Getting shirty!
The t-shirts are in. Check out the page, tell your friends. Remember Christmas is coming… oh, I give up.
Posted by Cptn
If you liked this story, you could buy us a coffeeMay 22nd, 2006
Archive for May 22nd, 2006
Anyone for tennis?
Exactly, why be vilified as an average sportsperson when you could be lauded as an average director?
Bitter, I should think so. The combination of dodgy metatarsals and an inability to work in a team scuppered any chance I had. But you don’t have to be so glum.
Openreel, those Plymouth film people, are giving all you film-makers out there the chance to get your film shown in the city centre during Wimbledon fortnight on a big screen for the BBC. Their latest open meet was tonight (whoops), but you have until Friday to get your film in.
See them at the Last Friday event (this Friday) at the B-Bar at the Barbican in Plymouth.
Posted by Cptn
If you liked this story, you could buy us a coffeeMay 22nd, 2006
Paying the bookies
Why is it that Devon County Council has the highest library fees in South Devon? A week’s DVD rental of a top title costs £2.50 in Torbay and Plymouth, but £3 in Devon CC. A typical children’s DVD costs £2 in Plymouth and Torbay and £2.50 in Devon County Council’s libraries. CD rentals and the story’s the same: 90p a week in Plymouth, 80p in Torbay and £1 in Devon CC. Spotting a pattern?
It might not seem like a huge difference, but at a time when Devon County Council is talking about library closures, it makes you wonder how they can justify such high prices. How can you attract people into your libraries to hire a DVD for £3 when they can rent from a far wider range of titles for less money (most online clubs charge £10 to £15 a month for unlimited DVD rental, and even Blockbuster only charges slightly more than the library). And then you hear the justification for libraries being shut down: people aren’t using the (overpriced) services.
It seems that we’re allowed to Have Our Say about Devon County Council’s libraries from May 22. The consultation lasts until the end of July and the outcome will be reported to the County Council’s Executive Committee in the autumn.
Posted by Edgy
If you liked this story, you could buy us a coffeeMay 22nd, 2006
