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Quiet a short note from me this week, for a number of reasons. The main one however is we receive the email to the right from a reader, and although I didn’t want to publish any more in regards to the fanmail we received a couple of weeks ago, I think that it is a nice final word and sums up the feelings of myself and the vast majority of our readers. Thank you Sharon, for taking the time to put your thoughts down. Hopefully straight thinking people are the majority in this region and we can get on with what is important rather than casting blame at others for their percieved transgressions. I had planned to be playing Mr Mum this weekend as Kellie went away for her annual Girl’s Weekend, however she has been struck down with the flu. It may put a slight dent in my plan of “dad is in charge - Let’s party” however with the weather predicted for the weekend, maybe a few movie marathons, some slightly questionable food choices and a good dose of family time is just what the doctor ordered. Have a good one, Rich Evans
Your Say Quest for the elusive fleece I really do feel the cold, and only woollen clothing keeps me seriously warm. Yet here in the Lithgow region, in the middle of a bitterly cold winter, everyday pure wool apparel (for adults) is hard to find. Sometimes I'm lured into shops by the soft 'wool' garments on display, only to find they're all synthetic, with little or no wool content. And that's one of my pet frustrations - textile product description - particularly as concerns the word 'wool'. It irks me to find what I assume to be the ideal wool jumper, only to discover from the label that it is, in fact, 100% viscose. You often see words like 'warm soft wool' on the label of a garment, when the actual wool content is a mere 5%. It appears there are no set rules governing the percentage of real wool - actual wool from an actual sheep - an item must contain before it can be described as 'wool'. I believe the word 'wool' should refer only to sheep's wool, and a garment should not be described as 'wool' unless its sheep's wool content is more than 50%. A garment having a sheep's wool content of between 10% and 50% should be restricted to 'wool mix', and clothing with less than 10% sheep's wool content should not have the word 'wool' in the product description at all. The same rules should apply to online retailing, where textile mislabelling is widespread, and determining the actual wool content of clothing can be frustratingly time-consuming. So, it seems that unless I pay a top-end price for a pure wool sweater from a designer clothing shop, I'm mainly restricted to poking around the op shops in search of a respectable 'pre-loved' wool jumper, or perusing village market craft stalls in the hope of finding a 'home-knit' that fits. It's not only exasperating, it's also disappointing in a country once world-renowned for 'riding on the sheep's back'. Unless, of course, there's a local retail outlet I'm not aware of? The Magpie Whisperer
Hi Rich I've pondered over writing this email as I don't often respond to articles or shows that I don't agree with, finding it a challenge to put the right words down that convey my thoughts in the proper way and I'm always so very unsure about correct letter structure/ punctuation. However after reading the article from your last edition from "a long term business/ratepayer" I haven't been able to get past it and it keeps coming back to mind how completely unfair/unjustified I thought this letter was. I will perhaps just follow this persons letter and let you know my thoughts (and I'm sure I'm not alone). The first dig about the paper delivery, I believe the mammoth job of getting the paper out to every household would be near impossible and on the occasions it hasn't made it to my house I have picked it up from your one of your drop off points, no big deal. I've never seen it thrown from a car window but so what if it was, this brings a smile to my face just thinking about it as it takes me back quite some years to how the paper was delivered to my family home and if I'm not mistaken still is to those households who choose home delivery? Why are YOU not out there getting the stories? from what I read YOU are out there but YOU are only one person and can only be in one place at a time, maybe when cloning is made possible you might be able to please this person? Then again probably not :/:/ Plagiarism, I'm not exactly sure about this one? I've never noticed a direct copy of a story from the Mercury but then again I don't always read the Mercury. All the adds from all those business people? pay back/favouritism or well spent money? I would think it was good business, is that not what it's all about? like minded people with a common goal getting together helping each other for the better of all? Which is pretty much what you have said in your reply. The meetings I wouldn't know about but would think that part of the reason people attend is to of course get the most out of it that they possibly can, for themselves, their business which inturn means for the community. The rest of the dribble I won't address because I believe it to be just that. I would think that perhaps this business person has not been involved in any of your meetings and therein lies their problem. Maybe they are waiting for that personal invitation which you have now given but will never know if it is taken up as I don't believe they would ever have the guts to own the trash they choose to call constructive criticism. They probably believe it would be a privilege for your group to have them when most just feel privileged to be a part of a group. Like the old saying you have quoted before and I can't really remember it but it's something about you can please most of the people most of the time but some of the people never. I'd be thinking they where one of the latter. To finish I'd just like to say you keep on keeping on, which no doubt you will, and I love your work. Cheers Sharon
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