NOOOOOOOOO! Stupid H Samuel in Oxford St can't fit Casio watches, they have to "send it away for up to 6 weeks". What a load of bollocks!! We are in the 21st century and we seem to be going backwards!! Is everyone stupid? Or do companies treat us customers like we are idiots? Arseholes!!
12/09/2001
I cannot believe it!!Some dickhead actually had the audacity to authorise his men to nick FOUR US airplanes and direct it at 3 targets!! How could the world stoop this low? Unfortunately, it proves that in this world, you can think of any nasty, sick event, anything and there will be at least one person in the world who would do it, if it hasn't been done already. What happened in the US is nothing short of disgusting. Killing innocent people, and they ARE innocent, doesn't prove anything whatsoever. No one gives a toss about whether the white man committed atocities against other ethnic people, killing is NO justification for that because the cycle of destruction keeps on going. One side kills. Another side kills back. Ad infinitum. What can be said is that the killing will keep on going and keep on going and keep on going for many years while dickheads in power get a rush of blood to their head and decide that their enemy must be vanquished for whatever pathetic reason. It says a lot that the world's conflict is caused by men. Yep, MEN. Men who have their brains in their dicks instead of their heads, who carry on conflict without knowing the TRUE reason of why the conflict was there in the first place. If women were in power, there would be a lot of difference, that's for sure. I can tell you this: if these "men" are so smart, then why didn't they bomb a real target? If they are pissed off at the American government, then why didn't they attack the American government directly? Make no mistake, it was an act of a coward who is afraid to face off against his enemy face to face because no one with half a brain would attack something loosely connected so someone or something if they have a beef with that person or thing, they will go directly to the source.
There WILL be revenge, of that you can be assured. The killing will go on. And when the dust eventually settles, you can be assured of only one winner. NO ONE!!
29/08/2001
Two words. Musical platforms. Three more words. Piss off Connex.Look Look!! Connex have officially relinquished control of SouthCentral!! At bloody last!! Quick, visit the link before they change the page!! Here's the official web site, SouthCentralTrains.co.uk. Now all they have to do is sack the crappy existing staff, especially at Norwood Junction...
28/08/2001
Guess what happened, as if you didn't already know? Yes, musical platforms! Jolly!! Once again at Norwood Junction, we all had to play musical platforms.Good thing Govia's taking over Connex SouthCentral now. Just seen the signs at Victoria & on the trains being changed so it reads a simple "SouthCentral". No Connex. Soon the takeover will be complete. Good riddance to bad rubbish!! Hopefully Govia will get rid of the stupid staff as well. They've sunk deeper past "dunce" into a whole new category.
Don't you hate stupid drivers? You know, the ones who don't look where they're going and nearly bang into your car then they make out it's YOUR fault? Was driving from Warner Village in Purley Way when I decided to move into the left lane to get round some stupid driver who was tailgating another driver in front of him. So there I am going round a bend on the left as you should and was starting to pass the stupid dunce thick slow driver when he decides that just because the car in front was moving to the left, he should also. Now, the driver in front was miles away from me so was entitled to move, but seeing as I was starting to pass the stupid dunce thick slow driver who was behind this one, he should've looked in his mirror and seen me, but as he's a stupid dunce thick slow driver he nearly bashed into me. And had the gall to poke his stupid fat head out of his car and give ME some lip!! What a tosser!! Well I'll tell you this: if I ever see that prick again I'll bash his car so bad he'll wish he stayed at home. I feel sorry for his wife and kids in putting up with a stupid dunce thick slow driver like him!!
17/08/2001
ANOTHER TWO DAYS!! Stupid idiots Connex once again had us on platform 3 moving to platform 1, then changing their minds again seconds later. Them dicks better get their crap computer sorted so that it doesn't get all confused. It's worse than a joke. Please Govia, rescue us from the hell that is Connex, NOW!!
15/08/2001
TWO DAYS!! That's how long it took Connex to piss me off AGAIN!! Their workers are absolutely STUPID!! Once again at Norwood Junction they sent us to platform 1, then back to platform 3 all in the space of a minute. They really have to sort out their shitty computers cos it obviously can't tell which platform the train is coming on. Dickheads!! Please, give up the franchise NOW!!
