Awww........Pants !

Just remembered we're 'locked in' today......BT are closing 250 yards of the road, including right outside Techno Towers, to do some 'pole work'......
Whether that means they're going to upgrade the lines...or simply replace a couple of the poles.....(or both)...I've no idea.

(At least one of the poles has a 'D' mark on it...which means it's 'iffy'.......Probably means we'll be without telephone/internet facilities on and off all day.)

Cheers - Phil.

Quote from: Techno II on 07 June 2021, 06:46:08 AM
Probably means we'll be without telephone/internet facilities on and off all day.

Thought that was normal where you are Phil, afterall you still use oil lamps. 

Quote from: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 07 June 2021, 07:49:21 AM
Thought that was normal where you are Phil, after all you still use oil lamps. 

And when it gets really dark he lights them 
where's my coat 
Regards
Sean

Quote from: sean66 on 07 June 2021, 11:38:37 AM
where's my coat 

Being heavily chewed

Here is my random musing of the day:

I am irritated beyond reason by a TV advert in which a modern day character asks a character fleeing the Pompeii eruption what date it occurred and gets the reply 79 A.D.

Which is impossible because it wasnt a dating system used at the time. He would have said its the consulship of x and y or perhaps so many years AUC.

Why does this annoy me?  Asking a historical character anything is impossible and its just an advert.

Help!!  Before I waste half a day complaining to the ASA

Well....I want to know if you whisper a question to Alexa.....does 'she' really whisper back ? (I know the ad you mean.)

I'll never know...I've got the damn thing disabled on my tablet.

Cheers - Phil.

Totally inaccurate, 'ow could a Woman know it was 79 CE !

Quote from: DecemDave on 09 June 2021, 01:43:47 PM
Here is my random musing of the day:

I am irritated beyond reason by a TV advert in which a modern day character asks a character fleeing the Pompeii eruption what date it occurred and gets the reply 79 A.D.

Which is impossible because it wasnt a dating system used at the time. He would have said its the consulship of x and y or perhaps so many years AUC.

Why does this annoy me?  Asking a historical character anything is impossible and its just an advert.

Help!!  Before I waste half a day complaining to the ASA

I blame the Babel Fish doing the translation into English :-)

Gentle reminder.

Well a few fellow Bloggers have rekindled my painting mojo, which is great as I haven't felt the urge to paint for quite some time now . Seeing those pics FSN brought a smile to my face, reminding me of why I enjoy our hobby!

Quote from: Techno II on 09 June 2021, 02:04:08 PM
Well....I want to know if you whisper a question to Alexa.....does 'she' really whisper back ? (I know the ad you mean.)

I'll never know...I've got the damn thing disabled on my tablet.

Cheers - Phil.

Yes she does.

Quote from: Techno II on 07 June 2021, 06:46:08 AM
Awww........Pants !

Just remembered we're 'locked in' today......BT are closing 250 yards of the road, including right outside Techno Towers, to do some 'pole work'......
Whether that means they're going to upgrade the lines...or simply replace a couple of the poles.....(or both)...I've no idea.

(At least one of the poles has a 'D' mark on it...which means it's 'iffy'.......Probably means we'll be without telephone/internet facilities on and off all day.)

Cheers - Phil.

Such a considerate company 

Quote from: DecemDave on 09 June 2021, 01:43:47 PM
Here is my random musing of the day:

I am irritated beyond reason by a TV advert in which a modern day character asks a character fleeing the Pompeii eruption what date it occurred and gets the reply 79 A.D.

Which is impossible because it wasnt a dating system used at the time. He would have said its the consulship of x and y or perhaps so many years AUC.

Why does this annoy me?  Asking a historical character anything is impossible and its just an advert.

Help!!  Before I waste half a day complaining to the ASA

Presumably done with humour so acceptable in an advert.  What I object to is trying to have period dramas with characters thinking in totally inappropriate modern ways so that modern politically correct concepts can get inserted in the story line.

Quote from: DecemDave on 09 June 2021, 01:43:47 PM
Here is my random musing of the day:

I am irritated beyond reason by a TV advert in which a modern day character asks a character fleeing the Pompeii eruption what date it occurred and gets the reply 79 A.D.

Which is impossible because it wasnt a dating system used at the time. He would have said its the consulship of x and y or perhaps so many years AUC.

Why does this annoy me?  Asking a historical character anything is impossible and its just an advert.

Help!!  Before I waste half a day complaining to the ASA

We could have believed it if they asked Techno - he was there.

Quote from: Orcs on 09 June 2021, 10:00:20 PM
We could have believed it if they asked Techno - he was there.

But you know what Phil's long term memory is like