Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Footy & Weather.

First - Yesterday I meant to mention (but forgot) that it is Passover and I wanted to wish our Jewish readers a Happy Pesach.

British Summer Time (daylight saving) started this past weekend and that, together with the Spring Equinox of ten days ago, should mark the beginning of Spring.

Yeah, right!!

I live in Devon. That's the county where daffodils bloom in February. Where in Torbay Palm trees can actually survive most winters. Where snow is rare except on the moors. (Although we have had snow the past two winters usually it's more like once every ten years). And then generally in January. It's spring. It's April tomorrow. It's almost Easter. So how is it that I got snowed on at lunchtime!! SNOW!! And the temperature right now is 2c.

And people don't believe climate change is real!!

I'm shattered. I watched the footy tonight. I think I kicked every ball with them. It was my lads (Arsenal) against Barcelona in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the Champions League. They played us off the park. Barcelona were magnificent. They made us (one of the best teams in the UK, who play some of the most beautiful football) look like a Sunday morning kick-about squad. When Barca went two-up shortly after half-time('keeper's error though he'd been brilliant up 'til then) I thought it was all over. But we fought back and it ended 2-2. We have got to win the second leg. But given the relative performances I don't think we stand a chance. But what a game.

That's me done for the week. Goodnight and may your God/s go with you.

Ze

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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Dinner

Very late posting tonight. Sorry folks. I've been out.

Went to the Tapas bar for dinner. Went with my sister and nephew, and my cousin (the kid), and her sister, (who I suppose, logically, is also my cousin *g*).

As we walked in I swear I saw the head waitress go pale. I think she remembered me.

I'll give her her due though, she greeted us all with a smile and a cheery "Buenas noches" as though we were her most valued customers.

We had a great meal. Lots of tasty vegetarian tapas dishes for four of us and a meat thing for my cousin's sister. My sister and my cousin's sister polished off a bottle of Rioja between them. I had a couple of Spanish beers. As did my nephew. He also had an extremely un-Spanish Jagemeister. The kid had an equally un-Spanish Pepsi (she doesn't drink). We all had coffee. We had some good laughs and some great conversations.

And nothing went wrong.

It was an entirely uneventful evening. We left the restaurant (I'm positive the waitress heaved a sigh of relief as she bid us farewell) and headed to my sister's house for dessert. Desert was incredible. My sis had made vegan brownies. Which we ate with some fresh fruit an vegan ice cream.

All in all a satisfying end to the day.

Ze

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Monday, March 29, 2010

Short and Sweet

Running a wee bit late tonight. Enjoy 'em!

Tamara

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Sunday, March 28, 2010

Movie Day

We all went and saw Alice in Wonderland...it was fun and definitely a Tim Burton movie.

Luckily I'm off with the kiddo tomorrow. She has begun a two week spring break, mine is tomorrow and next Monday - Wednesday. Good thing too...some time off is greatly needed.

Hope you all had splendid weekend and may the week bring you Joy!

Peace, Health and Happiness. Enjoy your update.

Elisa

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Saturday, March 27, 2010

Random bits....

Our Saturday has been pretty relaxing. It was a comic book pick up day for me. I made spaghetti sauce. We washed a load or two of clothes. Oh, and slept in, of course. That's very important.

E tells me Uber Etc.'s numbers have picked up. Why? We have absolutely no idea. So if you're new to our little obsession, welcome.

You've got a nice batch for reading tonight. Get to it!

Tamara

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Friday, March 26, 2010

Collaboration...

...a term I no longer enjoy at work. Actually I'm not sure I ever did like it, well I certainly don't now. Incompetence, another word I am very familiar with when it comes to some of my collaboration partners. Not a very enjoyable week. Looking forward to the weekend.

Here's hoping you all had a better one! Enjoy the splendid weekend which stands in front of us.

Peace, Health and Happiness.

Elisa

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Thursday, March 25, 2010

Woo hoo!

Uber Etc.'s move is officially done. Hopefully y'all weren't too confused when the old URL didn't work. I always want moving sites to be without issues but that never happens. There are always issues. Fortunately ours were easily fixed.

Have fun reading!

Tamara

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Wednesday, March 24, 2010

I do like stew.