13/08/2001
Fucking Connex AGAIN!! Their service is absolute crap. It's always been and always will. I left home early to get to Norwood Junction early, knowing that by the time I got to the station, there would be no-one at my platform and I would be able to stand where I'd like. How wrong I was. The platform was full of passengers who would've got onto the 8.01 (a train that is ALWAYS late, never known it actually come in on time and I've been travelling for a year!) but guess what? There wasn't any!! And then while waiting for the 8.17, the stupid idiots at the station ran the stupid announcement that the train would now arrive at a different platform. There we all were, running for platform 1 like foolish sheep and then they changed it again!! Dickheads!! And this has happened several times before!! Are Connex workers THAT stupid? Can't they run a decent service? I'm glad Connex South Central lost their franchise and a few thousand people who use that service will agree with me. Piss off Connex and don't come back!!
19/04/2001
Has Eastenders gone downhill or what? I told you about the storyline and it's come true. Now Phil has got a hold of everyone, again!! Phil will not get his comeuppance, I think the scriptwriters would rather he sneak away, hmmmmmmmm just like Grant in fact, than have him battered. Lets face it, it's not releastic, as if a 40 year old fat bloke could have a whole community scared of him. If he was down the REAL East End, there would be no shortage of people wanting to kick his arse, reputation or not. The fact is, people down there will do you, just because they think they are harder, why, there are some REAL nutters who wouldn't think twice about beating the shit out of someone and some of then are skinny wankers!! To put it simply, the current storyline is crap!!
06/04/2001
Wasn't Eastenders on Thursday 5th April the worst Eastenders ever? Do the scriptwriters think we're stupid? They are sooooooooo predictable, everyone guessed that they'd choose the most unlikely person. Unfortunately, Lisa had to demonstrate she was the most wettest, pathetic woman ever. After all that Phil put her through, she STILL wanted to be with him. How stupid can she get!??! I was completely pissed off with the scriptwriters having Phil get the upper hand, AGAIN, but after Lisa acted the way she did, I wanted Phil to put her out of her misery. Now of course we all know the plot for the coming few weeks, cos everyone got the e-mail a few hours before they showed Eastenders. What, you didn't get it? Well, here it is:
Lisa Shot Phil she still has the gun (Steves) and Phil takes this from her, Phil investigates and discovers that Dan is acting on his own and not for the local mob who are run by Gareth Hunt. The police get wind of the extorsion racket Dan has pulled on Phil and tell Phil not to retaliate. Phil gives Steves gun, the same one Lisa used to shoot Phil to the mob who then pass it on to Dan. He takes the gun and Phil organises a setup with the police where he starts a fight with Dan. As the fight looks to have drawn its conclusion Dan pulls out the the gun and the police pounce, unaware of the setup with the gun and arrest him, it looks like curtains for Dan or maybe not.There are a few holes in that but you get the drift. Yes, Phil wins, AGAIN!! I thought we'd moved on from that rubbish when Grant left, but obviously not. The scriptwriters should get their heads out of the sand cos that's not REAL Eastenders!! Here's a better scenario, I'm sure you'll agree:
Dot Shot Phil, she still has the gun (Steves). She was shooting pigeons from her bedroom window when Jim sneakily slipped one up her from behind. she jumped in shock and accidentally pulled the trigger whilst aiming at phil's house. Dot panicked and planted the gun by a tree in the square. Robbie was mucking about with well ard the next day and coincedently ended up climbing up the same tree. But he got more than he bargained for because he didn't realise it was the 'ugly tree'. He promptly fell out of the ugly tree, hitting every branch on the way down. He landed on his face and saw the barrel of a gun potruding from the soil. He took the gun and started running down the street. The police were informed that an ugly bastard was seen running through the square. The police immediately knew who it was and promptly arrested him. Robbie ends up going to court where he gets away with attempted murder, but goes down for 72 years for being god damn butt ugly. Dot only gets suspected and the police carry out a routine search of her premises. Dot is rightly confident of getting away with just a charge for irresponsible behaviour with a fire-arm. However, she didn't bank on the police checking under her floor boards. 15 corpses were found under there. There were also 7 large bin bags full of crack cocaine, as well as an arms cachet that could defend a small nation. Dot was promptly banged up, and the key thrown away.Much more believable!!
