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  • ferneyhoughgeliebte
    Gone fishin'
    • Sep 2011
    • 30163

    Originally posted by antongould View Post
    It will be interesting to see if you get selected bbm given the ongoing theory that the choice is made the week before and/or the daily deluge of suggestions they claim to receive .....
    Ah - but if they've already decided to play the Vierne, then Bbm's request will come in handy.
    [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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    • antongould
      Full Member
      • Nov 2010
      • 8778

      Originally posted by french frank View Post
      Not least because it suggests that there aren't that many people writing in with suggestions, if Bbm is constantly being chosen! If that is so, why do it at all, just for the gratification of a small percentage of listeners?

      Indeed .......

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      • Stanfordian
        Full Member
        • Dec 2010
        • 9308

        Originally posted by french frank View Post
        Not least because it suggests that there aren't that many people writing in with suggestions, if Bbm is constantly being chosen! If that is so, why do it at all, just for the gratification of a small percentage of listeners?
        Hiya french frank,

        I really wonder how people can be bothered contacting the show and get their name mentioned!

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        • antongould
          Full Member
          • Nov 2010
          • 8778

          Originally posted by Stanfordian View Post
          Hiya french frank,

          I really wonder how people can be bothered contacting the show and get their name mentioned!
          I don't think they all do it just to get their name mentioned Stan, when I sent in a request I used a false name to avoid ridicule down the Working Men's Club ......

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          • Sir Velo
            Full Member
            • Oct 2012
            • 3225

            Originally posted by french frank View Post
            Not least because it suggests that there aren't that many people writing in with suggestions, if Bbm is constantly being chosen! If that is so, why do it at all, just for the gratification of a small percentage of listeners?
            Moreover, let's be honest, with the exception of the person and maybe one or two friends or family, no one is going to be any the wiser when a name is read out. If I hear Ivor Bighead or Percy Vere mentioned it means zilch to me, nor likewise to thousand of others. The only thing I do think is what a g**!

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            • french frank
              Administrator/Moderator
              • Feb 2007
              • 30241

              Originally posted by antongould View Post
              I don't think they all do it just to get their name mentioned Stan, when I sent in a request I used a false name to avoid ridicule down the Working Men's Club ......
              About 25 years ago (a confession is coming) I suggested a Mozart aria (from K 429) for Breakfast On Air. It was played, but I gave a false name. I just thought the aria charming and very few people would know it. I was very keen on the Masonic music at the time
              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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              • Stanfordian
                Full Member
                • Dec 2010
                • 9308

                Originally posted by antongould View Post
                I don't think they all do it just to get their name mentioned Stan, when I sent in a request I used a false name to avoid ridicule down the Working Men's Club ......
                I think they probably do! That is unless some use a nom de plume.

                Working Men's clubs are in serious decline, rather like Radio 3.
                Last edited by Stanfordian; 25-01-18, 13:43.

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                • Eine Alpensinfonie
                  Host
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 20570

                  Originally posted by french frank View Post
                  ... but I gave a false name. I
                  I'm SHOCKED!!


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                  • Sir Velo
                    Full Member
                    • Oct 2012
                    • 3225

                    Originally posted by antongould View Post
                    I don't think they all do it just to get their name mentioned Stan, when I sent in a request I used a false name to avoid ridicule down the Working Men's Club ......
                    You clearly have a higher class of listener at your Working men's club than most I suspect!

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                    • ahinton
                      Full Member
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 16122

                      Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
                      I'm SHOCKED!!
                      Françoise Franck, peut-ĂȘtre?...

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                      • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                        Gone fishin'
                        • Sep 2011
                        • 30163

                        Originally posted by Sir Velo View Post
                        You clearly have a higher class of listener at your Working men's club than most I suspect!
                        "Washington, Tyne &Wear" - only to be expected.
                        [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                        • antongould
                          Full Member
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 8778

                          Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View Post
                          "Washington, Tyne &Wear" - only to be expected.
                          Indeed .......

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                          • antongould
                            Full Member
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 8778

                            Looks like bbm's nap selection didn't even make it to the first 3 ...... yes EA's Suzy decided to play 3 follow up pieces today, as the response was so magnificent .......

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                            • Rex Bartlett
                              Full Member
                              • Dec 2015
                              • 19

                              Originally posted by Sir Velo View Post
                              Moreover, let's be honest, with the exception of the person and maybe one or two friends or family, no one is going to be any the wiser when a name is read out. If I hear Ivor Bighead or Percy Vere mentioned it means zilch to me, nor likewise to thousand of others. The only thing I do think is what a g**!
                              A couple of years ago I had a postcard from a neice I hadn't seen in 30 years asking if it was my name she'd heard read out on Radio 3 when she was halfway up Mt Snowdon. I was the only person that day to recognise a Mozart sonata being played backwards. I was quite chuffed.

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                              • french frank
                                Administrator/Moderator
                                • Feb 2007
                                • 30241

                                Originally posted by Rex Bartlett View Post
                                A couple of years ago I had a postcard from a neice I hadn't seen in 30 years asking if it was my name she'd heard read out on Radio 3 when she was halfway up Mt Snowdon. I was the only person that day to recognise a Mozart sonata being played backwards. I was quite chuffed.
                                Well, that was one person who was pleased. What about the other 500,000 listeners?
                                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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