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    On Wed 26 Oct 2011 at: 10:43 Shardlake wrote:
    It might just be me, but that 'Where did you get that hat?' article just seems to be an excuse for some of our more pretentious residents to swan about in ridiculous titfers. 'We found Tarquin sauntering over Cliffe Bridge, on his way to an extortionately priced breakfast at Bills, after which he planned to have his vegan shoes re-heeled. His top hat with feathers, baubles and toilet roll tubes really appealed to us'.
    *groan*

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    On Wed 26 Oct 2011 at: 12:09 bastian wrote:
    absolutely!
    I don't favour the wearing of hats,it's a kind of phobia..I mean who is hiding under its brim?

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    On Wed 26 Oct 2011 at: 12:18 Ed Can Do wrote:
    Wasn't the featured hat owned by Neil Dann a few months back? I'd hardly describe him as pretentious and I'm pretty sure he buys his breakfast from the off-licence.

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    On Wed 26 Oct 2011 at: 14:36 Clifford wrote:
    I'm afraid Viva Lewes is one of the few things I dislike about Lewes.

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    On Wed 26 Oct 2011 at: 15:28 'ere be monsters wrote:
    I'm with you there Clifford.

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    On Wed 26 Oct 2011 at: 15:32 giveitarest wrote:
    Personally I think Viva Lewes is great, although I'm perhaps unafflicted by the peculiar loathing of the middle classes which affects so many around here.
    God forbid that anyone should do anything so terribly pretentious as review exhibitions or restaurants, or let people know about events.

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    On Wed 26 Oct 2011 at: 17:08 Clifford wrote:
    I'm sure you're right giveitarest, but even you must find that smug 'isn't it all so jolly and you can buy it for £500' tone a bit wearing?

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    On Wed 26 Oct 2011 at: 17:17 The Tooth Fairy wrote:
    'isn't it all so jolly and you can buy it for £500' tone a bit wearing?
    My god Clifford, that is a masterpiece.
    We've found something we both loath.

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    On Wed 26 Oct 2011 at: 17:43 Clifford wrote:
    Of course Tooth Fairy, loathing Viva Lewes united a lot of us.

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    On Wed 26 Oct 2011 at: 17:44 Gary M wrote:
    I think you mean "loathe" TF
    loath |lōTH, lōT͟H|(also loth )
    adjective
    reluctant; unwilling: I was loath to leave.
    ORIGIN Old English lāth ‘hostile, spiteful,’ of Germanic origin; related to Dutch leed,German Leid ‘sorrow.’
    usage: Although different in meaning, loath and loathe are often confused. Loath (also spelled loth, although not commonly) is an adjective meaning ‘reluctant or unwilling,’ as in I was loath to leave, whereas loathe is a verb meaning ‘feel intense dislike or disgust for,’ as in she loathed him on sight.

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    On Wed 26 Oct 2011 at: 17:46 Clifford wrote:
    Gary M - but it's right in the sense that I'm 'reluctant' and 'unwilling' to read it. Anyway, good to see that cutting and pasting is well and alive in Lewes.

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    On Wed 26 Oct 2011 at: 18:06 Bealknapp wrote:
    Bit grumpy aren't we Shardlake, meddling in the affairs of others beginning to get you down?
    Put your feet up, take the weight off your back and spend a few moments reading the best little glossy bog book that come free through your letter box.
    I rather like like it, particularly "the nibbler" column. At least they're making an effort.

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    On Wed 26 Oct 2011 at: 18:10 Rookie wrote:
    Viva Lewes is great. It's also free. Can't really ask for any more than that.

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    On Wed 26 Oct 2011 at: 18:50 Deelite wrote:
    I appreciate Viva Lewes a lot but it is gut-churningly privileged, precious, arty-farty, twee and middle class. Amazingly it even manages to taint a traditional working class sport like football with these characteristics.

    I have no idea how it makes a profit. Must cost a bomb to print and put together. Although it contains a considerable amount of advertising I doubt if they are able charge much for it.