02/11/2000
Is transport in London always crap? To get to work I have to get a train into London Bridge and then use the tube to get to Great Portland Street. Every single day there's always an excuse, whether it's Connex South Central with their crap, slam-door, slow trains or London Underground with their "escalator problems". Escalator problems my ass!! Them escalators seem to be broken all the time, it's probably a cynical ploy to somehow reduce passenger numbers in their station. Remember, they still get their money as most passengers pay using either weekly or monthly travelcards so they don't care if they piss off the customers cos they will still get their money. And they keep on going on about the "world's first underground service", it bloody shows, innit? What a load of bollocks!!
16/10/2000
Hmmm... have you heard about the court case involving an ex-England footballer and a woman involved in phone sex? Do you know who it is? Well, here's more clues. He's married, with children. Don't know? He's friends with Paul Gascoigne. He's "squeaky clean". Still don't know? Here's the killer. He's England's second-top scorer, played for top clubs in the world, including Barcelona. Do you know who now? But lets admit it, he's the MAN!! Squeaky clean, my foot!!
05/05/2000
... and while we're on the subject of Dixons, let me tell you that they are incredibly thick because after they fixed the PSU problem, it caused another problem, specifically my floppy drive, mouse and printer wouldn't work, and that it took them 2 months to fix the whole lot in total!! I think I qualify for a new PC, don't you? Wrong, says the stupid idiot woman at Customer Care, because there was a bit of a gap in between repairs, I don't qualify. Funny it doesn't say that on the MasterCare form... is she really that thick or what? Only got it fixed completely now, that's, let me see, 2 months later!! Doh!!
29/03/2000
Why can't Dixons provide a decent service? Remember the problem my friends had at Dixons (look below)? Well, it's surfaced up again. The PC decided to go into Suspend mode, fair enough, but wouldn't wake out of it, even when I switched it off and on. I also could smell some burning from the back where the PSU was. So anyway, I called Dixons and they sent a bloke round. Changed the motherboard. No effect. So they ordered a new CPU and motherboard (which took a week). No effect. So they ordered a new fan and heatsink (took another week). No effect. So I mentioned that nothing works when I turn it on, the lights are on and that's it, not even the CD. He diagnosed the PSU as being faulty (which I thought all along) and he fixed that next day. Dickheads!! But that's not all. The bleeding mouse and floppy drive have been acting strange since and I had to call them out yesterday!! Why don't they build a decent machine in the first place and if it goes faulty, take it away and fix it straight away is beyond me...
17/02/2000
Can I ask, who in the world would turn on the central heating on at night? NO-ONE!! So why does my idiot housemate turn it on during the night? Are they thick? Are they dumb? Or do they like annoying me? Firstly, it's a complete waste of money because the heating will heat for the whole house (and this house has got at least 10 rooms, including the basement), whether or not the stopcock is turned off or on on each individual radiator. So all that energy is being wasted. Secondly, what is the bed there for? The quilt should keep you warm, you don't need heat. Fair enough, if it's cold during the day, turn the heating on but if it's cold during the night, so what? You don't need any heat, you're supposed to be asleep!! I couldn't care less if there are icicles hanging from the ceiling, anyone will half a brain would realise that it does not make economic sense to turn the heating on AT ALL during the night. If we did leave it on, our bill would DOUBLE because it'd be on for around 9 hours, which is roughly the length of time that it's on during the day. See? All I can say is that it must be a thick, wanking, stupid, dumb, Arse-enal-loving fool who would be soooo selfish that they would turn on the CENTRAL HEATING to heat their own room up. Doh!!
17/01/2000
So a few silly British MP's wanted to ban Tyson? Tyson? The greatest boxer of recent times? How dare they treat him so shabbily!! For a start, he DIDN'T rape Desiree Washington, everyone knows that, he got set up by the crappy US "justice system", and we all know how crap that is!! As it was proved on Sunday, he still has loads of fans here. And his opponent needed the money as well, they should give him a break also!! Those stupid MP's are only calling for him to be kicked out for their own agenda, and failed, ha!! Me, my only regret is not being at Heathrow airport. I salute thee, Tyson!!
