Date Archives: Tuesday April 16th 2002

I don’t know why I fall for this every six months or so, but I really hope this is the last time. Scan hardware managed to stall me for a week before finally admitting on Monday morning that the flash-ram drive I’m after isn’t in stock and probably wont be in the near future. Goddamit!

What funks me off is that I believe in giving places like Scan a second chance… and a third in this instance. But there comes a time when you have to draw the line. Before anyone thinks I’m being a bit harsh, I should explain further how I came to order from Scan when they’d let me down in the past. Well, Scan have this Today Only thing, where they list some products on their site and knock a few quid off for that day only. I mean, slag me for being an optimist, but you’d expect them to have the funking product in stock if they’re offering it at a bargain price for that day only!

So here I am, almost ten days later without a flash-ram drive. Luckily it wasn’t essential or I’d have been climbing the walls. Anyhow, I didn’t take much pleasure from cancelling my order on Monday… or rather, I told them to forget about the flash-ram drive and just send me the USB hub keyboard that I’d ordered to go with it. Surprizingly the keyboard was in stock, but not so surprizingly it hasn’t turned up yet – so I’m still no better off.

Anyhow, rant over, but be warned, you know – steer clear of Scan Hardware.

Today I cycled to work in what is supposed to be the start of my fitness drive. Having cycled nowhere of distance in a good 9 months I knew it would get the heart racing a little.

Erm… how wrong was ?!

I’m unfortunate in that the first half of the journey is up hill, but they aren’t seriously steep. It was on these hills where my shocking lack of fitness kicked in. My legs felt like they were on fire and I was panting and wheezing as if I’d run the Flora London Marathon at the weekend. Sure, I made it to work ok, but it was quite a frightening wake up call for someone who thought he was “a bit unfit” up until today.

I manage to get through five a side on a Wednesday night without too much trouble, usually, with a stint in goal to get my second wind. It’s painfully obvious that I’ve been pacing myself at five’s, though – I probably would have collapsed if I’d put any real effort into it.

At least I know the extent of my unfitness now, and can begin the long haul back to cardiovascular equilibriance… or whatever. Anyhow, let me ask you… sitting in front of the computer as you are… when was the last time you got your heart rate going… and I don’t mean by looking at Bangable?