THE HOME RUN – MAR 01, 2007

15.08 INTRO+MENU

CORRECTION : on yesterday’s programme we relocated the University of St Andrews in Scotland to the city of Edinburgh. This was in the context of our chat with the Rev Gareth Saunders about the kindness collective. It is in fact at St Andrews (as the name suggests) - 50 miles north-east of Edinburgh, and about 12 miles south of Dundee. So apologies, for the confusion. We dare to do many things on the Home Run and on Premier Christian Radio but shifting an entire university (and not just any old university – the oldest in Scotland and the third oldest in the UK) was, in a manner of speaking, beyond the pale. In fact, so far beyond the pale as to border on a Celtic liberty of very large proportions.

15.17 COMMS

I think my DAB radio only has 4 stations (in order of popularity): Planet Rock, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 1, BBC 6 Music.

Though to be fair it has been known to visit BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio Scotland on occasion, as well as Kerrang! Radio.

I’ve known Gareth since before he discovered blogging. And the funny thing is that when I read his blog I always ‘hear’ it in his voice…

Gareth,

Good to hear you on the radio, albeit in highly edited form. As a Christian and a DAB radio owner, I have tried several times to listen to Premier Christian Radio, but always find I can’t bear it for more than a few minutes at a time. The cheese levels are just too high. I inevitably end up tuning back to Planet Rock…

Ricky

So why do I now make contact?

Well you spoke!
AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!

Up until now you have been a web post that I read each day, but then when I listened to your radio interview I heard your voice. And strange as it may seem you are actually a real person (I never realised this before) (Of course you know you are real but I never thought about it.)

Then I heard your voice and may I say you do not sound the way that I imagined you would sound. (I didn’t imagine you even had a voice so it is a little unsettling.)

This is werid.

But I thought I should say something. (Because you said something on the radio)

Hello!

I think I like your blog because:
I used to have a Psion Revo & a Psion 5mx - I have now moved to a Pocket Pc after wrecking the screen on my Psion.
I also studied computer science before becoming a minister.
I still like to dabble in all things computers.
I hate broadband connections that don’t work!
I like going to Edinburgh and spent my honneymoon there.

Keep up the blogging!
Sorry for sounding like a stalker.

You sound more like yourself now that I have listened again!

Rick
(Northern Ireland)

I’ll drop an email to Michael Cleere and give him a brief history of universities in the UK.

And yeah, dozy DJ not knowing about Scotland’s oldest uni!

David Meldrum