British actress Susannah York died on January 15, aged 72.
She was, along with Julie Christie and Sarah Miles, one of the most memorable faces of the 1960s and pin-up for “boys” of a certain age.
Although she appeared in many many films throughout her career my strongest personal memories are of her performances in Tom Jones, Kaleidescope, The Killing of Sister George, Gold, They Shoot Horses Don’t They and Oh What A Lovely War.
Susannah, Thanks For The Memories.
Tried to start my car today.
No joy. Grrrr.
It transpires that the battery is flat. Now that’s a stupid phrase because the solid black lump that is at least 15″ x 12″ x 9″ (in real money) is anything but flat. To mention that your battery is flat is to invite some wag to ask “What shape should it be then ?”.
actually the more important question is “Where did my electricity go ?”
I recently filled up my battery, charged it for several hours. I haven’t driven my car for maybe 2 weeks and yet somehow all my electricity, so carefully stored, has gone. My car was locked and the alarm set so I know no one could get in. So how has this theft come about ?
In the meantime I am having to refill that black lump with more of my expensive electricity. I have checked to see if there are any holes letting my electricity seep out but there are none that I can see.
This is a total mystery to me.
Anyone who has read my previous posts regarding Facebook, or farcebook as I prefer to call it, know what my thoughts are regarding what I believe has become a pariah of our techno-world. So I direct your attention to the silicon.com Weekly Round Up newsletter – 15th January 2011
For those of you who cannot be arsed to follow the link you can, without their posh fonts and hyperlinks, read it below………
Do you sometimes feel intimidated by other people’s Facebook friends lists?
Does an impressively large number of friends make your tiny circle of mates seem insignificant?
Relax. Just because you only have ten friends on Facebook, doesn’t mean your life is a failure – although connecting with silicon.com would undoubtedly be a step in the right direction.
And as for those show-offs who apparently have hundreds of best-friends-forever?
Don’t worry: chances are they don’t know many of their ‘friends’ and are simply adding strangers to make themselves appear more popular than they actually are – the social media equivalent of stuffing a pair of rolled-up socks down your trousers.
Research has revealed that many Facebook users don’t know as many as one in five of their Facebook friends.
There is that old saying that ‘a stranger is just a friend you haven’t met yet’ – but too much of that kind of thinking and you’ll be one of those characters who smiles at people on public transport while patting the seat next to you.
The study, by phone-comparison website goodmobilephones.co.uk, asked 1,500 Facebook fans how many of their friends they had actually talked to via the site, and the majority admitted they had never spoken to at least half of them.
In addition, the majority admitted they no longer knew at least 20 per cent of their Facebook friends. A surprisingly honest four per cent admitted they didn’t know at least half of them.
The majority also admitted they only talked to about 20 per cent of their Facebook friends, which means Facebook is a great way of connecting with old friends you haven’t spoken to for ages – and then ignoring them.
When asked why they had kept ‘friends’ online who they did not know, over half admitted they did ‘so as not to appear rude’. Almost one in four wanted to artificially boost the number of friends they had, so it’s perhaps not surprising that two thirds of the Facebookers surveyed admitted they had accepted a complete stranger as a friend in the past.
This is the reason the Round-Up is proud to cultivate a small Facebook friends list that only includes close acquaintances.
At least that’s the excuse the Round-Up’s got, and it’s sticking with it…
Brainchild of Louise MacCallum, environment officer for Langstone Harbour the Langstone Ark will be an online pictorial catalogue of every species seen in Langstone Harbour, from Eastney, to Farlington Marshes to Hayling Island.
All users of the harbour area are being encouraged to join in, get snapping and become part of what will become an amazing record of our local area.
Those wanting to participate can find out how HERE
Lets get started.
Yet another drismal day here in southern Hampshire but at least someone is having fun.
Do ya know ….. I swear I saw them move !!! The frogs that is. Then I realised it was the reflection of my sports socks under the table.
There are hedgehogs playing chequers down by the fence. They play 24/7 and never seem to move. Those spines must be a bugger to sit on.
I really must keep taking the tablets. Not that they do any good, they’re for my blood pressure. They don’t stop the hallucinations. Then again, maybe they do. A reflection isn’t a hallucination …. is it ?
Argggh…I’m going stir crazy. Time to get out and about.
275 homes are being planned for Green Lane, Clanfield.
Are you aware ?
Are you ready for the extra traffic ?
Have you had your say ?
Are you a member of the Clanfield Petition Group ?
If you live in Locks Heath hopefully you will know about this.
The Locks Heath doctors surgery in Locks Road, which has been in operation for around 100 years, is set to close. Current Locks Road patients will be transferred to the newer joint practice surgery in Whitely, a seven mile round trip.
Hundreds of people have signed a petition opposing the planned closure of the Locks Road Surgery and a worried resident has placed forms protesting about the closure in local shops. So far just under a thousand people have signed on behalf of themselves and their family.
Anyone who knows the area will know that the distance is not the only issue with the surgery move. To get from Locks Heath to Whitely one has to negotiate one of the busiest roundabout/junction complexes in the region. This route is the main interchange between the M27, A27, local business parks and residential areas. It is a complete log-jam at peak times and very busy the rest of the time.
Anyone who is sick and having to visit the Whitely surgery will find this quite stressful. It is also not a route to walk, for those who do not have a car.
There has been some suggestion that a shuttle bus could be run to get folks to the new Whitely surgery. Of course that makes perfect sense….NOT.
Will the shuttle be available all day or at least for all of the normal surgery hours ?
And how much will that cost ?
Couldn’t such money be made available to upgrade the current surgery to make it “fit for purpose” ?
When does a surgery that has been in operation for nearly a century suddenly become unfit for purpose ?
Just another example of what is good for the bean counters taking precedence over what is good for the community.
If you are a user of the Locks Road surgery I suggest you look out the petition and get your name on it.
Not a view so much as the sounds. On such a drismal day the birds are singing their hearts out. It’s such a gorgeous sound and it makes one think that spring has arrived.
Of course opening the eyes dispels that thought in an instant. But hey, that’s what the imagination is for.
The birdsong provides a natural counterpoint to Kecharitomene by Loreena McKennitt which is wafting through the airwaves. I am as usual, working from home with Radio Paradise as my soundtrack. And now the grand masters of RP, Bill & Rebecca , have followed McKennitt with Led Zeppelins Kashmir.
Sublime !!!
Just chillin to World Partys “She’s The One” What a good track that is.
Way to go Radio Paradise for wakening my soul.
For the last couple of days we have been receiving nuisance calls to our landline. Always around the same time of day and when you answer the line is dead, sounding like the pause you get before an automated message starts. But it never does.
So the initial nuisance is that having hauled yourself out of your chair, away from your work or even worse, away from your meal, it is all for nothing.
The additional irritation is that when you try to initiate a call back (1471 in the UK) to find out who called you receive the message
” You were called…..blah … blah…. blah. We do not have the callers number”
Why Not ? Isn’t it your telephone network ?Why is this allowed ?
Why is the caller allowed to disturb your peace, allowed to invade your privacy but you are not allowed to respond. The caller obviously wanted to speak to someone at your number so why are they being so secretive.
I think the rules should be changed. If you call someone then they have the right to know who you are.
WrAnTz 