The ongoing struggle

Amazing slow motion lightning video

This and similar posts are just going to be me moaning about a minor tumble I took the other day and are mainly presented only for others to take amusment from.
Day 1

On the morning of Tuesday 26th I was crossing the railway level crossing at Feltham when I did what I always reflexively do and [...]

In the last year I have bought an Eee PC 900 and a Thinkpad R61 from laptopsdirect.co.uk. The purchase of the Eee PC went smoothly although I did get a call a few weeks later from someone who wanted to sell me an expensive additional warranty.
When I ordered the Thinkpad, I got a call [...]

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They did include a text/html part though. Maybe that has what they want to hear from me about?

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Martin, yes it is legal:
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:Re-iYiInpP4J:www.marriottharrison.com/media/file/up/mh16-70.doc
I consider myself a non-smoker but this sort of policy would actually put me off working there. If they banned smoking breaks on work time, that would be okay. If they encouraged people to quit smoking, that would be okay. But this seems like an unwarranted intrusion into [...]