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Be honest - if it were one of the Stones, wouldn't you do it?

Maybe if they were out there with me, getting their hands dirty.

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Be honest - if it were one of the Stones, wouldn't you do it?

Maybe if they were out there with me, getting their hands dirty.

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You don't seem to realize that this offer is not intended for music fans from the general public at all but instead, for the well-to-do gourmet and his wife and friends from the jet-set who would pay anything to experience a healthy lifestyle.

Sure, at first glance, the offer sounds hilarious and really far out there but it's obviously meant for people with a high income who want to experience the "normal life" of a farm hand for a day, all the while, during the picnics, they are being served the exclusive high-priced foods from in the local area where this farm is located. And nobody seriously would expect the clients who buy into this work day at the farm to be supervised by a tough foreman. Or would you?

One thing is certain: this offer is not meant for Sting fans at all, he just happens to be the owner of the property. The paper obviously used this fact for its core business which is sensationalism. And this thread is proof they got you![/quote


At last someone who knows what they are talking about has posted on this sting harvest subject. All the other sarcastic, rediculous post's sound like they are written by character assasinators who seem to know their victims inside out without having any factual knowledge of their business activities, which is what this is all about not someone trying to make a few bucks.
I am sure sting has enough money to be doing that.
I myself am not a fan of his music but just felt that such vile comments should not be posted on what is mainly for our mutual likings of the Rolling Stones.
A lot has been written in the press of Mick Jaggers liking to keep hold of his money but haven't seen any of you condemned him.
What are you who wrote horrible comments like with your money, scrimpers tight arises,I bet you are...takes one to know one as they say.

Do you actually have a sense of humour, mountainhigh ?

I'm so glad that most of us on IORR like to have a laugh when not much going on in Stonesland.

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Haters gotta hate...

Sting has been through the shit and deserves all his riches just like any of the Stones do...He's made crap music for years now, but once fronted one of the most formidable bands in the history of music

If he opens up his estate to us morons and maybe cultures us a bit in the process what the hell. If you've got the money to fly to Italy then you've got the money to play around in one of the most historic and beautiful vineyards in the area...

Napa Valley has been doing it for years

God bless him

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You allowed to eat some grapes while you are pickin' them?

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It is a picnic in a field not Fortnum and Mason

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You don't seem to realize that this offer is not intended for music fans from the general public at all but instead, for the well-to-do gourmet and his wife and friends from the jet-set who would pay anything to experience a healthy lifestyle.

You're 100% right.
Imo what Sting offers is the rural equivalent of gold-plated toilets. If you're among the 1% this thing is normal, but this is laughable if you live in the normal world of normal folks.

i wouldn't say 1%. i'd say anyone who makes over $125k a year and likes to visit other countries and likes wine might take sting up on this offer. more than 1% of the population makes $125k+ a year

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You don't seem to realize that this offer is not intended for music fans from the general public at all but instead, for the well-to-do gourmet and his wife and friends from the jet-set who would pay anything to experience a healthy lifestyle.

You're 100% right.
Imo what Sting offers is the rural equivalent of gold-plated toilets. If you're among the 1% this thing is normal, but this is laughable if you live in the normal world of normal folks.

i wouldn't say 1%. i'd say anyone who makes over $125k a year and likes to visit other countries and likes wine might take sting up on this offer. more than 1% of the population makes $125k+ a year

ummm...neither I nor anyone I know would take Sting up on his offer.

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You don't seem to realize that this offer is not intended for music fans from the general public at all but instead, for the well-to-do gourmet and his wife and friends from the jet-set who would pay anything to experience a healthy lifestyle.

You're 100% right.
Imo what Sting offers is the rural equivalent of gold-plated toilets. If you're among the 1% this thing is normal, but this is laughable if you live in the normal world of normal folks.

i wouldn't say 1%. i'd say anyone who makes over $125k a year and likes to visit other countries and likes wine might take sting up on this offer. more than 1% of the population makes $125k+ a year

ummm...neither I nor anyone I know would take Sting up on his offer.

Stewart Copeland and his wife have spent the last 3 months there.

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Haters gotta hate...

Sting has been through the shit and deserves all his riches just like any of the Stones do...He's made crap music for years now, but once fronted one of the most formidable bands in the history of music

If he opens up his estate to us morons and maybe cultures us a bit in the process what the hell. If you've got the money to fly to Italy then you've got the money to play around in one of the most historic and beautiful vineyards in the area...

