Let the speculation run unchecked Mr Gould... 
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"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Am I right that Della has you in her little book as a leading expert on garden shed disputes and Perry wants your help in a trickly case involving a cat that fell into a water butt off a sloping roof - or was it pushed?Originally posted by Caliban View PostLet the speculation run unchecked Mr Gould...Comment
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No - but thanks for playing. What Sarah Walker would call "some interesting suggestions".Originally posted by Zucchini View Post"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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A tale of bits between teeth and fleas in ears this morning? And apart that, an email queried whether the weather had included: 'The rain [...] will be wet …'. I replied that this was not altogether impossible.Originally posted by antongould View PostIt isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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This reminds me of the expression "more in the way of rain" as used by weather forecast announcers which ought really to be in the Phrases/words that set your teeth on edge thread (which is where perhaps I should accordingly place it) but which, when I hear it, engenders momentary uncharacteristic optimism at the prospect that something, whatever it might be, is expected to get in the way of rain, which would on most occasions be very welcome...Originally posted by french frank View PostLast edited by ahinton; 29-10-15, 17:43.Comment
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Didn't hear this morning's - buried under grandchildren ....I feel he has been excellent up to yesterday ...Originally posted by french frank View PostComment
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No criticism at all - just the Skelly SoH. Tom Crowe lives!Originally posted by antongould View PostIt isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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Originally posted by french frank View Post
Afraid Tom Crowe was before my time, but I remember reading about him in The Envy of the World - quite a character ....Comment
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The author of The Envy of the World - also a Breakfast presenter (or rather On Air as it was then called) possibly modelled his own style on Tom Crowe (who I never heard either, though some of his jokes are legendary).Originally posted by antongould View PostIt isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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Ho, the Breakfast fans! What day is the Specialist Classical Chart broadcast? Or … has it been dropped? Is the No 1 still played on In Tune each week, or was that dropped at the time when André Rieu tended to dominate
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Ho ?!?Originally posted by french frank View PostHo, the Breakfast fans! What day is the Specialist Classical Chart broadcast? Or … has it been dropped? Is the No 1 still played on In Tune each week, or was that dropped at the time when André Rieu tended to dominate
Specialist Classical Chart slot has been dropped, but reference is made to individual items in the SPC during Breakfast from time to time.
SPC podcast seems to have disappeared too.
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PS Await response from the other Breakfast Fan
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Just a jolly 'Hello, there!'Originally posted by Old Grumpy View PostHo ?!?
Oh. Stealth bombed?Originally posted by Old Grumpy View PostSpecialist Classical Chart slot has been dropped, but reference is made to individual items in the SPC during Breakfast from time to time.
SPC podcast seems to have disappeared too.
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PS Await response from the other Breakfast FanIt isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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Perhaps...Originally posted by french frank View Post
... something akin to "operational reasons", I think.
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It would be interesting to know whether anyone now finds the programmes LESS appealing, given that there have been some very clear shifts in emphasis.Originally posted by Old Grumpy View Post
A quick (very quick!) trawl through the playlists for the past 7 days came up with only one item which might raise one of my eyebrows (i.e. me individually as one person among half a million, so who cares?) - J.Barry's Bond theme from Goldfinger/original sound track. Otherwise we had the Labèques playing some West Side Story, a Str 4tet playing Lennon's (not McCartney's?) 'Blackbird', an orchestral suite of Williamson's Our Man in Havana - and, I think, the original Third Man theme (Anton Karas?). Throw in a piece by Madeleine Dring, and a piece by Satie, plus a couple of other unusual pieces and there's still a 'light touch' to the choices. The number of pieces seems not to go above 23 (the highest I recorded some while back was 29, and quite often 25).It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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Not I .........IMVVHO moves in the right direction .....Originally posted by french frank View PostComment
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