tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post1016963623170416631..comments2024-03-19T08:35:01.699+00:00Comments on Love my life: This is the news :o(Meanqueenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02705837426373680532noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-7399366215654328432013-05-15T08:07:06.772+01:002013-05-15T08:07:06.772+01:00Hi Illona again
Interesting that you watched "...Hi Illona again<br />Interesting that you watched "An Island Parish" Fr. Roddy is my cousin and we have just returned to Australia after spending time on Barra the island of my grandfather's birth. We caught up with Fr. Roddy for lunch in his new parish just outside Fort William. Unfortunately we didn't get that series in Australia, and it is even harder to obtain a copy of a DVD in UK as well.<br />I'm only this far into your blog - its such a hoot to read and I feel as though I know you and can almost predict the unpredictable from you.<br />PS - I wrote to you via email recently re. Google - thanks for your reply.xx All the best, TrishTrish Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05181068731969286506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-48011631062283329842011-02-18T10:18:24.573+00:002011-02-18T10:18:24.573+00:00Ilona,
Hi, good blog, the kind of stuff I like rea...Ilona,<br />Hi, good blog, the kind of stuff I like reading. Thanks for your kind remarks (now published). As for everyone going to live on Barra, not a bad idea. If it got too crowded you could always come and join me on Lewis; at least there's a Tesco there, albeit a small one. BTW, the Lakeland cheese on BOGOF was still 400g in our Tesco this week, so maybe they know we watch out for tricks like that!Albedohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04093271297403073329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-48648846894645641012011-02-17T10:37:52.133+00:002011-02-17T10:37:52.133+00:00Hi Ilona,
I agree about the news and about how goo...Hi Ilona,<br />I agree about the news and about how good that programme an Island Parish is - before they did the Isles of Sciliy, they did a couple of series from Boscastle in Cornwall and they were there filming the second series when Boscastle suffered their devasting floods. If you ever get chance to watch those 2 series I think that you'd enjoy those too. But one of the best escapes from bad news for me is to read a Rosamund Pilcher book as she always writes about nice people living in nice villages either in Cornwall or Scotland - well worth a read.<br /><br />Best Wishes - SandraTrudiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16242249211391956940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-23015063424880158402011-02-17T10:18:05.084+00:002011-02-17T10:18:05.084+00:00I don't watch the news either. I usually only ...I don't watch the news either. I usually only listen to the radio when I'm in the car, and I continually channel hop until I find some music I like (the radio controls are on the steering wheel so I don't have to move!) when the news is on every station on the hour, I go to Radio 1 to continue with the music. My husband on the other hand watches all the news but I'm usually in another room so it doesn't affect me. He also watches the one where it's written on the screen, and has the sound off so I don't hear it. That's I don't hear it because he has the sound off not he has the sound off so I don't hear it iyswIm.Little Blue Mousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13616392505984609128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-86897495434514663172011-02-16T23:28:17.882+00:002011-02-16T23:28:17.882+00:00I don't know what it is with men and news, the...I don't know what it is with men and news, they have to pick a paper up at the shop on their way to work. Are they so worried that they might miss something. <br /><br />I know what you mean about the clelebs, those people who spend all their time promoting themselves and haven't done a days real work in their lives. I couldn't care less who's relationship has broken up, and how many times they have had their chest pumped up.Meanqueenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705837426373680532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-33529677979708212062011-02-16T22:24:52.469+00:002011-02-16T22:24:52.469+00:00I'm with you on this Ilona. My husband insists...I'm with you on this Ilona. My husband insists on watching the news several times a day, especially first thing in the morning, and it can really start the day off making me depressed. I have to leave the room sometimes and do stuff in the kitchen or I stick my earphones in and listen to my MP3 player just to get away from it. He even switches over when we're watching a programme if I nip out of the room for a moment and he goes into Smith's to read the papers when we're out as we don't have a paper at home. I can't undestand the obsession some men in particular seem to have with knwoing everything that's going on in the world in farflung places where there's nothing we can do to help. Also, I get so fed up with all the stuff about celebrities who earn amazing amounts of money and then act like complete plonkers...I would