» Help Find Glen Fry
28/05/09 20:43 from Jonathan Fry
Glen Fry left home on the 14th May 2009 and has not been heard from since, which is very out of character. He is a diabetic and did not take his necessary medication with him. His friends and family are very concerned for his welfare. Glen\'s car was found in Kendal and it is possible he has made his way to the West Coast of Scotland. If you have any information on Glen\'s whereabouts, please contact your local Police, or Humberside Police on 0845 6060 222. Glen Fry Height: 5\' 8\" Eyes: Blue Age: 45 Missing since: 14 May 2009 Missing From: Patrington (Hull), East Yorkshire.
» Data Privacy and Security
05/02/09 16:53 from Jonathan Fry
We\'ve all heard the stories over the last year about companies and government departments losing sensitive personal data because they didn\'t secure either it or the device it was stored on. The loss of data has many negative affects with a loss of confidence in the organisation responsible possibly the least damaging. I capture and store data on a daily basis so I can effectively do my job. I comply with the requirements of the Data Protection Act but the purposes for which I use the data I collect exempts me from notifications . I take my responsibilities seriously and outlined below is a brief summary of how I secure the data in my control. Desktop Computers & Servers Each device is password protected using complex alpha-numeric passwords..
» Where\'s My Free Ticket?
25/08/08 13:22 from Jonathan Fry
London will host the Olympic Games in 2012. As a tax payer I am expected to foot the bill for this two week commercial sporting event . Londoners will have to pay even more through additional charges levied on them through their council tax. The cost to the public through taxation is presently estimated at £9.5 billion . Reliable reports from people close to the bidding and financing process have openly admitted that the real figure will be much higher than this, possibly as high as £20 billion . Once again the British public have been misled by the treacherous Labour scum who run this country. At least lives aren\'t at risk like they are as a result of the lies they told to justify the Iraq war. Maybe if Tony Blair had been indicted as a wa..
» Dangling Carrots
01/08/08 00:54 from Jonathan Fry
Dangling a carrot in front of me then pulling it away when I\'m about to take a bite is never going to impress me. When you\'re stuck at 3am and nobody else wants to know you can bet your back teeth I\'ll remember your carrot dangling trick well before I remember why you was waving it in front of me. I\'ve been in the motor trade a long time and I\'m used to people dangling carrots. These days though I\'m more than wise to the various ways of tying one to a piece of string and dangling it in front of my face. Offering me work only to take it elsewhere isn\'t funny. Doing it more than once is even less funny. Getting reminded of it when you\'re stranded and I\'m your last hope isn\'t funny although I\'m going to quite enjoy putting the phone down on yo..
» Customer Aftercare Service
29/07/08 18:31 from Jonathan Fry
I provide my customers with a complete 24 hour, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year emergency aftercare service. I do this because it\'s the right thing to do. If a vehicle that I exclusively maintain* has a problem then I\'ll either make myself available to look at it here or I\'ll turn out to it if you can\'t get it here whatever time of the day or night it is. This aftercare service extends to providing advice and guidance when you need it or arranging a recovery after you\'ve had a car accident. What I don\'t provide is an aftercare service for other garages, that\'s their job. If you choose to take your vehicle elsewhere for the servicing and maintenance work then don\'t expect me to lift a finger if it goes wrong and your garage is shut. I\'m not g..
» It wouldn\'t be Sunday without a bottle or two
06/07/08 20:48 from Jonathan Fry
It wouldn\'t be Sunday without a bottle or two Originally uploaded by Jonathan Fry Sun 06/07/2008 18:03 06072008087 Two for the price of one doesn\'t mean you can drink twice as many!
» Trying out my new Nokia N95 Smartphone
06/07/08 20:22 from Jonathan Fry
Trying out my new Nokia N95 Smartphone Originally uploaded by Jonathan Fry Sun 06/07/2008 18:01 06072008083 I\'ve upgraded to a new Nokia N95 Smartphone and picked up a micro SD card for it last night so I can take unlimited photos, more or less. Here\'s one of Debbie I took earlier.
» Enough is Enough
23/06/08 01:48 from Jonathan Fry
For the 18 months prior our to engagement the only topic of conversation in many quarters was.....our engagement. I know everybody meant well but it seemed like everywhere I went the only thing I was asked was..... When are you proposing? Where are you proposing? How are you proposing? Have you bought the ring yet? Does Debbie know? It wasn\'t just limited to house visits. I was getting it by email, by text message, by phone call. I was even getting it third hand from virtual strangers. By the time I\'d proposed I was sick to the back teeth of engagements and weddings. A few people managed to work it out and realised I\'d had enough of it and did the sensible thing. I know everybody means well, I know. It seems that we\'d not been off the ferry..
