Recent content by JakeGrey

Northampton General Hospital had one of those as well. The chips were those dire McCains microwavable ones, and about three quid a portion to boot. Small wonder they never caught on.

I haven't actually got that far yet; I'm mostly trying to find out whether or not it's worth even looking for jobs in the Greater London area.

Which is all very useful to know, but it doesn't really help me much when my current total monthly income is about £480. The weekly season tickets are a bit more realistic, but then I doubt many of the jobs I'm qualified for actually pay weekly, and about three quarters of said monthly income...

Fair enough, then.

*sigh* I might've bloody well known. I'd ask if you had any ideas for ways to afford the commute from London to Wellingborough that don't involve somehow finding upwards of six hundred quid for a season ticket while on the dole, but I suspect I know the answer.

Now, I realise that if Northamptonshire is considered a London suburb then something has gone badly wrong, but we are only 45 to 50 minutes out of St Pancras and I can't for the life of me find any clear definition of "suburban services starting or ending in Zones 1-9". And there's also what...

Quick aside: How much do you care about the 'tablet' part? Because there are some pretty good mini-laptops out there on eBay of comparable spec to the ones tony_mac listed for about half that; I picked up an EeePC 901 for £50 about eight months ago. 12GB hard drive plus an SD card slot, screen's...