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Category Archives: from the road
The case for change, in your change
Are there more Scottish banknotes in circulation in the run-up to the independence vote? Continue reading
If you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit
I won’t be joining this club, but I’ll forever think of it when I see a certain snack.
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One foot from the Algarve
Scoffing a Full-English in a café full of the English is not what I travel for. For many though it seems home-only-hotter is what makes a holiday. Continue reading
Outsourcing responsibility
Outsourcing compliance makes it easier for businesses to manage the burden of exploding regulations. It also makes it easier for them to not follow them properly. Continue reading
In-action required
Another day at the corporate coal-face, another fiat from the corporate thought-police.
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Everybody’s problem but mine
Two great ways to stand out on the Internet; be a blogger whining about bad customer service, or be an old man whining about the young.
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Dubai’s mess of pottage
Of a city-state built on sand and credit, detractors have long asked which will give way first. Unfortunately, for the nation’s youth, the answer may be neither.
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Veni, vidi, vinolenti
I came, I saw, I got a little drunk… Continue reading
Strangers on a Tram
Anyone would find an empty section on a busy tram suspicious How they react to why says much about their culture At the far end of a busy, late afternoon tram in Geneva, Switzerland sits an almost empty section. … Continue reading
Almost worth getting a lap dance
You know you’re working with the wrong people when… I freely admit I’m a world-class sad bastard. Danger and excitement are most definitely not in my family motto. But to my mind, most people are just the same really. The … Continue reading