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The Furrowed Brow

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1. At 01:34 PM on 17 Mar 2007, stewart M wrote:

   Hope the wire free facility was secure if you were checking your bank details.

   Serious issue in that. Internet fraud.

2. At 02:34 PM on 17 Mar 2007, Val P wrote:

   Nice one Eric!

3. At 03:42 PM on 17 Mar 2007, Gillian wrote:

   Well, Eddie, I suppose that's another payment to put on your expenses claim. I hope you didn't send any personal e-mails while you were at it!

4. At 03:49 PM on 17 Mar 2007, wrote:

   Eddie is conducting ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ business on this trip, by starting this thread.

   Therefore it's a business trip.

   Don't you ever have time off, Eddie?

   Fifi

5. At 04:09 PM on 17 Mar 2007, Gossipmistress wrote:

   Well I hope you've had a good holiday Mr Mayor and that your brow is definitely not furrowed!

   Anyone hear the chap talking about the radio 3 message boards the other day? Might have been on 'Feedback'. They get messages deleted if they are off-topic and their general message board has been removed, leaving them only 4 boards for discussing only 4 specific programmes. Other messages get deleted. Scary Big Brother stuff. Do hope we're not in for any of that round here....? (Nervous question mark...!)

6. At 04:30 PM on 17 Mar 2007, Gillian wrote:

   Gossipmisress (5) Yes! My flabber was gasted. The Radio 3 guy was a complete control freak. No wonder the poor listener was frustrated. I hope someone nudges him in our direction. It's all TLC here, eh? ;o)

7. At 05:05 PM on 17 Mar 2007, admin annie wrote:

   I heard it as well, and was horrified. That radio 3 guy was just the end. He seemed to look on R3 as a personal fiefdom and rather irritated that listeners should want to mess up his message boards. I just hated the way he kept saying 'there are other places they can discuss R3' although I noticed when pressed he couldn't actually name any.And he defended the practice of removing 'off topic' threads. Smug prat. The sort of person who gives the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ a bad name.

8. At 05:28 PM on 17 Mar 2007, Aperitif wrote:

   Ah Eddie, you miss us don't you? The feeling is mutual. But, OK, we're meant to be serious here. I didn't hear the aforementioned R3 bloke and I'm jolly glad about it!

9. At 07:18 PM on 17 Mar 2007, wrote:

   Phew, it sounds like I should be glad I didn't hear the R3 guy. My blood pressure's high enough already!

10. At 07:59 PM on 17 Mar 2007, wrote:

    Nice to have you back with us Eddie.

    The saddest thing regarding the Radio 3 listeners is that there are so few of them to start with, and then to treat them in such an awful way!

    Bless them.

11. At 12:23 AM on 18 Mar 2007, wrote:

    So - and this is serious enough! Where did you get to Eddie, Ireland, Scotland England, Wales -- or did you venture across the shores ?

    I dare say all will be revealed in time.

12. At 02:01 PM on 18 Mar 2007, Gossipmistress wrote:

    Jonnie (10) absolutely, and they will lose even more. I couldn't believe what I was hearing - the R3 guy just seemed to think the boards were there purely for his convenience and to receive highly selected feedback. Does he think R3 is there solely for himself??!

13. At 05:16 PM on 18 Mar 2007, Val P wrote:

    I was also jumping around the kitchen on Friday shaking my fist at the guy on Feedback! Control Freak summed it up right enough. I'm surprised anyone bothers posting if their comments are so churlishly received.

14. At 09:57 AM on 19 Mar 2007, wrote:

    Is this story from Priv*te *y* really true? Because if so, it's horrific, & how come we haven't heard more of it? David Dobbin of Backford nr Chester,had a herd of 567 dairy cows. Because of some "irregularities" in their paperwork, officials from Defra confiscated the animals' "passports" , then removed his herd to another farm in Chester, finally slaughtering them all, beginning on March 7th.
    If there is more to this story I would like to know! It seems almost incredible, and very alarming.

15. At 06:08 PM on 19 Mar 2007, jacques wrote:

    If something similar to the report from Annasee @ 14 occurred in France then all the farmers would have parked their tractors and large trailers to block the autoroutes, oil refineries, town centres, etc. Something like this would not have been permitted to have been done by the government.

    You english are to soft. Show your anger at stupid regulations. Get out and protest!

    I can only remember one instance where collective action in England resulted in the government backdown - the oil refinery blockades in about 2000.

    It was successful then and can be equally successful now.

16. At 06:45 PM on 19 Mar 2007, wrote:

    Why do my postings fail to appear?

17. At 06:48 PM on 19 Mar 2007, wrote:

    NBP Marc - Re comments 5,6,7,9,10,12,13 - I wonder if you can tell us whether R4 message boards/blogs are likely to be re-jigged in any way similar to the massacre on radio 3?

    Should we be worried?

18. At 09:36 PM on 19 Mar 2007, Gillian wrote:

    Chairman(?) Mair, Fifi (4) and Jonnie (11) - I read today that interviews for the post of ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ chairman were held last week.....while Eddie was off-air......just a coincidence, or what? ;o)

19. At 11:12 PM on 19 Mar 2007, wrote:

    PUSH!

    Now a malicious warning!

20. At 12:41 PM on 21 Mar 2007, Aperitif wrote:

    Ed (16),

    Because you are a threat to the status quo, of course. You ought to be very proud :-)

21. At 01:44 PM on 21 Mar 2007, Gillian wrote:

    The Blog's gone back to September again - seriously.

22. At 02:15 PM on 21 Mar 2007, The New Blog Prince aka Marc wrote:

    Hi all Just to let you know that we *are* aware that the blog keeps slipping back to September. The Powers That Be - ie those who understand things a whole lot more than me - are looking into it, but as yet there's no word on why it's happening or how to prevent it. Please bear with us, your patience is much appreciated, and normal service will be resumed once I've worked out just how hard to hit the internet with my hammer. Marc

23. At 03:18 PM on 21 Mar 2007, Gillian wrote:

    Thank you NBP Marc. That did the trick.

24. At 03:22 PM on 21 Mar 2007, Aperitif wrote:

    Marc (22), Forgive me for pointing this out, but something that has never happened before cannot be "resumed" -- it must be "begun". :-)

25. At 04:45 PM on 21 Mar 2007, Gillian wrote:

    Aperitif (24) Has ''normal service'' never happened on the Blog? Depends on your definition of ''normal'', I suppose.......

26. At 07:53 PM on 21 Mar 2007, Aperitif wrote:

    Gillian (25), One couldn't call any of the service here "normal" -- not with a straight face anyway. :-)

27. At 10:51 PM on 22 Mar 2007, wrote:

    Aperitif - (26) maybe we should use the acronym "NFB" - "normal for blog"?

28. At 09:10 AM on 23 Mar 2007, Aperitif wrote:

    Or UFB -- "Usual For Blog"?

29. At 03:36 PM on 23 Mar 2007, Belinda wrote:

    Lots of debate on the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Editors blog about the impartiality or otherwise of the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ - particularly regarding their coverage of Middle Eastern affairs. Any thoughts?

30. At 06:22 PM on 23 Mar 2007, wrote:

    Thanks Belinda. I'll have a look.
    
    ed
    23/03/2007 at 18:22:37 GMT
    

31. At 02:48 PM on 24 Mar 2007, wrote:

    Belinda,

    Thanks again for the headsup, but the frogerators don't seem able to let my response to your "Any thoughts?" appear...:-(
    xx
    ed
    And now, a malicious warning!