Re: C5 last Saturday (10 Oct) outage: arrogance/ignorance


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"Bill Wright" <insertmybusinessname@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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OK, fair enough. But you can't call me 'glorified'. I'm definitely not
that.

You strike me as someone with a reasonable amount of material wealth, and
you seem "a bit flash" - this is partly why I said "glorified". :p

Well, you used 'glorified' as an intensifier, which normally means that the
literal meaning is unimportant. I'm sorry if you get the impression that I'm
a bit flash. It could be that you are misreading me because your frames of
reference are those of a young person. Considering my income (which is mid
range) I lead a remarkably spartan and un-flash life, with very little
conspicuous consumption. I am actually rather crankily anti-flash in may
ways. I drive all my vehicles until they disintegrate, which means that for
many years at a time I arrive everywhere in a disreputable conveyance. I
very much prefer 'down to earth' pubs with real people in them. I have never
in my whole life stayed in a posh hotel except when other people have been
paying. I absolutely refuse to wear any garment that has the manufacturer's
name or any other slogan or logo prominently displayed. I have very little
interest in my personal appearance, and generally wear the first things I
find in the drawer. My present bluetooth handsfree has disintegrated to the
extent that only the basic earpiece remains, so the only thing keeping it in
my ear is the adhesive property of my earwax. My mobile phone -- and surely
a man's phone is a good guide to his flashyness -- is the most basic one
available, and is battered. My living room TV set is a twenty year old Mitsi
with severe width and geometry problems. The PC I am writing this on is in
such a state that it operates only with the covers off and a fan blowing
cool air over the innards. Everything in the house is kept in service until
it becomes unrepairable, and sometimes when I've been working in a house
where they care about such things I come home and look round and feel
slightly embarrassed at the state of things. The carpets in every room
except the living room date from the first occupation of the house, in 1965.
The living room carpet is a bit flash, having been replaced in 1983. The top
floor bathroom is exactly as it was in 1965. Oh, and my television aerial is
in need of repair. Possibly I have invented the new flash, which is being
conspicuously shabby.

So I hope you accept that I am not flash.


I took a few books, plus my laptop (which contained lots more in ebook
form)
Think of my generation! No laptops, Ipods, or anything!

and I used some of the time to write code,
Ah yes, Morse! That as great fun wasn't it?

both for pleasure/learning, and later for work. I had my mobile in the
later years, too.
There was a pushbike, which I rode lots.
Further "highlights" courtesy of my parents included long country walks,
then tedious winding drives to Welsh beaches, isolated country pubs, and a
small market town, which sold stock of cheap goods so old, it actually
wasn't all made in China.
All of these things could have provided interest and amusement if you hadn't
been a grumpy teen. To a certain extent . . .
.. . . I wouldn't want to overstress that . . . .


The cottage itself was (probably still is) something of a 1960s museum,
Sounds like my house.

having originally been bought derelict by my then-young grandparents after
the mining community left, and furnished during that decade. There was a
second-hand valve radio, a b&w TV (UHF only, sadly), a lethal electric
fire,
I would have thought that anything lethal would have provided some
entertainment.

and a whistling-type kettle.

For decades the TV picture from the loft aerial had been awful, despite
the location's extremely high altitude. At around age 8, I worked out
why - the aerial had been bought in Manchester and was therefore "green
group" - hardly ideal for reception of Blaenplwyf. I crawled in and
swapped it for a "red group one", and all was fine.
Well done.


If Hil is well enough to travel places by car, I think a couple of hours
on a plane should be OK too.
The insurance is the problem. To be honest I haven't pursued it because she
hates flying anyway.

The only problem I've ever had flying was the air pressure thing - often I
couldn't get the pressure to equalise in my ears, no matter how many times
I swallowed or yawned. This is now easily solved by stuffing myself with
about 5 Halls menthol lozenges, during take off and landing respectively.
I used to have that problem when I freewheeled my bike down Sprotborough
Hill.

The girl from the farm 'fancied' me. I kissed her once, but it didn't do
much for me, even though she is quite boyish.
Well, your subconscious is always reading gender clues. It's a basic
instinct.

Bill


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