Author: karlbunyan

Another reason why Abbey business banking is rubbish

Another reason why Abbey business banking is rubbish

Authentication and security: when people have forgotten their password, it’s quite common to ask them an answer something memorable, such as ‘City of birth’. But who on earth requires you to memorise not only the answer to your memorable question, but what the question is? Abbey do, of course.

Leyton Orient 1-1 Brentford

Leyton Orient 1-1 Brentford

Leyton Orient played Brentford at home yesterday hoping to pick up some much needed points to pull themselves close to the middle of the table. It was a highly entertaining game and Orient played very well throughout, all bar a few wobbles from the defence which eventually let in the goal which resulted in the …

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Advertising at Leyton Orient

Advertising at Leyton Orient

My web development company, Exponetic, have an advertising board up at Leyton Orient football ground this season. It all ties in with the Friends of the Orient business networking club which we’re in the process of rebuilding the site for. The idea behind Friends of the Orient is to bring businesses together to generate leads …

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Telegraph Fantasy Football password

Telegraph Fantasy Football password

This week we get an extra chance to make transfers, since there were no Premiership matches last week. And it’s a good job too as my team isn’t very good at the moment so with four transfers last week and another four this week hopefully it’ll be in better shape. Anyway, the transfer password for …

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My shoes

My shoes

A few people have commented on my multi-purpose shoes in the past, and how they seem to serve for most occasions, and thinking about it I’ve realised they’ve probably done more than a lot of people including: Parachuting A trip to Vietnam Go-karting Flown a helicopter Flown a plane Cycled to Hove Starred in a …

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Karl Pilkington – Pilkipedia

Karl Pilkington – Pilkipedia

Karl Pilkington, from the Ricky Gervais radio show and podcasts, truly is a font of all wisdom. To rival Wikipedia, there’s Pilkipedia. Some of my favourites: Seals would probably not be missed if they became extinct, because they are “already between a fish and a dog”. He also fails to see why seals continue to …

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New Telegraph Fantasy Football season

New Telegraph Fantasy Football season

The new Premiership season starts today, and with it the Daily Telegraph Fantasy Football. After winning the SEH superleague last season I need a good start. For the start of the season, my team is: Player Team Cost Reina Liverpool 3.6m J Terry Chelsea 5.0m N Valente Everton 3.1m A Gardner Tottenham 3.1 J A …

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Le Mercury, Upper Street, Islington

Le Mercury, Upper Street, Islington

I first went to Le Mercury in 2004 after meeting an ex work colleage across the road in the Old Parr’s Head. The pub (Parr’s Head) seems to have closed down, which is a shame, but Le Mercury is still there. It serves a fairly rustic-style of French cuisine but my particular reason for liking …

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