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[-] Johnhones@sh.itjust.works 115 points 1 year ago

"MIND. THE GAP." It's only Embankment station that has this old recording. The rest have been updated. It is kept just for her. The new message is longer and much less stern. Something along the lines of "Please mind the gap between the train and the platform"

[-] sndrtj@feddit.nl 16 points 1 year ago

The stern warning is iconic tho.

[-] mack7400@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

"Roight, blokes. Doff your rubbish in the skip, else me bobbies will haul you roight to the Tower o' London!"

[-] anonionfinelyminced@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

How sexist. It doesn't mention birds at all!

[-] MadBob@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago

Doff your rubbish in the skip

This does mean something but I suspect you have the wrong idea of what!

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 54 points 1 year ago

Looks like they tried to get rid of it 10 years ago then brought it back

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-21719848

[-] robotica@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

I love how the post says the "mind the gap" was recorded in 1950 but TfL started using that message in 1969 😆

[-] StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 45 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Aww shit. I have a health condition so my wife is extremely likely to outlive me, probably by decades. I should start recording videos for her.

Or should I? I want her to move on after I go and I don't want to interfere with that. Dying sucks.

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 year ago

gotta make the most cringe content you can, make it a real test so she has to really miss you to watch them

[-] LeafOnTheWind@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Just a recording of you singing baby shark.

[-] thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago

The answer is yes you absolutely should

[-] Mataresian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 year ago

She can always decide to not listen to them. However, when you don't make them she would have no other option. I think the recordings would be a very nice idea. Maybe even video.

[-] cybersandwich@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

My dad passed away two years ago and I wish I had followed through with doing video interviews of him. Asking him questions about life, having him tell the same stories he'd already told 100x. I wish I had those.

I am already starting to do that for my daughter who is only 9 months old.

[-] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 27 points 1 year ago

Funny thing is, her husband's not even dead. She just likes the recordings.

[-] TWeaK@lemm.ee 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Aww. This reminds me of my car, which had a recording of my dad who had it before, saying "Tweak's phone". It's something so small and insignificant, but still warmingly happy.

[-] appel@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I set up a streaming radio station with a looped recording of my cat purring. She died in 2018. This way she'd always be purring somewhere in the ether.

Miss you, Choupie.

[-] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Can't say how many times I've thought about this the past couple years.

I still have both my parents, but both are about to hit their 70s and their health is already not great. There's a fast approaching time coming where I'll never be able to hear their voices again. My dad's said "love ya" so few times in my life, not because he doesn't, but he's from that upbringing where you don't really say that stuff. He finally picked it up from me a few years ago and now says it any time he sees me. I've ended up saving voicemails he and my mom leave, just so I can at least hear their voices again when they're gone.

Appreciate the time you get with the people you love. It's easy to take for granted that they're always there. Someday they won't be and it'll be quicker than you can imagine when it happens.

[-] ellaella_ayayay@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I had the same thought years ago, and also started saving all my voicemail from loved ones to my phone. With a parent and grandparent recently passed, it's much appreciated to have at least these recordings. I don't have many vids of them talking directly to me, but these voice messages hit different because for a moment, it almost feels like they're still alive and reaching out to me.

[-] Ubettawerk@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 year ago
[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago

Only if she got married at 2 years of age.

She'll be about 90 assuming the headline isn't bullshit, or wasn't written 30 years ago.

Doesn't look 90 to me.

[-] kandoh@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

Clean living

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

I'm not crying! You're crying!

[-] reflex@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
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[-] Maelys@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 year ago

thats the most bri'ish thing ever

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