Mundane News

[mybike]

Anyhow, my mother in neighbouring Greenwich just phoned me from Texas. She says the phone rang and she answered it, whereas for me, it rang here and I answered it. And there, in a very distant voice, was my mother. How can she, or a phone, do that?

There is a service called ring back when free. If you ring someone & they're engaged, you can activate the service & it will ring you & the person you are calling.

 

[mybike]

It would certainly need a rethink on how we handle winter, I'm old enough to remember the bad winters of the 1950's and 1960's, we coped and I'm sure we could do it again if we needed to.

1963 was a good winter, no school football for a whole term.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

It’s raining here now and I got back in from bike ride less than an hour ago. Timing is everything.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Anyhow, my mother in neighbouring Greenwich just phoned me from Texas. She says the phone rang and she answered it, whereas for me, it rang here and I answered it. And there, in a very distant voice, was my mother. How can she, or a phone, do that?

Check your phone bills!

 

[Deleted member 1258]

1963 was a good winter, no school football for a whole term.

I was brought up in Kent and remember 1963, I'd be about 11, it started snowing on Boxing Day, there was snow on the ground and it snowed regularly up to March, but there were other snowy winters before and after that, 1969 and I was in the navy, I went home on weekend leave and had trouble getting back, it was only my Dad being willing to drive me to Ashford that enabled me to get back, no trains running past Ashford.

 

[Mike_P]

Very reluctantly switched the heating to come on if it needs to this evening; definitely feels like it will at some point.

 

[PeteXXX]

Very reluctantly switched the heating to come on if it needs to this evening; definitely feels like it will at some point.

Still no need for the heating here in Hamtun. The weekend looks like the temperature might drop low enough for the thermostat to kick in! 😔

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

There is a service called ring back when free. If you ring someone & they're engaged, you can activate the service & it will ring you & the person you are calling.

Fine, but this involved ringing both lines which were unengaged at the same time (and both parties wondering why the other phoned. ''You rang me!'' ''No, you rang me!'')

 

[biggs682]

Another working day completed for me.

Special request please could we all keep the roads between Numpton and Taunton clear and then the return journey later in the day

 

[raleighnut]

1963 was a good winter, no school football for a whole term.

Football at our school resembled that scene from the film 'Kes' same era too
Me I preferred rugger but I was good at that.......................Scrum half for the school team

 

[oldwheels]

Very mixed day of rain and sunny intervals but all spent lurking indoors. I really must get outside tomorrow and walk a bit. Problem partly is that I have no car to take me somewhere safer than the nearby roadway.
Spent some time trying to get sense out of Calmac website for travel home next week. They do not recognise any concessions even tho’ they are supposed to.
When I get home I must start agitating the Ferry Committee to sort this out.

 

[tyred]

Work finished for today. Will be having soup and wheaten bread very soon. Nice evening out but temperature starting to drop.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

How did the spammers know I am Ming? Mind I don’t use my God nickname very often.

 

[fossyant]

The cats still love me - they have gobbled 3 packs of the bog standard felix tonight. Phew.

 

[Mike_P]

The cats still love me - they have gobbled 3 packs of the bog standard felix tonight. Phew.

Obviously the cats have heard everyone has to financially tighten their belt - presume its cheaper?