I sent the below e-mail to the Milton Keynes Thames Valley Police on their official e-mail address on 26/01/2010 and have not had a reply yet (today is 18/02/2010).
What more proof do I need that their visit and marketing regarding ‘Operation Confidence’ is just PR (hot air). I have no confidence in them…
Hello,
Last night I [...]
E-mail to Thames Valley Police: Operation Confidence – Feedback
Restaurant Review: The Living Room (Milton Keynes) – Avoid!
I went out for dinner with my family tonight for my parents wedding anniversary. When we go out we often like to try different restaurants. none of us had been to The Living Room restaurant in Milton Keynes before so we thought we would give that a try.
We pre-booked a table and arrived on time. [...]
Milton Keynes Car Parking Partnership Office Sucks
I really don’t like the way that car parking management is handled in Milton Keynes.
I have worked in Milton Keynes for 4 years now and have paid (I think) £235 per year to park my car in a public car park outside of my office. This year it has gone up to £270 (more if [...]
The Gardening Trolls of Pennadomo, Italy
It is a little known fact that there are trolls all around the Abruzzo province/region of Italy, but with a little knowledge and a lot of patience you might be able to track them down and catch a glimpse of them.
As in most societies, there are nice trolls and naughty trolls. Plus there is a [...]
Paul’s Advice on Share Dealing
This is an extract from an e-mail conversation that I had with a friend today. I was giving some info/advice on shares. Others might find it useful…? Warning, it is a bit disjointed
Hi,
I started trading in shares late 2007. Last year I cashed in about £5.5k (I gained about 7k and lost about £1.5k). I [...]
What I got for Christmas (besides fat)
This year I got a Canon Speedlight 580EX II flash which is Canon’s most powerful flash unit for SLR’s
It will work great with my Canon 40D which is a digital SLR. I have always had an interest in photography and did a photography course in Italy last October. Plus I would like to [...]
Star Trek Online Website Launched!
I am a big fan of Stack Overflow and their Stack Exchange sites.
I have recently created Stack Exchange sites for London and SAP BASIS. Neither of these have taken off though.
Maybe the London one has too small an audience – as there are only 7.421 million people (2004 estimate) living there and only a very [...]
If I was homeless…
Some (not all) homeless people bother me because all I see them do is sit around all day, begging for money or selling the Big Issue.
If I was homeless I wouldn’t sell the Big Issue because I don’t think it’s worth it:
From http://www.bigissue.co.uk/How_We_Work_14.php
In order to become a Big Issue vendor an individual must prove that [...]
I lost money in shares today – but doing well overall!
This year I have started trading in shares. So far I am doing quite well. I have made some losses, but overall I am in clear profit.
For the past 9-12 months I have been using 2 credit cards which both have a 0% interest on purchases deal which ends at the end of this month. [...]
Birmingham Half Marathon – 11/10/2009
After recently completing the 3 Peaks Challenge, the Roade Sprint Triathlon and a photography holiday in Italy (where I ate excessive amounts of pasta!) I hadn’t had any time to train for the Birmingham Half Marathon. Added to that, for the past week my knees have been hurting for some reason. So I wasn’t really [...]