A retired lorry driver friend of mine from Knaresborough, Bob Frendt,
has driven to the town of Volodymyr in Ukraine seven times in his own
lorry since Putin’s attacks, with medical supplies for their local
hospital. The last time he went there, earlier this year, the mayor
asked him if he could get hold of a second-hand fire engine. “Oh yes!”
he replied, “We’ve all got one of them in the back garden! Why do you
need it?” The mayor explained that Kyiv had taken theirs away.

When you see those newsreel shots of high rise blocks that have been hit
by missiles or drones, it is probable that anyone above the hit zone
would have perished in the ensuing fire if the staircase was taken out.
There are no lifts or fire escapes in those buildings. Their only choice
from upper stories is to jump or burn.

We have been holding benefit concerts to raise money for this, but it is
a very slow process. So, I made a substantial (anonymous to most)
donation towards the fund. I felt that this is how Mum would want her
money spent. Consequently a fire engine with a six storey escape ladder
has been purchased, and another one donated! The first will leave for
Ukraine in mid October.

The cab is sign-written, ‘Joyce’ in her memory.

https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAXgVu

Tone

Tone <tone@email.com> wrote:
> A retired lorry driver friend of mine from Knaresborough, Bob Frendt,
> has driven to the town of Volodymyr in Ukraine seven times in his own
> lorry since Putin’s attacks, with medical supplies for their local
> hospital. The last time he went there, earlier this year, the mayor
> asked him if he could get hold of a second-hand fire engine. “Oh yes!”
> he replied, “We’ve all got one of them in the back garden! Why do you
> need it?” The mayor explained that Kyiv had taken theirs away.
>
> When you see those newsreel shots of high rise blocks that have been hit
> by missiles or drones, it is probable that anyone above the hit zone
> would have perished in the ensuing fire if the staircase was taken out.
> There are no lifts or fire escapes in those buildings. Their only choice
> from upper stories is to jump or burn.
>
> We have been holding benefit concerts to raise money for this, but it is
> a very slow process. So, I made a substantial (anonymous to most)
> donation towards the fund. I felt that this is how Mum would want her
> money spent. Consequently a fire engine with a six storey escape ladder
> has been purchased, and another one donated! The first will leave for
> Ukraine in mid October.
>
> The cab is sign-written, ‘Joyce’ in her memory.
>
>
> https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAXgVu
>
> Tone
>

What a marvellous thing to do!

Tim

--
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On 04/10/2023 07:26, Tim+ wrote:
> Tone <tone@email.com> wrote:
>> A retired lorry driver friend of mine from Knaresborough, Bob Frendt,
>> has driven to the town of Volodymyr in Ukraine seven times in his own
>> lorry since Putin’s attacks, with medical supplies for their local
>> hospital. The last time he went there, earlier this year, the mayor
>> asked him if he could get hold of a second-hand fire engine. “Oh yes!”
>> he replied, “We’ve all got one of them in the back garden! Why do you
>> need it?” The mayor explained that Kyiv had taken theirs away.
>>
>> When you see those newsreel shots of high rise blocks that have been hit
>> by missiles or drones, it is probable that anyone above the hit zone
>> would have perished in the ensuing fire if the staircase was taken out.
>> There are no lifts or fire escapes in those buildings. Their only choice
>> from upper stories is to jump or burn.
>>
>> We have been holding benefit concerts to raise money for this, but it is
>> a very slow process. So, I made a substantial (anonymous to most)
>> donation towards the fund. I felt that this is how Mum would want her
>> money spent. Consequently a fire engine with a six storey escape ladder
>> has been purchased, and another one donated! The first will leave for
>> Ukraine in mid October.
>>
>> The cab is sign-written, ‘Joyce’ in her memory.
>>
>>
>> https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAXgVu
>>
>> Tone
>>
>
> What a marvellous thing to do!

Absolutely!
A 'Good Thing' to do with spare cash - or in a will?

