tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post6594857585681056942..comments2024-02-07T09:39:13.250-10:00Comments on Over the Hill: the Books and Stuff: When private lives become public.JOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-19022305636030036722017-10-08T08:12:25.995-10:002017-10-08T08:12:25.995-10:00There is a different atmosphere - I find myself tu...There is a different atmosphere - I find myself turning into a different sort of person on Twitter, and I'm still trying to figure out what to do about it. Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-4864633133799870042017-10-07T09:41:21.365-10:002017-10-07T09:41:21.365-10:00Well, I heard of it and read about it. Not being k...Well, I heard of it and read about it. Not being keen on cricket, I filed it under "not very important news" but your comment is spot on. Private life has become almost meaningless.<br /><br />Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-9545024764703506362017-10-05T22:38:09.863-10:002017-10-05T22:38:09.863-10:00Oh Val - if you're into cricket. find him on Y...Oh Val - if you're into cricket. find him on YouTube - he's hugely talented. Flintoff reckons he's one of the best ever to come from England! (And what does an accolade like that do to a young man?)JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-5905579566402885502017-10-05T22:35:58.366-10:002017-10-05T22:35:58.366-10:00Agreed, Carol - why can't people be celebrated...Agreed, Carol - why can't people be celebrated for what they're good at and not off-field shenanigans.JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-38987667256855376922017-10-05T11:22:00.860-10:002017-10-05T11:22:00.860-10:00Jo, there are definitely some things I wouldn'...Jo, there are definitely some things I wouldn't want the public at large to know about, not that they'd be interested in anything I did, so I feel sorry for these youngsters who aren't allowed to step out of line an inch simply because they've become well known for one or other skill. I don't know who Ben Stokes is (he hasn't come onto my radar despite my love of cricket), but I hope this doesn't ruin his life.Vallypeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08309284606572565277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251035797708672975.post-70652553003369460792017-10-01T23:16:35.996-10:002017-10-01T23:16:35.996-10:00Quite right! I'd hate some of my misdemeanours...Quite right! I'd hate some of my misdemeanours to be all over Twitter! It is no wonder that people employ minders/agents/publicity people. That's why scum like Wayne Rooney, who cheat on their wives, get very little MSM coverage, whereas others are attacked. xCarol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.com