Staff handsets for fire alrm system

[colin todd]

[
It brings back to me those words by Captain Eyre Massey Shaw

What hostelry were you and the Captain in when he said this to you.]

[colin todd]

Kurnal,

a life sized statue of James Braidwood has just been unveiled in Parliament Square, Edinburgh, opposite the City Chambers in the High Street. The statue is just around the corner from his first Fire Station (which nowadays is a museum for the Police). I suppose this really compliments the Tooley Street plaque in London which comemorates his death. Which gets us back to elf & safety mate!

More significantly, almost opposite the statue and up a bit is a wee shop that sells delicious whisky cake. I have just devoured one I bought there.

[kurnal]

If I recall we were but young sproggies attending as delegates on one of your courses. He kept copying my notes as I was trying to write down your formula for calculating the required quantity of the phosphorus content in a lucifer for standby purposes.

[colin todd]

I remember. You were the chap that I said should get a proper job. It took you 30 years to listen.

[kurnal]

It took me 30 seconds to listen and 30 years to start drawing my pension.  Nice to have a bit of a buffer zone especially on the waistline. I notice that your buffer zone is looking a little diminished these days. Hard times or burning the candle at both ends?

[colin todd]

Loss of weight for the purpose of health enancement, probably assisted by worry that fire safety legislation and its enforcement by enforcing authorities has reached a new low in standards.