You’d think they could have waited

Figure skaters eh? If I was ever to run a “name that caption” compo on this blog, then this would surely be a worthy target. There are at least 3 jokes I can think of and all of them gratuitous.

I’ll leave it to your imagination.

And when you’re done with that, read about the best nominee for plank of the year.

Finally. The truth was out there.

If you need your home computer to be fixed don’t go to PC World’s repair centre, a new report has warned.

I knew it!.

Diagnosis of the faults at PC World ranged from reinstalling Windows to advising the “customer” to replace their computer. In some instances the reinstallation led to personal data being lost as work had not been backed up.

Repair costs also varied wildly at PC World between £69.99 and a staggering £350.

Loosely translated, that means that people who work in PC World’s repair stations are spotty little oiks with about as much computer knowhow as the chewing gum stuck to the bottom of my shoe.

Saddam to hang

I’ve started on Season 5 of 24. I had the DVDs on backorder from Play for months now, and is usually the case, I’ve received them a few days ahead of their official release in the shops. So far, I have to say it’s amazing. I remember when I first started watching 24. I had no idea about it, and had simply been given Season 1 as a gift. To say I was hooked was an understatement, and remember doing little else than watching Season 1 in not much time at all (well, about as much as time as it takes to watch 24 episodes of 24…). I quickly bought the remaining series preparing myself for weeks of 24 indulgence.

I have to admit, though, by the end of Season 3 I was getting bored, and I still had Season 4 to go. There was so much repetition, so many predictable events and what was it with Sherry Palmer never dying? That was irritating. By the end of it, I was more pleased I’d finished rather than in anticipation of the next series.

And now Season 5. On the basis of the previous 4, I might not have bought it, but I’m sad in as much as I have to know what happened, even if it has cost me £30. Nevermind- because so far, it’s awesome. Maybe it was the few months break from it all that has reignited my interest in it, but damn, it’s good. The same predictable things are happening, the same cliches, the same over-reacting (CTU has been infiltrated, again…) but I suppose there are only so many storylines. Nope, so far it’s good.

Oh yeah, Saddam Hussein is going to hang for generally being a nasty bit of work. About time.

How to finish even faster

It bodes well for me that speed impresses you.

Anyone speak bike?

I found myself looking at mountain bikes on eBay during my lunch hour at work. Don’t ask me how or why, because I’ve already got a good bike and don’t need another one. Anyway, I was intrigued by an auction that was starting at £2,999. I read the description of the item to see if I could glean why the bike was so expensive…

manitou ti instrinc forks manitou revox shock with ti spring hayes mag brakes, with bfl levers, and goodridge hoses bontrager wheel set with bontrager carbon hubs bontrager king earl cranks 83mm bottom bracket with a e thirteen srs chain device, sram x0 shifter, sram x9 mech. upgrades; Burgetc penthouse flats mk2 pink camo Goodridge hoses front and rear. gobi fiz’ik freek saddle ive also a spare hard titanuim spring for the front forks and also a spare lower crown incase you sell the forks and you need a longer crown

As far as I can tell, you get a new bike and a couple of Penthouses to cycle to… “bargin”.