Having done some investigation I found this retail chain www.chipsworld.co.uk which has got quite a few stores throughout the UK, however none in Leicestershire which suggests Harborough would be a good  location. The group tout themselves as ‘The UK’s Largest Independent Video Game Retailer’ which could give Blockbuster a run for their money. Competition is good.

It appears my suspicions are true. The old Trentuno is now a gaming shop called Chips

A friend and client of ours had a moment of madness whilst the snow had deeply covered the ground in Market Harborough this February and towed his son 500 yards behind his pick up truck. This may sound to most as utterly stupid and irresponsible and if you’d believe the media frenzy he should be hung, drawn and quartered. However what perturbs me is the sensationalism that inevitably follows s very small moment of stupidity.

The dad in question is not a moronic, unthinking, idiot, rather he’s a good bloke who thought he’d do as people in snow covered countries do for their kids every day and give his son a tow behind his car. Now, here is where the media go to town. Admittedly the act was done at rush hour traffic time but there were no cars on the road except those that were parked, thses were the cars that he ‘overtook’. If you’d believe the press he was weaving in and out of traffic, dragging his lad within inches of speeding wheels. The bloke went 500 yards at 8mph.

He thought the act so insignificant that he drove past the local Police station. Again the press would believe a high speed chase took place to catch him. The reality is a policeman ran out of the station and caught him on foot, that was the speed at which he was dragging his son who was wearing more protective clothing than any of the skateboarder kids who skate yards from oncoming traffic.

So, was it a stupid act? Yes most definitely but what really gets my goat is how it’s blown up out of all proportion.

UPDATE: I’m glad to see no custodial sentence was given Market Harborough man spared jail

But what does this mean for the town of Market Harborough? Well I’m guessing that this was one of the final nails in the coffin of the Threshers franchise, that and Bargain Booze and apart from that no adverse effect will be felt by other stores, maybe the supermarkets, but hey they make enough profit. Hopefully, having a store at that end of St Mary’s Road will help invigorate that area of town.

The only other worry that may arise is that if the under 18 policing policy of Majestic is lapse then there may be a few drunken minors on Symington wreck.

Sentences like “Can you just build me a website?” takes away the skill and complexity of what is required to do the job, it diminishes the job and as DavidSaff so rightly says “is a very dangerous word“. Remove the word ‘just’ and the sentence takes on a whole different feel “Can you build me a website?”. It allows the magnitude of the job to shine through.

So please, please be very wary when you use this word and how it can affect the sentence you’re constructing, take away ‘just’ and get a better feel for what you’re actually saying, the world will be a better place for it.