Wheres me jumpa

Due to a repeated issue with my dish, repeated call outs to fix (including a fee each time) and Skys repeated unwillingness to resolve this issue without charging me. I decided to cancel my subscription. Cutting off my nose to spite my face, I know.

I am aware of how frustrating their phone based customer service can be and I was dreading calling to cancel. I have also read several articles on issues with cancelling your subscription. A friend of mine, who happens to work in the industry, told me to drop an email to Sky. This is probably a well known method of contacting Sky, however from I have read some people would have appreciated knowing more about it.

So I emailed skydigital@sky.com with my account number, personal details etc. Just got an email confirming my account was cancelled. Quick and easy. Just thought Id pass on the information to anyone else who has experienced Skys phone based customer service.

I overtook a truck one day last week. Its trailer was branded with an advertisement for Drive Beer. I laughed out loud. Below is an image from Flickr of a similar trailer. You can see why I found it so funny. Drive Beer does exactly what it says on the tin, you can drink and drive. Its a clever spin on the low/non alcoholic beer market, however it really is a name and advertising campaign that will raise some ridicule.

This was video was posted on the Carlow forum on Boards.ie. It was created by CroppyBoy1798. It is a series of pictures taken from days of yore, compared to modern day pictures. Great watch for Carlow locals.

My sisters boyfriend is living my dream. He has acquired a Volkswagon Kombi van. For the past year or so he has been working on getting it roadworthy. Now the moment has come, where he can take to the road on this four wheeled legend!

The Cat Laughs Comedy Festival is held every year in Kilkenny. I try to get down to a show or two every year. This year I went to see Des Bishop, Arj Barker and Russel Howard in the Kilford Arms.

Arj Barker started the show off. Ive never seen this guy before but I will definitely try see him again as he was probably the best on the night. He seems to have a care free natural approach to the show, i.e. you dont get the impression he is reading from a script and often went off on bizarre tangents. They type of comedian, when he tells you about some crazy story, you actually believe it happened to him.

Next up was Russell Howard, a young English comedian who although was very entertaining, I wasnt overly impressed with him. I have seen him before on TV and many of his jokes were repeated in this show.

Des Bishop rounded off the night with an effortless performance. He included some material related to this recent Irish language revival show but also had some fresh, unrelated material. After some recent shows and years of touring, it is possible that Bishop is, or is about to, reach the peak of his powers, which made for a side splitting set.

Tickets were €31 incl. booking fee. Would like to have seen more shows but the atmosphere the festival add’s to the town mean’s just being in the area is worthwhile.

On Thursday 29th May, the Carlow Bypass was officially opened. It ended months of speculation as to when the opening date was with several dates being mentioned. The bypass will form a section of a motorway linking Waterford to Dublin. A badly needed motorway at that.

For myself it means, if Im ever driving to Dublin I wont have to endure Carlow town. On a typical day this knocks 10-15 minutes off the journey to Dublin. However on say a Friday evening it could take up to 30 minutes to get through Carlow.

As I work in Carlow town, I will not be using it on a daily basis. So I decided to take a drive along it today and it looks very impressive. Speed limit is currently 100 kmph, Im not sure if this is how it will remain. Also the speed limits on the demoted regional roads have not yet been updated in terms of signs to 80 kmph.

One thing I did notice is that the bypass means other routes into Carlow have the potential for more traffic. I left the bypass and headed for Carlow Town on the Tullow/Wexford road. This road really needs improving, particular as you come into the town along by Lidl, Closh and past the Tesco /New Oak entrance.

It will be interesting to see the impact this has on the town and also its surrounding areas. With the amount of exits it opens up new potential business locations that were previously remote locations.

I have set up a Euro 2008 Fantasy Football league for Waffle.ie. The league will be tracked and contestants belittled in this thread.

Anyone interested, drop me a mail or PM and Ill provide the code. Huntelaar is my tip for the must have player.

Powerscourt waterfall, located in County Wicklow, is Irelands tallest waterfall. I dragged my two nephews along to see it for the first time today and the waterfall passed the PSP pounder test, in that they loved it!

The Waterfall is located in a park that offers parking, food and drink, toilets, benches and a playground. Admission is 5 euros for adults and 3.50 euros for children. There are plenty of walking routes around the park, some lead to the waterfall and others away.

The waterfall itself stands at nearly 400ft.. From a distance it appears as a white streak, as you get closer the water and its spray becomes more apparent. At is base is a rocky pool which can be stepped around. The stream of water leading away from the waterfall trickles its way around the rocks and along this stream is another well beaten track.

If you have never visited this location, I would strongly recommend it. The surrounding areas have lots to offer, even if only driving through. We stopped off at the Wicklow Gap, other places of notes along the route are Glendalough, Sugar Loaf mountain and Djouce mountain.

I decided to change the domain I host my blog under, but you already know that now, dont you. Ive moved from garydaly.com to wheresmejumpa.com. I will keep the former for a simple page or two with a few bits n bobs about me and the latter for my waffling.

I have purchased a number of domains which all point here, they are:

• www.wheresmejumpa.info
• www.wheresmejumpa.net
• www.internetwanderer.info
• www.internetwanderer.net

I also purchased garydaly.info, 99 cents for a .info with GoDaddy at the moment so expect further .info purchases!

Since the day Bertie Ahern announced he was vacating his position as Taoiseach, opposition supporters in the Carlow area have taken to mindless vandalism. I have seen some of this around Carlow Town, but it is most evident on the Carlow - Kilkenny road.

Graffiti/vandalism of this type would normally be associated with rebelling teens. However the topic and wording would point to an older, more politically aware culprit. So do we have middle aged vandals rampaging across Carlow?!