Foolhandy

Foolhandy

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Moved... in Misc JoeUser Forums

I've moved to www.foolhandy.com so feel free to visit me there... Karl

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Cambridge United in Sports & Leisure JoeUser Forums

Well I never! 3-1 against Bristol Rovers! Who would have thought it? Etc. Etc. So, is this the start of a mini-revival or is it just buying Shaggy time? Who knows, but I'll take the win anyway thank you! Hopefully it'll signal the beginning of Cambridge's move away from the relegation fight. Sent an official complaint to eBay today about the unjust negative feedback and received...a standard automated response. When will companies realise that

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House Hunting in Misc JoeUser Forums

Today Dad & I went house hunting for a house for him. We spent the day driving around the Forest of Dean looking at houses, none of which were any good. In particular we had an appointment to see a house where the description spectacularly failed to describe the property accurately. It's a bit like when we went to see the Ford Probe for Mum that was described as being wonderful but was actually a heap - don't these people realise that as soon as you

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Death in Misc JoeUser Forums

Death has been on my mind a lot recently. Can't seem to shake it. I keep thinking about the fact that in 150 years time every single person in the world alive now will almost certainly be dead, and then I put that into the context of the history of the Earth and...well it's not a jolly thought is it? More alarmingly, as I drift off to sleep I've started focusing on my breathing, realising that each breath I take is one breath closer to my last - another one has been used up. This kind of thinkin

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Computers in Video Cards JoeUser Forums

The day before yesterday I wanted to go to Amazon.com and look at a track listing. I typed in the URL but accidentally typed in www.aamazon.com. A page loaded and since then my computer keeps crashing, coming up with 'illegal operation' pop ups and all sorts. My outlet, my escape, knackered... I have now downloaded every Windows update in existence and hope that now my virus protection will run - at the moment I get halfway through and get the 'Blue Screen of Death'. Joys. I've looked u

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Mallory Park in Misc JoeUser Forums

Today was quite a contrast to yesterday. Went to Mallory Park with Dad to watch Colin test his Peugeot 205 GTi race car. It didn't exactly go to plan as his ever-problematic engine decided to play up and then seize. So he only managed a few laps, and not particularly fast ones at that. Still, I got to see a 'race outfit' in operation (complete with Coca Cola bottle...) and watched the other cars, motorbikes and sidecars test. <img border="0" src="http://homepages.tesco.ne

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A Day Like Today in Misc JoeUser Forums

Today has been...not one of my best. Wallowing would be too dramatic a term, but certainly I've been overly relaxed and have not felt like getting up at all. I would say that 75% of today has been spent in bed either sleeping or reading (the excellent) "The Sacred Art of Stealing" by Christopher Brookmyre. It's an excellent book and I recommend it, along with everything else he's written. (Note - If you do decide to read his stuff read them in the order he wrote them as there are cr

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Typical in Sports & Leisure JoeUser Forums

I don't have a bad injury but I have been prevented from going to the gym this evening. Not that I'm devastated but...it is typical really. After my world trip I was somewhat less fit (and somewhat bigger) than I had been when I left Seychelles and so the gym, badminton & football I've been doing has a bit of a physical struggle. Well, yesterday at football I actually began to feel the benefit of it all. I'm nowhere (anywhere!) near Seychelles levels of fitness but I played on the wing

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Leaving the real world in Misc JoeUser Forums

I decided over the weekend that I am going to leave again. I've looked at the TES Jobs site and there are a few that look interesting. I'm going to try for a few of the ones in Europe over the coming weeks. My decision isn't totally unexpected but I have given it a go. I have tried and have put myself in the position where I could stay here, but to be honest I'm not happy in England. I do enjoy the football, snooker and badminton I play, and I do (and am) enjoying seeing mor

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Reply to eBay update... in Internet JoeUser Forums

Thanks for the sentiments dharmagrl, much appreciated... No, he didn't contact me before he posted it. I have two small items for sale at the moment and then, after that, I'm going to stop. It's not worth it. I think the thing that is most annoying is that I have no way (other than that 80 characters) to undo that negative feedback. Even if I managed to put together a statement that said what I needed to say there'd still be that red mark. Also, it's interesting to read that you think it

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eBay update... in Internet JoeUser Forums

A while back I wrote on here about how I didn't really trust eBay, but I did enjoy using it and so I carried on. The idea central to eBay is, so the company states, that everyone is basically good. The problem is that they're not. Last month I sold my Dad's old car. A 12 year old Ford Granada with 150,000ish miles on the clock. In the description we said it was not A1, but OK. We said that is would "probably" last until the MOT ran out in September. We stated that it drove well enough, beca

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The Fridge Has Gone... in Misc JoeUser Forums

So, this evening, the Fridge went to a new home. It's been known to the family since it was new in 1989 and for the past nine years has been owned by first me (1995-1999) and then Mum (1999-2004). When I first owned it I was in my year at Lancaster University. I was barely out of my teens and it replaced the Van. I remember loving how smooth it was, how refined, how nicely it drived. It was a modern car and despite it being a white Toyota Corolla estate and it having done 120,000

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Replying to Articles in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Is it possible for non-JoeUser users to reply to postings? I know that ideally you'd want to have them sign-up to JoeUser but some people just don't have the time to commit to a blog. Maybe a screening process would be possible so if someone replied to one of my postings and wasn't a JoeUser user I would have to unscreen it before it became visible - this would stop nonsense or offensive posting by anonymous individuals. Currently you can select who can see your article - what about selcting

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London in Misc JoeUser Forums

Went down to London last night to see Debbie, Barry & Julie. Had a great time - good to see them all. Got home at 4.30am!!! No work today :( but on this occasion probably for the best, although it's quite early now and I feel OK. I'll be struggling come this evening though I bet.

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Reply to WMD stockpiles in Iraq were never the core issue in Politics JoeUser Forums

I'm sorry to ask this but I can't find the information anywhere else. Did Bush bother to ask what kind of weapons Saddam Hussein had before he declared war? To me, being a Briton in Britain, the fact that our guy didn't ask is just shocking. It doesn't matter to me that he chose to go to war really because you can argue a really good case for and against it, but he didn't bother to ask what kind of weapons Saddam Hussein had (or allegedly had - whatever...). What else didn't he think w

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Sunday's Sermon in Misc JoeUser Forums

Except I don't go to church so I keep forgetting. Anyway, today was OK. Played football in the morning and was much improved from last week. This afternoon I watched Seven on my computer and surprise, surprise played Championship Manager for a while. Off to bed now as it's a big day tomorrow... Good night!

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Looking forward in Misc JoeUser Forums

It's Saturday night and I'm sat at my computer...about to watch Pirates of the Caribbean on said computer though so it's not all that sad. Or perhaps it is. Today I went looking for cars for Colin with him and Dad. Had fun playing with the sat-nav in his Jaguar, but it was very cramped in there and it made me feel ill... Coming up in the future are trips to London and Jersey, plus the possibility of some work (amazingly I'm actually up for it in a big way!) . The fitness thing is going reasonabl

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Work soon... in Misc JoeUser Forums

Today I sent out a letter to loads of local schools letting them know that I'm out here! Hopefully some work will come my way soon. Have to admit I'm quite looking forward to it now even though I am enjoying this very extended holiday! This morning I had a sebacious (sp?) cyst removed from my neck. It didn't hurt at all but I could feel the skin pulling when he did the stitches. Off to badminton tonight - Alex is coming along too which will be good. With a bit of luck I'll be much bet

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