tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post115973707371446018..comments2024-02-19T10:16:13.581+00:00Comments on Past Imperfect: MEET THE FOLKSPathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-1159909616959932932006-10-03T22:06:00.000+01:002006-10-03T22:06:00.000+01:00Judy: now you've done it! There goes my knight h...Judy: now you've done it! There goes my knight hood!:)Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-1159898401892009082006-10-03T19:00:00.000+01:002006-10-03T19:00:00.000+01:00Pat, thanks for the visit! I am glad to hear that ...Pat, thanks for the visit! I am glad to hear that the Queen wears weighted dresses. I don't think I'd want to see what's under there if the wind was blowing...HAHA.kenjuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342414519714356343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-1159883551360996932006-10-03T14:52:00.000+01:002006-10-03T14:52:00.000+01:00Randall: you mean you are enjoying my crises? Jus...Randall: you mean you are enjoying my crises? Just kidding! Don't forger the wedding,Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-1159876561067155912006-10-03T12:56:00.000+01:002006-10-03T12:56:00.000+01:00I'm still enjoying this tremendously, dear.Cheers....I'm still enjoying this tremendously, dear.<BR/><BR/>Cheers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-1159865246693482592006-10-03T09:47:00.000+01:002006-10-03T09:47:00.000+01:00Sam: PS Confetti galore and horseshoes and stuff b...Sam: PS Confetti galore and horseshoes and stuff but I think flash wasn't in use - not for the general public. Best not use it in Church. It may give the Reverend Sokell a heart attack or he'll think he's having a Visitation.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-1159864996341956092006-10-03T09:43:00.000+01:002006-10-03T09:43:00.000+01:00Dr M: Oops! sorry . No offence! The light was po...Dr M: Oops! sorry . No offence! The light was poor and it was when I thoughr you were the man on the boat. Dinna fash!Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-1159864826484509282006-10-03T09:40:00.000+01:002006-10-03T09:40:00.000+01:00Sam: of course you're all invited - the little g...Sam: of course you're all invited - the little girls might like to be flower girls. I just have the two big bridesmaids at present - if they can ever agree on what to wear. It will either be yellow and black stripes or crushed raspbery. i'm hoping for the latter.<BR/>I'm on kir too - the chardonnay was just too dry and arid. Try not to outdazzle the bride honey!Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-1159857524377388402006-10-03T07:38:00.000+01:002006-10-03T07:38:00.000+01:00Women in the windows in Amsterdam? Who mentioned w...Women in the windows in Amsterdam? Who mentioned women in the windows in Amsterdam? I had a perfectly good reason for being there. I'm sure I never mentioned women in the windows in Amsterdam.<BR/>Sheesh!<BR/>We travel there, at our own expense to be claimed back later, for an important conference on turbulant flow, and what do we get on our return? The women in the windows, flung in our faces. Well, I just won't go next time.<BR/>It's not as if they're even good looking.Dr Maroonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639939963726199699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-1159844232741728512006-10-03T03:57:00.000+01:002006-10-03T03:57:00.000+01:00Right, third attempt. I tried to comment earlier ...Right, third attempt. I tried to comment earlier but blogger was being a bugger and it didn't take either time.<BR/><BR/>Just to say I'll be coming to the wedding. I love a wedding, me. Is confetti allowed? Flash photography? <BR/><BR/>Guess what! I found some creme de cassis in an odd little liquor store that I think might only appear once every hundred years, Brigadoon like. They had liquorice pinwheels too so I had a very jolly time saying Aaaaaah look you DO have it and oooooooh look you have those too and ooooh I'm so happy I've found you! They bustled me out of the shop a short while after I'd found a bottle of Chaucer's hony mead with mulling spices.<BR/><BR/>Its kirs tonight! Huzzah! The Problem Husband and I will be raising a glass to you Pat. Can he come to the wedding by the way? And the girls? I'll bring milky buttons and that should keep them quiet during the service; it doesn't become a wedding to have middle-aged man stamping his feet and wailing in the aisles (unless he's the piper) because his wife forgot the Milky Buttons.<BR/><BR/>OK Blogger, bring it on! I'm ready for you!<BR/><BR/>Work!Sam, Problem-Child-Bridehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650421439038979462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-1159833626209914642006-10-03T01:00:00.000+01:002006-10-03T01:00:00.000+01:00Guess what Pat! I've got Creme de Cassis to make ...Guess what Pat! I've got Creme de Cassis to make kirs for the big day! I got it today in a wierd little old liquor store which also sold liquorice pinwheels so I am a very happy wedding guest indeed and nobody's even said I do yet!<BR/><BR/>I'll be there though, with my confetti. Is it allowed? Flash photography?Sam, Problem-Child-Bridehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650421439038979462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-1159824381603624272006-10-02T22:26:00.000+01:002006-10-02T22:26:00.000+01:00doc: no he wasn't on the Amethyst, in fact you ma...doc: no he wasn't on the Amethyst, in fact you may be surprised. Sorry it's difficult to stop dangling future episodes in front of you like those women at the windows in Amsterdam.<BR/>Glad you will both be supporting me on the big day.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-1159824043185610822006-10-02T22:20:00.000+01:002006-10-02T22:20:00.000+01:00sam: it nearly gave me a nervous breakdown. Nothi...sam: it nearly gave me a nervous breakdown. Nothing was ready because the wedding had only just been discussed - to be held in July and this was about February. No dress - nothing.<BR/>William's mother was a character who nearly drove me potty at times but I came, eventually, to be very fond of her. Like William she was a one-off, eccentric and totally outrageous.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-1159818245848578522006-10-02T20:44:00.000+01:002006-10-02T20:44:00.000+01:00I'm back on the case. I re-read from Vanessa and W...I'm back on the case. I re-read from Vanessa and William, and I'm sitting here frowning away. It's a bit of a revelation reading all this from the woman's point of view, men can be utter dolts sometimes. I never realised.