To be a bit shocked that my phone is apparently sectarian?

[DoctorTwo]

On unlocking the phone screen this morning the home screen showed the picture of my DGD as usual, the time and date, again, all as usual, then the line "Battle of the Boyne (N. Ireland). United Kingdom. All day"

This is the first time since I got the phone in April that it's given information about the significance of any given day. I'm a bit nonplussed tbh.

iPhone?

They've always shown the Battle of the Boyne (and nothing else). I had never heard of it until it kept popping up in my iPhone calendar.

Well it's not actually sectarian. It is the anniversary of the Battle of The Boyne.

If it said No Surrender then it is sectarian

How is that sectarian? It is a holiday in part of the UK.

My phone told me it was Good Friday, Easter Monday and May Day so I must have a Christian communist phone!

Ha. My phone doesn't do that but they've probably switched it off for Irish phones

"If it said No Surrender then it is sectarian"

Ive had a few red hands pop up on my facebook today

Ive got a Jewish oven. Someone on mn has a jewish fridge.

The Jewish fridge was one of my favourite threads.

forgive my ignorance but what makes an oven or fridge jewish?

Are you on Orange?

Haha! It's not sectarian if it reminds you about St Patrick's day as well.

Are you on Orange?

Bwahaha!

are you on orange

"Are you on Orange?"

Are you on Orange hahahahaha. :o Actually I'm on EE (fuck all anywhere) so I sort of am I suppose. The phone's a Nokia Lumia something or other, can't remember what number, but it's big and the OS is Windows 8.1.

I'll have to keep an eye out now to see if it tells me what significant anniversarie/bank hoidays are up next.

surlyCue. Jewish ovens have a sabbath mode so they stay on low all sabbath. This means you dont have to start a fire, ie turn the oven on on the sabbath. It's ok to turn an oven up but not to turn it on.

Jewish fridges in their sabbath mode iirc from the thread won't dispense ice and the light doesn't come on when you open the door. Just on the sabbath.

Shabbat lifts stop at every floor as well. Not ideal if you're on the 30th floor...

I have it on the lock screen on my laptop OP.

Jewish ovens have a sabbath mode so they stay on low all sabbath. This means you dont have to start a fire, ie turn the oven on on the sabbath. It's ok to turn an oven up but not to turn it on.

Yup, and it's ok to drive to a street near the synagogue and walk the rest, but you can't drive to the synagogue!

Wow! It never occurred to me that such things existed! Thanks both.

Just one Jewish fridge? Shouldn't it be one for meat and another for dairy? My DMiL has those and keeps the bacon in the dairy one.

how is that sectarian? serious question