Category Archives: Moans

  • 17th Feb 2011

Howzatt, Mr SCB?

Howzatt, Mr SCB?
A few months ago I ranted about the stupidity of the Indian banking system and the ineptitude of Standard Chartered Bank and how they were making me jump through hoops just to set up a silly little bank account. Nearly 3 months on, I thought I’d give an update of where things stand and how spectacularly bad Standard Chartered really are. At the end of December I finally got confirmation from...
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  • 27th Jun 2010

The 3 Lions or the 3 Kittens?

The 3 Lions or the 3 Kittens?
Chennai, India. 10:20pm. Despair. So the England football team have lived up to the darkest secret that all Englishmen know in their hearts. We are shit. Not just poor. Not bad. But truly abysmal. Every football fan knows that England is a team of individual superstars that just can’t play together. And yet every tournament the English media builds up the team and raises the expectations of the...
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  • 8th Feb 2010

Give a Little Respect

Give a Little Respect
Something you will discover about India is that there is a huge patriotic streak that runs through every citizen, but it only surfaces when they feel threatened, or as I believe, insecure about something – I have sat through frequent rants about how India is so much more enlightened and a better country than the West will ever be, usually after having made an innocuous statement like “India...
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  • 12th Dec 2009

Would You Just Sit Down!

Would You Just Sit Down!
Part of being a grumpy young man is the ability to find something to annoy you in every conceivable situation. The situation that has been getting on my nerves recently is people’s Neanderthal like behaviour the moment they step on to an aircraft. It first really came to my attention when I took low cost airlines around India (which, if you were to compare them to the no-frills crap we have in...
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  • 16th Oct 2009

The Great British Scam

The Great British Scam
There is a great scam in England that goes by the name of budget airlines. They tempt you in with great prices like London to Rome for a penny. Except it’s not London, it’s Luton and it’s not Rome it’s some provincial town 30 miles away. Upon further investigation you discover that the actual flight that is a penny is at 5am. On a Wednesday morning. In November. 2012. My ire...
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  • 15th Oct 2009

Home of the Ridiculous

Home of the Ridiculous
So here I am, back home. Back in England and back to Western culture. India is wonderful of course, but there’s only so long you can go before you start craving the Western vices (like friends). Last year I managed 12 months, this year I didn’t do so well and had to come back after just 10 months. Well, I say had to come back, the words of my father are still echoing in my ears “son,...
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  • 30th Aug 2009

Things That Make You Go ARAGH!

Things That Make You Go ARAGH!
Today has been a very frustrating day. The God of Karma has been saving up all my bad luck from the 14th August and rained it down on me all day. They say things come in threes, and I wouldn’t want to disapoint an old cliche with my own series of three unfortunate events. (I do find it a little odd that both this post and my previous one talk about bad luck, but hey ho, that’s the way the...
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  • 7th Jul 2008

The Stupidity of the Student Loans Company

The Stupidity of the Student Loans Company
OK, this is a completely non-relevant post, infact, you can ignore it because it’s a rant at the insane stupidity of the excuse for professional business, otherwise known as the Student Loans Company. If anyone working abroad will testify, you have to let the SLC know that you are working abroad. This is all fine and dandy, they send you a form asking you how much you earn in your local currency...
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  • 15th Feb 2008

Boo To MeWebHost

Boo To MeWebHost
This is a broadside shot at MeWebHost.com who have just deleted my PayPal directory from their servers. It provided a directory of thousands of merchants that accepted PayPal in virtually every category available. There was no warning sign, just an email landed in my inbox saying “your site is using too many resources and has been deleted under our terms and conditions”. And nothing else,...
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  • 10th Oct 2007

Is It Just Me?

Is It Just Me?
The question I want to know the answer for is, is it just me, or is there no ready made off the shelf software that does exactly what you want? The reason for asking it is because when ever I start to build a new site I find that I become frustrated and worked up by not being able to find the perfect bit of software (free or paid) to do exactly what I need. Take for example a new website I’m...
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