It rained pretty persistently today so I spent about half the work-day sitting in a portakabin playing on the internet while the rest of the lads played cards. Got home slightly early to be greeted by my cousin (who had the day off) but not with the usual comments regarding what's for tea, (she cooks - I don't, I clean, - for obvious reasons), instead with the statement "Bloody internet amateurs. Don't know etiquette. I have a migraine. I'm going to bed. Haven't cooked."

Erm - ok. Not sure who upset her. Or for that matter what she was doing on the 'puter with a migraine coming on. But if I find out who it was they're in trouble for giving her a migraine!! She's evil when she gets those. Even her cats know to hide!!

I'm so glad I didn't get the migraine inheritance. My mother got them, her mother got them, (our mothers were sisters), my brother got them but I seem to have escaped. Inherited plenty of other crap but not that.

I was hungry and decided I needed to prepare tea for us.

It was with a great deal of trepidation that I started it. A quick check in the fridge produced spuds, carrots, cabbage, onions, raw beetroot, swede and French beans. Excellent. It was just the sort of day for a nourishing and warming stew. I do like stew. And, since we have a nice, safe pressure-cooker - with a timer - it's well within my capabilities. I chopped everything up and dumped it in the pan with some split lentils (lentils thicken it) and water. (I said I'm capable - I didn't say I had finesse *g*.) I added mixed herbs, cumin and coriander, and a bit of turmeric (aids digestion). A teaspoon of Vegemite for flavouring. And a little bit of black pepper. Actually a trifle too much black pepper because I was a little enthusiastic with it. Only a trifle mind. Enough to make the stew a tad peppery in a clears-the-sinuses sort of way but not so much as to ruin it.

Fifteen minutes later I had a not-too-bad stew. I was impressed with myself. I hadn't even set the smoke alarms off. (The one by the kitchen is an infra-red heat alarm rather than a smoke alarm since I set it off so often when it was a smoke alarm.) Even the kid was impressed when she came downstairs again later, feeling better, and had a bowlful.

There's hope for me yet.

See you next week. Goodnight and may your God/s go with you.

Ze

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Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Is There Something in the Water??

Or is it just that people are abandoning good manners?? Last week I had a grumble about a site that was taking people's stories without permission and this week I've another grumble about a site that's taking people's hard work and research without permission and without credit.

Let's make this clear shall we. Taking people's stories without permission is theft. Taking people's work without permission is theft. Hot-linking is taking people's bandwidth and - you guessed it - that's theft.

There is nothing wrong with starting up a recommendations/review site (There are a fair number of excellent ones around). There is nothing wrong with starting up an updates site (like this one, or like the UXFFD or similar ones in other fandoms). Because these sites refer you back to the original archives or authors sites. We don't pinch stuff - we just check stuff for you. Like our title says - we do the work so you don't have to. What is not all right is taking somebody else's research and passing it off as your own. It's not quite as bad as plagiarism but it's close.

What brought on this latest grumble?? There's a Xena board I sometimes visit, I'm not a member because it's far too chaotic for me, it's also full of lots of new fans who keep reinventing the wheel. I got tired of some of these arguments ten or more years ago - I really don't want to argue the case all over again. Don't get me wrong - I'm delighted that the show still attracts new fans and I'm more than happy to welcome them into the fandom. And I love their enthusiasm. It's just that it would be nice not to have to deal with the same stuff year-after-year.

Anyway - that's beside the point. What happened on the board was that somebody came up with a new (except it wasn't) idea to start a reference site listing all the fics from around the web that were Conqueror stories (a sub-division of the Xena universe based on a two-minute section of an in-programme AU). And a bunch of posters on the board treated this idea as if they'd found the philosopher's stone and were about to produce gold. Comments about what a brilliant idea it was and how great it would be.

Never mind that there was already an absolutely brilliant site in existence. A site which is still regularly updated. A site that had been around for about twelve bloody years. The Annals of the Conqueror.

Now - most of these newbies probably hadn't seen it (I expect some oldies haven't either) though it's mentioned frequently on Xena sites. But - and here's why I'm grumbling - the person who decided to make this brand-spanking-new site, and lap up all the plaudits as though it was their very own brainwave. And post updates to the board as though they were working hard finding links. And act as though it was all their own work. They certainly knew about it. Because they copied the links from it. And did some nifty hot-linking too. And - not so smart after all - they got caught by the AoC's owner. The person who did do all the hard work.

