Posts Tagged "Pace"

Rush Hour

Posted by Ian and Steve on Oct 20, 2011 in Hints and Tips | 0 comments

My appointment with a client in London was scheduled for 2pm but, knowing the ways trains can be delayed and connections fraught with the unexpected, I left my home about 11.30am.

This allowed me time to take my car to the excellent Park and Ride service, get on an air-conditioned bus, and slowly amble my way to the station.

At the station I had time to spare so called into a local sandwich shop and bought my lunch to go. The pace of life was slow and the sun shining added a Summer’s edge to the end of Sept.

And then the Rush Hour began …

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The Pace of Life

Posted by Ian and Steve on Aug 10, 2011 in Hints and Tips | 0 comments

A couple of weeks back I was playing my stereo amplifier (are there any mono ones out there?) and suddenly the Mute light flashed on and off, cutting out the sound to the speakers.

The amplifier was 3 years old and produced a marvellous sound out of the speakers I had bought nearly 20 years ago.

I rang the place where I bought the amplifier in Witham in Essex.

Mark, the sales assistant was excellent. “Sounds like a dry connection but we can send it back to our repair centre in Sevenoaks and they will check it out for you” he said understandingly.

I delivered it back to them at the weekend and expect a report back soon on the fault and cost of repair.

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Random Connections?

Posted by Ian and Steve on Jul 22, 2011 in Hints and Tips | 0 comments

It had taken nearly 4 months to get the four of us together – synchronising diaries becomes more challenging the more you add to the mix.

We had all left “The Big Corporation” years back, some as recently as three years ago, others over ten. But we had kept in touch – via e mail, via LinkedIn and via other friends’ gatherings.

So what would we talk about?

Families, what we were now doing (Charities, Voluntary work, new business ventures, local community involvement), some common issues, some relating to age!

But the main component was “The Big Corporation”.

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The Other Side …

Posted by Ian and Steve on Jan 14, 2011 in Hints and Tips | 3 comments

Last week I wrote about the pace of life, the lack of courtesy, the “me first” mentality.

No doubt about it, it is getting more challenging to stay calm, more difficult to relax and enjoy the view.

So let me balance things up a little.

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Reflections on modern life …

Posted by Ian and Steve on Jan 7, 2011 in Hints and Tips | 0 comments

The supermarket restaurant queue is always long…. And it seems to be getting longer each time I visit.

More so since they brought in the new servery arrangements with division of duties at the till – there are three people now vying for your order (drinks are ordered separately) and managed by one on production, one taking the order and one on the till.

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