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  • Today's weather in the evening
    Frankly, I don't see much point in watching the weather. I mean, it's often wrong. But why do they bother telling us (in the evening) what the weather was like earlier in the day? I mean, it's not like anything can be done about it at that stage!
  • No area code on business phone number!
    A phenomena I see in Dublin alot are businesses who don't bother with putting their area code in front of their phone numbers. I mean, do they NOT want business from outside their areas? Do they think everyone will KNOW the area code? What is that?

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October 13, 2006

clock gone into different timezone

The strangest thing that has happened in our house is that our Staiger radio-controlled clock decided (without any prior notice) to move to a different timezone. It's 4 hours (although the minutes are still accurate!) behind...so I reckon it's moved to a ship somewhere in the mid-Atlantic. We've tried to re-set it but...it stubbornly reverts back to its 4 hour behind zone. Or maybe it's actually set to a Pacific island time...can clocks retire?

I know it's sad but I really liked that clock because (a) it was always EXACTLY right and (b) it used to change by itself in Spring and autumn (switch to Daylight Saving time). I haven't taken it down...in the hope that it will come back to us, come out of early retirement...I looked it up on the Internet (wonder if this is Jung's Collective Unconscious made virtual...) but got nothing...

October 04, 2006

You know you need to change your career when...

I have a theory that we should all work for a week (or even a day) in a job we don't like..and for fun, I wrote this article for Recruit Ireland about knowing when it's time to change your career..

  1. You fantasise about working in a tollbooth on the M50

2. The highlights of the day are tea breaks and lunchtime.

3. You know you have said all this before but you can’t remember when.

4.

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