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January 24, 2007
It's snow joke
Having negotiated a somewhat tricky journey from the snowfields of Surrey early this morning I was really looking forward to my first cup of warming coffee to get me going for the day!
But shock, horror the coffee machine was out of action - just what you need on probably the coldest morning of the winter.
On the theme of navigation the lead story in our Harefield edition this week particularly caught my eye.
Modern technology is all well and good until something goes wrong and that's certainly the case in Harefield. Sat-navs are sending lorry drivers down a narrow lane in the village and residents are fed up with seeing oversized heavy goods vehicles becoming trapped in their road after being directed their by mistake.
This is not the first case - or the last - of sat-navs sending drivers down a blind alley although according to an AA spokesman: " It's easy to blame sat navs for these problems when really the same thing could happen when using an Ordinance Survey map."
This is one of many good reads in this week's Gazette - which is safely out on the streets despite the wintry weather.
However, it looks as though the snow has marooned most of my staff as the office is looking decidedly empty at the moment.
PS: Update on the coffee machine - it has now sprung back into action and I can start warming up .....
Posted by aseal at January 24, 2007 8:22 AM