Monthly Archives: October 2008
ForEx is the New Porn?
While wilfing away a day or two ago, I saw a link to a feature called ‘Football - the New Porn?’ I didn’t click on it as my wilfing took me elsewhere, and I’m not a big fan of football (soccer … Continue reading
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On Being Bald and Hirsute
Hair only made a very brief appearance on the top of my head between the years of around 1967 to 1983. It was late in arriving and early in departing. By the tender age of 19, it was already well on … Continue reading
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Why I’m Monolingual
Having lived in non-English speaking countries for the past 15 years, one would assume that I would be fluent in at least one foreign language by now. One would be wrong. Because, to the annoyance of girlfriends and other friends … Continue reading
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Work/Life Imbalance
In recent postings I have described how I am addicted to nicotine and maybe to alcohol. But I now realize that there is something else that I am hopelessly addicted to and that’s work. It just became apparent to me … Continue reading
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On Becoming Telephobic
That’s as in ‘fear of talking of the phone’, as taken from the famous BT Commercial: Unless the date was written on it, I’d never have guessed that this was from 1991 – I woud have thought it the best … Continue reading
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Fucking With A Scam Artist – Attempt 2.1
Well it’s been over 24 hours now since I responded to the scam artist saying that I was interested in receiving more information and I still haven’t received a response yet. What kind of customer service is this? I demand … Continue reading
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Fucking With A Scam Artist – Attempt 2
Checking my stats, (which is something I do several times per day), I see that my most popular (OK, let’s put this into persepective – least unpopular) posting was My New Friend – The Nigerian Scam Artist, in which I … Continue reading
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My Stupidest Mistake Ever
In yesterday’s posting, I described how I am addicted to Diet Coke/Coke Light/Coke Zero and I am maybe a borderline alcoholic according to some bullshit online quizzes. But all of this pales into insignificance compared to my main addiction. Which is … Continue reading
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