Chris

On 04/10/2023 09:40, chrisnd@privacy.net wrote:
> On 04/10/2023 07:26, Tim+ wrote:
>> Tone <tone@email.com> wrote:
>>> A retired lorry driver friend of mine from Knaresborough, Bob Frendt,
>>> has driven to the town of Volodymyr in Ukraine seven times in his own
>>> lorry since Putin’s attacks, with medical supplies for their local
>>> hospital. The last time he went there, earlier this year, the mayor
>>> asked him if he could get hold of a second-hand fire engine. “Oh yes!”
>>> he replied, “We’ve all got one of them in the back garden! Why do you
>>> need it?” The mayor explained that Kyiv had taken theirs away.
>>>
>>> When you see those newsreel shots of high rise blocks that have been hit
>>> by missiles or drones, it is probable that anyone above the hit zone
>>> would have perished in the ensuing fire if the staircase was taken out.
>>> There are no lifts or fire escapes in those buildings. Their only choice
>>> from upper stories is to jump or burn.
>>>
>>> We have been holding benefit concerts to raise money for this, but it is
>>> a very slow process. So, I made a substantial (anonymous to most)
>>> donation towards the fund. I felt that this is how Mum would want her
>>> money spent. Consequently a fire engine with a six storey escape ladder
>>> has been purchased, and another one donated! The first will leave for
>>> Ukraine in mid October.
>>>
>>> The cab is sign-written, ‘Joyce’ in her memory.
>>>
>>>
>>> https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAXgVu
>>>
>>> Tone
>>>
>>
>> What a marvellous thing to do!
>
> Absolutely!
> A 'Good Thing' to do with spare cash - or in a will?

Ideally spare cash - 'all's will that ends will' maybe too late.

--
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I'm not sure that the main government of Ukraine are as well intentioned as
some portray them, so I'm all for giving the people the things they want.
Leaders often get bitter and twisted, which is unfortunately the case on
both sides of that war. Brian

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"Tone" <tone@email.com> wrote in message
news:ufiiqr$3vf7n$1@dont-email.me...
>A retired lorry driver friend of mine from Knaresborough, Bob Frendt, has
>driven to the town of Volodymyr in Ukraine seven times in his own lorry
>since Putin's attacks, with medical supplies for their local hospital. The
>last time he went there, earlier this year, the mayor asked him if he could
>get hold of a second-hand fire engine. "Oh yes!" he replied, "We've all got
>one of them in the back garden! Why do you need it?" The mayor explained
>that Kyiv had taken theirs away.
>
> When you see those newsreel shots of high rise blocks that have been hit
> by missiles or drones, it is probable that anyone above the hit zone would
> have perished in the ensuing fire if the staircase was taken out. There
> are no lifts or fire escapes in those buildings. Their only choice from
> upper stories is to jump or burn.
>
> We have been holding benefit concerts to raise money for this, but it is a
> very slow process. So, I made a substantial (anonymous to most) donation
> towards the fund. I felt that this is how Mum would want her money spent.
> Consequently a fire engine with a six storey escape ladder has been
> purchased, and another one donated! The first will leave for Ukraine in
> mid October.
>
> The cab is sign-written, 'Joyce' in her memory.
>
>
> https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAXgVu
>
> Tone

Tone <tone@email.com> wrote:

> A retired lorry driver friend of mine from Knaresborough, Bob Frendt,
> has driven to the town of Volodymyr in Ukraine seven times in his own
> lorry since Putin's attacks, with medical supplies for their local
> hospital. The last time he went there, earlier this year, the mayor
> asked him if he could get hold of a second-hand fire engine. "Oh yes!"
> he replied, "We've all got one of them in the back garden! Why do you
> need it?" The mayor explained that Kyiv had taken theirs away.
>
> When you see those newsreel shots of high rise blocks that have been hit
> by missiles or drones, it is probable that anyone above the hit zone
> would have perished in the ensuing fire if the staircase was taken out.
> There are no lifts or fire escapes in those buildings. Their only choice
> from upper stories is to jump or burn.
>
> We have been holding benefit concerts to raise money for this, but it is
> a very slow process. So, I made a substantial (anonymous to most)
> donation towards the fund. I felt that this is how Mum would want her
> money spent. Consequently a fire engine with a six storey escape ladder
> has been purchased, and another one donated! The first will leave for
> Ukraine in mid October.
>
> The cab is sign-written, 'Joyce' in her memory.
>
>
> https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAXgVu
>
> Tone

[applause]

--
^Ï^. Sn!pe <https://youtu.be/_kqytf31a8E>

My pet rock Gordon just is.

