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Posted on 25th Nov 2008 at 16:12
Regular 4Ners may recall my embargo of listenign to the Today program.
Well today i wanted to get the inside scoop on the VAT changes.. so at 5:55 I clocked where i was head space wise at and turned on at 6am, off at 630am..
ITS ALL DOOM AND GLOOM... i felt really down by 620
As a small business, please i urge you stay clear from the media.. its really not helpful.
By 820 i'd come alive again.. but it really does knock you out of your rail.
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Posted on 25th Nov 2008 at 16:15
Discovery Channel is where its all at... that and Neighbours is about all i watch these days!
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Posted on 25th Nov 2008 at 16:19
I have my routine and listen to stuff which gets me in the right mood. I have CD's in the car of gigs that I've been to, doesn't impart any information or knowledge to me, just wakes me up and puts me in the right state for my day.
Then some loud Manc 'phones me.
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Posted on 25th Nov 2008 at 16:22
Now you stop that right now, if i didn't ring you, who else would you talk to about Pash and your night of "Pash-ion" at the xmas do.
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Posted on 25th Nov 2008 at 16:25
I'm normally found singing along to my music in my car at stupidly high volumes while on my way to breakfast meetings... rock and roll!
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Posted on 25th Nov 2008 at 16:26
My injection of news comes from podcasts:
Radio 5 live - wake up to money
Radio 4 - Farming today
I ain't getting up early enough for either of them live - listen while walking the dawg
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Posted on 25th Nov 2008 at 16:30
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My injection of news comes from podcasts:
Radio 5 live - wake up to money
Radio 4 - Farming today
I ain't getting up early enough for either of them live - listen while walking the dawg
It's just all rock 'n' roll that end of Witney isn't it Graham!
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Posted on 25th Nov 2008 at 16:32
ooh yeah!
Additional podcasts:
Adam & Joe Show
Best of Chris Moyles
Friday night comedy (R4)
Mayo & Kermode film reviews
Bottom Line with Evan Davis
Business today (R4)
Lucy Kellaway (FT)
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Posted on 25th Nov 2008 at 16:44
Oh I have an inbuilt filter that gets used to reading about this wonderful recession and credit crunch, I just switch my work head on, and figure out which sucker, erm sorry client, is going to get the benefits of Le Gib (My marketing man!) and what and how we are going to turn it to our advantage!
A new challenge every day ... whats with this doom and gloom?? It means more business surely??
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Posted on 25th Nov 2008 at 16:47
I got sent an email last week from a local networking group... the first line contained the words credit crunch... I deleted it - didnt read any more...
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Posted on 25th Nov 2008 at 17:00
We haven't had a newspaper or watched the news for about a year. I glance at the BBC News website once a day and sometimes catch the Radio 4 news before the Archers while I wash up after dinner. I avoid the doom and gloom, I have no idea who was in Big Brother this year or who Paris Hilton is dating - my brain is refreshing empty of pointless trivia or things to worry unnecessarily about.
Shoes Galore Letchworth
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Posted on 25th Nov 2008 at 18:46
I stopped listening to the Today programme a log time ago, as I felt it just wasnt giving me useful objective information.
Let the interviewee at least answer the question, I shouted at my radio. But then I realised they couldnt hear, so I turned it off.
So..well, I dont even listen to the news before the Archers if I can help it!!......
Paul Norman 4N North Tyneside and Oxford
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Posted on 25th Nov 2008 at 23:03
If you can't quite stomach the Today programme but want to hear classy radio then may I suggest PM on Radio 4 at 5pm - Hosted by the brilliant Eddie Mair - he is a breath of fresh air and the best broadcaster on radio or TV at the moment. He takes everything with a healthy pinch of salt and gives politicians a fair crack of the whip without letting them get away with much. Excellent sense of humour and a healthy disregard for radio convention. As an old BBC lag myself, I really respect Eddie for the way he seems to rise effortlessly above the news media mire. Catch him if you can before he gets promoted.
Dave Harries
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Posted on 26th Nov 2008 at 09:23
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Posted on 26th Nov 2008 at 09:33
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