I have had an account with Vodafone for 8 years, at one point I had 3 numbers (work, private and data). Last year I decided to try someone else.

I opened an account with Three and got a N95 4-5 months later when I was happy (sort of) with the quality of the phone calls I had on the Three network I finally took the plunge and transferred my main mobile number from Vodafone the Three. Everything went really smoothly with the transfer and I have been on Three for nearly a year.

Last week I decided it was time for a new phone, I could not decide between the Blackberry Storn and the Nokia 5800. Once I had made up my mind I rang Vodafone as I had decided to move back to them. I wanted to do the same as last time, get the phone, start using it (yes I know I would be paying 2 line rentals) and transfer the number when I was ready. Vodafone do not allow this! I would have to transfer the number immediately. I was not happy with this and spoke to Vodafone for ages about it, why Three can do it and Vodafone can not seems to be a complete mystery

Vodafone say that when you transfer a number it has to be to a new contract and there is no way round this. I told them that it did not make business sense for me to do this and they left me no alternative but to look at other suppliers, Vodafone did not care and could offer no solution.

I think this is very poor of Vodafone. Businesses dont want to have downtime of a major contact number, and it makes sense for the users to get used to a handset before they have to use it in their line of business, Vodafone obviously don’t care and are not interested in listening to the customer requirements. If  Three can do it why cant Vodafone?

I have decided to have a look at T-mobile and O2 and possibly staying with Three and I will definately be giving Vodafone a wide birth.

Working as a contractor can at times be lonely. My current contract is for the British Standards Institution in London, a city where nobody speaks and everyone is too busy to notice the other millions of people in the city.

When another contractor I work with suggested we went to the theatre I jumpled at the chance. Peter told me there was a play on at the National Theatre that he wanted to see, and I said yes straight away. Now period drama’s are the one thing I hate to watch on TV or films, so when I found out that the Pitmen Painters was a period drama I wondered what I had let myself in for, but I was just happy to be doing something different.

We jumped on the tube and arrived in plenty of time to have a drink first, I was really thrilled to be paying £3.75 for a bottle of beer (dont get me started on that one) so after a couple of beers it was time for the play.

I have to say the play caught me in the first 5 mins and held my attention all the way through. the opening half hour was just filled with laughs and gags highlighting the differences between the working class and upper class in the 1930’s which could quite easily be the 1990’s. The actors took the audience on a journey showing how these miners became artists and how their love for art grew and grew.

So what was the most memorable part? well! all of it, but the 3 secs that will always make me chuckle is when one of the characters gets her kit off and we see a nakes bum and half a breast. Its not memorable because it was a naked woman, it was the reaction of the upper class people watching, loads of them gave high pitch squeals of shock, ands some of disgust at a naked lady on the stage for the whole of 3 secs! and its this reaction I will always remember.

When you looked at the people in the audience ( I love people watching) they were mostly middle-upper class white with an average age of 55. I agree there were some school children there (secondary / sixth form) but yo could tell it was a private school. The audience was not a typical cross section of the people in London or the rest of the UK, so its not wonder the theatre is struggling to keep up the numbers, as their target audience is dwindling in numbers.

Would I recommend the Play to a friend? Yes, definately I really enjoyed my self

Will I be going to see other plays? I would have to say Yes, it was a good night out, and good entertainment. I will have to see if there are any plays close to Blackpool and take Rachel my wife for a night out.

Spain 2 England 0

What a brilliant performance by the spanish team, they out played England although I have to say England were up against 12 men ( I include the referee in that ). What was the referee doing it was like he was at a rave the amount of times he blew his whistle.

England were missing quite a few of their first team,  Wayne Rooney and Steve Gerrard to name but a few.  If  England were at full strength I would like to think the result would have been different.�
<h2>Ant McPartlin</h2>
I suppose that staying in London I should have expected to see the odd celebrity or two, but you could have knocked me down with a feather when Ant McPartlin walked into the pub.  Its in the paper at the moment that <a title=”Family for Ant” href=”http://primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk/ant-not-dec-wants-to-start-a-family/” target=”_blank”>Ant is trying for kids</a>, well you had better lay off the beer Ant !..  I also read an article that he is thinking about what he gets his missus for <a title=”Valentines Day.” href=”http://blog.totalkiss.com/2009/02/st_valentines_day.html” target=”_blank”>Valentines</a>, lets go one better than a chippie tea which was last years romance.