Category Archives: House

Slaap Lekker

God, I love our bed. I really must devote a paragraph or two to our lovely Hästens 2000T. Yes, I know it’s only a bed, but still; you just can’t imagine how comfortable this thing is. The television adverts joke … Continue reading

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Just How Stupid Is The KPN?

OK, it’s a rhetorical question, but after my recent trials and tribulations with the moving of my DSL line, I wonder if the collective neurons of the entire administrative staff could raise a glimmer from a twenty watt light-bulb. What’s … Continue reading

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Can it Be True?

12-01-2006Technisch gereedKPN Telecom en XS4ALL hebben uw ADSL verbinding naar de nieuwe locatie verhuisd.12-01-2006KPN Telecom technisch gereedKPN Telecom heeft de telefoonaansluiting op uw nieuwe adres technisch gereed gemaakt. With those unassuming words, the KPN claims (via XS4ALL) to have moved … Continue reading

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All I Wanted For Christmas was DSL

I’m in Providence now, having arrived here in the early evening of New Year’s Eve, weary and under the weather from some mysterious bug that had me feeling light-headed and suffering from diarrhoea. I was almost delirious on the bus … Continue reading

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Reunited And It Feels So Good

The washing-machine and dryer were delivered at 07:45 this morning. Needless to say, I was up at an ungodly hour to bike over to the new house in the pitch black in order to receive them. The attitude of the … Continue reading

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