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    On Wed 26 Oct 2011 at: 18:56 Clifford wrote:
    Deelite - I'd like to see both our comments on the cover, like review quots on a book:

    'gut-churningly privileged, precious, arty-farty, twee and middle class'

    isn't it all so jolly and you can buy it for £500'

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    On Wed 26 Oct 2011 at: 19:31 metatron wrote:
    If it wasn't for the clue in the tittle i'd swear its writen about somewhere else.

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    On Wed 26 Oct 2011 at: 20:57 Boris wrote:
    Three cheers for Clifford.

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    On Wed 26 Oct 2011 at: 22:14 Happy wrote:
    You sad people what do you want for free I think it's really good to have a publication like this in Lewes

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    On Wed 26 Oct 2011 at: 23:04 Nick wrote:
    Miserable bunch of b******s. Get a life.

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    On Wed 26 Oct 2011 at: 23:16 Deelite wrote:
    I forgot middle-aged

    Cover art, format and listings are great though.

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    On Wed 26 Oct 2011 at: 23:17 Cheapskate wrote:
    As is the price.

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    On Thu 27 Oct 2011 at: 00:31 Leon Trotter wrote:
    As the recession really begins to bite and increasing numbers of the middle classes begin to lose their jobs I wonder if Viva Lewes will publish a few frugal recipes something along the line of how to make a tasty stew out of pondweed and seagull droppings, and perhaps one or two articles on recession chic, For example how to make a new spring outfit out of recycled J Cloths. If things get really bad and civilisation completely breaks down articles along the lines of" Burglars how to kill them with one blow." or maybe" Looting abandoned houses can be fun!" might be popular.

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    On Thu 27 Oct 2011 at: 01:55 citizen wrote:
    what a bunch of tossers! Who'd havce thought you live in Lewes?

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    On Thu 27 Oct 2011 at: 08:51 Shardlake wrote:
    Just saying.

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    On Thu 27 Oct 2011 at: 09:19 Spartacus wrote:
    Leon Trotter - Seagull droppings and pondweed in the same dish! Are you mad? Besides seagull droppings are very extravagant in these difficult times, any common song birds poo will do, in a J cloth ravioli with a rain water jus. hummm.

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    On Thu 27 Oct 2011 at: 09:55 Enoch wrote:
    For people who say you don't read it - you seem to know a lot about it! It amazes me how you can be so hateful about something that comes through your letter box for free. Someone has set this business up to provide employment to people - just be grateful you are not paying your taxes to keep them on benefits! What annoys me is the glossy paper that comes through the door telling us about what the police/council are doing - what a waste of my taxes!

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    On Thu 27 Oct 2011 at: 12:44 middleclassandabitsmug wrote:
    well I like VivaLewes and i like all the grumpy people here (though sometimes they are a little bit too rude to eachother) and i like the Lewes News and i like walking on the Downs and watching the Rooks and i like glyndebourne and i like the Gardeners Arms and I like free speech and sometimes we should step back and celebrate what we've got.

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    On Thu 27 Oct 2011 at: 13:37 Winterbourne Wanderer wrote:
    Post of the week, from middleclassandabitsmug!

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    On Thu 27 Oct 2011 at: 16:44 Dave wrote:
    Goodness gracious! a positive post in this thread, well done middleclassandabitsmug.
    I like Harveys, Bunces, The Lewes Arms, Grange Gardens, Bonfire, the walk to Glynde, The Pelham, Cliffe, yup there's a lot to like in this place and I'm bloody glad I live here

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    On Thu 27 Oct 2011 at: 16:58 Southover Queen wrote:
    Hurrah! I like the Kings Head (sorry), Grange Gardens, the view of Mount Caburn from the top of St Anne's Hill, my neighbours, Bonfire, the walk down to Cuckmere from Seaford Head, Southover High St, the woodburner on a chilly evening, Lewes Skeptics, a chilled glass of Plumpton rose, poking around in the flea market.

