Comments on: Summit or Nowt ** http://pompoms.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/summit-or-nowt/ Confessions of an Upside Down Knitter Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:20:08 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Lynne http://pompoms.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/summit-or-nowt/#comment-505 Lynne Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:20:09 +0000 http://pompoms.wordpress.com/?p=152#comment-505 I'm not from Yorkshire or northern England [although I was 'made' in London, born in Sydney] but I understood the title! WYD/week is a bit too over-the-top; why can't they use the Stadium? After all it was built to host big events! I'm sure it would be cheaper to reinstate the previously-removed-seating than pay for Randwick Racecourse! And it's heck of a lot easier to get to for most Sydney-siders! I’m not from Yorkshire or northern England [although I was 'made' in London, born in Sydney] but I understood the title!

WYD/week is a bit too over-the-top; why can’t they use the Stadium? After all it was built to host big events! I’m sure it would be cheaper to reinstate the previously-removed-seating than pay for Randwick Racecourse! And it’s heck of a lot easier to get to for most Sydney-siders!

]]> By: M-H http://pompoms.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/summit-or-nowt/#comment-504 M-H Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:17:42 +0000 http://pompoms.wordpress.com/?p=152#comment-504 This last is so bizarre. I gather that a lot of Aussie Catholics of Irish descent are completely gobsmacked by this one. Catholicism here is not simple - there are many strands, but the main ones are Irish and Latin (Spanish, Italian, Portuguese etc). It is this strand that worships relics and such. The irish-descended Catholics tend to be rather embarrassed by this kind of thing - like the holy fence post at Coogee. This last is so bizarre. I gather that a lot of Aussie Catholics of Irish descent are completely gobsmacked by this one. Catholicism here is not simple – there are many strands, but the main ones are Irish and Latin (Spanish, Italian, Portuguese etc). It is this strand that worships relics and such. The irish-descended Catholics tend to be rather embarrassed by this kind of thing – like the holy fence post at Coogee.

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