Venice's plight
Jul 4th 2007 | 9:00 am
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Re: Venice's plight
Doesn't Frequently Mop <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu>
wrote:
>Make credence recognised that on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 19:23:06 +0100,
>Padraig Breathnach <[email protected]> has scripted:
>
>>Doesn't Frequently Mop <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>Note that I hate photos with people in them...
>>>
>>Do you hate this picture?
>>http://www.deepfriedmars.com/Pics2/GorgeousVenus.JPG
>
>I can only see one person. No people.
>
You're wriggling; you know I can find pictures with more than one
person for you to disavow. I just picked the one that I thought looked
nicest.
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wrote:
>Make credence recognised that on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 19:23:06 +0100,
>Padraig Breathnach <[email protected]> has scripted:
>
>>Doesn't Frequently Mop <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>Note that I hate photos with people in them...
>>>
>>Do you hate this picture?
>>http://www.deepfriedmars.com/Pics2/GorgeousVenus.JPG
>
>I can only see one person. No people.
>
You're wriggling; you know I can find pictures with more than one
person for you to disavow. I just picked the one that I thought looked
nicest.
--
PB
The return address has been MUNGED
My travel writing: http://www.iol.ie/~draoi/
Jul 4th 2007 | 9:18 am
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Re: Venice's plight
B Vaughan wrote:
> On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:02:26 +0200, Tom Peel <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>The best time visit St Marks Square is at midnight. The last strains of
>>music coming from the cafes, and the revellers straggling home. In fact,
>>the whole city takes on a magical aspect after midnight, no one left on
>>the streets, just the sound of your own shoes echoing on the cobbled
>>stones, and cats vanishing into darkened alleys...
>
>
> ... and all the Italians gone home to the mainland.
.. continuing poetic stuff..
and with the only sound the gentle bumping of the gondolas at their
moorings, the lagoon aglow under the moonlight and the twinkling stars,
and that special person by your side, shivering slightly in that thin
dress you bought her today in that little boutique, nuzzles up to your
warm strong body, leans back her head, opens her ruby lips and whispers-
"hey, do you think there's still a Burger King open round here somewhere?"
> On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:02:26 +0200, Tom Peel <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>The best time visit St Marks Square is at midnight. The last strains of
>>music coming from the cafes, and the revellers straggling home. In fact,
>>the whole city takes on a magical aspect after midnight, no one left on
>>the streets, just the sound of your own shoes echoing on the cobbled
>>stones, and cats vanishing into darkened alleys...
>
>
> ... and all the Italians gone home to the mainland.
.. continuing poetic stuff..
and with the only sound the gentle bumping of the gondolas at their
moorings, the lagoon aglow under the moonlight and the twinkling stars,
and that special person by your side, shivering slightly in that thin
dress you bought her today in that little boutique, nuzzles up to your
warm strong body, leans back her head, opens her ruby lips and whispers-
"hey, do you think there's still a Burger King open round here somewhere?"
Jul 4th 2007 | 9:49 am
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Re: Venice's plight
On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 20:47:18 +0100, Keith Anderson <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 19:23:06 +0100, Padraig Breathnach
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Doesn't Frequently Mop <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>Note that I hate photos with people in them...
>>>
>>Do you hate this picture?
>>http://www.deepfriedmars.com/Pics2/GorgeousVenus.JPG
>
>Interesting pic....is it her or something/someone else who's been
>chewing the office chair in the background?
LOL
Sheila didn't like it up her?
--
Martin
>On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 19:23:06 +0100, Padraig Breathnach
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Doesn't Frequently Mop <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>Note that I hate photos with people in them...
>>>
>>Do you hate this picture?
>>http://www.deepfriedmars.com/Pics2/GorgeousVenus.JPG
>
>Interesting pic....is it her or something/someone else who's been
>chewing the office chair in the background?
LOL
Sheila didn't like it up her?
