Boy! I couldn’t have been more accurate when I said last week that Spring was great while it lasted. The last week of March was sensational – clear, sunny and warm! This week we’ve had the return of Arctic conditions with a stern north-easterly wind accompanied by the occasional downpour of rain, sleet, hail together with a smattering of snowflakes. Just have a look at yesterday’s forecast for the Easter weekend in the neighbouring metropolis of Banbury and you’ll get a feel for what I mean. Continue reading “8 April 2012”
8 April 2012 – Amusements
A brilliant young boy was applying for a job with the railways. The interviewer asked him: “Do you know how to use the equipment?”
“Yes”, the boy replied.
“Then what would you do if you realized that two trains, one from this station and one from the next were going to crash because they were on the same track?”
The young applicant thought and replied “I’d press the button to change the points without hesitation.”
“What if the button was frozen and wouldn’t work?”
“I’d run outside and pull the lever to change the points manually”
“And if the lever was broken?”
“I’d get on the phone to the next station and tell them to change the points,” he replied.
“And if the phone was broken and needed an electrician to fix it?”
The boy thought about that one. “I’d run into town and get my uncle”
“Is your uncle an electrician?”
“No, but he’s never seen a train crash before!” Continue reading “8 April 2012 – Amusements”