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I’ve been expecting a parcel for the last few days, not a big deal but if I could get hold of it before I went away it’d be handy.

Since I’d be gone before the post was due, I thought I’d try the local delivery office see if they could snag my post for me before the postman set off. Unfortunatly the phone number for the office only gives you a voicemail, so I went down in person.

The amorphous blob on the front desk (the eponimous subject of this rant) started going on about having to look through hundreds of lorries to try and find one small parcel and how it was more than his jobs worth!!!

Since he wouldn’t get a manager for me, I left.

Luckily one of the postmen was coming out at the time, so I explained my situation and he nipped back inside to get me a manager.

He looked about 15 (guess I’m getting old), but was more than happy to check the round and get me my parcel. So a big thanks to the two that helped me, but to the the tw*t on the desk – I hope your next shit is an epileptic hedgehog!!!

* Insert your own vowel

With the Copenhagen summit all over the news “man made” climate change is all over the news once again. The issue has reached religious proportions, with any sceptic accused of heresy and the believer’s dogmatic approach to the science even when the results don’t fit.

The truth is that in an age where we can’t predict tomorrow’s weather because we don’t fully understand the causes, how can we accurately predict what will happen next year or in the next decade.

Personal observations show that the weather is getting warmer, but if you look at data over a longer term than the fanatics use, the planet has been both much hotter and much colder than it is now, with dramatic swings between the two extremes.

If these changes in temperature happen anyway, then how much influence has mankind over these changes, nobody is accusing the dinosaurs of using 4x4s on the school run (apart from maybe Jim Henson). There are a million and one factors in the changing weather, some of which we’ve worked out, others we haven’t even thought of. The danger is that by blinkering ourselves to carbon dioxide as the root of all evil, we ignore other factors.

Climate change is always happening and possibly it will be a critical factor in the survival of the human race. There may not be much we can do about it,  but in my opinion, the only way forward is to reduce our footprint in as many ways possible, this world has finite resources, so we need to look at making everything renewable or recyclable, we need to look at a wider spread of renewable energies, not just wind turbines (probably the most fickle source available)

Carbon is part of the issue, but there are a whole host of other pollutants that we need to eliminate if we’re to avoid poisoning ourselves.

After 3 days and 2 e-mails, facebook have still not confirmed why they have disabled my account, or replied with any information!

I personally think it is completely unethical to treat customers in this fashion, not giving them the right to respond to any allegations or to give the opportunity to rectify any issues that may have caused the account to be disabled.

After accepting a handout from the treasury to keep them afloat, the idea that bonuses to the Royal Bank of Scotland’s bankers should be increased is ludicrous. Far from receiving profits from their failures they should be glad to still have a job.

Since the bank is now 70% owned by the government, all bonuses should be stopped until such time as the bank can buy itself back and anyone planning to jump ship should be warned that no references will be given.

As for the directors’ threats to quit en-mass, they should be given their marching orders, hopefully no other bank will be willing to employ this bunch of failures.

Tried to log into facebook this morning only to find that my account has been disabled!!!

Since I haven’t been abusing anyone I can only assume it is because they don’t accept Taliesin Seventyone as a real name, despite the fact I’ve been using it for the last 10 years.

Under UK law you can use any name that you wish so long as there is no intention to mislead, since more people now know me by my pen name than my real one, who is being deceived??

I doubt anyone is reading this, bit if you are, the old RandomJottings.co.uk has been removed after security issues with the host. I’m now on a new server and starting from scratch. Hopefully I’ll remember to update it a bit more often this time!!!

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