Did they apologise?? Not really. But at least now they have a (small and somewhat less than brilliant but adequate I guess) note on their front page giving credit where it's due.

Yet again the lesson is learnt - the internet is vast - but it's still a small village. Steal stories, steal actual fics, steal research - it doesn't matter - someone will catch you.

Ze

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Monday, March 22, 2010

UberEtc.com Lives

Technical difficulties should be behind us now with our major changeover occurring over the weekend. I'm sure a few minor issues await us (if you find some, let us know). Overall we should be back on the road again.

Here's your update and make sure to check out the last couple of days worth if you missed them. We had a large update and a nifty announcement from Passion and Perfection.

Enjoy!

Elisa

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Sunday, March 21, 2010

Femslash Convention

The weekend is over. I feel like I didn't accomplish much beyond resting this weekend. Well, I did get my taxes sent off. That's something anyway.

Now for an interesting announcement from the fine folks who bring us the International Day of Femslash....
FemSlashCon

On the 17th July, 2010, the third annual International Day of Femslash is scheduled to take place. To mark the occasion and participate in the celebration, the Passion & Perfection collective are sponsoring the first ever, as far as we know, femslash convention.

A CALL TO ACTION-

We need volunteers to help organise and participate in an online femslash convention, FemSlashCon, and therefore we're asking for your help.

The aim is to set up a series of panels in various Paltalk rooms to discuss a multitude of femslash related topics. We will need room owners, panelists to discuss their loves (some ideas for panels listed below), help spreading the word, help setting up the main site for the event, people to contribute time, energy, art and love of femslash. Basically? If you are breathing and you want to help, we're got a spot for you.

Our big need to start off with is panelists. We need to know something of what we will have to share with the femslash community to help build the excitement and get people in the virtual doors as well as to start to sketch out a schedule of events. We are looking for lots of different things. We would love to see people sweep up a chance to talk about different fandoms, a general discussion about subtext, about writing. We would love to have people run rooms for discussing beta-reading, places to bounce ideas, how to get started writing. Let's see a panel on ways to reach the femslash community. What about a room for discussing fan art or just a crazy room to try to write femslash filk (yes, it can be done (whether it should be is another subject)). Who wants to be a part of history by discussing the Future of Femslash? The possibilities are limited only by our imaginations.

So let's hear from you-
If you are interested in becoming a part of this, e-mail femslashcon@googlemail.com with your contact details, any ways you would be interested in helping, and some idea of a time slot (be sure to list time zone) that would suit you and, if you want to help with a panel, what kinds of topics you would love to discuss.

We would love to make this an International Day of Femslash to remember and we hope you will help.

www.femslashcon.com - let's talk femslash


Send a little help their way if you can. The IDoF is darn keen and this could be as well.

On another note, the site is beginning its move so you may experience a few technical difficulties. Bear with us this week as we work the bugs out.

Tamara

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Saturday, March 20, 2010

Evening Update

Yeah, I know we're late again, sorry about that. The weekend day seems to fly by as fast the work week days. I sure hope you all had a good one!

Have thoughts to share with us, feel free to send them our way.

Have a grand day/night and enjoy the update.

Elisa

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Friday, March 19, 2010

Die-hard Nerds

We're very late tonight. Why? It's all Starfleet Commander's fault. I never knew I could get so involved in a game that's math heavy and doesn't have cute little graphics all over the place. But dammit I am. And so is E. She can blame me for that one. But, typical E, she's gotten waaay into it. So far into it that she's created a whole spreadsheet to keep track of her planets. And she's got a spiral notebook full of list after list of debris fields. Her planets are in war zone central so there's a lot to pick up. I'm grateful my neck of the woods is peaceful...for now.

Enjoy 'em. I'm off to fleet save and hit the hay.

Tamara

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Thursday, March 18, 2010

A Ramble Response

Tonight UK responds to Ze's ramble from last night.
Real life and fiction - a contradiction ?

Not really - we all edit our life and present ourselves and those we interact with, with an edited version. Would anyone really give the full real life account of their workday at the dinner table at night? I mean would your partner be interested in your account of the meetings you went to, the reports you wrote or the people you talked to during your day ... or would she rather have the highlights, the good or the bad, the things that was interesting, funny, specially boring or unusual? So we present an edited version, in some ways a fictional account of our day. We twist things a bit for the accounts to be entertaining, to fit the mood that we’re in, how we want our self to be perceived or what fits into the conversation. Does this make our accounts fiction?

