Well, here we are. In our new abode, and buried under a mountain of cardboard boxes. It took a week to dig down to the level of my computer, then get it connected.<\/p>\n
No more BT … although the Greedy BTs sent me a final bill, including a bill for \u00a330 for the disconnection of the broadband at my old house. What a shower! I dumped them after trying for nearly a year to get a decent broadband service (they never succeeded) and now they want me to pay them \u00a330 for NOT providing a service. Whatever next? A bill from SKY for NOT providing satellite coverage, or a demand for payment from Harrods for NOT shopping there. May they rest perpetually in their own droppings.<\/p>\n
Now with Orange. Slow (in every sense of the word), but a little ginger will be applied.<\/p>\n
The telephone line is still provided by BT Wholesale, as I am connected to a local yokel exchange and the big boys don’t consider it worth putting their own lines in. As a result, I get only ADSL (no plus) and pay extra for the privilege. Another example of BT and paying extra for nothing.<\/p>\n
I am assured by the lady from Orange that I will get Superfast Broadband soon. The Government guarantees it! I expressed a certain scepticism. She insisted! I will remind them in a year or two. They will deny ever saying it. Everybody will deny ever saying it. Either I am wrong, and the whole world is right OR I am right, and the whole world is wrong. The latter may sound very much like a description of insanity, but my money is on me to win by six clear lengths (or more). Time will prove who is.<\/p>\n
Anytime soon, some more poetry …<\/p>\n
… after all, no-one has ever complained about my poetry. Am I doing it all wrong?<\/p>\n
Watched the Mel Gibson fim on the telly. ‘Forever Young’. No great shakes as a picture. But they play Billie Holiday singing ‘The Very Thought of You’. An amazing voice and a great song. Rap artists – you are wasting your time, your talent, your culture. There is so much better out there. Rise up to meet the standards, not slump down to try and limbo under.<\/p>\n
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Mesklin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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