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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2019 7:30:35 GMT
Weirdness last night which I hope I did the right thing about ... I was in one of the restaurants near the Festival Hall last night, a woman in her 70s with a walking frame was shown to the table next to me. Noticed she was wearing what appeared to be a hospital gown. After looking at the menu she didn't like the look of it so left, at which point I noticed she only had socks on, no shoes. Mentioned this to the waiting staff who didn't really seem to understand my concerns (to be fair, they were very busy), and by this point she'd wandered off towards Hungerford Bridge. I did see someone stop her to ask if she was OK
Anyway ended up calling 999 - their reaction seemed to be that I'd done the right thing and they were going to send an ambulance crew out to see if they could spot her. I presume she had wandered off from a nearby hospital.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2019 17:09:25 GMT
OF COURSE YOU DID THE RIGHT THING!!!!!!! AND A MASSIVE ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO YOU FOR CARING. Also, a huge "F.U." to the waiting staff and particularly the manager, who should have been all over it. Tell me which restaurant, and I'm boycotting it.
That could have been one of the staff's mothers or sisters, right. Thanks! Decided I will mail the restaurant some feedback. Will see what the response is before naming! |
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Post by lynette on Aug 12, 2019 23:00:35 GMT
OF COURSE YOU DID THE RIGHT THING!!!!!!! AND A MASSIVE ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO YOU FOR CARING. Also, a huge "F.U." to the waiting staff and particularly the manager, who should have been all over it. Tell me which restaurant, and I'm boycotting it.
That could have been one of the staff's mothers or sisters, right. Thanks! Decided I will mail the restaurant some feedback. Will see what the response is before naming! Yes, certainly you did the right thing. Thank goodness there are people like you. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2019 9:17:13 GMT
Thanks! Decided I will mail the restaurant some feedback. Will see what the response is before naming! Heard back from them ... area manager is going to contact branch managers to do "refresher training" on dealing with this kind of situation. Made the point they do have branches near hospitals where people may come in wearing "hospital attire" so they can't make assumptions, which is fair enough, and he accepts they got it wrong in this case. |
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Post by dippy on Aug 13, 2019 21:58:40 GMT
Yesterday I learnt a bit more about the helpfulness of some people in London, or should I say the lack of. I was driving along the road that goes past Holland Park, so not the biggest of roads but relatively busy. I saw a man standing besides his car with the bonnet open and jump leads in his hand. I stopped and asked if he needed jump starting, it took about 5-10 minutes of my day to get his car going again, but he had spent an hour waiting in the hope that someone would stop, crazy.
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Post by david on Aug 15, 2019 18:34:43 GMT
Having an online read of the London Evening Standard, someone posted this. Why can’t all train announcements be as good as this?
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Post by Tibidabo on Aug 16, 2019 13:46:09 GMT
Do I get the prize for being the first to cave and put the heating on? ⛄️
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Post by justfran on Aug 16, 2019 14:01:56 GMT
Do I get the prize for being the first to cave and put the heating on? ⛄️ I had my heating on for a bit on Wednesday! Brrr, where has the summer gone?! |
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Post by Dawnstar on Aug 16, 2019 15:05:17 GMT
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Post by david on Aug 16, 2019 15:13:13 GMT
I'm not to sure @theatremonkey would be too happy with this -" annual hunting season would help control numbers and provide a cheap source of protein." Though on a positive note, and I'm sure @theatremonkey would agree - "Monkeys are the most sentient and intelligent of the animal kingdom." |
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Post by NeilVHughes on Aug 19, 2019 14:32:29 GMT
Mindlessly entered an ECB competition for tickets to the 3rd Test at Headingley and thought nothing more of it as cannot remember the last time I won a competition.
Now hastily making travel plans for an unexpected day out.
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Post by tysilio2 on Aug 24, 2019 19:00:25 GMT
Novel ways to pass time waiting for the tube #387: Watching a trio of pigeons have a threesome on a girder over the track at Wembley Park Station. Seedy....... |
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Post by lynette on Aug 24, 2019 19:29:31 GMT
Mindlessly entered an ECB competition for tickets to the 3rd Test at Headingley and thought nothing more of it as cannot remember the last time I won a competition. Now hastily making travel plans for an unexpected day out. How was it? Fun? |
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Post by NeilVHughes on Aug 24, 2019 20:21:17 GMT
lynette , a mixed day a full days play in half the number of overs, left positively, knowing we had the Aussies on the ropes. What a difference 24hrs makes, yesterday all hope lost, today a glimmer of hope. No sport like Test Match Cricket, impossible to explain its magic but once hooked the travails especially with England is a microcosm of life. Like Shakespeare on the surface intimidating and incomprehensible but with unlimited depths and magic once hooked.
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Post by lynette on Aug 24, 2019 22:56:24 GMT
lynette , a mixed day a full days play in half the number of overs, left positively, knowing we had the Aussies on the ropes. What a difference 24hrs makes, yesterday all hope lost, today a glimmer of hope. No sport like Test Match Cricket, impossible to explain its magic but once hooked the travails especially with England is a microcosm of life. Like Shakespeare on the surface intimidating and incomprehensible but with unlimited depths and magic once hooked. Yep, excellent description of cricket! Glad you had a good day. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2019 9:49:12 GMT
A family came upstairs on the coach I’m on, small girl announced loudly “I love double dick!!!”
Cue her mother explaining to her that the word is “decker” and a coachfull of people doing their best not to laugh
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Post by NeilVHughes on Aug 25, 2019 16:48:04 GMT
Riveted by the Cricket, the impossible made possible., my nerves are shredded, only just recovered from the World Cup.
