Simon Cyrene

mancity68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Just one other thing to note, there is also the > Fire Station at the Pelican end of Talfourd. So > some siren noise at odd times of night! Odd times of night......as in someone is in dire need! Only one appliance there now, so only half the noise all you self-centred cretins would have had to put up with in the past!

Bluerevolution Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Apologies to all for my flippant post Fair enough if that's what it was. I have edited / deleted my acerbic post accordingly.

robbin......it certainly was prosecuted as "theft of electricity" back in my day, this being effectively the electricity used to make the hoax call ie: the calls are free and that "free charge" has been abused. I accept what you say though, that the wording of the offence may have been tweaked in recent times.

MVH....had such a thing happen many years ago when on duty. A neighbour had the hump with another having a bonfire, called us out and meanwhile there was a house fire on our patch that had a delayed attendance from a neighbouring station. Thankfully was not a fatal fire. Sadly, this does occur quite a lot. If it can be proved that such a call was made intentionally knowing the information being passed was false, then the caller can be criminally charged and the charge being one of stealing electricity (abuse of the emergency service number). As everyone is probably aware, all calls are entirely traceable, so a criminal record could follow.

KidKruger,that's nice to hear. Think our Mother might have known her, we can remember her talking of an Evelyn. Please don't take this the wrong way, but make sure you continue to do this. Where I live, outside of London in a small village, we all look out for each other regardless of age.For example, we organise Xmas lunches paid by us for the older folk. They in turn look out for others property when out at work all day. It is a proper community, looking out for each other. Jeremy, we are not putting blame on neighbours, nothing could have been done, that is why we have deliberately allowed a passage of time before replying, otherwise it would have looked exactly like that, misplaced grief. The point is you, that is to say the royal you, seem to feel there is a great helpful caring community spirit, but people walked on by with their heads held down hoping not to be noticed at a time of need. I do realise this is the way of the world in a large city nowadays. Anyway, thanks to you both for replying, we shall not post on here again, but felt it polite to reply to your replies. You will see from our history that we have generally used the forum to assist in the disposal of furniture. Our few other contributions you will also see has been to try to help others. Subject matter almost always descends into I know best my dads bigger than your dad school children behaviour, and when this is pointed out stifling free speech seems to be quoted. This subject WILL go that way because it ALWAYS does. No, don't think so, just look at Otta post above.

Found this thread a long long time ago, but we decided not to comment until we felt the time was right. Now, two years to the day, and appropriately with this on page 108, and soon to leave our family home behind, thought we would enlighten you. Toby, what was happening? We had been unable to contact our Mother for a couple of days, and my sister upon arriving with her young daughter could not get in, due to the front door being chained up. Nobody passing in the street and going into nearby houses came to her assistance despite hearing her frantic shouts through the slightly opened door. So much for the great community spirit. She had to call the Police as fear and trepidation had set in and with good reason. Our Mother had suffered a massive heart attack and had passed away. I see from your "history" more concern for a car mirror than your neighbours. Not surprising, seeing as you are an estate agent. Uncleglen, turns out to be a wholly inappropriate comment really, about resusitating, wouldn't you agree. Yes/No? It is believed Mother had been dead for a couple of days. It is truly regrettable that the big lunch community party that had taken place the previous day (Sunday) and purporting to be an event that particularly catered for the young and old,which Mother had always attended and supported, had not had the organisers knock on her door enquiring after her welfare,even though Mother was the longest permanent resident of the street (78 yrs.) now that really would have shown community spirit. So now you know.

I have a copy from yesterday (30th) you can have.

Don't forget you can insist on paying by twelve monthly instalments instead of the usual ten. Has to be requested by 15th April.

DMC Healthcare Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > For patients who would like to sign up to receive > text reminders for appointments and to be able to > cancel appointments by text rather than phone, > here is the link to the Communication Consent Form > https://www.mysurgerywebsite.co.uk/secure/sms.aspx > ?p=G85651 What do you say in reply to my anecdote on page 1 posted on 11th February? We were unable, it seemed at the time, to remove our Mothers name from your records when she had passed away. Your letter asking for an explanation for a missed appointment was, looking back, priceless, although very stressful at the time. We can only assume that these appointments were depriving someone who, how can we put this, was ACTUALLY STILL LIVING !! Patients of DMC: No apology was ever forthcoming from them to us. So glad I am not a patient there.

Pengui and bawdy-nan I cannot believe your bad experiences. After our mother passed away suddenly a letter was received addressed to her for an appointment and we went to the surgery to remind them about her passing. We subsequently received a further four letters from them about different things, the"best" of which was asking why an appointment had been missed! Each time the surgery was visited to tell them again and again and each time it was noted by being written down by the receptionist. But the most egregious part of this tale (remember I stated remind them) is that, due to her passing away at home, Dr. Gupta had signed her death certificate.

Hi aquarius moon Some would say the other poster is correct, there is nothing wrong in what he writes technically, but goes against advice I used to give out as fire safety advice. Try: London Fire Brigade > Fire Safety > Fire Safety At Home > Electrics > Overload Sockets or Socket Overload Calculator Hope this helps.