Tony Davis

Let's hope it continues

I’ve only started following rugby this year so I thought I would pick a team to support and Leicester is marginally closer to me than Northampton .....

you can do magic - America

Well, I did wonder about that as well! What concerns me as well is that they can apply charges to your mobile phone without any form of agreement from you. I know this happens with direct debits as well as my wife had problems when we initially signed up to a telecomms provider but then changed our mind and cancelled well before the start date. She then got a direct debit against her bank account and, when she phoned the bank to query it, she was told that companies don't have to have written proof of the customers agreement. Anyway they refunded the money and we thought no more of it until the next month when there was another deduction from her account. She rang again and asked why they had allowed another deduction despite having been told that my wife didn't want this to happen and go the reply that "it was more than 16 days before the second deduction was made" I also had a similar problem when, two years after having left a railway modelling group, i saw that a direct debit had been taken from my account. i was told that basically it was my fault because I hadn't blocked the company from taking money from my account. I had a lot of problems getting the money back from the group.

My wife nearly got scammed by a deceitful “offer” on Facebook. Would you like a free sample of dishwasher tablets? She said yes and got the response “just enter your email address and mobile number and we can register you to receive the samples and a newsletter”. She did and straight away got a text saying she had signed up to receive two texts a week at £4 each which would be charged to her phone credit unless she texted “Stop” to a certain number. I was concerned that texting to the number might lead to further woe but, after searching on the ‘net and reading the experience of others, we did text and, so far, she has not been charged. Fingers crossed!

Another “gentleman” , similar profile, called this morning to tell me that I had been selected to test a mobile phone with 50% discount. I let him go through his script and asked “Pwy sy’n siarad?” He went through the script again so I asked him “pwy wyt ti?” Few moments silence then I heard him say “O f**k off” and he put the ‘phone down. That’s the second time I been told that! I count that as a success!

Mrs Brown you've got a lovely daughter - Herman's Hermits

One creepy programme I enjoyed watching was "The Owl Service", based on a story in the Mabinogion but brought into "modern" times. It's on YouTube.

Public animal number 9 - Alice Cooper

Sorry Barry, for some reason I completely missed your post. I saw this after I posted my triumphal post about having found the title! The notifications for posts that I follow seem to come at odd times (not "instantly" as I selected as an option) and often out of chronological order. Thanks for supplying the answer.

Found it!! Star Maidens, for anyone interested; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Maidens

I have vague memories of a low budget Sci Fi programme that used to be shewn on Sunday mornings. The Story was that 2 men had escaped from a planet where the male/female relationship (as perceived in the 1970's) was reversed and women were the dominant gender and "chased" men. The two escapee's were followed by females from their planet who wanted to bring them back. Can't remember the title at all. I watched it because I would watch anything remotely connected to Sci-Fi at the time

Walk ing by myself - Gary Moore

Once in a lifetime - Talking Heads

Adam's apple?

I can hear your heartbeart - Chris (Dai) Rhea

Papa's got a brand new pigbag- Pigbag

somebody to love - jefferson airplane

Many rivers to cross - Jimmy Cliff

Boy(s) don't cry - The Cure

I've seen a few layouts that have a bracket or holder for the Gaugemaster GM-GMC-COMBI controller. I had a look on line and a gaugemaster bracket does appear but it doesn't look suitable to me (https://www.onbuy.com/gb/gaugemaster-dcc66-controller-caddy~c11358~p21958095/?exta=twengagb&custom_ID=161925986a3f4c3387936570cd7fac89) Does such a beast exist, or do people make something up to suit? Thanks Tony

O superman - Laurie Anderson

Can't find my way home - Blind Faith

Hold on to love - Peter Skellern

Ladies of the road - King Crimson