Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

Jazee

Hello all.

Viva - we must have lived very close to one another back in the day if you were affected by Buncefield.

My DD always questions why the press in their helicopters seem to get to the scene of accidents etc before the emergency services do.

Agree with Pastures about location, also dependant on what else is happening on the news. DD had to evacuate her flat during some floods but there were no updates on even local news because Nelson Mandela died the same night.

Hope you're all having a great weekend. I am interspersing gardening (sunny but very windy) with playtime with the dogs.

SingleSue

I've been cracking my imaginary whip this morning. I belong to a Facebook page which over night, the main admin got drunk and decided to post all manner of silly things on it.

I am a known member of that page and because of my standing in that community, I couldn't stand by and see all of us tarred with the same brush....so I spoke to the offending party and he has tidied everything up.

I'm now being called the headmistress by everyone :rotfl:

Doozergirl

PasturesNew wrote: »

That's location dependent. Every time something's happening here I try that and there's absolutely nothing. Big storms, nothing; floods, nothing; police/rescue helicopters, nothing.

You're not looking right. You live in a populated area. Twitter is universal and it's acknowledged that social media picks up everything first. Our local paper just reports on stuff that's already appeared on the local facebook page. It's a joke.

You don't need a hashtag to search.

Even if it's a pretty sunset, you'll find so many people photographing it.

I typed in fire 'town name' the other day. Then tried rhe 'town name' in the general direction. That gave me the little village name. Another search on that, one with a hashtag, no space, and one with the proper name gave me loads. It's only a little village on the outskirts of a big town on the outskirts of a major city.

If you end up stopped on the motorway, quick search and you'll find people in the jam with you.

PasturesNew

Doozergirl wrote: »

You're not looking right. You live in a populated area. Twitter is universal and it's acknowledged that social media picks up everything first. Our local paper just reports on stuff that's already appeared on the local facebook page. It's a joke.

You don't need a hashtag to search.

Even if it's a pretty sunset, you'll find so many people photographing it.

I typed in fire 'town name' the other day. Then tried rhe 'town name' in the general direction. That gave me the little village name. Another search on that, one with a hashtag, no space, and one with the proper name gave me loads. It's only a little village on the outskirts of a big town on the outskirts of a major city.

I just went to twitter and typed in my place name and got ... lots of strange/foreign sports !!!!!!.

I couldn't even describe/explain what it is.

Seems to be Springboks/football (South African it seems) and some strange election. There's also some bint in front of mountains and vast lakes saying how lovely the place is (no mountains/lakes here, I suspect she's in New Zealand).

I can't even work out what countries those things are from.

Ah, the election was 22nd September and in the UK.

So the stuff's old and not local, not relevant.

Something about some football game at Virginia Beach Sportsplex (is that the US?)

Last item using my placename in it is dated 16 September when a house was hit by lightning. That was the BBC radio post.

oldandhappy

michaels wrote: »

I hate convertibles, they allow you to simultaneously:

1. Get sun burn /sun stroke
2. Be much too hot when you are stopped in traffic
3. Get really sore ears caused by the cold wind all the time
4. (Look a bit like you are desperate to recapture your lost youth)

HAHA..............
My Smart Car I had when living in Bexhill on Sea was a Cabriolet and it had wide wheels too...looked very sporty for a car that fits in most peoples boots:rotfl:

michaels

oldandhappy wrote: »

HAHA..............
My Smart Car I had when living in Bexhill on Sea was a Cabriolet and it had wide wheels too...looked very sporty for a car that fits in most peoples boots:rotfl:

It won't fit in even one of my boots....

Edit: Don't Google image big boot....

vivatifosi

Jazee wrote: »

Hello all.

Viva - we must have lived very close to one another back in the day if you were affected by Buncefield.

I will clear my inbox and PM you... how interesting!

Doozergirl wrote: »

Twitter beats everything these days. If you suspect something is happening, start searching and you'll quickly find the answer.

Fair point. Unfortunately Buncefield was before twitter was started, but you're right and it's certainly what I'd use now.

I am the twitter equivalent of rewired. I've had an account since early 2009 but have never sent a single tweet from it. I just use it to follow people/institutions that I'm interested in and like their output.

Doozergirl

Big rain.

My son is sleeping (or not sleeping) in an inadequate tent some 45 mins away.

Phone is off but I have previous location on find my iphone. Don't know if I should do and find him. It's not going to stop anytime soon, looking at the satellite images.

CKhalvashi

Doozergirl wrote: »

Big rain.

My son is sleeping (or not sleeping) in an inadequate tent some 45 mins away.

Phone is off but I have previous location on find my iphone. Don't know if I should do and find him. It's not going to stop anytime soon, looking at the satellite images.

If you're genuinely concerned, I'd go and find him from the previous location. Better safe than sorry.

No rain here yet, although there is some planned for later today.

Doozergirl

Still awake, but it did calm down quickly and the satellite shows it passing an awful lot quicker than I thought. We're also to the east so it would have passed them earlier. Looks clear where he is and there's gaps in the cloud here.