Napa Valley has been doing it for years

God bless him

Well said Munich...and welcome home.

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Haters gotta hate...

Sting has been through the shit and deserves all his riches just like any of the Stones do...He's made crap music for years now, but once fronted one of the most formidable bands in the history of music

If he opens up his estate to us morons and maybe cultures us a bit in the process what the hell. If you've got the money to fly to Italy then you've got the money to play around in one of the most historic and beautiful vineyards in the area...

Napa Valley has been doing it for years

God bless him

Well said Munich...and welcome home.

Thanks man...by the way, my drink is NOT where I left it

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Aqua to pick up your olives, put a net on the ground and shake the tree, some of the ripe olives would have already been fallen off. This has been passed on from my dad and many generations of Tuscan farmer. Can pick up your olives in a jiffy and can send you a couple of jars. Do you prefer green or black, pitted or whole?

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Aqua to pick up your olives, put a net on the ground and shake the tree, some of the ripe olives would have already been fallen off. This has been passed on from my dad and many generations of Tuscan farmer. Can pick up your olives in a jiffy and can send you a couple of jars. Do you prefer green or black, pitted or whole?

Hey desert, send me some of them olives too, I don't care what kind. My Dad used to put jars of olives in our Christmas stockings instead of candies. My friends thought it was nuts, but we loved it!

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Aqua to pick up your olives, put a net on the ground and shake the tree, some of the ripe olives would have already been fallen off. This has been passed on from my dad and many generations of Tuscan farmer. Can pick up your olives in a jiffy and can send you a couple of jars. Do you prefer green or black, pitted or whole?

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Aqua to pick up your olives, put a net on the ground and shake the tree, some of the ripe olives would have already been fallen off. This has been passed on from my dad and many generations of Tuscan farmer. Can pick up your olives in a jiffy and can send you a couple of jars. Do you prefer green or black, pitted or whole?

Hey desert, send me some of them olives too, I don't care what kind. My Dad used to put jars of olives in our Christmas stockings instead of candies. My friends thought it was nuts, but we loved it!

Was that because he put a bottle of gin in the stocking as well?

Don't answer right away, I'm just getting up from my chair to make another cup of coffee.

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Aqua to pick up your olives, put a net on the ground and shake the tree, some of the ripe olives would have already been fallen off. This has been passed on from my dad and many generations of Tuscan farmer. Can pick up your olives in a jiffy and can send you a couple of jars. Do you prefer green or black, pitted or whole?

Hey desert, send me some of them olives too, I don't care what kind. My Dad used to put jars of olives in our Christmas stockings instead of candies. My friends thought it was nuts, but we loved it!

Was that because he put a bottle of gin in the stocking as well?

Don't answer right away, I'm just getting up from my chair to make another cup of coffee.

OK, I'm back now.

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Aqua to pick up your olives, put a net on the ground and shake the tree, some of the ripe olives would have already been fallen off. This has been passed on from my dad and many generations of Tuscan farmer. Can pick up your olives in a jiffy and can send you a couple of jars. Do you prefer green or black, pitted or whole?

Hey desert, send me some of them olives too, I don't care what kind. My Dad used to put jars of olives in our Christmas stockings instead of candies. My friends thought it was nuts, but we loved it!

Was that because he put a bottle of gin in the stocking as well?

Don't answer right away, I'm just getting up from my chair to make another cup of coffee.

OK, I'm back now.

No, no gin. But I sure could use a bottle right now...nothing like back to school shopping the day before school starts.

If Aquamarine gets them picked in time, she can drop in a few olives.

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The Rolling Stones Chronicle says Mick yelled at Sting down a bar to stop knocking his fellow rockers. It didn't name the fellow rocker, but Sting knocked Paul McCartney in a Playboy interview around that time, so that may be who Mick was defending.

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The Rolling Stones Chronicle says Mick yelled at Sting down a bar to stop knocking his fellow rockers. It didn't name the fellow rocker, but Sting knocked Paul McCartney in a Playboy interview around that time, so that may be who Mick was defending.

I'm not a fan of him or his old band, but The Police made some good music. It's things like that and the fact that he refuses to even consider a Police reunion for a split-second (for the fans, if not anything else) that annoy me about this guy. Oh, yeah. That grape thing, too.