Share, darling, you did not make a fool of yourself. That was just authfriend's
malicious spin.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@...> wrote:
>
> Yep, obviously I'm still learning how to communicate online in a
> noninflammatory way. Judy, I'm sure I've made a fool of myself prior to
> today and am equally sure that I will do so again in the future. Ann,
> neither Edwin nor I were criticizing dirty fighting. Which I thought,
> albeit wrongly, that the explanation explained.
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: awoelflebater <no_re...@yahoogroups.com>
> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, December 6, 2012 8:40 AM
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12 to feste and emptyB
>
>
> Â
>
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@> wrote:
> >
> > feste, we adore you for adoring us and emptyB, we adore you for having a
> > healthy respect for our trickiness which of course we had to develop to
> > survive living with those big strong hairy cavemen prone to slinging us
> > over their shoulder.
> >
> > In his workshop music man Edwin Coppard from Victoria teaches that since
> > cave days, women fight dirty.
>
> And do you believe that/him? Sounds like a funny sort of man's (n this case
> the man being Mr Coppard) viewpoint. How about looking at it that because
> women are, generally speaking, less physically strong than men they have to
> rely on their wits more and of course this would apply mostly to days gone by
> when physical threat was more common in daily life. To hide one's young from
> a predator would involve elements of foresight, the ability to be spontaneous
> and creative to find ways of escaping the jaws of some hungry mountain lion
> as well as a huge degree of courage. To use a term to lump all of these
> characteristics into one descriptive word like "dirty" is patently ridiculous
> and shortsighted, even underhanded. Talk about 'fighting dirty'. Just another
> person putting a negative spin on what could be otherwise construed as
> positive in the opposite sex.
>
> ÃÂ We had to have strategies and abilities to protect the young because we
> were the last line of defense when the men of the tribe were off hunting or
> warring.
>
> We would have been the FIRST and far from inferior line of defense since the
> men were gone and might have been the first line even if they had been
> present.
> >
> > Edwin still has a bit of a Cockney accent and he used much more colorful
> > language which I will leave to everyone's imagination.ÃÂ If only to spare
> > Buck who makes me smile just about every single day (-:ÃÂ ÃÂ
>
> Yessiree, that Buck certainly makes me shake my head in wonder, every day.
> Can you imagine if he was our first line of defense against some marauder?
> "Now ladies, relax, just close your eyes for 20 minutes and all will be fine.
> If you find yourself dead in the next 20 seconds it's because there just
> weren't enough of us meditating right now. Now shoo, you nasty cougar."
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: feste37 <feste37@>
> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 5, 2012 8:04 PM
> > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: More Opera 12.04.12
> >
> >
> > ÃÂ
> >
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" <emptybill@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Wonderful performances.
> > >
> > > That mad scene should be a snap-shot for men
> > > thinking these divas would be simple to deal with
> > > by a fool - a snap-shot of their own bloody corpse
> > > that is.
> > >
> > > Feste, be warned. They wouldn't just cut your
> > > heart out but also put a grenade under your
> > > body to greet anyone rolling you over.
> >
> > I know. Mess with them and you're history. That's why I adore them so much.
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <authfriend@>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Three Netrebko videos...
> > > >
> > > > "Quando m'en vo" ("Musetta's Waltz") from Puccini's La Boheme
> > > > (Not such a great aria for a concert performance; you really
> > > > need the staging for it to come across, but she sings it
> > > > nicely.)
> > > >
> > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWnWivspwRE
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "Sempre libera" from Verdi's Traviata
> > > > (From the new Met modern-dress production--a rather outre
> > > interpretation of Violetta, but it shows off her acting
> > > > ability.)
> > > >
> > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFJJ1zFBWgY&feature=endscreen&NR=1
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "Mad Scene" from Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor
> > > > (Lucia has just killed her bridegroom. A conventional
> > > > production, but the staging of this scene is excellent,
> > > > and her performance is blood-chilling. It's a long
> > > > scene, over 10 minutes.)
> > > >
> > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX2r8ps9pUg
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" emptybill@ wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Hah! Yeah ââ¬Â¦ she's like napalm.
> > > > >
> > > > > But image living with someone with such talent and charisma.
> > > > >
> > > > > Might easily end up like the performance by Dmitri Hvorostovsky and
> > > > > Renee Fleming in post #328213.
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <feste37@> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hotter than hot! There definitely was some cleavage, btw. You must
> > > > > have nodded off before they got it, you poor old bastard.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" emptybill@
> > > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Oh yeah?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Here is an Anna Netrebko interview where she shows no cleavage
> > > but
> > > > > ...
> > > > > > > it also is "so hot".
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > No wonder that video with Dmitri stopped before their actual
> > > kiss.
> > > > > But
> > > > > > > it was on the other video that I saw ... And the audience loved
> > > it.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=UgpVoMPGbUA
> > > > > > >
> > > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=UgpVoMPGbUA>
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <feste37@>
> > > wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Nice, but not enough cleavage, which is an essential part of a
> > > > > female
> > > > > > > opera singerâââ‰â¢s repertoire,
> > > > > > > donâââ‰â¢t you think? In
> > > this
> > > > > > > regard, the divine Cecilia does not disappoint in the following
> > > > > clip,
> > > > > > > especially given the tantalizing possibility of a wardrobe
> > > > > malfunction,
> > > > > > > which unfortunately not quite happen (but watch the shoulder
> > > strap):
> > > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaKX21earkk (Oh, yes, the aria
> > > is
> > > > > good
> > > > > > > too.)
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > My favorite Cecilia is this:
> > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2IeGgk_06I
> > > > > > > > Itâââ‰â¢s an aria from a Vivaldi opera and she uses
> > > > > > > > it as an
> > > > > encore.
> > > > > > > Itâââ‰â¢s breathtaking, sensational. I defy anyone to
> > > > > > > keep
> > > still
> > > > > while
> > > > > > > they watch it. Itâââ‰â¢s Baroque rock. And just look
> > > > > > > at her
> > > face
> > > > > when
> > > > > > > she is finished.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Cecilia is the sort of voluptuous Italian woman that men would
> > > > > love to
> > > > > > > have in the kitchen and bedroom. She might be a bit of a handful
> > > > > though.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Elina G made a great Sesto in the live Met telecast of
> > > Clemenza di
> > > > > > > Tito at the weekend. She is so hot.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" emptybill@
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Two of the best mezzo-sopranos, Elina Garanca and Anna
> > > Netrebko,
> > > > > > > sing
> > > > > > > > > the famous Flower duet (Lakmïÿý Delibes). Doesn't
> > > > > > > > > hurt
> > > that
> > > > > > > > > they're both as beautiful as the blossoms to which they give
> > > > > song.
> > > > > > > > > No wonder men are so easily spellbound.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf42IP__ipw
> > > > > > > > > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf42IP__ipw>
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Also,
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Renee Fleming in a fabulous
> > > performance
> > > > > in
> > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > palace at St. Petersburg
> > > > > > > > > (a duet from Verdi's Il Travatore).
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV9rE61kodw&feature=related
> > > > > > > > > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV9rE61kodw&feature=related>
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
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