Some of you have shared your notice boards, I use my fridge.
I use my calendar for all the important reminders, but I can't be bothered to post two piccies.
So there you go.
More interestingly the powers that be reluctantly let us take home our Police Radios for the weekend. We have exercises elsewhere in the county early next week, away from where we are usual stationed.
We're under strict instructions however to...
- Only listen passively
- Inform control if we lose the unit
- Whereby we will have one hour to find the unit before control sends out a signal to fry it
Appears to be a quiet Friday night doesn't it?
Far from it.
And that's all I'm allowed to say.
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Love your fridge. Does it have as nice stuff inside? Or is it like mine, with a leaking cucumber, soggy carrots and a pint of milk?
Hope you have a good weekend hon.
And you, hope the callers go easy on you.
My fridge isn't full of as much nice stuff as usual... Doing my food shop tomorrow, so currently has only
- a bottle of white wine
- a 2 bottles of beer
- some strawberry yoghurts
- some sallad
- cherry tomatoes
- milk
- philadelphia light
- grapes
- cranberry juice
- eggs
- bacon
Ooo, I forgot about the wine... :)
Hmmm...had it been red wine, I'd have been over to raid your fridge.
Is the interesting fridge supposed to stop us complaining about the lack of gossip from your radio?
Telling us you have one and that it's "very, very interesting" and leaving us hanging?!
BTW, what range do they have on them?
Did you have a good weekend earwigging? ;)
Is it still possible for anyone with a suitable radio to pick up police channels, or are they encrypted or something now?
(You may feel free to duck that question if you feel it appropriate to do so ;)
If you answer that question, will you have to arrest us?
Funny, I have a strange feeling she asked that question with a glint in her eye ;)
I'm telling you, one glint of those handcuffs...
Monk - All channels are now heavily encrypted, so 'scanning' like in the old days.
Dianne - Range? Theoretically, nationwide.
Lots of grim/interesting situations going on. Shop thefts, Friday/Saturday night revellers, assaults, domestics, missing persons. Plus plenty of "I've got this job to deal with next, I was supposed to be booking off an hour ago." Can't give you any specifics of course. ;)
Wow, nationwide?
How's that work then, is it not just radio?
For what sort of area (again, if it's ok to ask) where you picking up stuff for? Is it "peer-to-peer" or via a central hub now then?
(Again, feel free not to answer ;)
Is it better than the £15 set of walkie-talkies I picked up from Tesco a couple of years ago? ;)
(Which I was actually quite pleased with btw! :)
It's kinda a radio/p2p/mobile hybrid.
Essentially...
- One can broadcast on specific local channels.
- Point-to-point fellow officers loal or nationwide (providing you have the numbers)
- Broadcast on set nationwide channels, should the need arise.
- One can make phonecalls through it.
- Be pinpointed through GPRS should the need arise.
Cool, huh?
Nothing too secretive - info about it is in the public domain, see?
http://www.airwaveservice.co.uk/index.asp
:)
Sweet! :)
So... Better than my £15 pair from Tesco then? ;)
I have no idea what any of that techno-jargon meant, so I'll just nod and smile.
So, what are you guys trying to say about me and handcuffs.
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