Probably your average shopper in Macclesfield cannot read Morse Code - but whatâs to stop someone sending a rude message?
I hope they have a good rude word filter because any "send your message by text/soshal-meejuh " is normally subverted within seconds such as the Man Utd. fans subverting Man Cityâs chance to name a new stand at the home end of the field. It wasnât long before the #1 suggestion was to name that end after City star player of yore Colin Bell 
You are under-estimating us here. It actually plays Morse Code in the music too. I was parking my bike when my internal Morse decoder started reading. It was rather odd. I only found out about the lights today. Interesting idea.
You mean re Macclesfieldersâ Morse Code skills or ability to circumvent the rude word detector?
Iâve just started charging one of my âburnerâ phones so I can send some offensive messages about a Macclesfield local 
You mean Colinâs End?
Exactly⌠you know the story then? 
No Iâm afraid Iâm not a football fan. I am an admirer of VoxPop though. It produces some truly memorable outcomes! 
Boaty McBoatface being a fine example, although amusing in the first instance until everything became Something McSomethingface.
I wish this phone would charge faster.
Second guess the voting public? Think again! Other notable examples have been the weekly success of John Sergeant in Strictly Come Dancing, and arguably the EU referendum result where both David Cameron and the bookmakers thought it was a one-horse race. My personal favourite though was when an old re-release from Rage Against The Machine beat Simon Cowellâs talent show winner to the Christmas number 1!
Yes, the RATM success was a delight compared to the spineless pap that Simon âwaist too highâ Cowell was peddling. People remember the name RATM but few can remember the name of the Cowell-fool being pushed by Cowellâs music label. Yes, Joe McElderry who is so instantly forgettable that everyone has forgotten him.
RATM winning was one the Christmas highlights that year. The icing on the cake being Cheryl <insert current surname> (Tweedy / Cole / Fernandez-Versini / Payne / Uncletomcobleyandall) being so upset with a quote along the lines âThat was meant to be Joeâs Christmas #1, this is not fairâ. Well sweetheart, a lot of us thought it was just about perfect.
Youâd think people organising these things would know this will only end in tears. Or some poor soul will need to manually vet the messages and then will need counselling and time off work to recover from what they saw!
The collective memory on this forum is a thing of wonder and beauty. Andy, not only did you remember the unmemorable singerâs name (bet you canât remember the song?) but also all of Cherylâs incarnations! Who needs Google? (other search engines may be available).
Anyway, to get back on topic. Howâs your burner phone coming along?
Donât you just need a burner SIM?
I had to Google his name!
Matt Hancock, 2020
Talking of Xmas trees
Photographed this on my way up Moel Famau GW/NW-044 today
Some of the decorations had blown off in the strong wind, but hey brought a smile.
73 MĂWBG
Something similar on the way up G/SP-004 this time last year!