Well perhaps anything and everything is fiction as soon as it has happened, as there is never one uniform opinion of an event be it big or small, significant or insignificant, everything is coloured by the eyes that observe, but the life we live and the life we talk about are the same and both real, nevertheless as soon as life "happens" to us it turns into fiction.

I guess the big difference between all us lowly readers and our "pen pushing" counterpart’s - the writers - are; who are the best storyteller. I for one must compliment Ze on her tales of the "happenings" in her life; they are funny, well written and tasty bits of ... fiction ;-)??

UK
I agree completely. Thanks for sharing, UK. Do you have something to say? Let us know. Enjoy the updates!

Elisa

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Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Slainte

Happy St. Paddy's Day to our Irish (and of Irish ancestry) readers. Oh and Americans take note - Paddy not Patty. *g*

Well I've had me tea (cal ceannann - and I see the site doesn't like the accent on this any more than it likes the one on slainte!!) and me pint of porter (which was 500ml not a pint coz bottles don't come in pint sizes any more - as per last week's ramble) and The Dubliners on the radio so I'm all Irished out. I'll be back to being offensively English tomorrow and ignoring the Irish side of the family (as they do me in return). Unless Ireland win the Six Nations - which seems likely - when I'll be celebrating being half-Irish again.

Right. On to tonight's ramble. After last week's jeans ramble somebody left a comment that said I hope that this is You demonstrating that you are a talented writer and not a story of your real life lack of shopping skill.

First - thank you for the compliment. I hope I am a fairly decent writer. I hope my fiction is amusing (when I want it to be), scary (ditto), romantic (ditto), etc. I try to keep improving. I want to be a really good writer. These rambles however - not fiction. That's why they're called rambles. They're me wittering about stuff, not writing fiction. My life really is a disaster area sometimes. I do try not to be - I love order and I hate chaos - but it seems that I'm destined to spread chaos wherever I go. Of course, these disasters are spread over time. They don't all happen at once or in quick succession. My life's crazy but not that crazy. There are weeks, months, years sometimes, of mundane, boring days in between the highlights. One of my earliest rambles posted here (the bacon sandwich) was taken from an incident that happened over half my life ago.

They're the truth - they're just the truth written by a writer with (I hope) a talent for comedy. And sometimes little bits are left out. Because often the whole truth isn't quite as funny. Take the bacon sandwich incident again. What I wrote of it was funny. (And it happened exactly as written - but with more swearing). What I left out though - it doesn't show me in a very good light. In fact the me now would take the me of then outside and beat the crap out of me. Because I deserved to be horsewhipped. Why?? Read between the lines.

If you want to read it again it's here.

Found it yet?? It's this line "Even though she was a mere teenager at the time". My teenage cousin was staying with me. I had gone out - leaving her on her own - and picked up a woman for casual sex. I had brought that woman home to spend the night. My cousin was 13. See what I mean?? Definitely not good. Leaving that in would have spoilt the whole story. Even real life needs editing.

So - thanks again. I do try to be a good writer, whether I'm writing fiction or non-fiction. And yes, these snippets are true. It's just they're real life with edits.

See you next week. Goodnight and may your God/s go with you.

Ze

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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Taking stuff is not cool

A quick heads-up. (Thanks to Trancer for the info). There's a newish archive site (French in origin but also archiving in English) which is archiving fics in several fandoms without asking permission AND without even informing the authors that they're taking the stories. This is not on.

The largest fandom stolen from is Buffy, but they're also nicking stuff from Sarah Connor Chronicles, Xena, SVU, LotS, Criminal Minds, Dollhouse & one or two others. They've pinched stuff written by some pretty well-known authors. Particularly despicable is taking stuff from authors like LJ Maas, (who's passed away and can't complain). And, rather stupidly, Anne Azel and Missy Good (some of whose stories are original and are published - the publishers might have cause for legal action on those).

It's a pretty stupid thing to do really - since it's going to get the site - and its creators - a pretty bad name. And it's doubly daft because most authors would have given permission for the archive to host their stories anyway if only they'd had the manners to ask!!

The complete list of stories/authors is HERE. Fanfic authors who follow us might want to check & see if your stuff is there.

