Year: 2003

Here is a site explaining the UK Air Passenger Duty which they are at pains to point out is not a tax but an excise duty (interesting tautology here, I guess it means that Tony can stand up for lower taxes somehow). The amount is £5 to the EU and Swiss airports where the passenger […]

Ryanair now offering to pay you £1 each way when flying with them. sounds a bit dodgy to me. When I booked St Etienne flight on 14th Nov. 2003 I paid £0.96 for the flights. UK air duty was shown at £10 and airport tax was £10 making a total of £40.96 for two people […]

Started receiving spam sms messages on the new Orange number, asking me to call a premium rate number 090-640-7077 ref BX57FT to claim a £2000 bonus prize. Filed a complaint with the regulator here ICSTIS After visiting this excellent site for grumbling on. 17-11-03 Another spam SMS this time:- URGENT!: Your Mobile No. was awarded […]

Great hotel concept here in Finland, like the idea you get your room code when you do internet booking, price at 30 quid a night is excellent also.Omenahotellit

An ultra quiet PC with no internal fans, just like I’ve been wanting for the domestic enviroment. News

Shock horror of the bill from Orange for new Treo. Basically Orange have taking tautology to new peaks by defining “Open Access” to mean ability to access WAP pages only (free for first 3 months), not clear how one knows which are WAP pages or not. Accessing internet and emails counts as GPRS which are […]