» Pride of York Ferry
09/05/08 01:59 from Jonathan Fry
Now the weather is improving Debbie and I have been out and about with the camera again. We decided to pop along to King George Dock in Kingston upon Hull and watch the P&O Ferries vessel Pride of York leave the dock on its journey across the North Sea to Zeebrugge in Belgium. When the Pride of York is in Hull it spends the day moored in King George Dock which isn\'t accessible to the public. It enters and leaves the dock via a lock and watching this large passenger carry vessel travel through the lock is well worth the time taken to watch it - about an hour. The Pride of York ferry used to be called the Norsea before North Sea Ferries were taken over by P&O Ferries and the ferry was subsequently renamed in line with P&O\'s corporate naming ..
» Willerby Earthquake
27/02/08 01:08 from Jonathan Fry
Between 12.55am and 1.00am this morning I was sat at my desk working when it started to shake. According to Sky News there was an earthquake covering a great deal of the country. I went downstairs and then outside to be greeted by a few other local residents who were also looking for the cause of the shaking. That\'s the first earthquake I\'ve experienced in 38 years! Update: It looks like the earthquake was centred 30 miles south of Kingston upon Hull . The following link has all the details. Magnitude 4.7 - ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
» I\'ve Heard It All Before!
05/08/07 02:48 from Jonathan Fry
\"Piss off back to your posh area and isn\'t it time you proposed so I can get rid of her?\". Not what you expect from your future father-in-law but he\'d had a couple of cans apparently and I\'m used to making allowances for Ian. It\'s not his fault I tell myself regularly, he was born like it according to Debbie\'s mum Ellen. At least you\'ve got your sense of humour Ian, you\'re going to need it for the wedding speech! But it\'s not just Ian giving me grief at the moment, it\'s every one of my mates without exception, my mate\'s wives\' including Rachael, who like Debbie is a red head but with an extra dose of fire, and even Debbie herself. So Ian, knowing full well that you\'ll read this, as will everybody else I know, I\'d like to remind you of a few..
» Smoking Ban - A Reminder
02/07/07 03:42 from Jonathan Fry
As you\'re probably aware I enjoy participating in the perfectly legal and enjoyable pass time of having a cigarette or two. By doing so I\'m contributing to the NHS, schools, public transport and Iraq through the 89% tax charged on each packet I buy. Like most smokers I\'ve never encouraged anybody to start smoking or to continue smoking and that includes inhaling the smoke which emits from the end of my cigarettes; the door\'s always open and they are always welcome to leave. As is normal with this Labour government the advertising surrounding the smoking ban is a complete fabrication of the truth and if you\'re standing next to me when I\'m smoking you won\'t drop dead or get lung cancer. In fact if you want a dangerous dose of Benzine then don..
» Flooding in Willerby, East Yorkshire
25/06/07 20:18 from Jonathan Fry
I\'ve lived in Willerby, East Riding of Yorkshire for over 30 years. Willerby lies on highish ground compared to Kingston upon Hull and therefore I thought we were immune to flooding. How wrong I was! A torrent of water, coming from higher ground, worked its way down Kingston Road and entered many of the side streets, including mine seeking out lower ground. For much of today the road and many gardens have been under water. Fortunately the house was not affected but a few neighbours have spent most of the day bailing out their gardens and patios to prevent the water entering their houses. As far as this area goes the torrent is now a slow flow and the road is now visible. Recent reports on Sky News suggest that there are motorists on strande..
» Fry Family Genealogy Wiki
26/05/07 15:30 from Jonathan Fry
Today I\'ve launched the beta version of the Fry Family Genealogy Wiki . The Wiki is the first part of a new portal system I\'m currently developing codenamed Project FryGen . Project FryGen was conceived from weaknesses I\'ve experienced whilst carrying out my own family history research. Many one-name family history resources suffer because they are often fragmented, do not benefit from modern software solutions and don\'t have the backing of expert web developers and web servers. In a lot of cases they are expanded personal projects containing an amazing amount of valuable data which is difficult to navigate and search and therefore of reduced value than otherwise would be the case if the same data was available through a better interface. T..
