0 Have your say It is the village where a distinctive red phone box serves as a major tourist attraction and a symbol of a simpler way of life. But plans to usher the quaint Aberdeenshire village of Pennan into the digital age are on hold after councillors decided to defer a contentious application to erect a mobile phone mast in the community.READ MORE: Letters to Nicola Sturgeon reveal public reaction to student dentist who avoided jailThe harbour village, made famous by Bill Forsyth’s critically acclaimed 1983 film, Local Hero, has long been frequented by fans of the movie, with many taking the opportunity to make a call from the telephone box, itself a listed building. Those who cherish Pennan’s rural setting say that a phone mast would impact on the character of a place where solitude is welcomed, and where people come to unwind and get away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. READ MORE: MSP calls for police to be banned from placing … [Read more...] about Telephone mast plans on hold in Local Hero village
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Reality of life on Universal Credit as couple forced to catch rabbits to eat
Standing in a phone-box, on hold yet again as he tries to negotiate his Universal Credit payments, partially-sighted David collapses into tears. The 40-year-old, from Hartlepool, is just one of the town’s residents who’ve been brought to their knees by the system. Formerly on disability benefits for the rare eye disease keratoconus that he’s had from birth, David has recently been reassessed and told to find work. But with no phone or internet at home, and with limited visibility, the largely online Universal Credit system brings him to the brink of despair. Having paid his rent, he discovers that he has just £5 to live on for the month. In heart-rending scenes shown tomorrow in hard-hitting Channel 4 documentary Skint Britain: Friends Without Benefits, he is shown sobbing pitifully as he stands in the phone box, the hold music playing in the background. “I feel like a dancing bear,” he cries. “I can’t see!” Later, at the food bank … [Read more...] about Reality of life on Universal Credit as couple forced to catch rabbits to eat
Musician on hold to HMRC so long he transcribes jingle as musical score
A MUSICIAN who was trying to sort out his taxes spent so long waiting from an answer from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) that he transcribed their hold jingle. Alan Drever-Smith, 26, was in the middle of what ended up being a 40-minute phone call on October 30, when the "jarring" tune sparked creative mischief in the session musician. Alan, from Hull, East Yorkshire, labelled his decision to transcribe the jingle as "boredom therapy". After hearing the same minute-long segment repeated over 20 times, he decided use his laptop to transcribe. He said: "As a musician, I was giggling because it was such rubbish - the tune is jarring and it's just horrible to listen to, it's almost comical. "Five minutes had passed, and I had my laptop in front of me, so I just had a spark of mischief after hearing that same tune repeated 20 times." "It's quite mundane but it's jazzy - which is kind of hilarious because it's so out of place, it's like they just slammed two completely different songs … [Read more...] about Musician on hold to HMRC so long he transcribes jingle as musical score
Musician gets so bored waiting on a call he transcribes the hold music and goes viral
Well, one bored musician made the most of the situation by transcribing HMRC’s famous hold music while he waited. Spent so long on hold today that I transcribed it before they picked up.Posted by Alan Drever-Smith on Tuesday, October 30, 2018Alan Drever-Smith, a musician from Hull, said he found himself on hold for 20 minutes while trying to find out some information about his tax code. “I had Sibelius, a music notation software, open and decided to entertain myself by transcribing the hold music,” he said. The 25-year-old posted the image on Facebook where it picked up a host of likes and shares, but its popularity really spiked this week when someone put it on Reddit where it received more than 20,000 upvotes. “I’m really pleasantly surprised that it took off like this, I occasionally chuck similar fun things onto my Facebook account to little attention, but this clearly resonated with everyone and quickly spread,” Alan said. “My only … [Read more...] about Musician gets so bored waiting on a call he transcribes the hold music and goes viral
This musician got bored waiting on an HMRC call so he transcribed the hold music
This musician got bored waiting on an HMRC call so he transcribed the hold music BelfastTelegraph.co.uk An unavoidable part of modern life is spending long periods of time on hold while on the phone – but what do you to do keep yourself occupied? https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/this-musician-got-bored-waiting-on-an-hmrc-call-so-he-transcribed-the-hold-music-37498526.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/article37498519.ece/7ac07/AUTOCROP/h342/bpanews_a56b4ea7-91af-4bdc-a98a-e82eb8de9faf_1 Email An unavoidable part of modern life is spending long periods of time on hold while on the phone – but what do you to do keep yourself occupied? Well, one bored musician made the most of the situation by transcribing HMRC’s famous hold music while he waited. Spent so long on hold today that I transcribed it before they picked up.Posted by Alan Drever-Smith on Tuesday, October 30, 2018Alan Drever-Smith, a musician from Hull, said he found himself … [Read more...] about This musician got bored waiting on an HMRC call so he transcribed the hold music