Saturday 15 September 2007 7 signs of Autumn

Friday 14 September 2007 7 notes on getting a new phone

Another list from regular contributor Elephino today, cheers :D

  1. Old provider screwing up and changing my contract back to its original form
  2. Not being able to port my number across on Thursday
  3. The reason, according to old provider, was that I hadn't paid a bill. The bill that is normally automatically paid but wasn't as they didn't have all of the information as they had recently taken over my provider
  4. On Saturday, being unable to port the number across again
  5. Old provider not having updated the porting database (the actual reason I couldn't port). It ported with the old account number, from before the old provider bought out the previous provider. I think I need to provide a chart with this list...
  6. The phone not registering on the network - SIM card error. Happily fixed by new provider
  7. All of this and I haven't actually changed phone network

Thursday 13 September 2007 7 examples of notices talking in a vacuum

  1. Warning: Platform ends here (on the end of rail station platforms)
  2. Do not iron clothes on body (from packaging on steam iron)
  3. May cause drowsiness (on sleeping tablets)
  4. Removing the wheel can influence the performance of the bicycle (from a Dutch bicycle manual)
  5. Once used rectally, the thermometer should not be used orally (on a digital thermometer)
  6. Caution: Water on the road during rain (roadside sign)
  7. Warning: Manafactured in a factory handling nuts (on a packet of KP Salted Peanuts)

Wednesday 12 September 2007 7 ancient measurements

  1. Dram or drachm: one sixteenth of an ounce
  2. Scruple: one twenty-fourth of an ounce
  3. Minim: one four hundred and eightieth of an ounce
  4. Chaldron: 36 bushels
  5. Perch or rod or pole: 5.5 yards
  6. Cran: 37.5 gallons
  7. Furlong: one eighth of a mile

Tuesday 11 September 2007 7 gods and demons

  1. Aatxe (Basque) - Evil spirit in the shape of a bull.
  2. Sango (Yoruba, Nigeria) - God of thunder, on his head he bears a large axe with 6 eyes.
  3. Wadd (Ausam/Main) - Moon god who name means love or friendship.
  4. Yu-Qiang (China) - God of the sea and the ocean winds. With a fishes body riding on two dragons when the sea god and a body of a bird with a human face when a wind god.
  5. Iya (North America) - Among the Sioux Indians, the embodiment of evil. A demonic monster that swallow or harms men. Sometimes manifesting as a hurricane.
  6. Consus (Roman) - Roman god of the safely gathered harvest also connected with the dead.
  7. Ana/Anu (Celtic) - Celtic goddess of fertility, mother of the gods.

Monday 10 September 2007 7 tithe barns

  1. Ashleworth Tithebarn
  2. Great Coxwell Tithe Barn
  3. Middle Littleton Tithe Barn
  4. Poppleton Tithebarn
  5. Dunster Tithe Barn
  6. Lacock Tithe Barn
  7. Bradford-on-Avon Tithe Barn

Sunday 9 September 2007 7 memorable moments from yesterday

  1. Photographing pub signs
  2. Walking straight past a Heron on the canal without noticing it
  3. Scoring a combined Scrabble score of over 800
  4. Watching an incredibly drunken bloke fall unconscious in the middle of the road
  5. Our neighbour having his last party!
  6. CDs flying out the neighbours window
  7. 2 blokes trying unsuccessfully to get on our flat roof (before noticing there was somebody living here!)