tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post8628431684680235654..comments2023-08-10T12:55:23.427+01:00Comments on SUBROSA: R-Daysubrosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-41298036655631788862011-12-20T20:15:01.358+00:002011-12-20T20:15:01.358+00:00I don't 'go for it' much either pa_bro...I don't 'go for it' much either pa_broon. Suspect that's my Scottish presbyterian upbringing when Christmas was a day for reflection and a special meal, whereas New Year was for fun.<br /><br />Sadly New Year has lost it's fun and Christmas has become a purely commercial event.<br /><br />Expecting families to get together on 25 December these days causes more stress than enough. A majority of families are well distributed throughout the world and travelling in the depth of winter is sure to create anxiety.<br /><br />Now that we have the likes of Skype (I won't mention the reduction in the gritting of roads here in the past 10 years), I prefer my family to visit when we have daylight for more than 6 hours and also roads which are safe.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-19471756361200741552011-12-20T12:12:26.839+00:002011-12-20T12:12:26.839+00:00No, I may as well be a Jehovahs Witness when it co...No, I may as well be a Jehovahs Witness when it comes to christmas, I dislike it on very many levels.pa_broon74https://www.blogger.com/profile/01915208411019621104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-46849257934296636802011-12-19T18:00:31.058+00:002011-12-19T18:00:31.058+00:00I rather like it pa_broon but it's not going t...I rather like it pa_broon but it's not going to be on my top ten list.<br /><br />I like it because it's a new song and not just folk singing well established songs. Also because it's been composed particularly for a choir and the harmonies are superb.<br /><br />Military folk can be like that. Part of the reason is that the 'locals' to barracks/quarters don't tend to mix with them and the families can feel shunned. It's unconscious behaviour from both sides but it obviously still goes on.<br /><br />Also, because they move so often, some of the military feel there's little point in putting down roots anywhere until they retire.<br /><br />I doubt if a bridge will ever be built between the two lifestyles.<br /><br />So you bought 10 copies of it as Christmas gifts then? ;)subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-9890211092325042422011-12-19T12:51:06.713+00:002011-12-19T12:51:06.713+00:00I made a terrible facebook faux pah on this.
Even...I made a terrible facebook faux pah on this.<br /><br />Even although I pointedly said I'd disentangled then applauded the 'spirit' of the effort the ladies had made, it seems you're not allowed to dislike the song.<br /><br />Well, I do, as normal at this time of year, its been played to death and annoyingly because its xmas, it'll be repeated ad infinitum for years to come.<br /><br />I was set about by an ex-military type, 'I didn't understand the soldiers code' said he or words to that effect. I don't wish to court controversy (no really, I don't) but I know serving in the armed forces imbues a unique sense of cameraderie among soldiers but its only unique, its not exclusive.<br /><br />You can build respect and an 'esprit de corps' in other careers and vocations too, the military doesn't have a monopoly on cameradarie.<br /><br />I know a serving marine (since he was 10, although he wasn't a marine back then...) Anyway, I think he'd be a bit meh about the whole thing, he doesn't strike me as being that mawkish.<br /><br />I await the haters.<br /><br />;-)pa_broon74https://www.blogger.com/profile/01915208411019621104noreply@blogger.com