Here we have the Pitney Bowes DM50 Letter Franking Machine. Very exciting I know. This fucking thing is the bane of my life. Recently, we have started receiving information from a company called DataServe Direct who somehow manage to get hold of planning permission applications from local councils, and are allowed to sell that on to businesses. We do a lot of custom installation, so this data can be quite useful. The problem is, however, I'm the chump who has to deal with it. Every two weeks we get about 2-300 names and addresses. This involves stuffing however many envelopes are necessary to fulfil the quota, sticking the label on the envelope and then franking the envelope. This process will generally take me about 4-5 hours, due to customers, phonecalls, having other things to do etc. I'm not really sure why I've written this down, this is quite possibly the biggest piece of SHINFO you're ever likely to read.
Friday, 5 June 2009
Franking Shinfo
Here we have the Pitney Bowes DM50 Letter Franking Machine. Very exciting I know. This fucking thing is the bane of my life. Recently, we have started receiving information from a company called DataServe Direct who somehow manage to get hold of planning permission applications from local councils, and are allowed to sell that on to businesses. We do a lot of custom installation, so this data can be quite useful. The problem is, however, I'm the chump who has to deal with it. Every two weeks we get about 2-300 names and addresses. This involves stuffing however many envelopes are necessary to fulfil the quota, sticking the label on the envelope and then franking the envelope. This process will generally take me about 4-5 hours, due to customers, phonecalls, having other things to do etc. I'm not really sure why I've written this down, this is quite possibly the biggest piece of SHINFO you're ever likely to read.
Wednesday, 3 June 2009
Dinner Shinfo
Mmmm...tasty chicken. Normally I will have some form of Chicken and Potatoes for dinner, at least 4 times a week.I really, really like chicken, as some people who I have lived with will attest to. Since last Monday however, I have not eaten it ONCE. This is very out of character, and is some I plan on rectifying VERY soon.
Monday, 1 June 2009
New Hopes, New Demonstrations
If there were any justice in this world, The Ghost Of A Thousand's debut album 'This Is Where The Fight Begins' would have overshadowed Gallows' 'Orchestra Of Wolves' as 2007's UK Hardcore album of choice. Where Gallows' live show is raw, visceral, and exciting, I have always found them rather tame on record. TGOAT on the other hand, are quite the opposite. 'This Is Where The Fight Begins' is everything you could want from a hardcore album. 30 minutes of pure unbridled punk rock fury. Perhaps had they been picked up by Warner Bros for a reported £1million advance things may have been different? Well, instead of that The Ghost Of A Thousand became the first UK band to sign to Bad Religion's legendary label Epitaph., which brings us to the second album 'New Hopes, New Demonstrations'.Once again, there is no doubt that Gallows' recent offering 'Grey Britain' will shift more units, but hopefully TGOAT will capitalise on the excellent reviews this album is receiving and get the attention they deserve. From opener 'Moved As Mountains, Dreamt Of By The Sea', the pace rarely relents, and even when it does on standout track 'Split The Atom' it exposes a new-found swagger and groove that any band would be proud of. And so they should - Ghost have delivered to us one of the albums of the year so far. We should be proud of them.
www.myspace.com/theghostofathousand
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)