happily never hear Jordan or Chryl Cole's names ever again.Helenghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04963972925920465515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-20227161460841038072011-02-16T21:49:08.682+00:002011-02-16T21:49:08.682+00:00I've gone through periods where I don't fo...I've gone through periods where I don't follow the news for a few weeks at a time. It does make a difference. But I do like to keep in touch with what is happening for some reason. Maybe it is because of my interest in other places and my travel interests though I do wish there wasn't so much doom and gloom.Joyfulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956413632864588646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-34677168783940101352011-02-16T21:09:48.442+00:002011-02-16T21:09:48.442+00:00I go through periods when I refuse to watch the ne...I go through periods when I refuse to watch the news, this is one of them and I haven't watched the news for several weeks now. We flick the switch over at 6.00 pm to Bargain Hunt:)Manchester Lass, Now and Thenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946068658998389838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-55743707213518668142011-02-16T20:38:33.366+00:002011-02-16T20:38:33.366+00:00Occasionally I go on a news fast but I do like to ...Occasionally I go on a news fast but I do like to know what is going on the world so I do catch the headlines. What I NEVER listen to or watch is the local news. Its always the same.............drug busts or someone killing their baby or letting their pets starve to death. Very depressing.<br />When I was young I thought there was a lot of news - Suez crisis, Moors murders, trouble in South Africa and eastern Europe. My parents always listened to the Beeb. Home Service. <br />I only listen to the BBC - if you think thats bad cop alot our dreadful cable network news over here in the U.S.lizziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17345707661431587475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-49002976195511159132011-02-16T19:26:58.284+00:002011-02-16T19:26:58.284+00:00I gave up watching tv news, reading newspapers or ...I gave up watching tv news, reading newspapers or listening on the radio a long time ago. If news comes on the radio I just tune it out. Nothing I can do about it and I would rather be in the dark on some things.Recycled Cottage & Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13209720538924091082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-77491920880280696702011-02-16T15:52:51.121+00:002011-02-16T15:52:51.121+00:00Hi Ilona, ytes the eye problem is a worry because ...Hi Ilona, ytes the eye problem is a worry because the infection is in my GOOD eye. It is alot better today though and I have been doing a bit of sewing.<br /><br />Hey, remember my holiday to the Isle of Barra in August. It is beautiful and the people are lovely, very remote though. I want to go back for another holiday there. I'm watching an Island Parish too. Those Catholic priests are great characters aren't they, especially the one with the Poland Pekin hens, you gotta love him. Oyr little house we stayed in was behind that church up the hill a bit. You would love it there.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16259302795139490028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-81127649342384332382011-02-16T13:53:01.281+00:002011-02-16T13:53:01.281+00:00We have friends who think we're VERY odd, we d...We have friends who think we're VERY odd, we do not listen to or watch the news, the only newspapers we get are the two free ones that plop through the letterbox each week and are then placed straight into the recycling box. I think life has enough problems without listening to even more which would throughly depress me. Do I miss the news? NO. I just get strange looks when someone mentions some disaster or other and I know nothing about it! I quite like burying my head in the sand :o)Rose H (UK)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03502158211136467582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-57071683635232419982011-02-16T13:52:34.026+00:002011-02-16T13:52:34.026+00:00You might be on to something.You might be on to something.MyBulletinBoardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07961091298654325887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556657999892839298.post-39195178790660814732011-02-16T13:31:09.943+00:002011-02-16T13:31:09.943+00:00I agree entirely. It's the wonder of technolo...I agree entirely. It's the wonder of technology, we all know exactly what's happening all over the world within minutes of it happening.<br /><br />There's no need for most of it, the big stuff yes, we need to have the information, but the smaller things perhaps not.<br /><br />I didn't even realise there were channels that just had 'happy news' I should imagine within days of hearing just happy news we would all feel much safer and securer in our lives.<br /><br />Loving your Blog by the way, I'm trawling through some older posts for tips at the moment, good stuff.<br /><br />Sue xxSuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04177854521955532744noreply@blogger.com