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
- Old provider screwing up and changing my contract back to its original form
- Not being able to port my number across on Thursday
- 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
- On Saturday, being unable to port the number across again
- 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...
- The phone not registering on the network - SIM card error. Happily fixed by new provider
- All of this and I haven't actually changed phone network
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Tags: Irritations
Thursday, 13 September 2007 7 examples of notices talking in a vacuum
- Warning: Platform ends here (on the end of rail station platforms)
- Do not iron clothes on body (from packaging on steam iron)
- May cause drowsiness (on sleeping tablets)
- Removing the wheel can influence the performance of the bicycle (from a Dutch bicycle manual)
- Once used rectally, the thermometer should not be used orally (on a digital thermometer)
- Caution: Water on the road during rain (roadside sign)
- Warning: Manafactured in a factory handling nuts (on a packet of KP Salted Peanuts)
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Tags: Humour
Wednesday, 12 September 2007 7 ancient measurements
- Dram or drachm: one sixteenth of an ounce
- Scruple: one twenty-fourth of an ounce
- Minim: one four hundred and eightieth of an ounce
- Chaldron: 36 bushels
- Perch or rod or pole: 5.5 yards
- Cran: 37.5 gallons
- Furlong: one eighth of a mile
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Tags: History
Tuesday, 11 September 2007 7 gods and demons
- Aatxe (Basque) - Evil spirit in the shape of a bull.
- Sango (Yoruba, Nigeria) - God of thunder, on his head he bears a large axe with 6 eyes.
- Wadd (Ausam/Main) - Moon god who name means love or friendship.
- 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.
- Iya (North America) - Among the Sioux Indians, the embodiment of evil. A demonic monster that swallow or harms men. Sometimes manifesting as a hurricane.
- Consus (Roman) - Roman god of the safely gathered harvest also connected with the dead.
- Ana/Anu (Celtic) - Celtic goddess of fertility, mother of the gods.
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Tags: History
Monday, 10 September 2007 7 tithe barns
Sunday, 9 September 2007 7 memorable moments from yesterday
- Photographing pub signs
- Walking straight past a Heron on the canal without noticing it
- Scoring a combined Scrabble score of over 800
- Watching an incredibly drunken bloke fall unconscious in the middle of the road
- Our neighbour having his last party!
- CDs flying out the neighbours window
- 2 blokes trying unsuccessfully to get on our flat roof (before noticing there was somebody living here!)
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Tags: Observations
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