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Sundae · 11-11-2010, 02:10 PM

Sorry to introduce some levity, but this is true - although not the gritty truth...

We have a variety of clocks and timesources in this house.
Most are fast, to accommodate my Mum's OCD need to be early for everything, or which I am an inheritor.
We have a kitchen clock, however, that receives radiowaves or some such magic, which keeps it on GMT (even adjusting automatically for BST).

So I was on t'internet at 10.59.
Went downstairs, checked the clock, only 10.54. Plenty of time to get ready for the 2 minutes silence (11.00)
So I went for a poo.
Not being disrespectful here - I needed one and that was that.

Only what did I hear on the radio?
A link to one of the ceremonies countrywide, and the link suddenly went dead.
Now dead air on radio is a horrible sin - I assumed I'd been in the lav far longer than I suspected, and gave a cursory wipe and headed respectfully for the sofa.

Only to find it must just have been a broken link, as the BBC TV reporter was still chopsing away and in fact it was 10.56.

The long and the short of it (make your own jokes) was that I was in plenty of time and in the right frame of mind to observe the silence.
And I'm gratified to report that when the TV went silent, the whole area was silent.
No cars, no conversation/ tv/ radio from the neighbours.
Even Diz shut his trap (!)

I wish I'd been able to go to the church ceremony with the children at my school, but a midday onterview made the timing too close. But Dad and I sat together on one sofa, and 500 yards away Mum sat with Grandad on another, and we all paid our respects.

11-11-2010, 02:10 PM	#7
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Sorry to introduce some levity, but this is true - although not the gritty truth... We have a variety of clocks and timesources in this house. Most are fast, to accommodate my Mum's OCD need to be early for everything, or which I am an inheritor. We have a kitchen clock, however, that receives radiowaves or some such magic, which keeps it on GMT (even adjusting automatically for BST). So I was on t'internet at 10.59. Went downstairs, checked the clock, only 10.54. Plenty of time to get ready for the 2 minutes silence (11.00) So I went for a poo. Not being disrespectful here - I needed one and that was that. Only what did I hear on the radio? A link to one of the ceremonies countrywide, and the link suddenly went dead. Now dead air on radio is a horrible sin - I assumed I'd been in the lav far longer than I suspected, and gave a cursory wipe and headed respectfully for the sofa. Only to find it must just have been a broken link, as the BBC TV reporter was still chopsing away and in fact it was 10.56. The long and the short of it (make your own jokes) was that I was in plenty of time and in the right frame of mind to observe the silence. And I'm gratified to report that when the TV went silent, the whole area was silent. No cars, no conversation/ tv/ radio from the neighbours. Even Diz shut his trap (!) I wish I'd been able to go to the church ceremony with the children at my school, but a midday onterview made the timing too close. But Dad and I sat together on one sofa, and 500 yards away Mum sat with Grandad on another, and we all paid our respects.