Capital Summertime Ball 2024

[Jono]

Zane Lowe is back? I thought Annie was staying on all week.

No idea. I think it's still Annie. Scott's just dozy.

Why didn't Sara Cox make it to the Newsbeat?

[Kitai]

Haha, that's not the first time I've thought the forum was being read as they were on air. =D

[YoppaDo]

Probably was just Scott, you get used to saying the same things everyday.

Suprised they didn't mention Sara

[Monitorabbit]

Oh for goodness sake - why is the cost of bread a top story? Even I don't care and I'm a shopping and cooking woman.

Hope the JK and Joel edition of RSCook will be available to watch again.

[Kitai]

LMFAO!!

Nice idea for a text-in! Haha!

[Jono]

No I'm with Scott on this. It confuses me. I used to always turn my phone off at petrol stations, but no one does that any more. When phones first came out we used to do that all the time and loads of posters.

Now everyone has them on and it's hardly noticeable. I used to panic when we'd be on a bus and they'd stop off near a station as no one could be arsed to switch them off.

[KingTutsWWH]

I can't somehow imagine Scott in a petrol station using a petrol pump. Bet he gets someone else to do it for him.

It's true, a normal plane has never successfully landed on water - so what is it with this lifebelt nonsense?

[midnight]

Am I the only one tempted to text in just to hear Scotts reaction?

[popbitcher]

it was proven on brainiac that mobile phones don't affect the petrol inside the pumps. richard hammond and some brainiacs put lots of mobiles inside a caravan with loads of open tubs of petrol, and rang all the mobile at the same time and nothing happened!

the thinking behind it is, if you drop your mobile phone in a petrol station there is a very small chance that the battery could cause a spark which could have dire consequences. I once read this in a petrol station. It is a very very small chance, surely any metal object falling could cause a spark !

[Grace]

It's the risk of them generating a spark I think, but Braniac found that wearing loads of synthetic clothing is more likely to create a spark.

[Jono]

I've been to a hospital and told to turn my phone off only for a doctor be on one!

[Monitorabbit]

Is it because radio waves interfere with the remote controlling of the pumps? Phones have been digital for a long time.

A friend who's a nurse says it's generally ok to use them in hospitals, despite all the notices.

[Jono]

Blimey, Chief Constable of Manchester has been found dead.

[Jono]

it was proven on brainiac that mobile phones don't affect the petrol inside the pumps. richard hammond and some brainiacs put lots of mobiles inside a caravan with loads of open tubs of petrol, and rang all the mobile at the same time and nothing happened!

the thinking behind it is, if you drop your mobile phone in a petrol station there is a very small chance that the battery could cause a spark which could have dire consequences. I once read this in a petrol station. It is a very very small chance, surely any metal object falling could cause a spark !

Bit silly though. It's not happened yet. We're more likely to die from the radiation!

[popbitcher]

i'd be more concerned about those smoking near one!

[Monitorabbit]

It'd be fun to call Scott and say you were calling on your mobile whilst dispensing your petrol - I've seen people actually doing that more than once.

[cuddlytoy]

Our local Shell petrol station has a photograph on each pump of when the place was burned down a few years ago. The claim on the photo is that it was caused by a mobile phone in someone's pocket.

[KingTutsWWH]

Haha Grace mention - re synthetic clothing.

[popbitcher]

surely a car starting causes a bigger spark and has more change of igniting petrol fumes than a mobile?

[Kitai]

I've been to a hospital and told to turn my phone off only for a doctor be on one!

When I was in hospital earlier this year, patients and staff were using mobile phones whenever they felt like it.

Only one ward I was on told a patient they're not aloud to use their mobile phone. But even then, they didn't actually stop them using it.

When I was moved to another ward, all the patients were using their phones and so were the staff. And there was me being all good and leaving my phone off. Well, until I'd been in that ward for a while and I just decided "hahahaha it - everyone is allowed to".

I did have my phone on silent though (eventhough nobody else did), because I think if you're going to have your phone on in hospital, it shouldn't be allowed to bother other patients by constantly ringing, or beeping to tell you that you have a text message.

[Jono]

It probably just plays havoc with those electronic measure things and reduces your bill!

"Battery powered equipment such as mobile phones, pagers, and cameras represent a potential ignition source."

When has anyone ever turned their camera off?

[Kitai]

i'd be more concerned about those smoking near one!

Yeah. I've seen some idiots who're quite happy to risk killing everyone around them just for the sake of having a cigarette. :x

[midnight]

It probably just plays havoc with those electronic measure things and reduces your bill!

It stops you spending money using the payphones.

[cuddlytoy]

We were told at various levels of Physics (A-Level and Uni) of the dangers of using a mobile in a petrol station, but that the real danager was actually in switching it on/off

[Jono]

We were told at various levels of Physics (A-Level and Uni) of the dangers of using a mobile in a petrol station, but that the real danager was actually in switching it on/off

That's what I wondered. Surely turning it on and off will cause more of a spark, so we're actually making it worse turning it off!