I thought the man was going to have an instant heart attack as he actually screamed before letting forth a string of amazing, awesome etc etc. I can't help thinking whether these people are like this in real life or is their total unbounding enthusiasm kept for when they are in front of the camera?
Similarly programmes etc. where the host gets to try local produce like cakes, honey etc. When was the last time you actually saw somebody taste something and declare "Hell that's minging?" No they always eulogise and out comes words like stunning, amazing, awesome. I wonder whether these people live on an alternative universe where everything is totally awesome and the grumps and pressures of the normal world just don't exist.
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Now one thing that is awesome, unbelievable, incredible, amazing, unique, fantastic is modern technology (when it works). As a silver surfer I have such an advantage over youngsters being born today. They will grow up with downloading, streaming, mobile communications as the norm. They will question none of these things as they know no difference.
Us oldies on the other hand have lived through and experienced the growth of technology from the days when mobile phones were the size of bricks to today when they do virtually everything short of cooking the dinner (I suspect that will come in the near future).
Things the modern generation just take for granted still fill me with wonder. Take for example the fact that I am currently on holiday 250 miles from home. Not only have I been able to schedule a television programme via my Ipad, I have done something that 10 years ago would have been impossible but which today is the norm.
Basically I wanted to listen to the new album by John Howard and the Night Mail (I know that's a bit obscure, but that's the way I am). So armed with my phone tuned into Bluetooth, a small portable speaker and my Spotify account I was able to have it playing within a matter of moments. What a concept. A new album/CD/LP (whatever you want to call it) downloaded down the telephone wires (without any wires), through a mobile phone and into a speaker that weighs virtually nothing. Now that's truly awesome, amazing, unbelievable, fantastic, incredible and totally totally unique.