‘Twas a sunny Carnival day, so let’s hope for a bit more of the same for the Fair, Dog Show and Beer Festival on 28th August.
Remember all those times in the ‘good old days’ when you’d be sitting in a cafe staring at a lukewarm cup of tea? Well, no more, apparently. I read that McDonalds are being taken to court because their tea and coffee is too hot. At least 20 people have spilled the stuff over themselves and are suing. It’s the kind of thing you’d expect of Americans, isn’t it? Except it’s happening right here in blighty! What is the world coming to, etc?
Do you bother to read the instructions? Last month I signed up to the (free-ish) FreeServe phone access thingy for the internet thingy. They sent me a ‘dialler’ which plugs in to the phone – this routes calls via Freeserve instead of via British Telecom. The instructions read “The whole process takes about 5 minutes during which time a red light will show. When the red light goes out you’ll be fully connected to Freeserve”. It took about 20 seconds, but the red light didn’t show at all. The instructions continue “The only other time the red light will show is when you begin making a call. Once connected it will always go out again.” Fair enough the red light came on when I lifted the handset, but even after I’d dialled and started talking to someone the red light remained on. So I rang the helpline (you just knew there’d be a helpline, didn’t you?!), and told the chappie that the dialler appeared to be doing the exact opposite of what it was supposed to do. “Yes,” he agreed “the instructions are slightly misleading”!
A few people seem to think that my sense of humour is slightly missing. It should be pretty obvious to you that this isn’t an inherited feature - after you read the following joke sent by my Dad. “A Cowboy walks into a Saloon wearing a paper suit and is immediately arrested by the Sheriff for rustling”.
There is no September issue of the magazine, so the deadline ofr the next issue is 20th September. Get your copy, articles, photos, covers, etc to the Editor, Phil Mayhall, Hillcrest, Lower Village (241748) by then or you’ll miss out.
Disclaimer: On yer bike