tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36174792.post5274652200948517739..comments2023-08-05T11:39:59.112+02:00Comments on Dreams and Daemons : Peed off with Telegraph blogssciencebodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12051016731274875332noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36174792.post-43336709161436670962007-01-10T10:28:00.000+01:002007-01-10T10:28:00.000+01:00Colin's blog was relevant to my life. He wrote abo...Colin's blog was relevant to my life. He wrote about life in France which I could relate to and comment on. Every post meant something to me as a fellow Brit living in France. <br /><br />That is what is missing from the others. They are not relevant to me, and while I might be interested from time to time in an item, it is not enough to get me to go into the blogs in the first place. Unless I'm having a really slow day.<br /><br />I prefer to comment on the debates in the Times, if I have something to say, that is.<br /><br />The bus trip was fun essentially for the boys. It also got us out of the rain and into the warm for the duration. And it took us to new places even if they were mostly ghastly. At least we now know they are.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195684182481935384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36174792.post-35632702116315594862007-01-09T17:02:00.000+01:002007-01-09T17:02:00.000+01:00I think you are probably right, Richard - the Tell...I think you are probably right, Richard - the Telly is trying to rejunivate and it's working! Soon it will be a tabloid and fairly indistinguishable from the Daily Mail. Like Sarah, now that Colin R has left I don't read the blogs very often - I had a quick look at today's blogs - over half were sport-related (fine if you love football) and some of the others are really pathetic - Erin Baker feeling a bit 'rusty dusty' getting back on her bike and Francisca Kellett writing about 'fluffy' snow (how about the word 'powder') - oh dear me, these girls have just left primary school.<br /><br />Ben Fenton's article on Patrick More was an insult to a brilliant man and as to Toby H and his advanced hanging of Saddam...if he had been on TV his head would have rolled (sorry - not intended).<br /><br />As you say, they obviously don't want the fiftysomething + readers any more, especially those who have escaped to another country. I don't care though - it's still free online and I have stopped buying it on a Saturday for the crossword at the gross price of CHF7.- as a box of firelighters works out cheaper and lasts longer!Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08277397635514758674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36174792.post-64526035326875786532007-01-09T13:16:00.000+01:002007-01-09T13:16:00.000+01:00I think we are all a little too un English and, ex...I think we are all a little too un English and, except for Sarah, a little too old to be accepted in the politically correct world of the Telegraph. If you notice there are not too many bloggers on the Telegraph who look much over forty and or have much knowledge of the non Anglo Saxon world (or much desire to learn about it). I am sure that Colin's departure was a conscious, or not very unconscious, move to rejuveniate the image of the paper and get rid of a Frenchie.<br /><br />Obviously they are not very keen on reader participation. I can't think of a better way to eliminate it than what they have done over the last few weeks. Colinb the truth is, they don't want your comments, let alone mine.<br /><br />As somebody approaching a retirement age I don't want to be anti youth. I am sure I was not always very tolerant of the oldies. But as somebody, fit, healthy intelligent and knowlegeable of French culture, it is tough that the English youth(and to be fair not just the English youth) seem to think that we have absolutely no right to a living space on this planet.richard of orléanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17916405768158186733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36174792.post-33955498790461253312007-01-09T10:01:00.000+01:002007-01-09T10:01:00.000+01:00Hello again Sarah. Glad to hear you had a good tri...Hello again Sarah. Glad to hear you had a good trip back home with your lads. Though riding around on the top of a bus through outer London suburbia ain't exactly my idea of fun.<br /><br />Any ideas on what set Colin R's Telly blog apart from the others ? Here's my germ of an idea, although he may not thank me for it. It's to do with age and life experience mainly. Today's younger set are obsessed with their self-image, how they will be judged by their peer group, their prospects for future celebrity. Older folk, closer to retirement (whether voluntary or imposed !) can afford to reveal a little more of themselves, if only by subtle hints and cues, which makes them more human and accessible. And knowing when to remain aloof, rather than mixing it. But there's a downside: one can attract oddballs and attention seekers by being too accessible. Nuff said for now.....sciencebodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12051016731274875332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36174792.post-81566670244164512752007-01-09T09:29:00.000+01:002007-01-09T09:29:00.000+01:00I haven't read any Telegraph blogs for months, hav...I haven't read any Telegraph blogs for months, having given up just after Colin R's departure. I realise now that I went in to read his blog and then visited the others. With his gone, I have no initial reason to go there, and thus never visit the others.<br /><br />It's the same with the Times. I read Charles Bremner's and that's about it.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195684182481935384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36174792.post-51165311976013496272007-01-09T08:45:00.000+01:002007-01-09T08:45:00.000+01:00Seems the English language has acquired a new irre...Seems the English language has acquired a new irregular verb, Louise: to abstain.<br /><br />I abstain<br />You boycott<br />He flounces off<br /><br />But I concur with you wholeheartly re Shane Richmond's dodgy self-serving league table. One would have thought that a tad of modesty was called for. It was he who should have added a cautionary note about crude click-counting statistics.sciencebodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12051016731274875332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36174792.post-13313555304606178482007-01-08T23:59:00.000+01:002007-01-08T23:59:00.000+01:00I've just been accused of 'twittering' by Roo, so ...I've just been accused of 'twittering' by Roo, so will continue in the same vein. I read the Shane blog about the 'most read' blogs too, and was surprised (no I wasn't) to see that Colin R didn't get a look in ... I think that is pretty toady of the Telegraph as I'm sure more people read and participated in Colin's blog than Shane's boring stuff for example, where usually there were just a couple of replies from geeks in the IT world.<br /><br />Try and keep a New Years' resolution, Colin, and stay off the Telly blogs - we are used to you flouncing off in a huff every now and then, knowing that you can't stay away for long, but do try staying away from their blogs - they are mainly rubbish any way!Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08277397635514758674noreply@blogger.com