![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
I gotta say, it was a good day
May. 13th, 2005 03:52 pmSometimes, things just work out right.
Was up early, because Somebody I Am Not Permitted To Mention On LJ came to see me yesterday evening, leading to an early night. So it appears I am not single again after all. That's good. Delayed a client visit slightly so that I could have lunch with her as well, in a little local pub near the Tube, the Victory. It's under new ownership - still distinctly rough around the edges, but I wouldn't have even considered eating in there before.
On my way up to my client, I popped into to Vodafone shop in Wimbledon. I asked a month ago when they might have the Nokia 7710 in stock - the newest Symbian smartphone and the first to have a bigger screen than my trusty Psion 5mx. (Well, strictly,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
drpete's old 5mx, which he gave me for Yule a couple of years ago. Thanks, Pete!) I knew they were coming but I was rather startled to discover on Tuesday, at the Croydon SF fan meet, that Simoné (jamesb's SO) had one. She told me that she got it in the Whitgift Centre for £80. When pressed, the Voda shop conceded that they wouldn't be getting them in, but that major stores and business specialists would - such as Croydon or Kingston. When I enquired about ones closer to town, I was told that Victoria Station & Liverpool St. had them in stock, or anywhere on Oxford St.
Off to the client, who after a few hours' work, are now happy enough to pay half of their substantial outstanding bill from last year. A little more polishing of the network and I should get the rest of it. Then I cycled off to Oxford St. where I dived into the first Vodafone store I passed, near Marble Arch. They had 1 left. My request to look at it very swiftly led to contracts being proffered; Shane, the salesman, was very smooth without being pushy.
( More about this remarkable device )
Then off to Skeptics in the Pub for an interesting and spirited debate on whether Islam is a significant cause of war and strife and if anything can be done about it if so. Got there early enough for the free pre-talk food, for once. Sat on the Tube home watching rock videos on my telephone - a truly C21st experience - and then metuon debarking.
All in all, most agreeable.
Today I didn't even have to use my AK.
Was up early, because Somebody I Am Not Permitted To Mention On LJ came to see me yesterday evening, leading to an early night. So it appears I am not single again after all. That's good. Delayed a client visit slightly so that I could have lunch with her as well, in a little local pub near the Tube, the Victory. It's under new ownership - still distinctly rough around the edges, but I wouldn't have even considered eating in there before.
On my way up to my client, I popped into to Vodafone shop in Wimbledon. I asked a month ago when they might have the Nokia 7710 in stock - the newest Symbian smartphone and the first to have a bigger screen than my trusty Psion 5mx. (Well, strictly,
drpete's old 5mx, which he gave me for Yule a couple of years ago. Thanks, Pete!) I knew they were coming but I was rather startled to discover on Tuesday, at the Croydon SF fan meet, that Simoné (jamesb's SO) had one. She told me that she got it in the Whitgift Centre for £80. When pressed, the Voda shop conceded that they wouldn't be getting them in, but that major stores and business specialists would - such as Croydon or Kingston. When I enquired about ones closer to town, I was told that Victoria Station & Liverpool St. had them in stock, or anywhere on Oxford St.Off to the client, who after a few hours' work, are now happy enough to pay half of their substantial outstanding bill from last year. A little more polishing of the network and I should get the rest of it. Then I cycled off to Oxford St. where I dived into the first Vodafone store I passed, near Marble Arch. They had 1 left. My request to look at it very swiftly led to contracts being proffered; Shane, the salesman, was very smooth without being pushy.
( More about this remarkable device )
Then off to Skeptics in the Pub for an interesting and spirited debate on whether Islam is a significant cause of war and strife and if anything can be done about it if so. Got there early enough for the free pre-talk food, for once. Sat on the Tube home watching rock videos on my telephone - a truly C21st experience - and then met
uon debarking. All in all, most agreeable.
Today I didn't even have to use my AK.
