Inveterate dabbler in business, travel, gadgets & life

Blocked drains

Well done to Anglian Water. Woke up this morning to find that when flushing the toilet the water backed right up the bowl. Ah I thought the pesky drain blocked again (at one time it was always getting blocked) so I took my trusty rods to the end of my drain (we share it with our two neighbours) No luck although the manhole was getting full so it was definitly an AW problem. After some searching I found the number to call 08457 145 145 explained the problem emphazing the toilets couldnt be used. One hour later the Anglian Water men turn up – incredibly polite and very knowledgable as well. They couldnt unblock it. So they looked in the street – Yep the whole street is backed up. Eventually they found the problem in the main drain at Hills road Coronation street junction so in fact a huge part of the south of Cambridge was affected and the amazing thing is that I was the only complaint they had. Even though a huge area of Cambridge was affected……

Dan Hussey – English Chair Maker

Suzanne forwarded me along the web address of her chairmaker.

If anyone could benefit from a good blog like English Cut did then Dan could!

Just imagine a blog eulogising about the creation of an English chair made from coppiced ash. It could follow the cycle of tree management to the creation of the chair with descriptions of the different competitors and what to look for. Maybe we should get Hugh McLeod into the seat.

Tuesdays

What is so special about Tuesdays? Why does everyone seem to want to organise events for Tuesday evenings! Tomorrow night I have the choice, in Cambridge UK, of the following events:-

CHASE Postwatch – The postal services – Tue 7th Feb, Meet first Tuesday in every month
CFEL
David Cleevely (Serial Entrepreneur & Founder of Analysys) speaking on “Building a Great Team” Meet every Tuesday in term time.
Toastmasters meet up at The Gonville Hotel, Cambridge every second Tuesday

Naked Conversations

Arrived home, in the UK, from LIFT06 to discover that Robert Scoble and Shel Israel’s book has arrived, delivered from Amazon, Frankfurt, Germany. Pity it didnt arrive before LIFT as it would have been good to get it signed by Robert.

Now just need to read it and see how it compares to their original blog version. The original chapters as posted, are here.

Chapter 1 Naked Conversations (Draft)
Chapter 2 Naked Conversations (Draft)
Chapter 3 Naked Conversations (Draft)
Chapter 4 Naked Conversations (Draft)
Chapter 5 Naked Conversations (Draft)
Chapter 6 Naked Conversations (Draft)
Chapter 7 Naked Conversations (Draft)
Chapter 8 Naked Conversations (Draft)
Chapter 9 Naked Conversations (Draft)
Chapter 10 Naked Conversations (Draft)
Chapter 11 Naked Conversations (Draft)
Chapter 12 Naked Conversations (Draft)
Chapter 13 Naked Conversations (Draft)
Chapter 14 Naked Conversations (Draft)
Chapter 15 Naked Conversations (Draft)

Its really cool to see my website getting a mention in the Acknowledgments.
I see that Amazon now have it on special offer for £11.21 instead of the $33.93 I paid for it 🙁 . With free delivery if you buy another book as well.