» MISSING: Madeleine McCann
17/05/07 15:56 from Jonathan Fry
Madeleine McCann was born 4 years ago. She has one brother Sean and a sister Amelie. She lives with her family in Rothley, Leicestershire. Her father comes from Glasgow and has 3 sisters, Patricia, Jacqueline and Phil, and a brother John. Madeleine\'s Grandmother, Eileen lives in Glasgow. Her other grandparents, Sue and Brian live in Liverpool. Both sides of the family are very close and all are working in different ways to try and help in the search for Madeleine. Phil, who resides in Ullapool and is a teacher, has asked that the heartfelt thanks of the whole family be passed to everyone who has helped in the search so far. She said \"There have been so many messages of support and prayers from people all over the world. We (the family) are..
» Scallywag Porscha Fry
09/05/07 09:00 from Jonathan Fry
Another sad announcement I\'m afraid. Our amazing white Persian cat \' Scallywag \' Porscha has died this morning (Wednesday) after a short illness. Porscha was truly amazing and not only to look at. She had a fantastic personality, loving nature and remarkable human traits. Mum says that Porscha was the best alarm clock and bed warmer anybody could wish for. Mum should know, Porscha spent more time in mum\'s bed than she did! Porscha was due to celebrate her 13th birthday next month but didn\'t quite make it. We thought she would live forever, well that was the hope anyway but it wasn\'t to be. Porscha is now resting in one of her favourite places in the garden, next to the catnip plant, close to her great uncle \' Scallywag \' Tuppence Halfpenny ..
» Kevin \"BoBo\" Watson 1959-2007
13/01/07 08:21 from Jonathan Fry
When my mobile phone rung at 5.20am on January 3rd and the display said BoBo Calling I thought the worst. Before I even pressed the answer button I was trying to work out whether his car wouldn\'t start, he\'d broken down or somebody had broken into it. I was awake but nodding off and I wasn\'t really with it. I expected to hear jolly BoBo breaking the news that his car was poorly but instead it was the sister of BoBo\'s wife Patsy, giving me the terrible news of BoBo\'s passing at 12.30am that morning. The news didn\'t sink in then and it still hasn\'t now. I don\'t know how long I\'ve known BoBo but a rough guess puts it around ten years. BoBo didn\'t have many friends, his funeral yesterday proved that. He\'d have expected a handful of people to t..
» They Really Should Know Better
11/11/06 05:20 from Jonathan Fry
I\'ve been around long enough to have seen some eye opening events in the motor trade. Some were minor and some were damn right dangerous. Some revealed a lack of competence, some pure laziness and a number revealed the mechanic just hadn\'t moved with the times, unlike automotive technology. When you pay good money to have your vehicle repaired by a professional mechanic you expect the repair work to be completed correctly and in accordance with the recommendations published by the vehicle\'s manufacturer or following industry standards which more or less amount to the same thing. Behind the closed doors of a workshop you have no way of knowing if your vehicle is been maintained and repaired correctly. Unless you\'re there and watching the rep..
» VW Polo Reliability Issue
28/10/06 21:26 from Jonathan Fry
I\'ve come across an interesting video today which was described in an article by the Manchester Evening News . The video highlights the numerous problems experienced by the owner of a Volkswagen Polo TDi which he purchased new in June 2004. During the 10 months he owned the vehicle he had to return it to the selling dealer\'s, Smith Knight Fay, eight times with new and reoccurring faults. You can watch the video for yourself below. It\'s worth noting that the video isn\'t of the highest quality and Mr Ashton, the vehicle\'s owner and publisher of the video isn\'t the world\'s best presenter but he makes a valuable contribution. If you believe everything the marketing people want you to believe then you\'ll think that Volkswagen motor cars are exce..
» My Pain and Suffering
20/10/06 02:45 from Jonathan Fry
Today, the 20th October, 2006 is our second anniversary. It was two years ago today that I met Debbie for the first time at the Hull Megabowl on St. Andrew\'s Quay. Sadly, the Megabowl is no longer here but Debbie is and by heck do I know about it. Following two years of daily pain, suffering and torture I feel the need to seek some redress so I\'m going to post a series of photos taken over the past two years to show just what I\'ve had to put up with. And the future isn\'t bright. It looks like I\'m stuck with Debbie for at least the next 40 years. I just don\'t seem to be able to shake her off and the constant talk of wedding bells everywhere I go is deafening! Yes Ellen, Sue, Rachael and Patsy I am deaf!! So Debra, now it\'s my turn to show th..