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Comment on Twitter: The Good, The Bad & The Blind by Alan G

Alan G — Thu, 23 May 2013 14:08:30 +0000

2-ply or 3-ply. They both put breeders of long-haired hamsters out of business.

Sorry, sorry.

Comment on The Wonder of Wilton’s by jan

jan — Thu, 23 May 2013 09:50:49 +0000

You’ve probably seen this venue in lots of BBC historical productions as it is widely used as a set in films as well

Comment on Let’s Have A London Quiz Question by jan

jan — Thu, 23 May 2013 09:48:57 +0000

Berry Brothers Helen situated a short distance away but the cellars go quite deep and cover a fair amount of space. This part of London is the area of a lot of gentlemen’s clubs – no not strippers and things but the old fashioned places for “clubbable” gents and most of these places had extensive wine cellars though not on a scale with Berry brothers the wine merchants

Comment on Re:View – ‘I’m So Excited’ by Alan Morgan

Alan Morgan — Thu, 23 May 2013 07:02:19 +0000

I want to see it now. Anything other than endless explosions seen behind bald men with dirty heads, or wisecracking cartoon animals having a bit of a sing.

Comment on Twitter: The Good, The Bad & The Blind by Ken Murray

Ken Murray — Wed, 22 May 2013 21:31:13 +0000

We are a 3-ply household and proud! We have no time for your proletarian 2-ply propaganda! ; 0)

Comment on Twitter: The Good, The Bad & The Blind by Bob Low

Bob Low — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:15:11 +0000

Snowy-long live the wireless! (not to mention the soft two-ply tissue).

Comment on The Film Freak Podcast Is Here by snowy

snowy — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:40:02 +0000

Bookmarked for later in the week, I noticed that there is also a podcast on ‘Invisible Code’ available on the same page.

For those that fancy ‘doing the double’.

Comment on Twitter: The Good, The Bad & The Blind by snowy

snowy — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:29:32 +0000

You're not wrong Bob, as you say one of the tricks used is to fiddle with the comments, but that is self defeating in the long term. As the paper shifts its position to pander to the extreme end of opinion it cannabalises its own readership, the more reasonable and moderate grow tired of the extreme rhetoric, [and all the 'swivel-eyed loons' it attracts], and leave. I'll not detail the decline of the newspaper industry, but the first assault on their domination was the introduction of the 'wireless'. [Though I suspect the first mortal blow was the invention of soft two-ply tissue by St Andrews's Mill in Walthamstow.]

Comment on Twitter: The Good, The Bad & The Blind by Bob Low

Bob Low — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:19:43 +0000

Snowy-not only are newspaper comment streams ways of generating revenue, I think they also might represent ways in which certain newspapers can subtly advance their own political agendas, especially when you consider the thorny issue of ''moderation'' , or censorship, to be blunter. I had been under the impression the the moderation of comments on these sites was supposed to be a way of weeding out defamatory, threatening or otherwise offensive, or actionable material. When I first started reading through the comment streams on the newspaper I mentioned above, I was fairly taken aback by the sheer amount of vicious, nasty, and insulting material hurled by the posters, not only at each other, but at pretty much anyone they disagreed with, with the some of the worst material coming from ''Separatists'', or supporters of Scottish independence. It then occured to me that the newspaper in question is Labour supporting, and therefore a supporter of the Union. I posted, half-jokingly, in response to some hateful nonsense from another Caledonian suppremacist, that the only reason the newspaper let him get away with so much bile, was because it confirmed the Editorial staff's prejudices about Nationalists, and that they were probably hoping that exposure to posts like his might deter people fron voting ''Yes'' in the coming referendum. Guess whose comment didn't make it through moderation? After that, I wondered if I had maybe struck a nerve.

Comment on The Film Freak Podcast Is Here by Jo W

Jo W — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:13:30 +0000

That was a very enjoyable twenty minute podcast. Helped me forget I was catching up with the washing up and brought to mind some more great b&w films from my youth. Thank you!