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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>I've had a quite a week of it at
work, but some joy was injected by a few minor Harry Potter moments.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>When our entire computer network was
down (due to the fifth hardware failure in three weeks, includingtwo
different problems on two different servers),I could only access my
business e-mail via Demon's website, so I had to enter a password. This
turned out to be 'harRy'. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>I also took delivery of a whizzy new
notebook computer this week, andonce I'dgotpast a shouting
match with the imbecile who sent us the wrong (and very expensive)
operating system and received and installed the correct software, it was time to
give the computer a name.All our computers are named after trees
(everbody say "aaaaah!"). My desktop is called Maple, for example, and
our troublesome servers are Poplar, Palm and Chestnut (my female IT manager
has decided Chestnut is male, because "he"decided togo
wrong...<g>). I chose Willow for the notebook, in honour of my
dear friend and sparring partner The W</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000000
size=2>homping Willow. I trust thatthe machine is now
blessedwith the protection of Harry Potter and will never let me
down.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>I was also pleased when Sheryll's
tape of CoS *finally* showed up after WHSmiths Online sent me the book instead
(so,Sheryll, you will be getting them very soon!). I returned the
book to a nearby WHSmiths' store as instructed, but it soon became clear that
WHSmiths have no system in place to confirm thatincorrect items have been
returned. They simply send out the correct item and trust the purchaser to
return the wrong one! So, if anyone else getssent the wrong
thingby WHSmiths Online, keep it. The stupid article who served me
in the shop also tried to recredit my card for the book I was returning !
I'm annoyingly honest, so I pointedouther stupidity. However,
if I had a criminal bent, I could have profited to the tune of one harback copy
of CoS and £10.99 added to my debit card.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Noting another shipping debate
forging its way through the main list (plusthe obligatoryside order
of 'the debate about the debate about the shipping debate'), I was hoping for
something more original and lightheartedon this list, butdiscovered,
instead, bad feelings surfacing over this Dr Laura 'joke'
thing. I decided to steer well clear of saying anything at all on
this, especially as I will be seeing Simon next week and John the week after
anddon't wantthat overshadowed by some crass remark I might have
made. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Neil </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>flying_ford_anglia</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>"Krum, his red robes shining with
blood from his nose, <BR>was rising gently into the air, his fist held high, a
glint <BR>of gold in his hand." ["The Quidditch World Cup", GoF]</FONT></DIV>
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