--
Martin
Jul 4th 2007 | 9:57 am
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Re: Venice's plight
On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 23:18:52 +0200, Tom Peel <[email protected]> wrote:
>B Vaughan wrote:
>> On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:02:26 +0200, Tom Peel <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>The best time visit St Marks Square is at midnight. The last strains of
>>>music coming from the cafes, and the revellers straggling home. In fact,
>>>the whole city takes on a magical aspect after midnight, no one left on
>>>the streets, just the sound of your own shoes echoing on the cobbled
>>>stones, and cats vanishing into darkened alleys...
>>
>>
>> ... and all the Italians gone home to the mainland.
>
>.. continuing poetic stuff..
>
> and with the only sound the gentle bumping of the gondolas at their
>moorings, the lagoon aglow under the moonlight and the twinkling stars,
>and that special person by your side, shivering slightly in that thin
>dress you bought her today in that little boutique, nuzzles up to your
>warm strong body, leans back her head, opens her ruby lips and whispers-
>
>"hey, do you think there's still a Burger King open round here somewhere?"
.... or anywhere else with a clean restroom. Bill confessed to Cathy that their
search for Neuschwanstein in Italy was hopeless, because some prat had confused
Germany with Italy. Even worse because of her addiction to spaghetti bolognaise,
they had missed the coach and would have to walk back to Frankfurt.
--
Martin
>B Vaughan wrote:
>> On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:02:26 +0200, Tom Peel <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>The best time visit St Marks Square is at midnight. The last strains of
>>>music coming from the cafes, and the revellers straggling home. In fact,
>>>the whole city takes on a magical aspect after midnight, no one left on
>>>the streets, just the sound of your own shoes echoing on the cobbled
>>>stones, and cats vanishing into darkened alleys...
>>
>>
>> ... and all the Italians gone home to the mainland.
>
>.. continuing poetic stuff..
>
> and with the only sound the gentle bumping of the gondolas at their
>moorings, the lagoon aglow under the moonlight and the twinkling stars,
>and that special person by your side, shivering slightly in that thin
>dress you bought her today in that little boutique, nuzzles up to your
>warm strong body, leans back her head, opens her ruby lips and whispers-
>
>"hey, do you think there's still a Burger King open round here somewhere?"
.... or anywhere else with a clean restroom. Bill confessed to Cathy that their
search for Neuschwanstein in Italy was hopeless, because some prat had confused
Germany with Italy. Even worse because of her addiction to spaghetti bolognaise,
they had missed the coach and would have to walk back to Frankfurt.
--
Martin
Jul 4th 2007 | 2:48 pm
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Re: Venice's plight
"The Reid" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Following up to Alan S <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Not my experience, but then I visited in Spring and early
>>Summer, not the peak of the season.
>
> I went in November, food away from the main places was fine, but I
> took one look at St Marks square and turned around, way too crowded,
> even then.
Too many pigeons?
--Jean
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> Following up to Alan S <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Not my experience, but then I visited in Spring and early
>>Summer, not the peak of the season.
>
> I went in November, food away from the main places was fine, but I
> took one look at St Marks square and turned around, way too crowded,
> even then.
Too many pigeons?
--Jean
Jul 4th 2007 | 4:42 pm
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Re: Venice's plight
On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 23:18:52 +0200, Tom Peel <[email protected]> wrote:
>B Vaughan wrote:
>> On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:02:26 +0200, Tom Peel <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>The best time visit St Marks Square is at midnight. The last strains of
>>>music coming from the cafes, and the revellers straggling home. In fact,
>>>the whole city takes on a magical aspect after midnight, no one left on
>>>the streets, just the sound of your own shoes echoing on the cobbled
>>>stones, and cats vanishing into darkened alleys...
>>
>>
>> ... and all the Italians gone home to the mainland.
>
>.. continuing poetic stuff..
>
> and with the only sound the gentle bumping of the gondolas at their
>moorings, the lagoon aglow under the moonlight and the twinkling stars,
>and that special person by your side, shivering slightly in that thin
>dress you bought her today in that little boutique, nuzzles up to your
>warm strong body, leans back her head, opens her ruby lips and whispers-
>
>"hey, do you think there's still a Burger King open round here somewhere?"