10/01/2000
Oh, Man Ure, how you wished you were playing Grimsby. What a load of crap!! You may have heard that Man Ure had decided to dump, yes, DUMP the FA Cup and play in the World Crap Championship. And for what? Man Ure always think that they are the best in everything but they found it a whole load different in Brazil. WHAT WAS BECKHAM DOING, THE TOSSER? Once again, Alex Ferguson was defending him like Posh Spice defends her weight loss i.e. not convincingly at all. The other bloke in the match against Necaxa managed to pull his leg back so why didn't Beckham? He deserved his red card!! And as for the second match, Man Ure obviously they were playing against Grimsby or someone else other than the class Brazilian champions that they were actually playing against. WHAT WAS GARY NEVILLE DOING? Crappy back-passes that even a Grimsby player wouldn't do!! When you're playing against one of the great players, Romario, you don't want to back-pass at all, my friend. Bosnich is good but he's no Schmeichel and even Schmeichel would have difficulty in a one-on-one with the great one, Romario. I bet you Man Ure will win nothing this season and it serves them right for being soooo greedy!!
15/11/99
So the damn IBF have robbed Lewis of his IBF World Hevyweight title? Can these Americans get any more stupid? It's sooo obvious that these Americans don't like a British person (yeah, yeah, I may have said he's really a Canadian in the past but at least he was born and brought up in Britain) winning the world titles so they come up with a stupid reason to not let him take that crappy belt back. Boxing is crap and it's getting even more crap when they can't even have a proper title handover. Lewis don't need that crap belt anyway, he should do what Riddick Bowe did and have a massive press conference and toss the IBF belt into the bin. That was funny when Bowe did it and it'd be more funnier if Lewis did it. I say bring on Tyson and watch Lewis pound him into the ground!! Bring on the WBO, supposed IBF, HBC, ABC, BBC, GBC, whatever champ on and Lewis will blow them all away. We all have to accept the fact: that Lewis is currently and easily the best heavyweight out there right now!!
02/11/99
So I hear that Coulthard is "threatening" to sue Schumacher for comments made about him. You can't sue someone for telling the TRUTH, can you? Coulthard is just jealous that Schumacher has more skill in his broken leg than he has had in his entire life. Schumacher DID get held up by Davey-boy, just check the video and see for yourself. In fact, just to prove that Schumacher is the better driver, check out the world rankings. Coulthard finished only 4 points ahead when Schumacher missed most of this season with a broken leg. Now THAT'S skill!! When Coulthard starts to actually WIN races and wins the championship, he can threaten Schumacher as much as he like. Which is never because he will never be good enough!!
01/11/99
Are the University of Bradford's Library really that thick?
Every few months, there seems to be a problem with their crap system. In March I got banned from the Computer Centre's PC's (reason is way below) and that meant that I couldn't take out any more books. But I still had to pay a fine, even though I couldn't renew these (and I needed thm books to revise). I come back to Uni in August to do some retakes and I have to pay a fine for a book that supposedly had a fine before (which was rubbish). And now I've got an £11.40 fine for books I've got out!! Y'see, over here we get e-mails the day before they go overdue and the e-mails had the titles of books I've taken out before, so of course I got thorougly confused and e-mailed the library back. Eventually they saw the confusion (their crap out-of-date computer system put the wrong titles on the e-mail) and renewed my books, but I STILL got a fine on them!! Doh!! I'm sorry but this Uni has the most useless computer system of all time!!
27/10/99
Yes!! Ferrari are back!! Y'see? I knew that they would throw out the disqualification decision by the FIA, a win for common sense I reckon. I mean, it was a stupid decision to make in the first place and will now mean we get a decent final round in Japan. Yes!!
