I need to get me a pair of these, perfect for those moments when you need to kick someone in the face but don’t want to get your nuts sore from a stern gusset.
Genius!
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Police Donut Cams
I just heard on the radio that police are to have donut cams strapped to their heads when they visit claims of domestic violence.
That’s sure to work.
They mentioned one report where a woman claimed her ex-husband broke into her house and stole her keys, so the plods showed up with cameras strapped to their heads to investigate. The theory is with cameras collating evidence there’s a higher chance of conviction.
Now, my ex broke into my house a few months back and stole my keys, and no police showed up with donut cams strapped to their heads. In fact, they didn’t even show up at all as they couldn’t be arsed.
I think this camera on the head idea isn’t really going to work, they have to leave the station canteen before any evidence can be collected… and that just ain’t gonna happen.
Ocean’s 13 is utter wank
I just wasted 2 hours of my life, and several pounds on the shitfest that is Ocean’s 13. Avoid it, it’s dreadful.
I’d normally air views like this on WhatDVD.Net but to be honest it doesn’t deserve the publicity.
My Lightsaber
I was rooting around my old laptop again and came across this photo from a few years back (most of the stuff on the laptop isn’t fit for broadcast).
This was when I first laid my hands on one of the Force FX Lightsabers. I was happy that day.
My Reply to Direct Line
As promised, here is my repost to Direct Line concerning their apology of sorts and offer of 200GBP compensation.
Chris Moat
Direct Line Insurance plc
3 Edridge House
Croydon
CR9 1AGTuesday July 9th 2007
Dear Chris,
I have received and considered your reply and offer of 200GBP ‘compensation’ for my trouble over the past 12 months. However, the offer of 200GBP barely covers this last month’s loan repayments on the car, a car that your company have made impossible for me to use for a year.
Your claim that you are not liable for the depreciation of the car, for the storage of the car and for the loan I have repaid this last year is in error. The sole reason I have been paying for the vehicle and did not sell it in 2006 is because you negligently paid out the wrong person on the car, after it had been recovered, and subsequently placed a marker on the vehicle claiming that Direct Line were now the legal owners. This was YOUR error, an error that I have been paying for ever since, and am STILL paying for today.
Your offer of 200GBP is woefully unacceptable, derisory and offensive. Obviously I must decline your insulting offer as it doesn’t even cover the MOT, TAX and Insurance for the vehicle, which was all in place this time last year.
You have admitted that you made a mistake in not attempting to find out who the legal owner of the vehicle was, and in ignoring my efforts to relay to you the facts. You were defrauded by Mrs Jamieson when she illegally claimed that she was the owner of the vehicle in order to extract money from you when you were both aware that Royal & Sun Alliance were liable for the loss of the vehicle.
Your colleague Ray Harper has already admitted his disgust at the actions of your company with regards to dealing with this case, and that his intentions in passing the case to Chloe O’Driscol were for you to find in my favour. This of course you did not do. I genuinely feel that I had I not brought the financial ombudsman into the equation you would still be withholding my V5 and insisting you had a legal claim over my vehicle.
I should advise you also that I record all of my phone conversations as a matter of course and in the public interest reserve the right to broadcast any of them as the evolution of this claim has long since descended into farce.
I reiterate my desire to be fully compensated for the depreciation of my car, the storage for the car and for the loan repayments I have made on the vehicle while it was unable to be used as a direct result of your actions.
If this matter is not resolved satisfactorily by August 1st it will be passed to the financial ombudsman as Direct Line have been incompetent, negligent and have in my opinion, acted illegally.
I look forward to your reply.
Kind Regards
Darren Jamieson
CSA fail again
I recently received a letter from the CSA (Child Support Agency) concerning this blog. Seems they’ve seen it and are unhappy I’ve named one of their employees (Steve Gibson) in a previous post. I’ll post up their letter and my reply this weekend when I get home, but the purpose for this post is when I called them this weekend.
You see, they’ve been trying my patience for some months now and still fail to understand what I told them back in January. I telephoned them on Saturday (recorded the call of course, podcast to follow) where one of their call centre buck passers said that my case had been passed to a ‘complicated case worker’ and he assured me, nay guaranteed that this person would phone me after 7:00pm Monday night.
I offered my scepticism of whether this guy would phone me as the CSA have failed at every attempt to contact me, but the chap insisted yes, I would receive a call Monday night.
Guess what?
That’s right, no call. As the CSA read my blog, could they please give me a call at some point like they’re supposed to, like they promised to do and like this weekend’s podcast will reveal them promising to do?
Is it any wonder they’re the laughing stock of the country?
Aussies defeat speed camera
Inland Revenue still demand a fine
Some time ago I received a fine from the Inland Revenue because my self assessment tax was paid late.
The reason it was paid late because the Inland Revenue, in their infinate wisdom, decided to post my completed tax return to someone else.
Anyhow, my tax has been paid and I have no intention of paying a fine for this cock up on their part. In fact, I should consider suing them for damages. I phoned them again this morning as I received yet another request for this fine, and for the interest!
Maybe now that I’ve recorded and broadcast it they might actually leap into action. We can always hope.
