Monthly Archives: May 2008

Sleepless in Sheffield (Seattle it ain’t!)

Posted on May 30, 2008 by paulroberts69

This is one of the more depressing parts of my job – this afternoon I travelled up to Sheffield and am here until Tuesday helping one of the UK’s biggest banks perform an IT infrastructure upgrade over the weekend. It’s a … Continue reading →

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The Apprentice (Atishu!)

Posted on May 22, 2008 by paulroberts69

I thought "The Apprentice" last night was cracking! This was the one where the the two teams had to come up with a brand name for a box of tissues, come up with a design and then produce a TV … Continue reading →

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Fixing “hgfs service failed to start” error in VMware

Posted on May 20, 2008 by paulroberts69

If you are installing VMware tools in a Windows VM on VMware Server and you get an error in the eventlog similar to the following after a reboot: The hgfs service failed to start due to the following error: The … Continue reading →

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Car cleaning products

Posted on May 20, 2008 by paulroberts69

It’s been a long time since I last had a black car – early 90’s in fact when I had my black Golf GLi Convertible with wide wheels and body kit. I’d forgotton just how hard they are to keep … Continue reading →

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Pension and ISA news

Posted on May 18, 2008 by paulroberts69

Just a note to myself really so I can keep track of what’s going on with my pension and ISA. I finally went with Scottish Equitable in the end. I’d previously mentioned about an IFA who was going to charge … Continue reading →

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Driving the Z

Posted on May 17, 2008 by paulroberts69

Spent the afternoon at a friends house watching the FA Cup final – well done Pompey! I lived there for 6 years so I like to see them do well.   So I managed to get 3/4 of the way … Continue reading →

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Picked up my 350Z yesterday

Posted on May 17, 2008 by paulroberts69

I picked up my brand new 2008 350Z Roadster yesterday. I was so excited!   I’ve been going through all the manuals and bits and pieces but not had a chance to get the roof down yet, the weather’s been … Continue reading →

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My new 350Z has arrived at the dealership!

Posted on May 13, 2008 by paulroberts69

I got a call from an excited salesman at the Nissan dealership this morning saying that my car had landed. They still need to register it, PDI it, valet it and fit the parking sensors, but he said I could … Continue reading →

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My baby’s finally gone! :-(

Posted on May 8, 2008 by paulroberts69

A guy called Gareth turned up today and drove away my GTO after handing over a nice wad of cash. It was quite a sad moment, I’d had that car over 7 years and experienced a lot of good memories … Continue reading →

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I’ve just bought a brand new 350Z!

Posted on May 6, 2008 by paulroberts69

I can’t believe I did it! I popped into the Nissan dealer after work and took a 350Z roadster for a spin. It was older than the coupe I test drove last week, so only had the 278bhp engine rather … Continue reading →

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