PMSL - good one!
Keith, Bristol, UK
>B Vaughan wrote:
>> On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:02:26 +0200, Tom Peel <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>The best time visit St Marks Square is at midnight. The last strains of
>>>music coming from the cafes, and the revellers straggling home. In fact,
>>>the whole city takes on a magical aspect after midnight, no one left on
>>>the streets, just the sound of your own shoes echoing on the cobbled
>>>stones, and cats vanishing into darkened alleys...
>>
>>
>> ... and all the Italians gone home to the mainland.
>
>.. continuing poetic stuff..
>
> and with the only sound the gentle bumping of the gondolas at their
>moorings, the lagoon aglow under the moonlight and the twinkling stars,
>and that special person by your side, shivering slightly in that thin
>dress you bought her today in that little boutique, nuzzles up to your
>warm strong body, leans back her head, opens her ruby lips and whispers-
>
>"hey, do you think there's still a Burger King open round here somewhere?"
PMSL - good one!
Keith, Bristol, UK
Jul 4th 2007 | 7:21 pm
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Following up to Padraig Breathnach <[email protected]> wrote:
>You're wriggling; you know I can find pictures with more than one
>person for you to disavow. I just picked the one that I thought looked
>nicest.
moving away from the constantly needed debunking of "DFM theory",
could we talk of the appropriatnesss of "people"?
(I will use photos actually taken at the time to reinforce my limited
english eloquence, its a quiet day so its over long)
I was on a beach the other day....
"http://www.fellwalk.co.uk/IMGP1666.htm"
(you will just notice one other person walking the dazzling sand in
the distance, which adds to the sense of loneliness in a photograph at
least)
...watching an arctic tern delicately fish for sand eels
"http://www.fellwalk.co.uk/IMGP1703.htm"
and drinking a "Simmer Dim" listening to the lap of the gentle
Atlantic, augmented by local food made by local people there in the
far far north of our temperate archipeligo, a "Sandwick Sandwiches"
chicken tikka massala roll. (made freshly daily)
When a bunch of over actives from Sunderland arrived and proceeded to
fail to fly a para-glide-ascender-water-thingy, why go all the way to
the end of our islands to arse about with bits of string, have these
people no soul? They were of mixed sex, they could have had "the most
northerly shag" in the dunes instead.
--
Mike Reid
Shetland "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk/shetland.htm"
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>You're wriggling; you know I can find pictures with more than one
>person for you to disavow. I just picked the one that I thought looked
>nicest.
moving away from the constantly needed debunking of "DFM theory",
could we talk of the appropriatnesss of "people"?
(I will use photos actually taken at the time to reinforce my limited
english eloquence, its a quiet day so its over long)
I was on a beach the other day....
"http://www.fellwalk.co.uk/IMGP1666.htm"
(you will just notice one other person walking the dazzling sand in
the distance, which adds to the sense of loneliness in a photograph at
least)
...watching an arctic tern delicately fish for sand eels
"http://www.fellwalk.co.uk/IMGP1703.htm"
and drinking a "Simmer Dim" listening to the lap of the gentle
Atlantic, augmented by local food made by local people there in the
far far north of our temperate archipeligo, a "Sandwick Sandwiches"
chicken tikka massala roll. (made freshly daily)
When a bunch of over actives from Sunderland arrived and proceeded to
fail to fly a para-glide-ascender-water-thingy, why go all the way to
the end of our islands to arse about with bits of string, have these
people no soul? They were of mixed sex, they could have had "the most
northerly shag" in the dunes instead.
--
Mike Reid
Shetland "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk/shetland.htm"
(remove clothing to email)
Jul 4th 2007 | 7:21 pm
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Re: Venice's plight
Following up to "Jean O'Boyle" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>> I went in November, food away from the main places was fine, but I
>> took one look at St Marks square and turned around, way too crowded,
>> even then.
>
>Too many pigeons?
too crowded for pigeons.
