Category Archives: Life
The end of my doctorate!
I’ve added a review of my Doctoral viva. Follow the Review links or go straight to Viva (voce not Las Vegas). It was horrible – trust me, I’m a Doctor
IBA – World’s Toughest Motorcycle Riders
I considered doing some IBA events a few years back partially to try and prove to myself that i am cut out to be a ‘real’ motorcyclist, but also for something to do and achieve, never-the-less the idea got lost in all the hubbub of life.
So now, I fancy it again, and maybe with a [...]
What is an employee worth?
When people stayed with companies for all their working lives they would get the “gold carriage clock” when they retired. Even more recently when staying at a company for more than a few years has become unusual, when an employee leaves, one expects a small gift. So after leaving the company where I’d worked for [...]
Fuel prices… W.T.F?
Today I filled up at my usual Shell station, a station i remember being slightly aghast at having to pay 75p/litre less than three years ago. Today I paid £1.16/litre, now I realise the price of stuff does go up but *piss off*, seriously.
Now, some people will claim that it’s appropriate given that a) Oil [...]
Cool guy
Randomly surfing the net can be a cool idea, I stumbled upon this speed camera site, it’s USA based, but the guy involved takes a stand against revenue based camera installations and even drives out to sites that are being monitored by a physical police presence and holds up a sign warning motorists to slow [...]