My mate tried to send a short message to the works mainframe thru an acoustic coupler via the pay phone in the Red Lion in Turners Hill.
Inevitably it didn't work so he had to stop drinking and drive to work.
I remember being very impressed with the technology even if it didn't work.
This Happy Breed (1944 B&W film - my favourite film. Based on an original play written by the genius that was Noel Coward, filmed almost entirely in a domestic living room).
Most powerful scene - when a young John Mills (the boy next door) comes home from the navy to tell his neighbours (Robert...
In related news; I found a foxes bed in my hedge that was made up of a pile of those big plastic bags that charities leave on the doorstep asking you to fill with donations. The cheeky fox had collected them all from our street and made a nice cozy bed in my hedge.
I do try to encourage...
I did one of these for mate (we had a boss with great sense of humour;
Under "Strengths" I wrote " lives a long, long way away"
Under "Weaknesses" I wrote "has an identical twin brother"
Several years ago at The Dome Julian Clarey was being heckled, he simply said "you should keep practicing that, cos with a bit more practice you could be a wanker ".
Years later my daughter used the same line (with my coaching) to embarrass and shut down a school playground bully.
Always use a pot, preferably with an infuser.
Preferably use loose leaf tea.
Darjeeling whenever possible.
Brew to taste.
Transfer tea to cup (never a mug).
No milk needed, avoid sugar at all costs.
Ayethenkew!
My dads first "family car" was a pink Austin A40 van, so he went to the local breakers yard, purchased a single car seat and a 2-seater car bench seat. He then "secured" them in the back of the van with an odd length of washing line. Being the oldest I got the single seat, which swung around on...
As a young boy of 15; having a Saturday Job (for which we may need an entirely separate stream) delivering vegetables door-to-door with "the fruit and veg man", the Bedford van had sliding doors and I would delight in sitting on the floor of the cab, legs dangling out of the open door, as the...