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Post by julesd68 on Jul 27, 2018 17:54:52 GMT
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Post by Slinger on Jul 27, 2018 18:37:34 GMT
She hasn't bought a CD in 10 years??? I wish there was some sort of context, like how many CDs she'd buy every year before she stopped.
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Post by julesd68 on Aug 5, 2018 11:35:36 GMT
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Post by Slinger on Aug 5, 2018 13:55:21 GMT
I'm really surprised that she has a second "job" that would risk causing major damage to her hands. Those bassoons can be vicious bastards; she could wreck her boxing career. |
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Post by julesd68 on Aug 5, 2018 15:16:57 GMT
I'm not sure how long her boxing career will be anyway - she lost the big fight ...
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Post by julesd68 on Aug 8, 2018 21:47:34 GMT
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Post by Slinger on Aug 8, 2018 22:06:58 GMT
Well, I suppose it makes a change from throwing disabled passengers off of flights for no good reason.
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Post by jandl100 on Aug 9, 2018 6:52:12 GMT
No mention of vinyl ...  No mention of wax cylinders, either.   |
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Post by julesd68 on Aug 9, 2018 11:04:01 GMT
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Post by julesd68 on Aug 13, 2018 18:25:10 GMT
Abbado.
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Post by julesd68 on Aug 13, 2018 18:29:55 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Aug 14, 2018 12:44:36 GMT
No mention of wax cylinders, either. I nearby spat all my coffee out at that one. LOL!!! |
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Post by julesd68 on Aug 14, 2018 18:12:03 GMT
More on Abbado - I haven't seen this film yet but looks rather promising ...
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Post by julesd68 on Aug 19, 2018 10:58:10 GMT
Interesting to read here about Barenboim's cultural support of Greece - slippedisc.com/2018/08/now-barenboim-turns-his-concern-to-greece/It is a subject close to my heart, with my wife being Greek it is a second home to me now. Anything that reminds people of what is still going on now is a good thing but you can't underestimate how long it will take to get this country back on its feet. Financial bail outs have formally ceased so government will continue to cut pensions and salaries, raising taxes as well. It's grim. A very timely BBC commentary here ... www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45207092 |
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Post by jandl100 on Aug 19, 2018 19:22:18 GMT
I've a friend who has a Greek parent, and she loves the country dearly.
But it's her view that Greece's financial woes are in large part due to tax evasion on a massive scale. She says that many Greek's simply don't bother paying taxes and the system is incompetent (or maybe corrupt) and doesn't crack down on this. So you have a substantial portion of the population as free-loaders being supported (or not as the case may be, as the money has run out!) by the rest.
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Post by MartinT on Aug 19, 2018 20:16:22 GMT
...not to mention the enormous loans they took out and don't seem at all interested in paying back. They have suffered from some incredibly bungling government initiatives in the past.
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Post by julesd68 on Aug 19, 2018 20:19:33 GMT
I would say the problems are more due to various systematically corrupt and incompetent governments going back a number of decades. I have had many enlightening conversations on the subject here. Yes there is an issue about tax evasion but it is not a simplistic one - when you are aware of persistent corruption at the highest levels and misuse of public funds, you can imagine that the incentive to pay taxes for undelivered and underdeveloped public services is greatly diminished. Of course the government needs to collect these taxes but there are any number of new taxes that are crippling people who do pay up.
Furthermore you now have a totally inexperienced left-wing government with communist leanings that promised an end to austerity but when reality came to bite they caved in and put up all taxes and continually cut pensions with absolutely no clue about a long term solution to Greece's woes.
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Post by julesd68 on Aug 22, 2018 22:58:26 GMT
So, how many of you have heard of Eurovision Young Musician?? I had never come across it until today! Gets next to zero press coverage in the UK. I believe the final is on Radio 3 and BBC Two Scotland. No Brits made it through to the final though. youngmusicians.tv |
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Post by MartinT on Aug 23, 2018 7:26:41 GMT
It's news to me.
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Post by julesd68 on Aug 23, 2018 8:59:42 GMT
There are lots of video clips on the website ...
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