Vernon Fuller

Jazz, Soul, Blues and Funk guitarist & vocalist. Catch me with Twin Frets - The Funkiest Guitar duo on the planet! Solo, duo and larger band.

[Vernon Fuller @FretJazz]

Vernon Fuller - The Blues Man - not only jazz, funk & soul. Coming to a venue near you (if you book him) ;) #stooshpr

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@bayrud23 Thank you!

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@bayrud23 I see what you mean. Very funny and reminds me of Bobby McFerrin! Great to meet you today!

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@KirstieMAllsopp @Selah_UK We have a female General Secretary of the Musicians' Union @NaomiPohl . Naomi is the first ever Gen Sec of the MU and she has and is doing a brilliant job mobilising us as members!

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

PLEASE, take the time to read this!!

"Every Tuesday at 3 PM, my mother calls the same wrong number.
Has for six years.
"Hello, this is Susan. Is Robert there?"
Same response every time, "No Robert here. Wrong number."
"Oh, I'm so sorry to bother you."

Then she hangs up. Sets a reminder for next Tuesday.
I thought it was dementia. Mom's 71. Maybe forgetting she'd already tried this number.
"Mom, that's not Robert's number. You've called it 300 times. Why do you keep calling?"
She looked at me strangely. "I know it's not Robert's number."
"Then why"
"Because someone answers."

Turned out, the woman who answers is 83. Lives alone. Has severe social anxiety. Never leaves her apartment. No family. No friends.
"Six years ago, I called your brother's old number by mistake," Mom explained. "Woman answered. We talked for two minutes. When I apologized for the wrong number, she said, 'Please call again anyway. Nobody calls me.'"
"So you just... kept calling?"
"Every Tuesday. We talk for exactly twelve minutes. About nothing. Weather. TV shows. Her cat. Then I say I have to go, and she says okay."
"For six years?"
"For six years."
"Does she know you're calling on purpose?"
"Of course. I'm not subtle. But we maintain the fiction. I 'accidentally' call. She 'happens' to answer. We pretend it's chance, not choice."
"Why the pretend?"
"Because accepting help is hard. Accepting a wrong number is easy."

Mom's phone buzzed. Tuesday, 3 PM reminder.
She dialed. "Hello, this is Susan. Is Robert there?"
A pause. Then laughter. "No Robert here, Susan. But I'm here. How was your week?"
I listened to them talk. About the weather. A TV show. The cat's vet appointment.
Twelve minutes exactly. Then, "I should let you go."
"Okay, Susan. Same time next week?"
"Oh, I'm sure I'll accidentally dial this number again."
More laughter. Goodbye.

Mom hung up. Looked at me. "Her name is Dorothy. I've never met her. Don't know her last name. Don't know her address. Just her voice every Tuesday for twelve minutes."
"What if you stop calling?"
"Then she stops having Tuesdays."
Mom died last year. Suddenly. Heart attack.
I found Dorothy's number in her phone. Called it.
"Hello?"
"Hi. My name is Sarah. I'm Susan's daughter. I think... I think you were expecting her call today."
Silence. Then crying.
"She's gone, isn't she?"
"Yes. I'm so sorry."
"Can I ask you something? Did she ever tell you why she really called?"
"She said you needed someone to call."
"That's what she told you. But I'm calling to tell you why I answered. Because your mother's voice on Tuesdays was the only thing that kept me alive. I had the pills ready four times. Four different Tuesdays. And every time, at 3 PM, she called. And I couldn't do it after hearing her voice."

I've been calling Dorothy every Tuesday for nine months now.
Same time. Same "wrong number" fiction.
Because my mother taught me, sometimes the most important call you make is to the wrong person.
On purpose.
Every Tuesday.
For as long as someone answers."
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Let this story reach more hearts....
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Credit: Grace Jenkins

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[Natasha Raskin Sharp @natasharadio]

Getting those selfies in while I can…
Only three instalments of my @BBCRadioScot show left - join me at 10pm via @BBCSounds, I’ll try not to sob 😩

[Helen McNicholas @HelenMcNich]

The brand new collection of Perchables has just landed in the shop - but at the moment they're in a secret part of the shop, only accessible to Helen High Fivers.

If you're not a Helen High Fiver yet (and why not?!) then sign up now > https://t.co/NZw7a6JehV

[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

This is Sarah Pochin - Reform UK MP for Runcorn - @SarahForRuncorn

Sarah doesn't want to see black or Asian people on her TV.

She said: “It drives me mad seeing adverts full of black and Asian people.”

This sort of racism is abhorrent, and she must resign.

RT if you agree.

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[Huw J @HuwJ85]

Jamie Raskin does more to call out Farage in 3 minutes here than the BBC have done in the last 10+ uears

[𝕁𝕒𝕔𝕜 🎲 𝕁𝕒𝕫𝕫™ 🍉 @_JackJazz]

My Granddad parachuted into France to end fascism in Europe. He told me they would come back one day because people were extremely naive and stupid. He was right. We will have to fight them again only this time on our own soil. Its not patriotism its fascism.

[Alethea Bernard @Tush27J]

Nigel Farage.
Cultivates the image as a man of the people. He is not. Farage
is a vicious mixture of extreme right-wing policies now heavily promoted by the right wing media. He is a seasoned opportunist. He has no connection to working class people.
#GMB #BBCBreakfast

[Helen McNicholas @HelenMcNich]

I’ve been to Liverpool today to pick my paintings up from the Liverpool Art Fair only to be told when I arrived that I only needed to pick 2 up because the mushroom had sold 🥳🥳

So, I am having a cheeky glass of fizz to celebrate 😁😁 Cheers 🥂