I’ve commented on our tea room tap a couple of times before (here and here). This week it hasn’t been giving any cold water at all. And then this morning it was absent. Just gone, leaving a hole in the sink unit. Now, I think it was probably removed by a university-contracted plumber, but there is […]
Continue readingMonth: October 2010
How fictional is fiction?
Having watched The Prestige on Sunday night I feel that there should be lots of bloggable material in it, but I can’t quite put my finger on anything. For those who haven’t seen it, or read the book, it concerns a couple of rival magicians who are obsessed with out-doing each other and pulling off […]
Continue reading2.5 or 2.2 percent?
So, Goods and Services Tax has now jumped from 12.5% to 15%, and with it comes all sorts of confusion. If you ask the question ‘how much have things increased?’ you can get a variety of answers? So, an example. Take an item that used to be priced at $11.25. OK, so we no longer […]
Continue readingLet there be light
Last night we were plunged back into the 19th century by a power cut. No electric cooker, no lighting, no television. Out came the candles. We were only saved from total historical immersion by a fully-charged laptop which got used as a DVD player for the evening (and gave a fair bit of light too). It’s amazing […]
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