Ze

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Monday, March 15, 2010

It's Monday already?

I had a great time at the con but on Sunday I wondered where my weekend had gone. Oh, yeah...it was spent in a big room with other comic geeks. Found some great deals. Caught up with an old friend and made a new one. That's always nice. Got some comics signed for myself and a few friends. Yes, Ze, you're getting another package in the mail soon.

Tonight I'm pooped due to "springing forward". Cal had trouble falling asleep last night, which meant he kept Duncan up. I also had a time falling asleep. This morning waking up was painful.

To bed early for me tonight and, hopefully, a less sluggish me on Tuesday. Enjoy 'em.

Tamara

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Sunday, March 14, 2010

Thanks!

First I want to thank the two folks who donated to us this year...it is greatly appreciated! You know who you are and we thank you! We placed that donate button on the front of the web site with no intentions of hounding people and we are grateful to anyone who chooses to help us out.

Secondly we continue to work on this site and change web hosting. If you find problems, broken links or any such thing please let us know.

Third, get busy...y'all have a lot to read tonight as it's a big update!

Enjoy and, once again, thank you for joining us. Peace, Health and Happiness.

Elisa

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Saturday, March 13, 2010

Late Update

Tired, time to ramble tomorrow.

Enjoy the update.

Elisa

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Friday, March 12, 2010

ECCC 2010

Woo hoo! It's Emerald City Comicon weekend! Tomorrow everyone will troop down to the Seattle Convention Center with me for the first day of the con. Sunday I go it alone. They do admirably for a bit on Saturday but I do realize I'm the only one who's truly interested in the comic stuff.

I'm looking forward to seeing Stan "The Man" Lee and Leonard Nimoy. What does Leonard Nimoy have to do with comics you ask? Not a darn thing right now but in the '90s he had a comic book called Primortals. It can currently be found in quarter boxes all over the country. Poor Mr. Nimoy. He didn't take the comic world by storm. I hope he has some juicy bits to share about Fringe.

Anyway...my comic search lists are almost ready. I've got money to spend and a small stack of comics to get signed. I've even got my eye on something for Ze. Wish me luck that I get one.

Tamara

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Thursday, March 11, 2010

Closing in on Friday

The weekend is near and I look forward to it. One more work day to get through at this point. Been a long week...some weeks are that way.

Here's the update, enjoy.

Elisa

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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Metrics

The UK uses the metric system. Sort of. I started thinking about it after last night's ramble. We began going metric some considerable time ago, as a consequence of our E U membership. But with typical British eccentricity didn't quite make it all the way.

The metric system is the one taught in schools (and has been for somewhere between 25 & 30 years) unlike my school days where we still learnt the Imperial system with its many quaint measurements. As a result of that I not only know how many yards there are in a mile (1760 if anyone's interested) but I know what chains are, and furlongs, and cubits, and I still know how long a rod, pole or perch, is. My 20-year-old nephew doesn't - and he can't really picture a pound of apples. Half a kilo, yes. But a pound?? Nope.

Most of our measurements are metric. I buy petrol (gasoline), juice, oil, vinegar, paint, etc. in litres, (though draught beer in pubs is still sold by the pint. As, I believe, is milk delivered to the doorstep). Apples, potatoes, marge, plaster, concrete, etc are sold by the kilo, tins of beans, catfood, etc. by the gramme.

I measure my wallpaper and my doors by the centimetre, and I buy my wood by the metre. In fact when dealing with wood, plaster or any other work-related material I no longer think in Imperial - I can't - I'm so used to dealing in metric that I can visualise that I want a two-metre plank for that gap but I can't quite figure out what I would need in feet or inches. And when I give my weight (or when I used to give my dogs weights) I give them in kilos. I can only offer an approximate weight in Imperial. I know exactly what I weigh in kilos.

But when it comes to buying jeans my inside leg is 32. That's 32 inches. I have no idea what size that is in centimetres. That's the British for you. Weird.

Oh and while I'm on the subject - people who refer to a "metric ton" - No. Ton is Imperial. If it's metric it's a tonne, and you don't need the word "metric". Not that it matters because an Imperial ton, an American ton (American measurements are sometimes slightly different to Imperial even though they bear the same name. A US gallon is smaller than an Imperial gallon, for example) and a tonne are very nearly the same weight.

