Can you listen for a long time?

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• 1. At 2:41pm on 21 Oct 2009, Anne P. wrote:

  Interesting - so the generation that has replaced growing up with 'Listen with Mother' with gadgetry can no longer take information in through its ears. Has this actually been tested, or is it just being assumed? Having said that, perhaps the court room should have a large overhead screen with the advocate's words scrolling across - what? across CCTV images of the defendant caught in action?

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• 2. At 2:42pm on 21 Oct 2009, lordBeddGelert wrote:

  The Land Girls are back !
  
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8318687.stm
  
  

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• 3. At 2:44pm on 21 Oct 2009, gossipmistress wrote:

  I always find that hour between 5 and 6pm goes really slowly....

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• 4. At 2:48pm on 21 Oct 2009, U14138029 wrote:

  I rang the Ramlers Association today and the bloke just went on and on and on. ...
  

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• 5. At 2:49pm on 21 Oct 2009, U14138029 wrote:

  And the bloke from the Ramblers Association was no better.

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• 6. At 3:06pm on 21 Oct 2009, SproutGhost wrote:

  Tried reading it but it went on and on so gave up.
  :-p

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• 7. At 3:17pm on 21 Oct 2009, Frances O wrote:

  Evidence should surely be given in tweets.

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• 8. At 3:38pm on 21 Oct 2009, lordBeddGelert wrote:

  Oh Eddie, why 'listen for a long time' when you can go straight for a 'knee-jerk' predictable response from the Daily Mail..
  
  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1221604/Online-crime-maps-wipe-thousands-house-prices-overnight.html
  
  

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• 9. At 3:54pm on 21 Oct 2009, lordBeddGelert wrote:

  And it only takes Merv 'The Swerve' King 43 seconds to make his trenchant views on bank regulation known...
  
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/dailypolitics/andrewneil/2009/10/what_the_governor_had_to_say.html
  
  

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• 10. At 3:57pm on 21 Oct 2009, steelpulse wrote:

  You should worry when you get my attention, Eddie. I enjoyed Jury Service but it got to a point when I felt I was on their speed dial - did they have speed dials back then (1970-80s)?
  I really do listen when I can be bovvered and wonder why it has taken so long to produce programmes like Lie to Me and The Mentalist. But wonder if a good listener "turned bad" could turn even these fictional detectives' radars off as to accuracy of information heard or seen?
  Lt Columbo (Peter Falk) use to hone straight into the character "whodunnit" but seemed to skip the listening to 'em first part completely - dah! - and at the end of each episode who needed a jury or lawyers. "I did it alright, guvernor!"
  So one of my favourites speakers (OTHER favourites if Sequin reads this stuff) came onto the screen an hour or so ago and had my full attention. First Class delivery if I may say so - without someone else going POSTAL on us? lol
  Subject: it is game on we will walk out tomorrow
  Anagram: Moor gene outwit - AWOL - silk law MO - writ
  
  

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• 11. At 5:00pm on 21 Oct 2009, Lady Sue wrote:

  It rather depends on who is talking and what the subject matter is.
  
  Sometimes one just has to scroll past...

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• 12. At 5:22pm on 21 Oct 2009, Sid wrote:

  Yes. I'll start now.
  
  

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• 13. At 5:44pm on 21 Oct 2009, rutharm wrote:

  The new weather forecast is a great improvement on the old. I live in the Midlands and they always seemed to be forgotten in the old forecast. Please keep the new format.

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• 14. At 5:48pm on 21 Oct 2009, Sid wrote:

  Sorry - missed a bit. I'll start again.
  
  

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• 15. At 01:28am on 22 Oct 2009, redheylin wrote:

  Funnily enough I was just having this conversation: I suggested that, if one were to take a contemporary episode of, say, Coronation Street, and one 20 years old, the latter would have half the number of camera-shots. The corollary was; that younger people have adapted to a faster rate of change in the media that I find irritating. And, further, that this may correlate with a decreased inclination towards games and toys like Meccano that require sustained, patient attention.
  
  That was the major premise - the minor was this; There are many important tasks, occasions and personal rewards that require sustained attention.
  
  So - if Judge Judge's comments turn out to be correct, it is not just the jury system that'll have to change. I'd suggest it would be better to change the media and methods of education so that children receive an education of sustained attention.
  

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• 16. At 09:07am on 22 Oct 2009, Patrick Too wrote:

  My Wife says I'm a very good listener.....
  .........Pardon Dear? Were you saying something???

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• 17. At 10:47am on 22 Oct 2009, Molly wrote:

  I do hope we don't evolve into a species with huge eyes, bottoms and fingers. Actually, come to think about it.....

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