Spent most of the day trying to master the LibreOffice presentation programme, had some help from Ian and the partner of one of my facebook friends Julie, a lovely guy called Mike who explained that I'd have to download the YouTube videos I wanted in MP4 format, not 'flv', and he suggested a 'plug in' to download which might do the trick. It worked.... eventually!
In the evening I attended the Hull Road Ward Committee, with my Hull Road Ward Planning Panel hat on. The most interesting thing to happen here was that I had a chat with the old chap who is very much part of the furniture of this ward, John Horsley, and he told me he had terminal cancer and would be dead soon. But he was laughing about it, saying he'd had a good life and was (I think) 80 years old and that was plenty. I had a quiet word with one of the Councillors to see if there was anything we could do to acknowledge his contribution to York life, and it may be we can do something before his time is up. I think it would be better to do this before he dies, to thank him. It would mean less to him if he wasn't there to see/hear the thank you!
In the evening I attended the Hull Road Ward Committee, with my Hull Road Ward Planning Panel hat on. The most interesting thing to happen here was that I had a chat with the old chap who is very much part of the furniture of this ward, John Horsley, and he told me he had terminal cancer and would be dead soon. But he was laughing about it, saying he'd had a good life and was (I think) 80 years old and that was plenty. I had a quiet word with one of the Councillors to see if there was anything we could do to acknowledge his contribution to York life, and it may be we can do something before his time is up. I think it would be better to do this before he dies, to thank him. It would mean less to him if he wasn't there to see/hear the thank you!
