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From: Noddy on 21 May 2010 07:03 "Sylvia Else" <sylvia(a)not.at.this.address> wrote in message news:4bf65a25$0$1235$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... > Challenging? > > Unpleasant? For sure. Boring? Definitely. Tiring? Most likely. Dangerous? > Quite possibly, though it was an ocean going yacht, no doubt > self-righting, with modern navigation equipment and communications. > > But challenging? Somehow I don't see it. Yeah, I don't either. I suppose *some* people might consider it challenging, but then they'd likely be the same people who consider eating Spagetti to be challenging. -- Regards, Noddy.
From: Noddy on 21 May 2010 07:04 "PhilD" <replytonewsgrouponly(a)aussient.com.au> wrote in message news:R%rJn.26182$pv.13167(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... > One of the worst example of credit being given where it is least deserved > is in the yearly honours or queens birthday handouts. Most of the > recipients were just doing what they were paid for. Sadly it's probably > that JW will be getting one of them. Couldn't agree more. -- Regards, Noddy.
From: Noddy on 21 May 2010 07:05 "D Walford" <dwalford(a)internode.on.net> wrote in message news:4bf6606c$0$8793$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... > Agreed but in the JW case its difficult to know if she chased the > publicity or they chased her, to some extent the blame for the over the > top media coverage must lie with the media because they will almost do > anything to sell advertising space in their newspapers and TV. They do, but then she'd be incredibly ignorant if she assumed she'd come back home and not be an "instant celebrity". -- Regards, Noddy.
From: D Walford on 21 May 2010 08:44 On 21/05/2010 9:05 PM, Noddy wrote: > "D Walford"<dwalford(a)internode.on.net> wrote in message > news:4bf6606c$0$8793$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... > >> Agreed but in the JW case its difficult to know if she chased the >> publicity or they chased her, to some extent the blame for the over the >> top media coverage must lie with the media because they will almost do >> anything to sell advertising space in their newspapers and TV. > > They do, but then she'd be incredibly ignorant if she assumed she'd come > back home and not be an "instant celebrity". > She's certainly not a shrinking violet afraid of publicity especially since the publicity is likely to make her a lot of money but I still think its the media who have blown it out of all proportion with a little encouragement from her management. Daryl
From: Jason James on 21 May 2010 16:37
"D Walford" <dwalford(a)internode.on.net> wrote in message news:4bf68021$0$27822$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... > On 21/05/2010 9:05 PM, Noddy wrote: >> "D Walford"<dwalford(a)internode.on.net> wrote in message >> news:4bf6606c$0$8793$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... >> >>> Agreed but in the JW case its difficult to know if she chased the >>> publicity or they chased her, to some extent the blame for the over the >>> top media coverage must lie with the media because they will almost do >>> anything to sell advertising space in their newspapers and TV. >> >> They do, but then she'd be incredibly ignorant if she assumed she'd come >> back home and not be an "instant celebrity". >> > > She's certainly not a shrinking violet afraid of publicity especially > since the publicity is likely to make her a lot of money but I still think > its the media who have blown it out of all proportion with a little > encouragement from her management. I wouldn't blame her and others, to not attempt another feat. after the amount of critisism she's attracted. As with many things, it will be those who have an imagination to actually put themselves in her shoes, who'll remain admirers. Jason |