Rabbit Thought of the Day

I have just removed all the personal computer stuff from my laptop, all my files and programs, it amazing what crap you collect over time and once deleted how much more space you have available. I had software on my laptop, for my mobile, my camera and satnav amongst other things, which I have just removed.

I thought I had better do it now then hang until and forget all about it. It could be awkward.

I seem to be running out of work now, I was given a few jobs to do, which involved obtaining prices for elements of a project we are bidding for. Well I have set out the tender documentation and now its just case and wait for the information to be returned, hopefully early next week, any longer that that and I won’t be able to deal with it.

I have arranged a handover meeting on Tuesday morning to pass on all the information on another project, so by Tuesday or at the latest Wednesday I should have completed everything I can for this company. I have my leaving interview on Wednesday and I have to hand my laptop and mobile back on Thursday. I have to come on Friday but obviously I won’t be doing a lot Thursday or Friday, but I will be here answering questions where I can, we my feet up on the desk drinking coffee!

We are in for another quiet weekend this weekend, Caz is once again going for another University visit with her father, this weekend it’s the big one, Cambridge and of course she is really excited, Rosemary and I also very excited because we get a peaceful weekend on our own and it’s our anniversary, A double celebration!

A car thief who had his name and date of birth tattooed on his neck was caught after CCTV images of him were used to track him down. Aarron Evans, 21, pleaded guilty at Bristol Magistrates' Court to breaking into a covert capture car in the city.

The car had been left by Avon and Somerset Police officers with a covert camera concealed inside, which took pictures of Evans. Evans, an illiterate man of no fixed address, was sentenced to seven months.

Supt Ian Wylie said: "Criminals won't be tolerated in Bristol and we will keep catching them and bringing them before the courts. "We get such excellent images from these cameras that there is often, and never more so than in this case, no doubt who the criminal is."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/7656870.stm

I have sorted out my email account and access to the servers, IT received a memo stating that I was leaving on the 8-Oct, I told them that I was actually leaving on the 17-Oct so they have reinstated me.

That made me think that I may have another problem, that if payroll also think I am leaving on the 8-Oct then I may have trouble with my salary, so I have headed that off already and have spoken HR to confirm that I will be paid until the 17-Oct, otherwise head will roll.  

This place gets worse, I now know why people are leaving, its because it’s a rubbish company and I have come to the conclusion that if it doesn’t sort it’s self out then many other people will be leaving as well.

Messages are to be beamed to a planet 20 light years from Earth in the hope they will reach intelligent alien life. Some 501 photos, drawings and text messages are being transmitted by a giant radio-telescope in Ukraine normally used to track asteroids. The target planet was chosen as it is thought capable of supporting life. Any reply to the messages - collated through a competition by the social networking website Bebo - would not reach Earth for 40 years.

The competition - A Message From Earth - invited Bebo's 12m users to send in missives they would like extra-terrestrials to receive. Topics submitted ranged from the environment, politics and world peace to family relationships and the sender's first kiss. Having been translated into a binary format, the 500 selected will be sent 120 trillion miles into space via high-powered radio waves from the National Space Agency of Ukraine's RT-70 radar telescope in Evpatoria.

The beamed communication will be transmitted at 0600 GMT, passing the moon in just 1.7 seconds and taking less than seven hours to leave our solar system. Organisers hope the hi-tech package will reach its target - the planet Gliese 581C - in early 2029

Bebo spokesman Mark Charkin said: "A Message From Earth presents an opportunity for the digital natives of today... to reconnect with science and the wider universe in a simple, fun and immersive way." Seth Shostak, a senior astronomer from the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence Institute in California, said whether aliens who might receive the messages would understand them was beside the point. "The point might simply be: well, here we are; we're clever enough to build a radio transmitter," he told the BBC. "So if anybody's out there and they find that signal, they at least know it that, in the direction of that star system over there, there must be a planet with some pretty clever things on it."

Being an asthmatic I am advised to have a flu jab every year, and I have followed this advise and since then I have not suffered with flu at all, if fact I have never really suffered with a cold either, but I think this just might coincidence. I have already booked my appointment this year, and on the 22 October I will visit the nurse for my jab.

For those who are old, are suffer from a chest complaint such as asthma then I also advise you to get this jab, it is free and certainly helps.

The Ministry of Defence is asking the public to donate to military charities instead of sending surprise Christmas parcels to troops they do not know.

In recent years, many well-intentioned people have sent gifts to combat zones in Iraq or Afghanistan, asking that they are passed to service personnel.

But the MoD says this deluge has stopped personal letters and gifts from friends and family arriving in time.

Last Christmas, the public sent 21,000 sacks of mail to troops in Afghanistan.

The Mod said this volume of post caused problems with its "logistics chain".

BBC defence correspondent Caroline Wyatt said that while the letters and gifts sent in by the public were appreciated within the Armed Forces, the MoD is keen to prevent the problems caused by the volume of post at Christmas last year.

Vice Admiral Peter Wilkinson, Deputy Chief of Defence Staff said the military's "logistics chain", which was there for "operational effectiveness", was hampered by the amount of Christmas post with which it had to cope.

"We need it to move supplies, ammunition, food, out to the troops, and there has to be a question of priorities," he said.

The post sent out to troops is usually transported by helicopter, but these remain in short supply.

This Christmas, the British Forces Post Office will limit its free postal service to friends and family, only accepting mail addressed to a named serviceman or woman, to ensure their cards and gifts get through on time. The MoD says that those who wish to show their support this Christmas should donate money to Armed Forces charities instead.

My own personal view on this is that, the MoD should make provision for the kind and generous gifts that the public send to our troops in places like Afghanistan and Iraq. While I can understand the senior officer’s problems in logistics they know that every year this happens and should plan for it. This is great for morale and makes the Armed Forces believe that they are appreciated. I have been in is situation and believe me, there is no better feeling than receive a gift pack from a member of the public back home. They are a few soldiers and airman who have no family contact and this service is a godsend for them. So come on, ignore the MoD carry on sending your packages they are appreciated and loved, these senior officer’s haven’t got a clue.

Iconic Brit sitcom Blackadder is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Blackadder traces the deeply cynical and self-serving lineage of various Edmund Blackadders. Spanning the Middle Ages to the frontline of World War I, a pre-Bean Rowan Atkinson began as the villainous and cowardly Prince Edmund Plantagenet, Duke of Edinburgh; he of the scheming mind and awful haircut. Blackadder: The Whole Rotten Saga is on GOLD (formerly UKTV Gold) on October 9 at 9pm, followed by Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments on October 16, which features cast members and celebrity fans rating their favourite moments throughout the series. Get more of a flavour of the show with our gallery below.

One of favourites, I’ll certainly be watching some of it, although I could be a couch potato and watch all of it!

Well I am back in the office, and too great news they have disconnected by email account, although I can still access the internet I can’t access any of my work files on the extranet or on any of the drives. So it seems for the next 7 working days I will be messing about on the internet playing games and such like, well I won’t be able to do any work.

I might as well go, so in the last week they have cancelled my phone (I going to give them a bill for two weeks line rental on my personal mobile). They have cancelled my security pass so I have to sign every morning and they have cancelled my email account and my ability to access to local drives to get too my work folders. I was trying to be professional and carry out my tasks to the best of my ability, but it seems they aren’t trying to help me achieve that goal, well F*!ck them!