Haven't quite managed to get IP routing through the Linux machine (edina) though. I'm sure it must be perfectly easy, really. I can dial out through edina and do stuff from an ssh window, but I can't do anything internet-based from my Windows machine. (patsy) M_at had a bit of a talk through stuff with me but I'm still none the wiser. I think it's going to be a combination of dialy things and SuSEfirewall, but I have yet to figure out all of it. OH - I feel stupid.

However. I can resolve things from the Windows box, so I've clearly got something wrong in firewall.rc.config but by 1am I decided I couldn't care any more!

Tonight's Voyager was a bit weak.

Sainsbury's for food. Because I was doing a little shop, I had just a basket so took it to the magazine checkout because nobody queues there and when the main checkouts are busy, you can snuck through without anyone noticing. I was standing in the queue and there was a girl queueing behind me, waiting to buy considerably less than I was.

"Would you like to go infront of me given I've got this big basket of stuff and you've only got those?"
"That's what the checkouts are for - people like you who are doing their shopping so I don't have to queue to buy my cigarettes."
Pause. Situation consideration: ungrateful bitch. "That'll be why I came here then; to stop me queueing like you are. Behind me."

Of course, the right answer to my initial question was "Yes. That'd be kind, thank you." But she got all hoity-toity about it so I deliberately moithered to hold her up. Lots of "Oh, where's my wallet?" and stuff. Eventually, this warranted a hushed "Oh for fuck's sake!" which got me riled straight away.

"Yes. Is there a problem? I'm sorry. No? You seem to have gone quiet. If you do have a problem, you could tell everyone in the queue, or just wait politely like everyone else. It's just that I'm doing my shopping so if you wouldn't mind, just shut the fuck up."

That provoked a stunned looked plus smiles from the people behind her. Then I turned to the nice woman on the till who was waiting for my card.

"That'll be £19 please love."
"Here you are. Could you please swipe it extra slowly for the benefit of the impatient cow behind me?"

Miserable cow then launched into some tirade about something or other, but I was too busy getting my signature wrong ("Sorry, could you print another receipt and I'll try that again?") and being slow to care.

Some people are so bizarre.