My Place

Brunswick haven't taken into account that I've done half my HNC in Newtownabbey, so as far as they're concerned I've done my 2nd year but not my 1st (that doesn't seem strange to them for some reason).

I've had to ring Newtownabbey and spent ages on hold there only to be told that they don't have any record of me at all, I then got put on hold for ages again to be then told that I would have to ring University of Ulster as the HNC was in collaboration with them.

Right so I ring them. Had to speak to 3 different people before I got to the right department, only to be told that their systems were down, she had to take my details to post out a transcript request form, and that I'd have to pay for the privilege of seeing results that I never even got in the 1st place! The lady was really nice though and very helpful so the phone call itself wasn't too bad but just the fact that I've to pay for something I never got is bugging me!!!!!

All this just for a bit of paper that says I've finished the HNC and that I've passed the course.

Millionaire' Contestant Makes Worst Use Of Lifelines Ever

NEW YORK - Idaho  resident Kathy Evans brought humiliation to her friends and family Tuesday when she set a new standard for stupidity with her appearance on the popular  TV show, 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.'

It seems that Evans, a  32-year-old wife and mother of two, got stuck on the first question, and  proceeded to make what fans of the show are dubbing 'the absolute worst use of  lifelines ever.'
After being introduced to the show's host Meredith Vieira,  Evans assured her that she was ready to play, whereupon she was posed with an  extremely easy $100 question. The question was: 'Which of the following is the largest?'

A) A Peanut
An Elephant
C) The Moon
D) Hey, who  you calling large?

Immediately Mrs. Evans was struck with an all consuming panic as she realized that this was a question to which she did not  readily know the answer.
'Hmm, oh boy, that's a toughie,' said Evans, as Vieira did her level best to hide her disbelief and disgust. 'I mean, I'm sure  I've heard of some of these things before, but I have no idea how large they would be.'

Evans made the decision to use the first of her three lifelines, the 50/50. Answers A and D were removed, leaving her to decide which was  bigger, an elephant or the moon. However, faced with an incredibly easy question, Evans still remained unsure.
'Oh! It removed the two I was leaning towards!' exclaimed Evans. 'Darn. I think I better phone a friend.'

Using the second of her two lifelines on the first question, Mrs.  Evans asked to be connected with her friend Betsy, who is an office  assistant.

'Hi Betsy! How are you? This is Kathy! I'm on TV!' said Evans,  wasting the first seven seconds of her call. 'Ok, I got an important question.  Which of the following is the largest? B, an elephant, or C, the moon. 15  seconds hun.'
Betsy quickly replied that the answer was C, the moon. Evans  proceeded to argue with her friend for the remaining ten seconds.

'Come on Betsy, are you sure?' said Evans. 'How sure are you? Duh, that can't be  it.'

To everyone's astonishment, the moronic Evans declined to take her friend's advice and pick 'The Moon.'

'I just don't know if I can trust Betsy. She's not all that bright. So I think I'd like to ask the audience,'  said Evans.

Asked to vote on the correct answer, the audience returned 98%  in favor of answer C, 'The Moon.' Having used up all her lifelines, Evans then  made the dumbest choice of her life.
'Wow, seems like everybody is against what I'm thinking,' said the too-stupid-to-live Evans. 'But you know, sometimes you just got to go with your gut. So, let's see. For which is larger, an elephant or the moon, I'm going to have to go with B, an elephant.  Final answer.'

Evans sat before the dumbfounded audience, the only one  waiting with bated breath, and was told that she was wrong, and that the  answer was in fact, C, 'The Moon.'

Caution...they walk among us!

• cup of black coffee, with sugar
• packet of crisps (bikers)
• 2No rice cakes
• bottle of coke
• gravy chip
• cup of tea (no sugar, green milk)
• 1 muffin buttered with lurpak (eugh!!!!)
• a marshmallow biscuit thingy

I was intending to do better for tea last night but I had to suffer a car auction and it was the least greasy item they had on the menu! Think I might take a picnic sort of thing with me tomorrow night to avoid the chippy van if I can.