Results tagged “blogs” from Birmingham Post - Lifestyle Blog

Last month a dear friend of mine had to spend the whole night sitting on a public toilet.

Why?

Because she was using the loo in a community centre and the caretaker, not realising there was anybody left in the building, accidentally locked her in and went home for the night.

My friend had no option but to sit it out until the community centre opened for business the next day.

That would have been a horrible experience for anyone, but particularly for my friend as she is frail and recently bereaved.

Of course if she had had a mobile this would never have happened, but she is in her 70s and she did not have one.

I mention this because I am astonished to think that anyone could think the digitial divide is a myth.

Now that is what I call a trailer! Yes, this is the daughter, so-called, of Dr Who. Watch at 6.45 next week to find out more.

It was great to see such a great come-on after a pretty dull Sontaran finale. The actress, by the way, is Georgia Moffat, real-life daughter of ex-Doctor Peter Davison and ex-Hitchiker's Guide star Sandra Dickinson.

II believe that in the story the character has been working as a check-out girl in Brum but was spirited away into a time vortex by the mental power of an angry customer who she didn't realise was a member of the famous intergalactic race of Blog Monsters.

Actually, Roshan, it was Dennis Healy who popularised the phrase 'When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging...'