Tes Match Cricket at it’s very best.
Now to Hornchurch for the NT community As You Like It, if only half as good as last year’s Pericles it will top off an incredible day.
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Post by NeilVHughes on Aug 26, 2019 16:48:37 GMT
Doing a Dawnstar, hiding from the midday sun, OK mid afternoon sun, came across a gem in the Archive section of iPlayer.
Theatre 625: Talking to a Stranger - Anytime You’re Ready, I’ll Sparkle
A young Judi Dench is magnificent, have seen clips in retrospective documentaries but the whole is something special. Will now settle down to watch the other 3 perspectives in this exceptional drama of a dysfunctional family.
The topics covered are edgy even now so cannot imagine the impact in the mid 60’s.
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Post by lynette on Aug 26, 2019 21:27:15 GMT
Had a reading day, finished The American Agent by Jaqueline Winspear. She writes for the American market - she is recommended by Bill Clinton - but don’t let that put you off. For detective historical fans, like me.
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Post by peggs on Aug 27, 2019 14:05:43 GMT
One of those when you go out with a list of things to do and manage none of them but get very hot and waste petrol trying. Should have stayed in bed.
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Post by TallPaul on Aug 27, 2019 14:23:17 GMT
A last minute change of plan meant I was outdoors, rather than in, when the air ambulance landed in the park over the road from the children's hospital. Imagine pulling up at a pelican crossing, and it's not a pedestrian waiting to cross, but half a dozen medics with a stretcher! Although on one hand it's a sight no parent ever wants to see, on the other, it must be incredibly reassuring when the yellow bird appears on the horizon. Thankfully, on this occasion it seemed to be more a case of access and speed, rather than seriousness.  While he was waiting, the pilot was more than happy to show us his equipment. Although obviously very powerful, each engine, of which there are two, is actually surprisingly small, and would easily fit under the bonnet of a small family car. If the landing was pretty impressive, the take off was spectacular. The helicopter not only went upwards, but also backwards, before pausing momentarily, dipping its nose, as if to wave goodbye, then disappearing into the sun. In the words of the girls standing next to me with her family, " That was one of the coolest things ever." I have to agree! |
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Post by tmesis on Aug 27, 2019 15:46:28 GMT
Did a really nice 3 mile walk this morning starting at 7.30 am and finishing a little after 9 before the heat kicked in. This started in the Thames-side village of Sonning. Famous residents including one T. May and one G. Clooney. It's an impossibly handsome village with flower bedecked lock, quaint church and quintessential English pub, The Bull, favourably mentioned in 'Three Men in a boat.' What I like is its attractiveness has nothing Cotswolds-chocolate-boxy about it - just beautiful properties, laid out in a particularly harmonious way. It also has one of the most attractive 18th Century bridges spanning the Thames.
Even though it's only 20 minutes drive from my house I haven't been there often since I first visited the place in the late 1960s. At that time my uncle managed one of its hotels called The White Hart - the name has now changed to The Great House. Anyway, aged 14 I stayed there for a week with my grandmother. At that time it was quite the poshest village I had ever been to, coming from a working class mining village in Derbyshire.
I was also impressed when my uncle told us that the great Fanny Craddock (with or without herJohnny, I know not) had recently been staying there. Apparently she was a complete pain in the arse, asking to be moved rooms twice, and then, when they returned an expensive ring she had left behind, receiving it with nary a thank you.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2019 17:44:17 GMT
A last minute change of plan meant I was outdoors, rather than in, when the air ambulance landed in the park over the road from the children's hospital. Imagine pulling up at a pelican crossing, and it's not a pedestrian waiting to cross, but half a dozen medics with a stretcher! Although on one hand it's a sight no parent ever wants to see, on the other, it must be incredibly reassuring when the yellow bird appears on the horizon. Thankfully, on this occasion it seemed to be more a case of access and speed, rather than seriousness. While he was waiting, the pilot was more than happy to show us his equipment. Although obviously very powerful, each engine, of which there are two, is actually surprisingly small, and would easily fit under the bonnet of a small family car. If the landing was pretty impressive, the take off was spectacular. The helicopter not only went upwards, but also backwards, before pausing momentarily, dipping its nose, as if to wave goodbye, then disappearing into the sun. In the words of the girls standing next to me with her family, " That was one of the coolest things ever." I have to agree! Did he show you the Helicopter too? |
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Post by FrontroverPaul on Aug 27, 2019 23:27:41 GMT
Having had a 50 year aversion to Shakespeare since it was force fed at my 1960s Grammar school, I took the plunge and booked to see As You Like It The Musical at the Queen's Theatre Hornchurch this evening.
With over a hundred performers mainly from the local community plus a handful of very talented professionals it was one of the most uplifting joyous evenings I've ever spent at a theatre. Not proper Shakespeare of course but a winning mix of original and freshly written dialogue and all new songs.
Absolutely wonderful. Final night of a short run unfortunately, otherwise I'd be back to see it again asap.
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Post by NeilVHughes on Aug 28, 2019 10:02:32 GMT
Suspension of parliament a step too far, gone beyond Brexit.
Made the decision to catch the next train to Westminster, unable to passively sit at home whilst the sovereignty of Parliament is being eroded, I need to do something even just being there to show my abhorrence to this decision.
I accept the majority decision to leave the EU, cannot support that HOW we achieve this is not agreed by Parliament our elected representatives, the core democratic foundation this Country is built on.
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