כ׳ בכסלו ה׳תשס״ו (Wednesday 21 December 2005)

Israel Customer Service Watch: You Can't Fight City Hall

כ׳ בכסלו ה׳תשס״ו (Wednesday 21 December 2005)

Two nights ago, exceedingly loud construction directly outside my window kept me up most of the night. This wasn’t just loud – it was so loud that I felt as if I was holding the jackhammer myself (without ear plugs). True, I live on the first floor (one story up) in a very central commercial [...]

Israel Customer Service Watch: Bank Leumi Redux

י״א בכסלו ה׳תשס״ו (Monday 12 December 2005)

One of my complaints against Bank Leumi in particular, and Israeli banking in general, is that they stick like glue to an atrocious rule that you can only do business at the branch where you opened your account. You can probably imagine how idiotic this rule is, but factoring in the approximately three hours a [...]

Book Meme / Ipod Meme

ט׳ בכסלו ה׳תשס״ו (Saturday 10 December 2005)

Ze’ev, tagged with the Ipod meme (turn on mp3 player; hit shuffle; post first 15 songs), and unable to carry out his obligations due to lack of digital music, allowed said meme under his care to mutate. Now a book meme, Ze’ev instructs me, either as someone whose blog he likes or as an intelligent [...]

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