19/10/99
You may have heard about Ferrari getting both their drivers disqualified after the last Grand Prix. What a load of crap!! It's al a conspiracy against Ferrari because they're the best outfit at the moment. So what if the "bargeboard" was 2 micrometers to the right of where it should've been, or whatever. If it was really illegal, then it wasn't intentional. After all, Ferrari aren't stupid, they wouldn't have got away with it. It's all the FIA's fault, they should be checking the cars BEFORE and AFTER the race!! Doh!! Y'see, the class of Schumacher, he comes back after breaking his leg in three places, gets pole with a lap time nearly a whole second faster than everyone else (which shows how crap the other drivers are if they can't even do it when they're at their peak) and helps Irvine to win. But give the FIA any excuse to throw out Schumacher and anyone associated with him and they'll do it. Thick or what?
15/10/99
KILL GRANT OFF!!
I've just been to the Eastenders site and someone has suggested in the forum that Grant comes back to see Phil in hospital!! AARRRRGGGHHH!! Kill him off for God's sake!!
I was watching it yesterday and 5 minutes hadn't passed and Grant decks someone already, this time it's Steve Owen. And Steve lies there and takes it. So it's 3 (Beppe) - 1 (Gianni) - 1 (Steve Owen) - 0 (Grant), Grant hasn't been done over yet!! Then Phil turns up, looking very psycho. At last, I think, Grant is going to be done over by his own brother. Sure enough, Phil argues with Grant on top of the rooftop, then Phil goes really psycho and goes for the gang who supposedly wouldn't bat an eyelid to kill anyone. Then they drive off to some place by the Thames and the fight begins!! Great scene with Phil tussling with Grant, I fully hoped Phil would punch Grant's lights out then send him into the Thames in the car. Nope. But he did point a gun at Grant. I hoped that maybe he wouldn't follow the script and shoot Grant anyway. Nope. They jump into another car and Phil starts shooting the interior. He hasn't even got the guts to shoot Grant properly. Maybe the though of getting double his wages, now that Grant is soon to be leaving, stopped him from thinking clearly. And Grant gets away. Again. Look below for my alternative script. Best ever episode, though.
24/09/99
How come in Eastenders, Grant always wins fights? OK, he's hard, an' all, but there are harder people in the East End. Can't he lose once in a while? For example, he has now beaten Beppe 3 times and Gianni 1 time. How stupid. Yesterday it was looking good for Grant actually getting a beating for once when Beppe caused Grant a head bleed before Grant ended it by knocking Beppe over some stools and a table. What?!!? and Beppe didn't even retailate after that. What kind of crap is that? Beppe is an ex-police officer for God's sake!! I remember when Beppe and Gianni came into Eastenders first time and wound up Grant and Phil something rotten but since then Grant's constantly won every fight so far. Bollocks. I'll tell you what match I'd like to see. Grant vs Dan. Have you seen the size of him? Grant would be beaten with incredible ease by Dan!! But of course, if the scriptwriters even did that one, they'd have Grant landing a lucky punch, laying out Dan. Do these scriptwriters think we're stupid? Or do they love Grant so much? I can write a better plot than that:Grant dares Beppe to say Tiffany's name one more time, then lays into Beppe. Beppe finally stands up for himself and fights back. Grant finds that the punches are having no effect on Beppe and it all spills outside. Beppe tosses Grant into a corner and lands a few punches, knocking Grant over, then does a couple of elbow drops. Then Beppe leaves Grant in the gutter. Grant is sooo ashamed of being beaten for once, he decides to leave Walford with a bottle of champagne in his hand (just like the picture in the Mirror).
Or:
Grant and Beppe are fighting and Dan walks in. They both bump into Dan who tries to break it up. However, Grant is in full flow and warns Dan to get out of his way. So Dan dares him to try it. So Grant does. Dan receives a punch and looks winded but then lands a real haymaker square on Grant's jaw, knocking him out cold. Then he kicks him for good measure, while saying, "You should have never started on me, I'll break your neck, blah, blah, blah". Then Dan leaves. Grant is sooo ashamed of being beaten for once, he decides to leave Walford with a bottle of champagne in his hand (just like the picture in the Mirror).
See, I can write better scripts than those so-called "scriptwriters" anyday!!
