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  • Padraig
    Full Member
    • Feb 2013
    • 4236

    Here's a story - not a poem - called 'Digging'. With the magic of photography plus drone technology, however, Seamus Heaney has a challenger for the title!

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    • LMcD
      Full Member
      • Sep 2017
      • 8467

      I guess this counts as a good news story of a sort - I couldn't find the 'out for delivery' thread.
      Anyway, at about 10.00 a.m. this morning I handed in at our local post office a package containing an item that I was returning to Amazon. About an hour later I received an email from Amazon advising me that the refund would be in my account in 5-7 working days. Can't complain about that!

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      • oddoneout
        Full Member
        • Nov 2015
        • 9192

        My local newspaper is publishing numbers of patients who are being discharged recovered from hospital, a useful move I think among all the grim death figures, but I don't think any have been as dramatic as this


        Meanwhile, as of this morning, Capt Tom Moore has raised £6 million for NHS Charities Together.

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        • LeMartinPecheur
          Full Member
          • Apr 2007
          • 4717

          Went into Launceston today and a power cut had caused the failure of traffic lights at one of its busiest junctions. Today, absolutely no problemo: old Highway Code principles were working perfectly!
          I keep hitting the Escape key, but I'm still here!

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          • Bella Kemp
            Full Member
            • Aug 2014
            • 463

            We live on a normally busy main road and the silence and clearer air is wonderful.

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            • Dave2002
              Full Member
              • Dec 2010
              • 18015

              Originally posted by LeMartinPecheur View Post
              Went into Launceston today and a power cut had caused the failure of traffic lights at one of its busiest junctions. Today, absolutely no problemo: old Highway Code principles were working perfectly!
              I trust you remembered your hand signals!

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              • Serial_Apologist
                Full Member
                • Dec 2010
                • 37683

                Originally posted by Bella Kemp View Post
                We live on a normally busy main road and the silence and clearer air is wonderful.
                One week ago I cycled over to Kensington and Chelsea. I crossed the Cromwell Road and, standing on the pedestrian island where it intersects Gloucester Rd, looked in both directions up and down Cromwell Road for a distance of about a mile in each direction. There was not one vehicle in sight.

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                • Bryn
                  Banned
                  • Mar 2007
                  • 24688

                  Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
                  One week ago I cycled over to Kensington and Chelsea. I crossed the Cromwell Road and, standing on the pedestrian island where it intersects Gloucester Rd, looked in both directions up and down Cromwell Road for a distance of about a mile in each direction. There was not one vehicle in sight.
                  Is the Congestion Charge still in operation for motorists?

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                  • BBMmk2
                    Late Member
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 20908

                    Great seeing Captain Tom Moore achieving the amazing sum of £12m!
                    Don’t cry for me
                    I go where music was born

                    J S Bach 1685-1750

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                    • Quarky
                      Full Member
                      • Dec 2010
                      • 2658

                      Cycled into St. Albans Bank Holiday Monday along the St. Albans Way, a disused railway track, now converted into a cycle route. Lots of cyclists and pedestrians.

                      Everything was fine until I reached a steep flight of steps off the Way into the highway, which was my intended route. I had a heavy e-bike which is a boon if one is not up to cycling "scratch", but it really is a pain to lift any distance. I had to wait a little while for the steps to clear of cyclists and pedestrians , but then there was a young runner who was stretching on the grass bank near the steps, within the 2 meter mark. This all made me cross, and I reached the conclusion that the young and fit are not taking matters as seriously as us old-timers.

                      I continue my route along the highway, which was in fact a lot safer, albeit the traffic density being considerably higher than Cromwell Road.

                      In two minds about e-bikes; I may go back to my old sports bike, suitably adapted for shopping etc.

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                      • MrGongGong
                        Full Member
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 18357

                        Originally posted by BBMmk2 View Post
                        Great seeing Captain Tom Moore achieving the amazing sum of £12m!
                        Whilst his efforts are to be congratulated and celebrated I find it outrageous that in a wealthy country like ours we have to rely on this.
                        What made me incandescent with rage was hearing Mr Hancock on the radio saying what a great thing this was... not forgetting that HE was one of those who cheered when he and his rich mates voted against giving key workers decent pay.


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                        • LMcD
                          Full Member
                          • Sep 2017
                          • 8467

                          Originally posted by BBMmk2 View Post
                          Great seeing Captain Tom Moore achieving the amazing sum of £12m!
                          Absolutely - but I'm not sure what he thought when the BBC News reporter described him as 'the star of the show' - it's not a 'show' and I'm not at all sure that Captain Tom regards himself as a 'star'.

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                          • MrGongGong
                            Full Member
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 18357

                            Originally posted by LMcD View Post
                            Absolutely - but I'm not sure what he thought when the BBC News reporter described him as 'the star of the show' - it's not a 'show' and I'm not at all sure that Captain Tom regards himself as a 'star'.

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                            • oddoneout
                              Full Member
                              • Nov 2015
                              • 9192

                              Originally posted by MrGongGong View Post
                              Whilst his efforts are to be congratulated and celebrated I find it outrageous that in a wealthy country like ours we have to rely on this.
                              What made me incandescent with rage was hearing Mr Hancock on the radio saying what a great thing this was... not forgetting that HE was one of those who cheered when he and his rich mates voted against giving key workers decent pay.


                              https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-a7813661.html
                              It is outrageous that such action is necessary but it's not really anything new - it's the scale of it (reflecting the public's feelings about the crisis) that is noteworthy. A couple of things bother me though - the money and its administration, and the message sent to a government which over the years has been leaning increasingly on the charity sector to plug the gap for activities and responsibilities it doesn't want to put money into.
                              There are no national plans in the sense I understand them for anything to do with the Covid 19 crisis so the thought of a large sum of money going into a central melting pot with a vague generic NHS Charities title makes me fear for its future. How much will disappear in 'admin', how will decisions be made about deserving causes, how long will desperate people and activities have to wait before they see any money? Past and current performance doesn't inspire confidence in me that this gentleman's efforts will be treated with the respect they deserve or achieve what the public would expect.

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                              • Dave2002
                                Full Member
                                • Dec 2010
                                • 18015

                                Originally posted by LMcD View Post
                                Absolutely - but I'm not sure what he thought when the BBC News reporter described him as 'the star of the show' - it's not a 'show' and I'm not at all sure that Captain Tom regards himself as a 'star'.
                                Now seems to be over £13 million. The Just Giving Site seems to be be slow right now - I will contribute. However, doing a search for "Tom Moore NHS" throws up some other interesting sites and facts, which I won't elaborate on at length right now.

                                Definitely a worthy cause, though I agree with MrGG's "incandescent" comments above.

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