--
Mike Reid
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wrote:
>> I went in November, food away from the main places was fine, but I
>> took one look at St Marks square and turned around, way too crowded,
>> even then.
>
>Too many pigeons?
too crowded for pigeons.
--
Mike Reid
Cutty Sark appeal"http://www.cuttysark.org.uk"
to email remove clothing.
Jul 4th 2007 | 8:07 pm
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Following up to The Reid <[email protected]> wrote:
> they could have had "the most
>northerly shag" in the dunes instead.
For DFM only, "most northerly shag" photo
"http://www.fellwalk.co.uk/IMGP1500.htm"
--
Mike Reid
Cutty Sark appeal"http://www.cuttysark.org.uk"
to email remove clothing.
> they could have had "the most
>northerly shag" in the dunes instead.
For DFM only, "most northerly shag" photo
"http://www.fellwalk.co.uk/IMGP1500.htm"
--
Mike Reid
Cutty Sark appeal"http://www.cuttysark.org.uk"
to email remove clothing.
Jul 4th 2007 | 8:19 pm
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The Reid <[email protected]> wrote:
> Following up to Ken Blake <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Huge as it is, it can get *very* crowded, especially at the San Marco
> >end.
>
> if I were to go again, id probably go early in the morning.
It seemed relatively empty even when we got there around 0830 on an
Easter Saturday morning. It filled quickly after 9am. Of course, there
are always parts of Venice which don't fill as much, and are easy to
find.
--
(*) ... of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate
http://www.davidhorne.net - real address on website
"Abominable, loyal, blind, apparently subservient."
Pres. Carter on Pres. Blair- May, 2007
> Following up to Ken Blake <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Huge as it is, it can get *very* crowded, especially at the San Marco
> >end.
>
> if I were to go again, id probably go early in the morning.
It seemed relatively empty even when we got there around 0830 on an
Easter Saturday morning. It filled quickly after 9am. Of course, there
are always parts of Venice which don't fill as much, and are easy to
find.
--
(*) ... of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate
http://www.davidhorne.net - real address on website
"Abominable, loyal, blind, apparently subservient."
Pres. Carter on Pres. Blair- May, 2007
Jul 4th 2007 | 8:23 pm
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Following up to [email protected] (David Horne, _the_ chancellor
(*)) wrote:
> It filled quickly after 9am. Of course, there
>are always parts of Venice which don't fill as much, and are easy to
>find.
It would have been the middle of the day by the time we got there.
The main tourist routes were pretty bust too. We also had no trouble
finding quiet areas. For me it was a "must see once" experience.
--
Mike Reid
Cutty Sark appeal"http://www.cuttysark.org.uk"
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(*)) wrote:
> It filled quickly after 9am. Of course, there
>are always parts of Venice which don't fill as much, and are easy to
>find.
It would have been the middle of the day by the time we got there.
The main tourist routes were pretty bust too. We also had no trouble
finding quiet areas. For me it was a "must see once" experience.
--
Mike Reid
Cutty Sark appeal"http://www.cuttysark.org.uk"
to email remove clothing.
Jul 4th 2007 | 8:26 pm
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On Thu, 5 Jul 2007 09:19:27 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:
>The Reid <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Following up to Ken Blake <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> >Huge as it is, it can get *very* crowded, especially at the San Marco
>> >end.
>>
>> if I were to go again, id probably go early in the morning.
>
>It seemed relatively empty even when we got there around 0830 on an
>Easter Saturday morning. It filled quickly after 9am. Of course, there
>are always parts of Venice which don't fill as much, and are easy to
>find.
IME the crowded places with expensive restaurants are for those who never walk
more than a hundred yards/metres. We were there three summers running at the
height of the tourist season and had no problem to find uncrowded places and
lunch at a normal price.
--
Martin
chancellor (*)) wrote:
>The Reid <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Following up to Ken Blake <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> >Huge as it is, it can get *very* crowded, especially at the San Marco
>> >end.
>>
>> if I were to go again, id probably go early in the morning.
