While it has limited RAM, the game has always run, it even run on Ubuntu 14.04 last week.īefore saying that something is wrong with my computer, please note that the very game works on my computer running Ubuntu 14.04, Debian Wheezy + Jessie and also Crunchbang Waldorf. Computer is an Asus EEE 1015 PEM Netbook. All dependencies were satisfied, so I don't see the problem. I am using the Runescape Unix Client found here. As my post mentioned I am having problems with running Runescape, it basically Crashes before I it even loads up the login screen, so I can't even start the game. Incredibly, the letter was delivered to the correct address thanks to the local knowledge of Royal Mail staff and the amazing accuracy of the map.I'm new here, and would like some advise. The episode mirrors a similar one in Bude, Cornwall earlier this year when puzzled postmen had to use their map-reading skills to deliver another unusual letter which had a drawing of a map in place of the address.Ī map of Cornwall, Devon and Somerset was sketched on the envelope with a dot drawn in North Cornwall and an arrow saying 'To Peter O'Leary, Somewhere Here'. Mr Ashby also played with Joe Turner, who was Louis Armstrong's pianist, and Charles Dumont, who wrote Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien for Edith Piaf. He was the leader of the Scots Guards Orchestra when he was in the Army and has also played in the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and the Manchester Mozart Orchestra. Mr Ashby, who plays the violin and organ, works as a musician in hotels across Europe and also plays the organ in a Spanish church every Christmas "I saw it as a challenge and it was quite satisfying to get the address and arrange for the item to be delivered to the customer." Pete said: "It was such a shame to think the letter would have been sent back to Australia so I decided to be a bit of a sleuth. The fact Royal Mail went to such lengths to get this letter to me is terrific." "We lost touch and I haven't seen him for 30 years. "The letter was from an old violinist friend, John Bussey, who went out to live in Australia and has just retired from the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Mr Ashby said: "It was a very nice surprise. Postman Pete's efforts were certainly music to the ears of a delighted Mr Ashby, whose talent has seen him work with the late French singer Sacha Distel. Mr Ashby, a self-employed musician and teacher, used the shop in Marlborough Way to buy his sheet music and replacement strings.Ĭarolyn was able to point Pete in the right direction and a Royal Mail colleague delivered the letter. Instead of giving up and returning the correspondence to the sender, postman Pete discovered that 60-year-old Mr Ashby lived in Birchmoor, Tamworth, after speaking to the owners of a music shop.Ĭarolyn Lang, at The Music Makers, in Tamworth, told Pete that she knew him well. The postman began a hunt for Mr Ashby, but checks with rural delivery drivers drew a blank. Pete Armitage was left scratching his head when mail sent from Australia addressed to "Roy Ashby, a brilliant violinist in a village close to Tamworth, England" landed at the town's delivery office. A DETERMINED postman turned detective to orchestrate a search to find the rightful recipient of a curiously addressed letter.
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