We had the same happen in the Aviador residence. I always use the excuse that my birthday has to pass before we can consider Christmas décor. It's bought me a few more days but I expect I'll be having the same argument again in a day or two. It becomes harder and harder to win when we're passing illuminated homes on our daily walk.
 
PS. A great track that never ages.
Apparently it does age.


Some words are not suitable for the the modern ear it seems. The thinking behind this appears very selective in that '****' is being removed whilst 'scumbag' remains. There is another word also being replaced that in an alternative sense can mean bundles of wood for lighting a fire or a ball of meat mixed in bread and herbs.

BBC Radio 1 will broadcast the censored version whilst BBC2 will continue to play the original track. The BBC's thinking is that younger people who are more likely to tune into Radio 1 are sensitive whilst the generally older Radio 2 listeners aren't - or at least not to the degree that the BBC believes is the case with Radio 1's followers.

When I first went online in the 1990s I became a member of a US aviation board - there were very few aviation boards then and the embryonic PPRuNe would only let aviation professionals join at that time. I forget what the conversation was about on that US board but quite innocently I mentioned a female dog. There was no web censor on that forum then and the offending five-letter word beginning with b and ending in h appeared in all its glory.

The post was soon deleted by the moderators and I received a severe warning from one of them that such language would not be tolerated. I was completely unaware that Americans view the word as offensive. I wonder what they call female dogs.
 
Funnily enough @TheLocalYokel Initially I did actually write in my post that apart from the PC brigade it didn't age. I decided to remove that but I did wonder if somebody else would mention that.
 
I'm probably not someone who would be thought to be a typical fan of the Pogues but I do like Fairytale of New York very much. Until a few years ago Mrs Yokel and I would accompany her brother and his wife who live near a village in the middle of Dartmoor to a small local pub there on Christmas Eve where the locals would gather to sing carols.

It was more a gathering of adults singing carols than a typical carol-singing event because as the evening progressed and the drink flowed the tongues would become looser and looser. It had become a tradition to end the evening - around midnight which is why I haven't mentioned the name of the village - with a boisterous rendition of Fairytale of New York, reprised two or three times.

The song has a tragic connection, with Kirsty MacColl being killed in a collision with a powerboat whilst swimming in Mexico 20 years ago, an incident that remains controversial to this day.
 
10,000 Maniacs - Verdi Cries

The wonderful voice of Natalie Merchant accompanied by piano and cello. Simply beautiful!


or, if you prefer a live version -


Kevin
 
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