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    On Thu 27 Oct 2011 at: 17:00 Southover Queen wrote:
    PS: How could I forget St Pancras Stores...!

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    On Thu 27 Oct 2011 at: 18:13 Clifford wrote:
    middleclassandabitsmug - oh yes, I agree with you. I like the Lewes Arms and the Snowdrop and the Elephant & Castle, I like the bend in the river, I like the blackberries you can collect on the way up to the golf course, I like the Big Issue sellers outside Waitrose, I like the blond girl behind the counter at the Post Office when she smiles... i like all these things. It's just Viva Lewes I can't stand.

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    On Thu 27 Oct 2011 at: 18:33 middleclassandabitsmug wrote:
    I also like big BANGS!

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    On Fri 28 Oct 2011 at: 00:29 A.Meerkat wrote:
    Rotten mag ,great town .Simples!

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    On Fri 28 Oct 2011 at: 07:54 vivalaviva wrote:
    All you haters of the middle class and dfls, if you worked a bit harder at school you might be one of them. Or ,if like me you didn't why not come up with a business whereby you can relieve them of the burden of all that surplus cash.
    Start a local magazine for people with low aspirations who want to sit in the pub and complain about how life is hard. "self pity weekly" perhaps. People have a right to live where they can afford to buy or rent a house. I hear its cheaper in Hailsham....You might not feel so upset by others success if you lived there?

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    On Fri 28 Oct 2011 at: 08:05 DFL wrote:
    Let's be clear about class, there are only 4 - in education, unemployed, working, or retired. Thankfully I'm one of the latter. Now to Viva Lewes, I think it's great. It's free, has some nice write ups, lots of ingteresting items, handy ads, what's on etc. It covers all tastes, and I quite like the front covers as well. We should all be grateful for this free booklet, and appreciate it like the Downs that surround us, and the bonfires, and the footie team, and the bowls, and the castle, and everything else that is LEWES !!

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    On Fri 28 Oct 2011 at: 10:51 Its Not Rocket Science wrote:
    It's quite simple really. If you like Viva Lewes then read it, if you don't then don't read it. Put it in the recycling. It doesn't cost you anything, so I don't really understand what the fuss is all about. It obviously does appeal to enough of the population of Lewes, otherwise the advertisers would have lost interest and it would have stopped long ago. Personally I quite like it. The gig guide is particularly useful and I have seen loads of great bands that I would otherwise have missed. It is also interesting to read articles about places and people that I know. I admit the arty stuff isn't my thing, but I don't read it, there is plenty more in it besides that.
    Would be interesting to know what the critics would prefer to see reported that would better represent the people of Lewes. Perhaps they might like to make some suggestions - maybe the editors would also be interested to hear too.

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    On Fri 28 Oct 2011 at: 14:26 Clifford wrote:
    Its Not Rocket Science - I've always loved the idea that people aren't entitled to have an opinion if it doesn't agree with mine. Fortunately the world isn't like that. I don't like Viva Lewes. You do. I must admit that what fascinated me last time I saw it was the number of ads for counsellors, usually 'holistic'. What a lot of desperate people the advertisers must think we are.

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    On Fri 28 Oct 2011 at: 16:57 Its Not Rocket Science wrote:
    I appreciate what you are saying Clifford, there are some 'new age' type adverts in there, but the overwhelming majority of the adverts are for proper businesses, builders, decoraters, gardners, caterers etc... Same can be said for the magazine itself - some of it is arty farty nonsense, but the majority of it isn't.

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    On Fri 28 Oct 2011 at: 18:28 Justin Thyme wrote:
    Oh you are dreadful you lower classes, you obviously don`t appreciate organic carpentry or vegan plumbing. I`m an Ayurvedic dog walker and advertise regularily in Viva Lewes and let me tell you business has never been better.

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    On Fri 28 Oct 2011 at: 18:48 Elvis Priestly wrote:
    Uh? Viva Lewes?.........No !Viva Las Vegas!

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