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Packed and ready to go via Mutterings for the Minority February 25th, 2007 at 10:30

Not much to report really as our day has been mainly a case of getting everything ready for our week long stay at Center Parcs Longleat. It's quite funny that DDWT Junior says that he isn't going on holiday, he's going to Center Parcs! No doubt this is partly due to the fact that there are so many CP adverts on the NickJr tv channel all the time.Surely the marketing people can't be targetting the kids tv channles can they? I mean little Johnny see's holiday place x and then nags Mammy and Daddy about it incessantly (replace holiday place x with toy called y if you want - same difference). You can call me a cynic if you want, but hey c'mon.16st 5lbs was my tale of the bathroom scales today, so it's been a good week on the weight front. Must have been all those runs *wink*Tech Tags:...

Payback time via Mutterings for the Minority February 23rd, 2007 at 22:46

Do you ever get cheesed off at the about of junk mail and unsolicited telephone calls you get? Well if you've tried the Telephone Preference Service (TPS) and/or the Mailing Preference Service (MPS) you'll know that they're a good place to start in terms of fighting back. But, my mate Lance has sent me some other interesting stuff, which is rather interesting and cheekily funny at the same time! Read on.....REVENGE ON THE TELEMARKETERThree Little Words That Work!!(1) The three little words: "Hold On, Please..."Saying this, while putting down your phone and walking off (instead of hanging-up immediately) would make each telemarketing call so much more time-consuming that sales would practically grind to a halt.Then when you eventually hear BT's "beep-beep-beep" tone, you know it's time...