Posts by Islander
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Capture: Cats Love Cameras, in reply to Hebe,
on the back above the tail especially
Hey, that's my cat secret!
Even semi-wild beggars relax with it.
Even cushioned domesticated boss female cats!
And Jos-
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Hard News: For want of some purpose, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
E tika!
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Hard News: For want of some purpose, in reply to izogi,
I've just ditched Sky (bothered by their constant tiny rachetting of monthly fees
& the fact that I only watched Maori tv/Heartland and a couple of UKTV programmes -each week.)I may get Freeview - but it is uncertain the service is available in the wopwops.
All my immediate family group have had digital for the past 5 years +
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Hard News: For want of some purpose, in reply to Islander,
Gah! Excuse double post.
First one did not show up on my machine- -
I’d be surprised if audiences for those cultural forms tend to the young and brown (unlike the ones who prefer hip hop for instance).
True.
But - occaisionally- they'll be there.
When Witi's opera was first-nighted in Wellington, I was reliably informed that management had never seen so many brown faces in the audience... -
Hard News: For want of some purpose, in reply to Sacha,
I’d be surprised if audiences for those cultural forms tend to the young and brown (unlike the ones who prefer hip hop for instance).
And other forms of song/dance... when Witi's opera was performed in Wellington I was told that that was the largest observedly brown audience ever, in Wellington-
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Hard News: For want of some purpose, in reply to Sacha,
No - but the implication was there so I clarified the matter-
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Hard News: For want of some purpose, in reply to Sacha,
he wealthy also seem to expect the rest of us to fund their preferred forms of culture – like opera and ballet. Not that logical.
The wealthy are not necessarily the people born between 1946 & 1966: that latter group has more disposable income than on-coming groups but ISNT especially interested in opera & ballet - that's the environment for city dwellers who like conspicuous display (and I totally agree, expecting others to fund their especial tastes is pretty bloody stupid. Your's, an impoverished & irate writer-)
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Hard News: For want of some purpose, in reply to Peter Calder,
ave never understood this. I would have thought the group in society with most disposable income would be people in their 50s and 60s
Not wrong - but we are a very variable group.
A lot of us dont like travel(we've already done a lot normally); we already have a lot of stuff - and if we're downsizing our homes (as I am), we're not really looking for *more*stuff.NONE are interested in continence stuff (that's my mother's age-cohort) and equally, none of the females are interested in tampons et al (been there, done that, welcome menopause! (a decade ago, actually.))
What tv could sell us is - gardening stuff, books & dvds, cunning technology, interesting foods & wines etc.; aids that assist the arthritic (osteo kicks in, in the late 50's/early 60s) but not the junk nostrums - we are a *highly* cynical generation by now...
but we get that info from the magazines & websites devoted to our cohort/s, and we rely on the info we receive from confreres & family members & friends for exciting new restaurants & gadgets et al-
maybe tv has done it's market research and learned we are A Lost Cause...
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Capture: Two Tales of a City, in reply to Gudrun Gisela,
That is wonder-full!
Red lacquer?