A new phone I am in the market for a new phone for my home. I found a lovely one. The Bang and Olufsen Beocom 2 When I use it I will look more sophisticated than George Clooney and sound mellower than Barry White. Women will fall at my feet. It is a must have […]
Let the Train Take the Strain
This morning on the train from Nottingham into London the “train manager” made an announcement: “Due to health and safety reasons we are only allowed to take 2 bicycles on this train, will passengers who want to bring a bicycle on the train please reserve a place holder, as in future they will be refused […]
Fresh as the Moment when the Pod went Pop
All companies obsess about something, their USP, their IP, the thing that they can do that nobody else can. I used to work for Birdseye, the frozen pea people. They used to obsess about getting the peas out of the field and frozen within 2 1/2 hours. They had a panel of pea tasters who […]
Tickets Please
I use the train a lot, and I buy a lot of tickets. The guys on East Midlands Mainline are very determined that I pay for all this travel. 1. They have ticket checking barriers at all entrances to the platforms to make sure I have a ticket. 2. They have train “managers” on the […]
It Will Never Catch On
The video below shows the electric sports car the Tesla It has a top speed of 125mph and does 0 to 60 in 3.9 secondsEach charge will propel it up to 200 miles and costs £3.50Unfortunately each car costs £92,000 but no doubt that will fall once they have made more than 10 of them. […]