In article <1qi2x1i.1lvuok1i87iqeN%snipeco.2@gmail.com>, Sn!pe
<snipeco.2@gmail.com> on Wed, 4 Oct 2023 at 13:49:24 awoke Nicholas
from his slumbers and wrote
>Tone <tone@email.com> wrote:
>
>> A retired lorry driver friend of mine from Knaresborough, Bob Frendt,
>> has driven to the town of Volodymyr in Ukraine seven times in his own
>> lorry since Putin's attacks, with medical supplies for their local
>> hospital. The last time he went there, earlier this year, the mayor
>> asked him if he could get hold of a second-hand fire engine. "Oh yes!"
>> he replied, "We've all got one of them in the back garden! Why do you
>> need it?" The mayor explained that Kyiv had taken theirs away.
>>
>> When you see those newsreel shots of high rise blocks that have been hit
>> by missiles or drones, it is probable that anyone above the hit zone
>> would have perished in the ensuing fire if the staircase was taken out.
>> There are no lifts or fire escapes in those buildings. Their only choice
>> from upper stories is to jump or burn.
>>
>> We have been holding benefit concerts to raise money for this, but it is
>> a very slow process. So, I made a substantial (anonymous to most)
>> donation towards the fund. I felt that this is how Mum would want her
>> money spent. Consequently a fire engine with a six storey escape ladder
>> has been purchased, and another one donated! The first will leave for
>> Ukraine in mid October.
>>
>> The cab is sign-written, 'Joyce' in her memory.
>>
>>
>> https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAXgVu
>>
>> Tone
>
>[applause]
>
It is a proper job. Painted bright red and yellow so Putin's Cronies (as
SWMBO calls them) can't miss it. I hope they (the Cronies) miss and
clobber their own infrastructure, again.
--
0sterc@tcher -

"Où sont les neiges d'antan?"

On 04/10/2023 13:49, Sn!pe wrote:
> Tone <tone@email.com> wrote:
>
>> A retired lorry driver friend of mine from Knaresborough, Bob Frendt,
>> has driven to the town of Volodymyr in Ukraine seven times in his own
>> lorry since Putin's attacks, with medical supplies for their local
>> hospital. The last time he went there, earlier this year, the mayor
>> asked him if he could get hold of a second-hand fire engine. "Oh yes!"
>> he replied, "We've all got one of them in the back garden! Why do you
>> need it?" The mayor explained that Kyiv had taken theirs away.
>>
>> When you see those newsreel shots of high rise blocks that have been hit
>> by missiles or drones, it is probable that anyone above the hit zone
>> would have perished in the ensuing fire if the staircase was taken out.
>> There are no lifts or fire escapes in those buildings. Their only choice
>> from upper stories is to jump or burn.
>>
>> We have been holding benefit concerts to raise money for this, but it is
>> a very slow process. So, I made a substantial (anonymous to most)
>> donation towards the fund. I felt that this is how Mum would want her
>> money spent. Consequently a fire engine with a six storey escape ladder
>> has been purchased, and another one donated! The first will leave for
>> Ukraine in mid October.
>>
>> The cab is sign-written, 'Joyce' in her memory.
>>
>>
>> https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAXgVu
>>
>> Tone
>
> [applause]
>
Midday Mayhem on Thursday & Friday this week includes live sets from
Iona Lane, Maddy Morris and Plumhall, all in aid of the fire engine for
Ukraine that sat outside during their performances!
Midday on tempofm.co.uk

Tone

On Wed, 4 Oct 2023 03:31:55 +0100, Tone <tone@email.com> wrote:

>A retired lorry driver friend of mine from Knaresborough, Bob Frendt,
>has driven to the town of Volodymyr in Ukraine seven times in his own
>lorry since Putin’s attacks, with medical supplies for their local
>hospital. The last time he went there, earlier this year, the mayor
>asked him if he could get hold of a second-hand fire engine. “Oh yes!”
>he replied, “We’ve all got one of them in the back garden! Why do you
>need it?” The mayor explained that Kyiv had taken theirs away.
>
>When you see those newsreel shots of high rise blocks that have been hit
>by missiles or drones, it is probable that anyone above the hit zone
>would have perished in the ensuing fire if the staircase was taken out.
>There are no lifts or fire escapes in those buildings. Their only choice
>from upper stories is to jump or burn.
>
>We have been holding benefit concerts to raise money for this, but it is
>a very slow process. So, I made a substantial (anonymous to most)
>donation towards the fund. I felt that this is how Mum would want her
>money spent. Consequently a fire engine with a six storey escape ladder
>has been purchased, and another one donated! The first will leave for
>Ukraine in mid October.
>
>The cab is sign-written, ‘Joyce’ in her memory.
>
>https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAXgVu
>
>Tone

Good on ya, Tony ! Very good !

