Vagueness and the Aftermath - A sporadic diary

[Karabiner]

I'm sure I could handle nuclear waste, nitroglycerin, or a a phial of anthrax without the slightest problem. But gravy.....

I'm sure I've seen you handle gravy without suffering too much damage before.

[RED-DOG]

I'm sure I could handle nuclear waste, nitroglycerin, or a a phial of anthrax without the slightest problem. But gravy.....

I'm sure I've seen you handle gravy without suffering too much damage before.

I'm good at licking off the evidence.

[RioRodent]

Thought I'd try get some pics of some of the visitors to our garden.. I really need want a better camera!! 2.4x optical plus 4x digital zoom don't equate to great quality.

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An unwelcome visitor

Mmmm mealworms

[RED-DOG]

We have a squirrel that unhooks a feeder, tucks it under his arm and then has it away on his toes.

Kizzy hates him.

[RioRodent]

We have a squirrel that unhooks a feeder, tucks it under his arm and then has it away on his toes.

Kizzy hates him.

Our two dogs going berserk at the back doors tends to keep the garden cat free, but the squirrel just has a cursory glance at the house and carries on eating. As soon as hears the door open though, he leaps up into the adjacent tree and laughs at the dogs from there.

[RED-DOG]

It seems funny to think that most of you whipper-snappers and flibbertigibbets never have, and now never will use Ceefax.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17745100

[tikay]

Oh my, Ceefax & Teletext, I used to know every page number off by heart!

It would take for ever to scroll round to the next number, too, whilst we sat & stared at the screen.

Checked the weather, News, footy scores, booked holidays from it, & all sorts.

[smashedagain]

Oh my, Ceefax & Teletext, I used to know every page number off by heart!

It would take for ever to scroll round to the next number, too, whilst we sat & stared at the screen.

Checked the weather, News, footy scores, booked holidays from it, & all sorts.

Lol. You see the holiday of a lifetime just as the page changed then sat there waiting for it to comeback round again. Phone the number to be told its just sold but they have Benidorm at 3 times the price:)

[sovietsong]

Oh my, Ceefax & Teletext, I used to know every page number off by heart!

It would take for ever to scroll round to the next number, too, whilst we sat & stared at the screen.

Checked the weather, News, footy scores, booked holidays from it, & all sorts.

Lol. You see the holiday of a lifetime just as the page changed then sat there waiting for it to comeback round again. Phone the number to be told its just sold but they have Benidorm at 3 times the price:)

Ceefax was incred, they had everything you needed. Racing, cinema times, horoscopes, games & tv listings.

[tikay]

And Football & Racing Results, which were up to the minute hour.

[bobAlike]

Oh my, Ceefax & Teletext, I used to know every page number off by heart!

It would take for ever to scroll round to the next number, too, whilst we sat & stared at the screen.

Checked the weather, News, footy scores, booked holidays from it, & all sorts.

Lol. You see the holiday of a lifetime just as the page changed then sat there waiting for it to comeback round again. Phone the number to be told its just sold but they have Benidorm at 3 times the price:)

Ceefax was incred, they had everything you needed. Racing, cinema times, horoscopes, games & tv listings.

and all this delivered by some black and white dots on the bottom of the picture. Awesome.

[Karabiner]

I once got return flights to Vegas direct from Manchester for £79 off ceefax.

It was from a firm called starbuys who were based in Wales I think.

[tikay]

It even had pictures.

Hard to imagine why they bothered inventing the internet.

Click to see full-size image.

[RED-DOG]

For reasons I won't go into, I have to spend a couple of hours  sitting in my van in a street in the middle of Leicester.

I'm in a great spot for people watching. I have the De Montfort university on one side, and the Royal hospital on the other.

The rain is lashing down. Propelled  by mischievous gusts if wind, it slaps the faces of the passers by.

On the one side, small groups of student hurry along. Bright young things in 'make a statement' clothes. They laugh and chatter as they go. They don't notice the rain.

On the other side are the hospital patients. Some are wrapped against the cold, some are in dressing gowns. Alone or in small family groups they walk in silence, heads down, faces set in grim lines. Lost in their thoughts, or in the brief comfort of a cigarette. They don't notice the rain either.


Gather your rosebud while you may.....

[TightEnd]

I have to thank teletext for the 14 nights in Playa las Americas £229 in 1989


but most of all the joyous midweek nights, way before 5 Live, SSN etc where you'd be on page 303-306 following the fortunes of your football team via ceefax. Typically a division would be shown over 3 pages. Your team would be on page 2/3 and the crucial minutes waiting for the page to roll round to 2/3 again to see if the score had changed

Simple pleasures, or agonies.