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  • Serial_Apologist
    Full Member
    • Dec 2010
    • 37814

    Originally posted by Bryn View Post
    Hmm. Skimming through I see he wants shot of Though for the Day. While I certainly switch off the c. 05:45 Prayer for the Day, I always find TftD worth a listen. One does not need to be a theist to have a spiritual aspect to one's life. I have not tried Radio 3's Breakfast for years. Perhaps I should now do so.
    The problem is that TftD almost always has a deist bias. The British Humanist Society has been banging on about this imbalance for decades.

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    • Bryn
      Banned
      • Mar 2007
      • 24688

      Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
      The problem is that TftD almost always has a deist bias. The British Humanist Society has been banging on about this imbalance for decades.
      A fair point, but just as I do not consider the EU anything like perfect, yet think it a major mistake to be giving the big three* free range by leaving it, so I find TftD worthwhile despite feeling it would be greatly improved by it having contributions fro Humanists and other non-deists.


      *Trumpton, Putingrad and Xizhèn.

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      • Serial_Apologist
        Full Member
        • Dec 2010
        • 37814

        Originally posted by Bryn View Post
        A fair point, but just as I do not consider the EU anything like perfect, yet think it a major mistake to be giving the big three* free range by leaving it, so I find TftD worthwhile despite feeling it would be greatly improved by it having contributions fro Humanists and other non-deists.


        *Trumpton, Putingrad and Xizhèn.

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        • muzzer
          Full Member
          • Nov 2013
          • 1193

          I want to approve wholeheartedly of Georgia Mann, who I think has almost cracked it. I just wish she was less arch. Obviously as one among many listeners I’m entitled to a bespoke Breakfast, as are we all. ;)

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          • cloughie
            Full Member
            • Dec 2011
            • 22182

            Originally posted by muzzer View Post
            I want to approve wholeheartedly of Georgia Mann, who I think has almost cracked it. I just wish she was less arch. Obviously as one among many listeners I’m entitled to a bespoke Breakfast, as are we all. ;)
            Mine's Eggs Benedict, thanks very much muzzer!

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            • BBMmk2
              Late Member
              • Nov 2010
              • 20908

              I do like Petroc Trelawney and Georgia Mann. Not too bad either of them.
              Don’t cry for me
              I go where music was born

              J S Bach 1685-1750

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              • Nick Armstrong
                Host
                • Nov 2010
                • 26572

                Originally posted by muzzer View Post
                Georgia Mann has almost cracked it.
                Originally posted by cloughie View Post
                Eggs
                Nice one, cloughie.

                Plate of Eggs B for me too, please.

                "...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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                • BBMmk2
                  Late Member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 20908

                  Boiled, fried or scrambled, or even poached?
                  Don’t cry for me
                  I go where music was born

                  J S Bach 1685-1750

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                  • Serial_Apologist
                    Full Member
                    • Dec 2010
                    • 37814

                    Originally posted by Brassbandmaestro View Post
                    Boiled, fried or scrambled, or even poached?
                    Eggs à la Spaniel - as my mum used to call the Spanish-type dish!

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                    • cloughie
                      Full Member
                      • Dec 2011
                      • 22182

                      Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
                      Eggs à la Spaniel - as my mum used to call the Spanish-type dish!
                      Sounds like a really good dog’s breakfast!

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                      • Eine Alpensinfonie
                        Host
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 20572

                        Originally posted by Brassbandmaestro View Post
                        I do like Petroc Trelawney and Georgia Mann. Not too bad either of them.
                        If the former would stop gasping and punctuate his speech, I might start to like him.

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                        • BBMmk2
                          Late Member
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 20908

                          Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
                          If the former would stop gasping and punctuate his speech, I might start to like him.
                          Really? I hadn’t noticed!
                          Don’t cry for me
                          I go where music was born

                          J S Bach 1685-1750

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                          • LMcD
                            Full Member
                            • Sep 2017
                            • 8638

                            Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
                            If the former would stop gasping and punctuate his speech, I might start to like him.
                            Sorry - are there TWO Petroc Trelawneys? Or does my radio cleverly eliminate gasps and add punctuation?

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                            • oddoneout
                              Full Member
                              • Nov 2015
                              • 9272

                              Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
                              If the former would stop gasping and punctuate his speech, I might start to like him.
                              I too find the lack of punctuation(or intelligent reading) tiresome, especially when it makes a nonsense of the information being conveyed, as has happened.

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                              • french frank
                                Administrator/Moderator
                                • Feb 2007
                                • 30456

                                Originally posted by LMcD View Post
                                Sorry - are there TWO Petroc Trelawneys?
                                Surely, there is not even one Petroc Trelawney who presents Breakfast on Radio 3?

                                Anyway, De introducibus non disputandum.
                                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.

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