Re: Photogravure was: Re: SPE and alt update
Sadly iPlayer is available to UK ip addresses only. It is probably
possible to fool it using proxies but I don't know how. I use this
method to stream music from pandora.com but I don't fully understand how
this works.
john@johnbrewerphotography.com wrote:
Richard
You will be delighted (!) to know that you CAN watch East-Enders on the
internet along with many other TV programmes here
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/
I too am an avid fan of Radio 4, particularly the comedy programmes on a
Monday night at 18.30, my two favourites being I'm Sorry I haven't A Clue
and Just A Minute.
Cheers from England
John.
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Knoppow [mailto:dickburk@ix.netcom.com]
Sent: 04 April 2008 05:01
To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
Subject: Re: Photogravure was: Re: SPE and alt update
At 08:51 PM 4/3/2008, you wrote:
Richard is quite right (nothing new in that). Jokes don't always travel
well on the internet. It is almost as if they need a curve applied to
them.
None of my attempted humour ever make it, and I often miss the jokes made
by
others.
Partly it is due to cross-cultural issues. For example, although most in
my
country understand the american language quite well, it is not native to
us.
So it was indeed fortunate that when the movie Forrest Gump reached New
Zealand there were some US expats here to explain the witticisms to us.
Affectionately
Don Sweet
When I visited England the first time it was in the train going
from Gatwick to Victoria station, about where it is near the old
Battersea power station, that it came to me that I was in another
country. I began to understand what Churchill (?) meant by "two
countries separated by a common language". I am a regular listener
to the BBC, once on short wave and now via computer. For the most
part I understand British humor (and even Scottish humor) but there
are still references, mostly to people, which are simply beyond me so
the joke gets lost.
For those interested check out the BBC at
http://www.bbc.co.uk From the home page go to radio and click on
the UK version, it has a lot more stuff on it. I mostly listen to
Radio-7 and Radio-4. One can also hear spoken Gaelic and Welsh on
local stations which are available in addition to the national services.
Now, if there was only a site where one could watch "East-Enders".
--
Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@ix.netcom.com
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