Know what I'm going to do now?? I'm going to let curiosity get the better of me and I'm going to measure my inside leg in centimetres. Because I want to know, damnit.

See you next week, goodnight and may you God/s go with you.

Ze

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Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Shopping for Jeans

I never did tell you about shopping for clothes, did I?? Well, the first thing I need to do is emphasise very clearly - it wasn't my fault. Honest it wasn't. I was merely in the vicinity.

It started when the knee on my work jeans tore. This was a fairly good indication that I needed a new pair. I had no intention of letting them get as worn (and therefore as fragile) as my old, much-missed, pair. Even though the boxers-of-doom are ash, drifting on the breeze, I didn't want to take chances. And since work jeans get a lot of hard use, they have to be bought new. This meant a shopping trip.

I hate shopping (unless it's for books). I especially hate shopping for clothes. I get in, get what I want and get the hell out. I also have a tendency to find something I like and buy multiples of it. About 7 years ago a local sports shop had a special offer on polo shirts with the word "England" across the front. There were two types, red with black letters and dark blue with white letters. I liked them. They fit well. I bought 20 of each. I'm wearing one of those in about half the photos that have been taken of me in the years since then. I still have 4 blue and 3 read that I haven't worn.

I actually needed two pairs of jeans. My gardening jeans had also given up the ghost. So my scruffy, hanging-round-the-house jeans were demoted to gardening jeans. My not-smart-but-ok-for-supermarket-trips jeans became my scruffy etc. My second best pair became my not-smart-but-ok pair and my best pair became my second best pair. I needed a new best pair.

So it was off to Jean Genie (named for the song). As the name suggests they specialise in denim. Jeans, skirts, dresses, jackets. I could find a pair for work with no problem. The had a table right near the door with cheap but strong work jeans (with the extra pockets for a rule, screwdriver; and a loop for a hammer). Looking for a best pair was more difficult. I knew what I wanted but could I find it?? There must have been a couple of thousand pair of jeans there but I couldn't for the life of me see the type I like. As assistant bustled over. "Can I help you??" I resisted the temptation to correct her grammar. I was proud of myself for that. Instead I said, "Yes, please." Then I told her what I wanted. A pair of button-fly, straight-cut, easy-fit, dark blue, 32 inside leg but not 501s. She asked me to repeat what I'd said. Twice. Finally she understood and led me to some shelves. I pointed out, politely, that these were all boot-cut not straight-cut. Plus they were 501s.

She led me to another set of shelves. I politely remarked that these were zip-fly - and still boot-cut. We tried a third set. Skinny fit. I could tell she was regretting coming over to me. She led me to the back of the shop where there were several, rather high, loose stacks of jeans. They were straight-cut, there were easy-fit in amongst the other styles. And they were button-fly. I grew hopeful. There were 30 inside leg, there were 34 inside leg (quite a lot of those actually). There were 38 inside leg. There was even a single solitary pair that declared themselves to be a 42 inside leg. (Bloody Ada - how tall would you need to be for that!!).

There were no 32 inside leg. She informed me that this was because 32 is the most popular size. Am I the only person who thinks that not having the most popular size in stock is just a trifle barmy??

Then she spotted a pair. Right at the bottom of the largest stack. She tugged on them. They didn't move. The stack wobbled slightly. With an uncharacteristic burst of common-sense I remarked, "I don't think that's a good idea." She replied, "I can get them." And she grabbed hold with both hands and heaved with all her strength.

She flew backwards. The pile toppled. It hit the next pile. Which also toppled. Pretty soon there were five 6-foot stacks of jeans heading towards the floor. As the assistant crashed backwards she cannoned into me. I also flew back. Into one of those chrome racks on wheels, full of jackets. It rolled. Within half-a-minute there were three more racks speeding towards destruction.

Then there was silence. Complete silence. There were approximately five hundred pairs of jeans, one hundred-and-twenty jackets, and fifteen dresses on the floor.

"I told you I could get it." She held up the jeans. I bought them. I kind of had to after that. I would have anyway because they were perfect. I did offer to help pick up the stuff on the floor, the assistant would have been happy to have me help, but the manager was a little stressed and in a rather strained voice told me that wouldn't be necessary.

I'm not 100% certain but I think I might be banned from Jean Genie in future.

But it really wasn't my fault. Honest.

Ze

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