17/09/99
That stupid Bradford University have done it again. Suspended my e-mail account because they weren't sure whether I was continuing my course. Absolute crap because 1. They suspended it the day after the results were known and 2. According to a member of my department, a representative of the Student Registry was on the examination meeting which was held on the 14th September, the day before!! Doh!! Are Student Registry really stupid or just plain thick?
13/03/99
NOW I'M REALLYMAD!!That dick of a University, Bradford University has surpassed itself this time. They suspended my Internet Account because they have a query regarding my tuition fees. Of course they said that they sent a letter and e-mail to me and my department a month ago. Funny that, because my department haven't got anything off them. They have my home address, term time address, e-mail address and phone number and they still didn't let me know!! How stupid can they get??? Even worse is that I only found out this Friday so I can't use the e-mail facilities over the weekend. For a University with a great communications system (even if the e-mail programs are crap), they sure are stupid...
15/02/99
Simeon is a pile of steaming excrement!! For the uneducated, Simeon is a shitty piece of e-mail program which is hideous to use, so why is it being used at Bradford University? Firstly, it can't cope with Windows NT 4. If you use an NT computer, for some reason, logging in and logging out doesn't erase your password details, so on the NT machines here, there is a batch file that erases the files as you log in. Unfortunately, some of the machines have this file deleted and this means that when someone else logs in and uses Simeon, they have access to someone else's e-mail. Stupid feature #1. Now, when you can actually use Simeon, you'll find that creating folders and other features are OK to use. Except cutting and pasting. Y'see, stupid I know, but you can't right-click on a selection and cut or paste it. Why? Every single other Windows program does that and it's far easier to do that than go to the menu. Fortunately, you can use a keyboard shortcut. Stupid feature #2. Next, it's sooo shit at handling attatchments. Whereas every other Window program such as Outlook uses the Windows associations, Simeon uses its own set of bizarre rules that means that it asks you stupid questions before sending a file as an attatchment. It's worse when you're receiving. You'd think it should be sooo easy that you just double-click on the file and it'd open it straight away, just like Outlook, but noooo, Simeon doesn't use Windows associations so if it can't find a "helper" application, it asks you to look for one for it. Stupid feature #3. And this also with the fact that Simeon still has a Windows 3.1 look and feel, including menu commands that are bizzaredly in very odd places (get this: the search command is under File, New?!?!?), Simeon is just cack!! For ease of use, and speed, a program like Outlook Express is miles better, in fact, any e-mail program is MILES better!!
09/02/99
Netscape. Why is Netscape soooo crap? I use Communicator 4.06 here in the University and I have to say it's a piece of crap software. Firstly, why does it have difficulty in doing pictures? Get this, if you don't specify the width and height tags in the web page code, then Communicator halts loading the page until it can get the size information from the picture. So if you have a small page, but there's a little picture at the top of the page that comes from a bad server, then you could be waiting AGES until Communicator finally decides that that picture is not worth getting. And Communicator can take AGES to reach that decision. So you're left sitting there like a lemon waiting for ONE damn picture to come up. Click on STOP and the rest of the page comes up, proving that Communicator had the page all along. Internet Explorer on the other hand, doesn't give a shit on picture sizes, it dynamically resizes pictures once it has the picture details. So, the rest of the page loads AROUND the pictures. Secondly, why does sometimes Communicator just stop and not acknowledge my clicks on links? And there's nothing there is to make it, short of either waiting an eternity or closing down Communicator with the ol' CTRL + ALT + DEL buttons (or using the Task Manager under Windows NT). Stupid!! Netscape is just cack and there are better browsers out there, including Internet Explorer.
18/01/99
Right, OK, this rant is WAY LATE, but I've been busy with coursework/exams etc. Anyway, I wish to talk about London Transport Services, or the lack of it. For the uneducated, London Transport (LT) are the public company that controls all of London's buses. This year, as they do every year, they put the prices up. Again. Despite the service getting worse every year. On Friday 8th January this year, I had to wait in the cold and rain in Croydon for a 68A bus (now 468), which took 30-40 minutes to come and when it did, was full. It's like that ALL the time!!! I walk/run 2-3 miles to Croydon from where I live (South Norwood) because I know I can get to Croydon before the bus comes. How stupid, seeing as the buses are supposed to run every 7/8 minutes. Well, if they want us to use the buses, then they should improve the services. It's a scandal that they keep upping the prices and expect us to use public transport instead of cars. I for one will keep to my car.
