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Hugh....
Posted Dec 10, 2002
Next time you're passing, be sure to post me a message, so I know your ID and can reply! See you soon mate,
Gary
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Kirsty MacColl
Posted Dec 19, 2000
According to a news report I just heard, the wonderful singer Kirsty MacColl has been killed in a freak swimming accident in Mexico.
She was only 41.
At this time of year, her version of 'Fairytale of New York' (with The Pogues) is played all over Ireland. Christmas shopping won't be the same.
Thank you for the days, Kirsty.
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Scout For Hire
Posted Dec 15, 2000
Spent the greater part of last weekend trying to clear the backlog of entries in Peer review which haven't had any reply. It was a very satisfying experience, but quite an effort too. Reading and assessing other people's words about a topic about which you may know nothing can be draining, unless the writing sustains your interest.
So, one tip to would-be authors and one commitment:
TIP: Make your writing full of life but not frenetic, smooth but not dreary - and you'll be picked quickly. Good writing is more important (at least to me) than an inherently interesting topic.
COMMITMENT: If your article has been in Peer review for a week and not yet commented upon, post a reply to this thread: I'll look at it the next time I visit the site and give you my assessment. I can't say fairer than that.
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Five Golds in Five Games
Posted Sep 23, 2000
Let's take a moment to reflect on the achievement of Steven Redgrave:
Five gold medals in an unbroken sequence from Los Angeles via Seoul, Barcelona and Atlanta, all the way to Sydney. Remarkable.
Doing all that in a sport based on physical power and endurance. Unique.
Doing it as a diabetic. Unbelievable.
Steve Redgrave. Astonishing human being.
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Latest reply: Sep 23, 2000
Coulthard's Complaint
Posted May 13, 2000
A few days ago, I read a newspaper article in which David Coulthard complained at his lack of recognition by the British public, saying that he'd never won their hearts in the way that Nigel Mansell or Damon Hill did.
Well, David there are two reasons for that. First of all, you haven't won anything yet. Okay, you've won a few Grands Prix, but then so has Johnny Herbert - and you've been driving for the top teams your entire career, while he has made the best of Jordans, Saubers or whatever came to hand. You haven't been World Champion, and you haven't looked like being - both Mansell and Hill won the most public sympathy when they narrowly missed out due to bad luck (Mansell's puncture) or downright cheating (that Schumacher incident), which then built to adulation when they overcame those odds and fought back to take the title later on. Maybe your plane crash will do the same for you.
The second reason is that they used a simple technique to endear themselves to the British public - they drove under the British flag, the flag of the whole country. You choose to drive under the cross of St. Andrew. I don't have a problem with you being Scottish and proud of it, but don't expect that to make Englishmen or Welshmen love you. Can you imagine how Scottish racing fans would have felt had Mansell or Hill adorned their cars with the flag of St. George? I can't see them liking it.
Eddie Irvine has some strange ideas, but as an Ulsterman he understands symbols, and he is careful to include fans from North and South of the border by using both the Trecolour and the Union Flag interchangeably. You could learn a lesson from him there.
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Latest reply: May 13, 2000
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