Matt Gibson (@gothick)

Hotwells, Bristol

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June 10th, 2010

Ah, plumbing. If I want to feel this incompetent and be this wet again, I’ll just challenge the winning olympic water polo team to a match.

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@paulahillier Best part? They told me on my birthday.

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@paulahillier Yeah, but that was with my old Nokia on Vodafone, nothing iPhone related.

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Thing is, ever since Vodafone charged me £600 for viewing a few web pages in France, I’m terrified of any kind of data cap.

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@johnfbraun It seems a little odd that they now seem to be chasing Microsoft’s user interface for search.

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@hayles Was just thinking about splashing out on an iPhone 4, too, but would much rather keep my unlimited data until December. Oh well.

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Who among my US followers with an iPhone 3GS wants a free copy of a brand new cool app? (US-only as Apple only do codes for US store. :( )

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@ruskin147 My difference is that I’ll be constantly worrying about being one of the 3%.

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@hayles What? Grr. Doubt I’d bump into the new @O2 limits, but half the joy of my iPhone is not having to worry about shit like that.

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@KaveyF It wasn’t a _gross_ underexaggeration. Used it pretty much as advised on their website to stay within the limit.

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I love that Google has suggestions for the random bollocks people type when they’re testing Google. http://twitpic.com/1vj2lq

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@uttermedia @Narshada Heh. My headline-writing capabilities are clearly on form today :)

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They just cleaned and polished the planetarium :)

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@archidave Wow, what does that feel like? I’ve never been on a project that’s accelerated!

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More art from Baristas. I’m liking this current exhibition. http://twitpic.com/1vh7uf

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@thomasvenables If I boycotted the World Cup, nobody would notice a difference.

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Gawd, it really feels like a Thursday today. Where’s my coffee?

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“What job are they for, sir?” “Plumbing in a washing machine.” “I recommend a score of ‘F&£$!’s, and a box of our ‘TURN YOU C*&^ TURN!’s.”

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Also, I just hand-coded a website that worked in IE first time. If I’m lucky, the Microsoft assassins will trip over the washing machine.

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@Jorence No, no, it’s not worth the risk. Vicious bastards, washing machines. And they’re all in the “heavyweight” category.

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@ahnlak It also didn’t help that I have washing machine hose connecting to copper pipes connecting to plastic pipes.

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@ahnlak Don’t make me come down there and strangle you with leftover washing machine feed pipes.

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@ahnlak Otherwise, turns out it’s a bit of a bugger.

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@ahnlak It is. If you assume that the taps haven’t corroded, and the that hole for the wastepipe is big enough for the new wastepipe.

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Hm. I have successfully plumbed in a washing machine without hurting myself or the house. It’s going to kill me in my sleep, isn’t it?

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@archidave I can’t quite make out what you’re saying, there. Have you got your jaw wired up, or something?

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Thank you, Zanussi, for putting the “Before the first use” instructions on page 17 of your manual. Grr.

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@twitttles @Jorence is too modest. To face the wrath of a large Zanussi in the cause of honour is a truly noble deed.

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I’m plumbing, but I just ran out of swear words. They sell those in B&Q, right?

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@1854 Hipstamatic is the one I reach for most often.

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Dear Google: Yes, Bing has a much prettier UI. So how about you just clone it outright and stop annoying me by randomly changing things?

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@uttermedia And once she gets that, she’ll have to start saving for a protractor, too. Bloody school cutbacks.

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@ahnlak @KaveyF In many ways, I was quite lucky compared to some people: http://bit.ly/csi4QC

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@ahnlak YouTube would have been rather more, I reckon. Someone once got charged £4,900 for watching an episode of The Apprentice on iPlayer!

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@KaveyF Certainly no audio or video, and mostly just for a short period of time in the evening after snowboarding.

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@ahnlak £600 was what I got them down to after pointing out they’d charged me under the wrong plan.

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