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Something wrong
Designer clothing, designer furniture, state of the art electronics………Just what do these statements mean? These words are the jargon of the advertising industry. They actually mean nothing, well...
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They forgot?
The advertisement I place in my local paper wasn’t there yesterday as it normally is. When I realised the error it was too late to do anything about it so I went to see the newspaper staff about it...
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Adverts!
Do television adverts annoy you? Maybe you like them? Perhaps they entertain? Some adverts I see are quite amusing, slightly entertaining but most are simply boring. One or two of them are quite...
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Crazy world practices
One of the most annoying things in my life is advertising. Necessary up to a point but often taken to extremes. In view of the fact that we are in a recession and many people are finding it difficult...
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Why women?
I was watching tv at breakfast time and naturally I saw one or two adverts. Whilst watching the Special K advert something occurred to me. I wondered why all the obsession with being slim? There was...
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A bit cheesed off
advertising saturation (Photo credit: Will Lion) No idea where this saying originated but it fits the bill another saying I’ve no idea its origin either. We use these kind of sayings all the time, so...
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I could scream
Scream and Scream Again (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I don’t know about you but I have always been the sort of person who, if I am in need of a service that someone provides I make enquiries accordingly....
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It’s driving me mad, it’s driving me mad, it’s driving me mad……
If you don’t like The Beatles music (I do) this song might begin to drive you mad in the latter half. It seems as if it is never going to end, and then it does quite abruptly. I have always liked The...
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No more work!
January Not strictly true. It is no more work for me until after the first week in January. I cancelled my advertisement for a few weeks. The current week (for the advert) which starts today, the...
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Oh I am daft sometimes!
The Wednesday Wars (Photo credit: Wikipedia) On Wednesday last week E and I went out for lunch to the same place we went the week before. We sometimes do that but more often we visit different places...
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It’s not the first time…..
Farina Invoice 1815 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Sitting at home on Wednesday after lunch I browsed my email in-boxes and discovered that the newspaper group I advertise with had sent me my weekly invoice...
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I give up!
Advertising advertising (Photo credit: Toban B.) I am not sure I can do much about these strange goings on in my local freebie newspaper but I am not well pleased with them at the moment. I advertise...
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Annoying adverts
Sneak Preview: The new Yahoo.com (Photo credit: Yahoo Inc) I don’t know if my readers read some of the current affairs or look at some of the videos that are placed on their email provider’s front...
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Maddening
Newsy.com provides multi-perspective news in a short video format (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I don’t watch items of news in video format on my computer when once I used to. Most items of news that are...
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Crazy
People Are Crazy (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Since Christmas Day I have received a couple of offers for work both of which I turned down. Despite my advertisement not being published until January 7 and...
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Scared I might leave
A reed switch operated by a magnet/magnetic field and used as a magnetic proximity detector. Also used for sensing speed, home security automation, position detection etc (Photo credit: Wikipedia) On...
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Wot went wong?
Weather with You (Photo credit: Wikipedia) We waited patiently for the onset of Spring and it looked at last as if the days could only get warmer but this is the UK and our weather patterns are never...
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Frightened to use it!
View image | gettyimages.com I’ve mentioned many times in this blog how much I hate adverts and although I know they might be necessary, for me they are a pain in the proverbial! When television...
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Nothing doing
Yesterday’s Dreams (Four Tops album) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) In yesterday’s post I mentioned that I was available for work as long as it didn’t involve some heavy moving. Unfortunately up until this...
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Rest over
Advertising (Photo credit: Wikipedia) My rest from electrical work was ended on Thursday, the day following my advert‘s return in the newspaper. Yes, advertising does work where services are concerned...
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