Archive for December 2007
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Personal CD Players
Spare a thought for personal CD players. In the age of the Ipod, these clunky old pals have gone the way of the Walkman… and walked.
Does anyone still use them? Does anyone still sell them?
I don’t know. One thing I do know, however, is that I still have one.
All reasonable offers accepted
White Christmas -Bing Crosby 1942
This song sums up everything nostalgic about Christmas. Christmas in Australia just wasn’t the same without chestnuts roasting on an open fire or snow glistening outside. Bing felt the same way when he sang this classic as part of the 1942 classic “Holiday Inn” and later the 1954 hit “White Christmas”:
Lyrics
I’m dreaming of a white [...]
Ferrero Rocher -The Ambassador Spoils Us
Nobody really likes them and you get them every Christmas, but somehow Ferrero Rocher exude the aspirations of middle-class housewives everywhere with their gold wrappers and ability to be stacked into pyramids. I have a friend who once mentioned that she was enjoying a particular Ferrero Rocher only to be given an entire box every [...]
