Comments on: What is the name of this country again? http://james.cridland.net/blog/2008/03/19/what-is-the-name-of-this-country-again/ Radio, broadcasting, websites, and beer. Possibly. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:19:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Richard Sambrook http://james.cridland.net/blog/2008/03/19/what-is-the-name-of-this-country-again/#comment-32509 Richard Sambrook Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:43:36 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/2008/03/19/what-is-the-name-of-this-country-again/#comment-32509 Next time you're there get the tram to Carouge (10 mins) and try this place: http://www.wcities.com/en/record/,243448/123/record.html (Yes, I do spend too much time in Geneva withthe EBU...) Next time you’re there get the tram to Carouge (10 mins) and try this place:

http://www.wcities.com/en/record/,243448/123/record.html

(Yes, I do spend too much time in Geneva withthe EBU…)

]]> By: Somerset Bob http://james.cridland.net/blog/2008/03/19/what-is-the-name-of-this-country-again/#comment-32507 Somerset Bob Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:39:30 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/2008/03/19/what-is-the-name-of-this-country-again/#comment-32507 Brilliant write-up, James. The last time (actually, the only time) I was there it was 1978, when my first wife and I visited a Swiss couple we'd met while holidaying in Greece the year before. What I recall the most was the cleanliness of the city's streets, the meticulous tidiness of their sumptuous apartment, their acceptance of laws which expected citizens (especially taxi drivers, apparently) to effectively spy on each other and report ANYTHING unusual to the authorities (in a country where financial privacy is seemingly paramount - or, at least, it was back then) and his army-issue handgun, which he kept in a box in the apartment, ready to be put to use whenever he did his couple of months' compulsory service (officer rank) every few years. It struck me as a beautiful but unemotional place that I've never felt the urge to revisit. Brilliant write-up, James.

The last time (actually, the only time) I was there it was 1978, when my first wife and I visited a Swiss couple we’d met while holidaying in Greece the year before.

What I recall the most was the cleanliness of the city’s streets, the meticulous tidiness of their sumptuous apartment, their acceptance of laws which expected citizens (especially taxi drivers, apparently) to effectively spy on each other and report ANYTHING unusual to the authorities (in a country where financial privacy is seemingly paramount - or, at least, it was back then) and his army-issue handgun, which he kept in a box in the apartment, ready to be put to use whenever he did his couple of months’ compulsory service (officer rank) every few years.

It struck me as a beautiful but unemotional place that I’ve never felt the urge to revisit.

]]> By: James Cridland http://james.cridland.net/blog/2008/03/19/what-is-the-name-of-this-country-again/#comment-32504 James Cridland Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:35:28 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/2008/03/19/what-is-the-name-of-this-country-again/#comment-32504 My hair is not foppish. Ousby. My hair is not foppish. Ousby.

]]> By: john ousby http://james.cridland.net/blog/2008/03/19/what-is-the-name-of-this-country-again/#comment-32503 john ousby Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:07:10 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/2008/03/19/what-is-the-name-of-this-country-again/#comment-32503 i agree with adam i agree with adam

]]> By: David Coughlan http://james.cridland.net/blog/2008/03/19/what-is-the-name-of-this-country-again/#comment-32502 David Coughlan Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:25:54 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/2008/03/19/what-is-the-name-of-this-country-again/#comment-32502 How bad, to be havin a few beers in Geneva. I was there last August, I quite like out towards Lausanne, but Geneva is bit faceless methinks. How bad, to be havin a few beers in Geneva. I was there last August, I quite like out towards Lausanne, but Geneva is bit faceless methinks.

]]> By: Andrew Bowden http://james.cridland.net/blog/2008/03/19/what-is-the-name-of-this-country-again/#comment-32498 Andrew Bowden Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:00:23 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/2008/03/19/what-is-the-name-of-this-country-again/#comment-32498 That beer was too cheap for Iceland. Add another couple of quid on and you'll be closer. Actually, according to the Metro the other day, the average pint in London costs £4.06 (dunno where they're drinking, but it's not the same place I am). That beer was too cheap for Iceland. Add another couple of quid on and you’ll be closer.

Actually, according to the Metro the other day, the average pint in London costs £4.06 (dunno where they’re drinking, but it’s not the same place I am).

]]> By: Adam Bowie http://james.cridland.net/blog/2008/03/19/what-is-the-name-of-this-country-again/#comment-32497 Adam Bowie Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:29:44 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/2008/03/19/what-is-the-name-of-this-country-again/#comment-32497 "The 30-something ex-public-school boy into his mobile phone, with the foppish hair and posh accent." That's you isn't it? “The 30-something ex-public-school boy into his mobile phone, with the foppish hair and posh accent.”

That’s you isn’t it?

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