<BR/>The fancy dress bit was very funny, as was "I hope your rabbits die!", and the bit about looking like big wasps. I keep thinking of a dressing gown and cigarette holder and voila! Noel Coward. Meanwhile, William just sticks on his dungarees. See, that’s what I would do.<BR/>But, the man's an engineer, we must give him that, and he is to sail halfway round the world in the Royal Navy to fight Chinese communists!<BR/>He wasn't on the Amethyst was he?<BR/><BR/>Of course we shall be there for the big day. I shall be in my overalls, while she herself will be in the yellow and black stripes.<BR/>Bride or groom you ask? Oh, bride’s side, thank you.Dr Maroonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639939963726199699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-1159818202846087342006-10-02T20:43:00.000+01:002006-10-02T20:43:00.000+01:00I'm back on the case. I re-read from Vanessa and W...I'm back on the case. I re-read from Vanessa and William, and I'm sitting here frowning away. It's a bit of a revelation reading all this from the woman's point of view, men can be utter dolts sometimes. I never realised.<BR/>The fancy dress bit was very funny, as was "I hope your rabbits die!", and the bit about looking like big wasps. I keep thinking of a dressing gown and cigarette holder and voila! Noel Coward. Meanwhile, William just sticks on his dungarees. See, that’s what I would do.<BR/>But, the man's an engineer, we must give him that, and he is to sail halfway round the world in the Royal Navy to fight Chinese communists!<BR/>He wasn't on the Amethyst was he?<BR/><BR/>Of course we shall be there for the big day. I shall be in my overalls, while she herself will be in the yellow and black stripes.<BR/>Bride or groom you ask? Oh, bride’s side, thank you.Dr Maroonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639939963726199699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-1159805088807347872006-10-02T17:04:00.000+01:002006-10-02T17:04:00.000+01:00It's all happening so quickly. It must have been ...It's all happening so quickly. It must have been a such a worrying, frenetic time to hear William had been called up for Korea. Were you ready for the wedding when it happened? Mentally and practically? Did you even have time to get a frock sorted out?<BR/><BR/>His mother sounds like a bit of a pill. I've a feeling we haven't heard the last of her.Sam, Problem-Child-Bridehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650421439038979462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-1159803761853179452006-10-02T16:42:00.000+01:002006-10-02T16:42:00.000+01:00the apprentice: I can't tell you without giving th...the apprentice: I can't tell you without giving the game away. And I want to make sure you come back!<BR/>Lucky Mum! I just want something big and sparkely 'cos I'm common as muck! I'm spoilt now.:)Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-1159798561613893032006-10-02T15:16:00.000+01:002006-10-02T15:16:00.000+01:00How long did you get between the wedding and him g...How long did you get between the wedding and him going? <BR/>It's amazing the change in one lifetine isn't it?<BR/><BR/>My Mum had a zircon.apprenticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13784785172285984036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-1159789991355895852006-10-02T12:53:00.000+01:002006-10-02T12:53:00.000+01:00dandelion: ah! the optimism of youth!dandelion: ah! the optimism of youth!Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-1159788442460088982006-10-02T12:27:00.000+01:002006-10-02T12:27:00.000+01:00granny p; I mean old-school teachers. Although t...granny p; I mean old-school teachers. Although they were both in their sixties.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-1159787906147920882006-10-02T12:18:00.000+01:002006-10-02T12:18:00.000+01:00Look, you pessimistic people! It was the olden day...Look, you pessimistic people! It was the olden days! It's going to be fine.Monozygotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04965915993980593549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-1159787857986045822006-10-02T12:17:00.000+01:002006-10-02T12:17:00.000+01:00granny p: I didn't know that, but William would n...granny p: I didn't know that, but William would never flout real authority. He had had a strict upbringing by two old school teachers. I keep thinking of the song 'there may be trouble ahead ...'Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-1159783854069971972006-10-02T11:10:00.000+01:002006-10-02T11:10:00.000+01:00OH dear. Those bloody wars. A friend of mine was a...OH dear. Those bloody wars. A friend of mine was also called back for the Korean War and refused to go. Apparently a lot of people did. It was the first major refusal of call-up so they decided to hush it up, so as not to encourage anyone else; he got off scot-free. Your William clearly sterner stuff. But what a start. Wait for next instalment. (Can also see trouble of all sorts looming...)granny phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10208296185844897146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-1159782137939445592006-10-02T10:42:00.000+01:002006-10-02T10:42:00.000+01:00andrewm; methinks if you look in the dictionary yo...andrewm; methinks if you look in the dictionary you will find both are acceptable. i always have difficulty with the pronunciation. Remember Phillip Roth who wrote 'Portnoy's Complaint' it was once described as 'the Gropes of Roth ' which I thought very clever, being hopeless at puns myself. Forgiven?Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-1159781832045260682006-10-02T10:37:00.000+01:002006-10-02T10:37:00.000+01:00kenju: probably not as bad as you think - yet awhi...kenju: probably not as bad as you think - yet awhile.<BR/><BR/>banana: our expectations were so much lower after all the rationing and endless periods of austerity. I admit I wasn't blown away but there is truth in the saying 'Everything comes to he who waits.'Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20735769.post-1159780578633240202006-10-02T10:16:00.000+01:002006-10-02T10:16:00.000+01:00Wrath methinks.Wrotham is in Kent.Carry on the goo...Wrath methinks.<BR/><BR/>Wrotham is in Kent.<BR/><BR/>Carry on the good work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com