Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
By this statue of Constantine, which is outside York Minster, a temporary hand-written plaque replaces the missing original one of bronze. I found it interesting to note that the replacement is dated the day before I took these photos…
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14 Comments CherryPie on Nov 25th 2011
Whilst going about my daily business at work I was drawn to look at the dictionary that is stood up next to my in/out/pending trays. I immediately forgot about it.
When it was lunch time I rustled in my bag and got my lunch time eats out and placed them on the table. As I did this there was loud banging sort of noise. It made me turn my head and made a colleague on the next bank of desks to me jump. The dictionary had fallen on the floor. I joked we had an office ghost playing around and we had a little chuckle together. I picked it up and put it back on my desk and we both immediately forgot about it.
During the day I had been trying to phone a colleague, but all I got was an answering machine, I didn’t want to leave a message because the subject needed a conversation. When I made my first call to that colleague after the lunch time incident there was no dial tone when I picked up my phone receiver! As I pressed the catch on the phone to try and reset or see if there was a problem, there was a loud bang. The dictionary had fallen on the floor again!!
That dictionary has been placed like that on my previous desk for 10 months (without incident) and also for the 4 weeks I have been in my current job (without incident).
Speaking of ghosts reminds me of a strange incident at work today. Both my colleague and I heard the noise of footfall and were aware of a presence behind us. When we looked there was no-one there…
The dictionary is now placed firmly on it’s side!!
14 Comments CherryPie on Nov 25th 2011
This train is an incredible size, the second picture gives and idea of exactly how big it is.
4 Comments CherryPie on Nov 24th 2011
11 Comments CherryPie on Nov 23rd 2011
Whilst wandering round the National Railway Museum my Mum reminisced about what train travel used to be like before commerce took over. Back in those days it was all about looking after the customer and making them comfortable so they enjoyed their journey. This was before the days of getting a person from A to B at the cheapest cost and before company profits were more important than customer comfort and safety.
Sadly modern lifestyles and expectations have hastened this change which I believe to be a backward step…
Now going back to the reminisces. My grandfather worked as a guardsman on the railways (on this line). I have fond memories of being able to greet him on my local station for a brief hug before the train had to carry on its journey.
10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 22nd 2011
