Sad news this week as two of my favorite people have died. The first was my old mate Mike Easter. He used to own a music shop in Great Yarmouth and I had the pleasure of carrying out any repairs that he had either in...
The Official Ringmania Blog
By Malcolm Scott
Lack of Communication
One of the things that pisses me off most of all is lack of communication. Especially from large companies. I realise that the bigger the firm, the more spam and general emails they will receive but that is still no excuse for not replying with...
Creaming money off the Government?
On Monday, I attended my Restart appointment with The Growth Company, as arranged and sent several emails containing my latest qualifications, links to websites etc. which they had asked for. It has now been a week since then and I have not received any kind...
Latest activities of an Internet Entrepreneur.
After deleting all my websites and forgetting to save some of the backups, I decided to stay with Greengeeks after all as they had the best deal for my needs. I had a total of 5 sites hosted with them, on a reseller account, and...
A New Start
I had the Restart meeting as I mentioned before and will probably find the scheme very useful in achieving my goals. The scheme is run by “The Growth Company” on behalf of “Maximus” and the office in Sheffield was very easy to find. After a...
The meaning of “One Off The Wrist”
I first heard the term “One Off The Wrist” used to describe an awkward customer. That was when I worked in a small electrical repair shop in the 1980s in Great Yarmouth. The owner of that shop was always joking with friends and customers and...
Latest News from Rivelin Valley
A Trip to Rivelin Valley Above is a view of today’s entertainment at Rivelin Valley in Sheffield. It’s not far from where I live and a good place to get away from it all and back to nature after a week slaving away over a...
Greengeeks providing old banners.
Although they normally provide a great service, yet another firm that seems to find that it’s normal practice to provide inaccurate information is Greengeeks. I noticed recently that the banners that I display on this site were quoting the old price of $3.96 where it...
Another One Off The Wrist.
Just when I thought all was back to “normal” again, I had another reason to contact a large company in less than a week. This time it was because my inkjet printer was not working. Immediately I thought it was because my router had changed...
Most Pointless exercise of the week
The most pointless exercise of the week award must go to Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and the National Health Service. Last week, I received no less than 3 emails and 3 sms messages from them. All were to confirm that I will now be able to...