Neither during the first decades of the consolidation of the 79-year-old country nor in the heady rush of development and stupendous wealth since the early 1970s did anyone pay much attention to preservation.
Save for the McKinsey analysts, who were ignored, no one considered the larger context of the city's development, nor did anyone pay attention to civic stakeholders' wishes for a less dense area, with greater mixed use.
Nor did anyone pay much attention to a second Büchel, a collapsible upright trolley stuffed with rubbish, the sort you see pushed by older women far from the network of art fairs stretching from here to Shanghai.
Some who go this route contend that separate spaces not only reduce friction in a relationship but keep it lively, even sizzly, freed from such mundane concerns as whose turn is it to empty the dishwasher and by the way, did anyone pay the rent?
As Cary Grant, in a scene from "To Catch a Thief," streaked over the roof with catlike grace while French detectives roared through the countryside in hot pursuit of a car that — sacré bleu! — carried only the housekeeper, did anyone pay attention to the rhythmical verve and biting humor of Lyn Murray's score?
Does anyone not paid to traffic in such labels really subscribe to the notion that we are so easily divided?
Especially since you need "permission" to "commercially exploit" your remix — and that permission seems unlikely to be granted, given the recent experience of the producer AmpLive — why does anyone have to pay for these parts in the first place?
People in the queue burst out laughing when one member of staff asked: "Does anyone want to pay money in?" Staff from rival high street branches in Newcastle - whose football team is sponsored by Northern Rock - worked the queue handing out promotional material.
