tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post1569469873218882458..comments2024-03-29T13:05:43.719+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: EchoesYorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-17340202614564929042009-08-02T16:16:51.164+01:002009-08-02T16:16:51.164+01:00Rub the rhino horn? Is that the same thing as span...Rub the rhino horn? Is that the same thing as spanking the monkey?Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11659124789489902584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-46622622651984361912009-08-01T02:35:48.847+01:002009-08-01T02:35:48.847+01:00About three months after he retired, my Dad said, ...About three months after he retired, my Dad said, with an almost wistful air "It can't keep on feeling like a wonderful holiday? Can it?" 12 years later he's still loving every second.<br />Congratulations YP! Hope you're having a pleasant trip.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-36277815552559757272009-07-30T23:53:17.552+01:002009-07-30T23:53:17.552+01:00Only retired two minutes and already gadding off a...Only retired two minutes and already gadding off as if you were - - well - - retired - - ah, yes. Have a good time. Think of us Up North with the sleet and the howling winds, won't you?<br />I was in Ireland in 1983 and the cottage where we stayed had the phone number "5". Now THAT's a phone number.Daphnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14469075813149239051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-70807795740665394392009-07-30T22:00:22.995+01:002009-07-30T22:00:22.995+01:00Ten-day break from what? I thought you were retir...Ten-day break from what? I thought you were retired.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-5515324290629755822009-07-30T19:39:06.293+01:002009-07-30T19:39:06.293+01:00Enjoy your break, both of you.Enjoy your break, both of you.Jennytchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13621488409334115930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-52327696950981130132009-07-29T21:26:46.980+01:002009-07-29T21:26:46.980+01:00Thanks for 'dropping in' on my small and h...Thanks for 'dropping in' on my small and humble patch...but I wonder if you noticed that I took your point about:-<br />"Oceans are made of droplets of water. If more of us protest in our own small ways the momentum will surely grow".<br />I did my small bit here:-<br />http://monkey-organ.blogspot.com/2009/07/eight-poppies.html<br />And it was well received.<br />Thanks YPBernardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09024557597864373705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-66661091540495710982009-07-29T15:57:41.541+01:002009-07-29T15:57:41.541+01:00"So often we "dance" or live as if ..."So often we "dance" or live as if controlled by and subservient to the watching society around us"<br /><br />I'm afraid we do. The sensible ones at least do.<br />Society today does not accept us as we really are. You must have noticed that over the years we are being moulded into shapes acceptable to the controlling classes.<br />If I behaved as I want to, said what I want to...in fact... be my real self, I'd be inside or at least undergoing diversity training!<br />Enjoy your break...(as a relocated "Midlander", it's not really too bad down here)Bernardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09024557597864373705noreply@blogger.com