20/11/98
Yeah, yeah, so this is WAY overdue but who cares? Anyway, I want to know why shops like Dixons VASTLY overprice PC's, eh? I heard the rumour that you should 'never buy from Dixons' as they overcharge and are incompetant when it comes to taking money out of bank accounts. So I told that to my friend, who completely ignored me and went ahead with buying a PC there. It was a Contessa Pentium 233 with 2.1 GB Hard Drive, 14" monitor, just Windows 98, no software. Comes with a Canon Bubblejet printer and 4 years warranty. The total cost? nearly £1000!! How much!??! Well, she is paying about 20 pounds a month to pay for it. Her best friend, payed the same. Within a few weeks, the printer packed up. No matter, I got it working again, only for it to do the same thing again and again. I fixed it and came to the conclusion that seeing as they were complete beginners, they probably chose a setting they shouldn't have. Then Dixons took out £28 out of both of their accounts. Only then did they check their receipts and it said that they are paying £288 for warranty, even though it said £249 in the leaflet. In short, not only are they supplying expensive underpowered PC's, they take out even more than what was agreed!! Bastards!!
29/10/98
Windows 95, 98, whatever it calls itself nowadays - I HATE Windows!! Why is it sooo complicated? Admittedly, I use Windows and I know loads about it but why, oh why does it crash so easily!?!!??! Sometimes it does weird things for no reason and you end up having to reset the machine. Can't Microsoft write a decent bit of software for once? Please? Stupid, isn't it? Well, right now I'm trying to load up some web pages, and it's taking ages and I'm sure it's down to crappy Windows. I have to agree that Windows has gotton a whole lot better than really-crappy Windows 3.1x but it's still far from perfect. In fact, Windows has infected nearly every part of our society. This September I went to the Natwest hole-in-the-wall machine in my University campus and found out that it's now run by some version of Windows 95 (probably Windows CE). How did I know that? Because the damn machine crashed and a little Dialog box was up saying that the "runtime C++ library" had crashed or something like that and there was a little OK button on it. That's not the only time. Now I'm afraid that the thing may crash when I've put my card in and it'll swallow my card. Microsoft, GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER!!
08/10/98
George Graham - The saviour for Spurs or Gooner in disguise plotting downfall of the enemy? Well, who cares? In the past, Spurs have never had it soooo good, what with Glenn Hoddle, Chris Waddle, Paul Gascoigne and Gary Linekar gracing the books. But lately Spurs have been, well, crap. On paper, Spurs have one of the greatest sides in the Premiership, but they can't play together at all. Me personally, I don't care if the person who leads us back to glory is an ex-Arse-enal player and manager, as long as he DOES lead us back into glory. Spurs can't afford to just pass up an opportunity like this. For all those annoying "die-hard" Spurs fans that don't want Graham gracing their beloved club, WHO CARES WHAT YOU THINK? Frankly, We NEED someone with his class. Don't blame Sugar, he has made some gaffes before but now is the time to get behind your team and watch us stuff the Arse-enal!!
23/09/98Want to tell me what YOU think? Send mail to smoothyworld@hotmail.com, NOW!!
Well, well, well, I see that the big news is all about Bill Clinton isn't it? Well, why don't that Starr bloke leave him alone, eh? As far as I'm concerned, Clinton's the MAN and he's doing a great job so bugger off to everyone else. For a start, they are talking about impeaching him because he lied while testifying. Well, so why was he testifying at all? So he knobbed Monica, BIG DEAL!! She's a bit of a bitch as well, I mean, who in their right minds would keep a stained dress? Normal people would wash it immediately, but did she? Nooooo... so she obviously planned the whole lot. Yeah, right, her friend or whoever she was tried to discourage her from washing it. So what? If someone told me that I should keep my stained clothes just because it contained bodily fluids from some famous bird, I wouldn't even entertain the idea. How stupid!! So basically, Clinton should stay and Monica and Starr and all those stupid republicans should f*** off!!
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