tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post588205679397498993..comments2024-03-23T08:58:00.291+11:00Comments on Flying With Hands: Good News From Home!Pipistrellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-44881197902704380322023-09-25T11:08:58.415+10:002023-09-25T11:08:58.415+10:00Still want an update !Still want an update !Ur-spohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04237644452200889946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-17400455320067067822023-06-19T10:41:20.690+10:002023-06-19T10:41:20.690+10:00Hey you! Wanna an update! Hey you! Wanna an update! Ur-spohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04237644452200889946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-21548202390509769612023-05-31T17:26:44.253+10:002023-05-31T17:26:44.253+10:00Wot? No spell-checker for your diarist, dear Sean?...Wot? No spell-checker for your diarist, dear Sean? However will they cope out in the world of words wherein they seek a livelihood? On a related note, I heard a university lecturer in Journalism (I know, I know, whatever happened to cadetships) speaking on the wireless one day (probably post-2010) listing the reasons his students (prospective journalists, mind) didn't like newspapers: Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-66008439078883052782023-05-30T08:27:35.936+10:002023-05-30T08:27:35.936+10:00Ahhh, don't get me started signora Pipistrello...Ahhh, don't get me started signora Pipistrello!!!<br />Well. Just a tiny bit.<br />Why the art once known as journalism has been lost has, like so many things, a simple reason. Just imagine the following as an excerpt from a diary): <br />Three months ago I didn't know how to write shornaliszt, and today I already am one.Sean Jeatinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978285783271305489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-28759095485484530242023-05-25T17:57:45.084+10:002023-05-25T17:57:45.084+10:00Dear Contessa, animal tales always gladden the hea...Dear Contessa, animal tales always gladden the heart, even via Instagram :) I, too, remember reading the jobs section in the paper, fascinated by the rich variety of occupations out there. Good for you that you had your sights already set!Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-87691205076805020562023-05-25T04:46:32.309+10:002023-05-25T04:46:32.309+10:00GOOD NEWS TODAY COMES VIA INSTAGRAM WITH THE ANIMA...GOOD NEWS TODAY COMES VIA INSTAGRAM WITH THE ANIMAL ACCOUNTS!SO HEART WARMING AND CUTE..........<br />I RECALL READING THE WANTS ADS AS A CHILD!I LOVED TO FIND MYSELF A JOB!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-67664348903951752082023-05-22T15:10:06.151+10:002023-05-22T15:10:06.151+10:00Me too, dear Urspo. I fondly remember the Good New...Me too, dear Urspo. I fondly remember the Good News stories that used to come at the end of the evening news, back in the olden days. Heart-warming stories about migratory birds showing up, vintage car rallies, jacarandas blooming, old-timers doing cute stuff etc etc.Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-50055395457894191532023-05-22T05:09:15.386+10:002023-05-22T05:09:15.386+10:00I enjoy reading good news as we are so often innud...I enjoy reading good news as we are so often innudated with only bad.Ur-spohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04237644452200889946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-24760627958687585412023-05-20T16:46:51.957+10:002023-05-20T16:46:51.957+10:00Perceptive of you, indeed!Perceptive of you, indeed!Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-52525412070598806852023-05-20T16:45:26.705+10:002023-05-20T16:45:26.705+10:00Oh, me too, dear Cro!Oh, me too, dear Cro!Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-29239607045035701112023-05-20T15:58:19.073+10:002023-05-20T15:58:19.073+10:00The word "lost" would be a nice example ...The word "lost" would be a nice example for that lecture at the University of Erlangen I wrote about: Perception. <br />I - without noticing it - in my mind instantly added the word "lost". Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-36814817802540038712023-05-20T14:48:49.058+10:002023-05-20T14:48:49.058+10:00Ha ha. 1831 must have been a thin year for more im...Ha ha. 1831 must have been a thin year for more important news. I love the language used, and often despair at today's equivalent.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-33824801430775568632023-05-20T10:01:30.233+10:002023-05-20T10:01:30.233+10:00Rosemary also got me thinking about the veracity o...Rosemary also got me thinking about the veracity of these numbers, dear Britta, but I suspect some, if not many, of the schools were probably single-teacher (the Dominie in the pic) with just a handful of pupils. Plus a quick search of population data last night for the area at that time suggested around 300,000 people were living in the Highlands, so just over 10% as being eligible for school Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-38275420979174929292023-05-20T09:57:14.331+10:002023-05-20T09:57:14.331+10:00Dear Hels, I expect the lovely language is a bit o...Dear Hels, I expect the lovely language is a bit of editorialising on the part of the journalist, although I'd hardly expect less to be found in an official report. Nineteenth-century writing is a world away from modern sterile reportage, and even when rich in bias (viz. always, hahah), it is delivered with such style. I just love old newspapers for their entertainment value. Journalism todayPipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-32136830356892961152023-05-20T09:34:57.527+10:002023-05-20T09:34:57.527+10:00Isn't it marvellous, dear Jim? The journalists...Isn't it marvellous, dear Jim? The journalists of old were such wordsmiths.Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-4326744631143659482023-05-20T05:21:03.089+10:002023-05-20T05:21:03.089+10:00"Rapidly dispelling the dark clouds of ignora..."Rapidly dispelling the dark clouds of ignorance that have so long hung over those romantic but benighted regions.... moral habits of highlanders". Very intense language for a formal report.helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10792877540911251690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-17881699279823609242023-05-20T00:37:50.354+10:002023-05-20T00:37:50.354+10:00That sounds like a lot of schools, dear Pip! But b...That sounds like a lot of schools, dear Pip! But being an optimist (in this case looking backward...) I want to believe it. <br />The teacher looks a bit exhausted, the children very relaxed. <br />At the moment I seem to be "haunted" by Inverness (which I visited in 1970 with husband ) - yesterday they showed it in a documentary series on going by train through Scotland, and now I see Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-46363850690351592652023-05-20T00:30:34.553+10:002023-05-20T00:30:34.553+10:00I love the way the Sydney Gazette got in its insul...I love the way the Sydney Gazette got in its insulting dig (the "salutary change in the moral habits of the Highlanders") while praising the effectiveness of the education program.<br />--JimParnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-17125290415745862672023-05-19T21:09:24.960+10:002023-05-19T21:09:24.960+10:00Yes, those numbers do seem extraordinarily large, ...Yes, those numbers do seem extraordinarily large, dear Rosemary. Perhaps it was ever thus a case of not believing everything you read in the newspaper?<br /><br />Funny you should mention "Ten Pound Poms" for I saw a billboard poster for it just this evening at the bus stop. It's on a streaming channel we don't have, tho' - boo!Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-6403893260488279572023-05-19T20:17:56.404+10:002023-05-19T20:17:56.404+10:00The number of schools and pupils sounds very large...The number of schools and pupils sounds very large considering it was a very remote area 200 years ago. <br />Here a new TV series has just begun called "The Ten Pound Poms" which is proving to be a real eye opener. I wonder if it will be heading your way soon?Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814070177137076757noreply@blogger.com