http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/Sands Questions tagged with 'Sands' at Ask MetaFilter. Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:44:52 -0800 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:44:52 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/123843/Wierd%2Dsecret%2Dmessages%2Don%2Dthe%2Dradio When I was a child there used to be cryptic messages on BBC Radio Four between the news and weather etc. that were weird and cryptic (as in they shouldn't have been on mainstream radio), but dull - stuff like "Mrs. Smith from Doncaster needs to contact her family in Hull". I have been told they were used for spies to communicate - does anyone know any more about this? I think it's something like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspector_Sands">those code words</a> on the Tube that get announced if there's something going on. And numbers stations of course! tag:ask.metafilter.com,2009:site.123843 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:44:52 -0800 eccentric england espionage inspector number sands spies station debord http://ask.metafilter.com/106588/Gerard%2DSands What ever happened to Gerard Sands, the son of Bobby Sands the IRA Hunger Striker who died in the Maze? What ever became of him. Did he just grow up and live a quiet life? <a href="http://larkspirit.com/hungerstrikes/funerals/sands_funeral11.jpg">He's pictured here at seven years of age at his Dad's funeral.</a><br> <br> Has anyone in Northern Ireland ever interviewed him, or written about him? Just curious as a person who reads a lot about the struggles. Google turns up nothing. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.106588 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:49:05 -0800 Bobby hunger IRA Sands strikers lottie