BabyUnique.co.uk

Posted 23 March 2007 By mac and has 3 comments.

as many of you know, perlmonger and I are about to become grandparents. Well, step grandparent, in his case. But I digress.

as part of this process, we volunteered to purchase The Pushchair. Much research was done. Decisions were made. The Mother To Be settled on a particular model. We Googled, and went “eek” a lot, and clutched our credit card in panic.

the best deal to be found seemed to be at www.babyunique.co.uk. I read their site, particularly the bit that said “next day delivery”, and ordered it on Monday.

on Tuesday, no sign. On Wednesday, no sign – so in the afternoon, I got a bit twitchy and mailed them. Then phoned them – an answering machine, with no opportunity to leave a message. I repeated the mailing (to different addresses, and via their web site) and phoning.

on Thursday morning, fairly rattled (because I’m going to Norwich tomorrow and want to take it with me), I phoned again. A rather dozy girl answered the phone, and went off to check, and informed me that:

  1. they were *closed* on a Wednesday [boggle - this is an internet business]
  2. they had tried to phone me several times on Monday, but “the phone cut off”. Why didn’t they e-mail me? (and the phone is fine anyway).
  3. “very few e-mails get through to us” – boggle once more. Why the fsck don’t they get that sorted out forthwith! Apparently “their internet chap is trying to sort it out”.

the perambulating conveyance has, thankfully, turned up this morning, but I do most strongly suggest that – in the unlikely event of any of you who read this wanting to purchase baby equipment – that you avoid this outfit.

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go see …

Posted 22 March 2007 By mac and has 1 comment.

the life size blue whale.

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I shouldn’t be let out, really

Posted 21 March 2007 By mac and has 5 comments.

I went to that Lundon yesterday for a first meeting with a new client, who are in Bond Street.

which is perilously close to Regent Street. Which is where the Apple Store is.

:: strokes shiny shiny macbook ::

another entry in the “You Couldn’t Make It Up” section

Posted 19 March 2007 By mac and has 4 comments.

A school in Greater Manchester has banned its pupils from wearing knotted ties because it says they could pose a safety risk.

Clip-on ties, like those worn by police officers, are regulation uniform at Bramhall High School in Stockport.

more from BBC News.

GIP

Posted 13 March 2007 By mac and has 3 comments.

seems apt, somehow

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everyone should have

Posted 10 March 2007 By mac and has 2 comments.

a cuddly Einstein Doll

link from Popgadget.

never say “yes”

Posted 6 March 2007 By mac and has 1 comment.

yesterday, I rushed out to Nailsea at 3.30 to go to a seminar for school governors on financing. Then I rushed home to eat supper (which perlmonger had kindly cooked) before rushing out again to a Rural Branch Meeting of the LibDems. This one was about a mile away, so walking distance, although the rain rained and the wind blew. My new walking shoes are proving useful.

tonight, perlmonger is very kindly cooking again as I have to rush out, to Portishead this time, for an Exec meeting of Woodspring LibDems (or are we North Somerset now?).

tomorrow morning, I’m going to see the Clerk to the Parish Council, to demonstrate the web data entry system we have developed (free of charge, of course) for the entry of the Parish Plan Questionnaires returned. 101 questions, 1600 copies, plus all the Young Persons’ Questionnaires.

looking at my diary for the next week or two, I have a School Governors’ Meeting (Full), a Footpath Committee Meeting, the LibDem Sossidge and Mash supper, the Introduction to Parish Councillors’ meeting, a Nailsea Arts Festival Meeting, a Parliamentary Working Party meeting, and two data entry evenings for the aforementioned Questionnaire. That takes me through to 26 March – I daren’t look further ahead.

inevitably, some of these clash, so Pete and I will have to bifurcate; this will be painful, I’m sure.

oh, and on Sunday we did the Pub Quiz at the Legion (our team is called The Aliens, and consists of us, plus Pat&Dave (WANOLJ, but are known to many of you)) – after a couple of dismal evenings, we got our eye in this week, and came third. Onwards and Upwards. However, this means that by tomorrow, I will have been out for three evenings on the trot – I am so looking forward to a Quiet Night In.

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