>
>It seemed relatively empty even when we got there around 0830 on an
>Easter Saturday morning. It filled quickly after 9am. Of course, there
>are always parts of Venice which don't fill as much, and are easy to
>find.
IME the crowded places with expensive restaurants are for those who never walk
more than a hundred yards/metres. We were there three summers running at the
height of the tourist season and had no problem to find uncrowded places and
lunch at a normal price.
--
Martin
Jul 5th 2007 | 2:59 am
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Re: People was Venice's plight
"The Reid" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
"http://www.fellwalk.co.uk/IMGP1703.htm"
>
> <snip>>
> and drinking a "Simmer Dim" listening to the lap of the gentle
> Atlantic, augmented by local food made by local people there in the
> far far north of our temperate archipeligo, a "Sandwick Sandwiches"
> chicken tikka massala roll. (made freshly daily)
What is a Simmer Dim? Liquified Dim Sum?
Marianne
news:[email protected]...
"http://www.fellwalk.co.uk/IMGP1703.htm"
>
> <snip>>
> and drinking a "Simmer Dim" listening to the lap of the gentle
> Atlantic, augmented by local food made by local people there in the
> far far north of our temperate archipeligo, a "Sandwick Sandwiches"
> chicken tikka massala roll. (made freshly daily)
What is a Simmer Dim? Liquified Dim Sum?
Marianne
Jul 5th 2007 | 3:07 am
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Re: People was Venice's plight
Following up to "Mimi" <[email protected]> wrote:
>What is a Simmer Dim? Liquified Dim Sum?
LOL. Simmer Dim is the local name for the midnight sun. Its also given
to a beer brewed by britains most northerly brewery (on Unst)
Valhallah. Quite a nice beer.
Heres the most northern bus stop
"http://www.fellwalk.co.uk/shet022.htm"
the brewery is out of picture to the right but the shed in the pic is
much like the brewery.
--
Mike Reid
Shetland "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk/shetland.htm"
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>What is a Simmer Dim? Liquified Dim Sum?
LOL. Simmer Dim is the local name for the midnight sun. Its also given
to a beer brewed by britains most northerly brewery (on Unst)
Valhallah. Quite a nice beer.
Heres the most northern bus stop
"http://www.fellwalk.co.uk/shet022.htm"
the brewery is out of picture to the right but the shed in the pic is
much like the brewery.
--
Mike Reid
Shetland "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk/shetland.htm"
(remove clothing to email)
Jul 5th 2007 | 5:18 am
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Re: Venice's plight
Make credence recognised that on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 22:00:25 +0100,
Padraig Breathnach <[email protected]> has scripted:
>Doesn't Frequently Mop <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu>
>wrote:
>
>>Make credence recognised that on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 19:23:06 +0100,
>>Padraig Breathnach <[email protected]> has scripted:
>>
>>>Doesn't Frequently Mop <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>Note that I hate photos with people in them...
>>>>
>>>Do you hate this picture?
>>>http://www.deepfriedmars.com/Pics2/GorgeousVenus.JPG
>>
>>I can only see one person. No people.
>>
>You're wriggling; you know I can find pictures with more than one
>person for you to disavow. I just picked the one that I thought looked
>nicest.
Do a closer bit of analysis and you'll find in my photos I try to
avoid people, or at least make them not the focus of the shot.
--
---
DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com
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Padraig Breathnach <[email protected]> has scripted:
>Doesn't Frequently Mop <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu>
>wrote:
>
>>Make credence recognised that on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 19:23:06 +0100,
>>Padraig Breathnach <[email protected]> has scripted:
>>
>>>Doesn't Frequently Mop <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>Note that I hate photos with people in them...
>>>>
>>>Do you hate this picture?
>>>http://www.deepfriedmars.com/Pics2/GorgeousVenus.JPG
>>
>>I can only see one person. No people.
>>
>You're wriggling; you know I can find pictures with more than one
>person for you to disavow. I just picked the one that I thought looked
>nicest.
Do a closer bit of analysis and you'll find in my photos I try to
avoid people, or at least make them not the focus of the shot.
--
---
DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com
---
--
