If I had a sledgehammer...

...I'd use it on all the London call boxes. They don't work mostly anyway, so there'd be little effect on the 'service.'

Spent about an hour trying to make a call yesterday from a pay phone here in London, and the hit rate was 2 working phones in 9 I think. And it seems the time you get for the minimum money that you put in for a call is, well, just that: minimum. About 4 sec for 40 p.

I spent about 2 pounds (C$4.50) for about 60 sec of calling time. Ridiculous.

How could that be there? - Home Photo Exhibit VI

Recently, I saw something in my house I'd never seen before. I was looking at the stuff up on a high shelf in the kitchen, and there I found a wall outlet. What the hell is an outlet doing 6 inches from the ceiling?!

Just another example of things about my house that boggle my mind.



The outlet is just above the top shelf of the cupboard by that large sieve.

Not according to the instructions

One of the things that is talked about in Winnipeg every so often is when IKEA is coming to town. I think people have been wondering about this since I was a teen. I don't think it's happening anytime soon for various reasons.

But if one does appear on the scene, then I could take home some funky, cool Scandy stuff and make it even funkier and cooler, like the IKEA Hacker.

God love the creative people.