And kudos to all the folks & community groups involved.
Well done.
John T.

On Wed, 4 Oct 2023 03:31:55 +0100
Tone <tone@email.com> wrote:

> We have been holding benefit concerts to raise money for this, but it is
> a very slow process. So, I made a substantial (anonymous to most)
> donation towards the fund. I felt that this is how Mum would want her
> money spent. Consequently a fire engine with a six storey escape ladder
> has been purchased, and another one donated! The first will leave for
> Ukraine in mid October.
>
> The cab is sign-written, ‘Joyce’ in her memory.

Just wow - amazing.

--
Steve O'Hara-Smith
Odds and Ends at http://www.sohara.org/
Host: Beautiful Theory meet Inconvenient Fact
Obit: Beautiful Theory died today of factual inconsistency

On 04-Oct-23 21:21, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Oct 2023 03:31:55 +0100
> Tone <tone@email.com> wrote:
>
>> We have been holding benefit concerts to raise money for this, but it is
>> a very slow process. So, I made a substantial (anonymous to most)
>> donation towards the fund. I felt that this is how Mum would want her
>> money spent. Consequently a fire engine with a six storey escape ladder
>> has been purchased, and another one donated! The first will leave for
>> Ukraine in mid October.
>>
>> The cab is sign-written, ‘Joyce’ in her memory.
>
> Just wow - amazing.
>
Joyce's lad dun extra good, & I bet she's laughing her head off.

--
Sam Plusnet

On 05/10/2023 00:23, Sam Plusnet wrote:
> On 04-Oct-23 21:21, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
>> On Wed, 4 Oct 2023 03:31:55 +0100
>> Tone <tone@email.com> wrote:
>>
>>> We have been holding benefit concerts to raise money for this, but it is
>>> a very slow process. So, I made a substantial (anonymous to most)
>>> donation towards the fund. I felt that this is how Mum would want her
>>> money spent. Consequently a fire engine with a six storey escape ladder
>>> has been purchased, and another one donated! The first will leave for
>>> Ukraine in mid October.
>>>
>>> The cab is sign-written, ‘Joyce’ in her memory.
>>
>>     Just wow - amazing.
>>
> Joyce's lad dun extra good, & I bet she's laughing her head off.
>

For the last three or four years of her life she spent nearly all day,
bedridden, watching the BBC News Channel. Although her short term memory
was buggered, her mind was still sharp. If you visited you had to bone
up on the news first, because she would interrogate you.

RE Johnson. "Is telling lies to Parliament an arrestable offence?"

"What do you think of this terrible man, Putin?"

"How will that war end?"

But, she would ask the same questions over and over again, having
forgotten that she had already asked them.

She abhorred what was happening in Ukraine, so I think she would be
very chuffed with 'Joyce' the fire escape.

Some of the family scattered her ashes at her favourite picnic spot on
Dunstable Downs last Sunday. I couldn't get there, but I know where her
spirit is, and it ain't on Dunstable Downs.

Tone

On 04/10/2023 03:31, Tone wrote:
> A retired lorry driver friend of mine from Knaresborough, Bob Frendt,
> has driven to the town of Volodymyr in Ukraine seven times in his own
> lorry since Putin’s attacks, with medical supplies for their local
> hospital. The last time he went there, earlier this year, the mayor
> asked him if he could get hold of a second-hand fire engine. “Oh yes!”
> he replied, “We’ve all got one of them in the back garden! Why do you
> need it?” The mayor explained that Kyiv had taken theirs away.
>
> When you see those newsreel shots of high rise blocks that have been hit
> by missiles or drones, it is probable that anyone above the hit zone
> would have perished in the ensuing fire if the staircase was taken out.
> There are no lifts or fire escapes in those buildings. Their only choice
> from upper stories is to jump or burn.
>
> We have been holding benefit concerts to raise money for this, but it is
> a very slow process. So, I made a substantial (anonymous to most)
> donation towards the fund. I felt that this is how Mum would want her
> money spent. Consequently a fire engine with a six storey escape ladder
> has been purchased, and another one donated! The first will leave for
> Ukraine in mid October.
>
> The cab is sign-written, ‘Joyce’ in her memory.
>
>
> https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAXgVu
>
> Tone

Weel done Cutty-sark !