tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post8066177914670522760..comments2024-03-28T23:51:30.462+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: STFU!Yorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-62785773083214805612019-07-09T22:52:29.728+01:002019-07-09T22:52:29.728+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.martins florahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07110626064606516479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-81847481523184901302019-02-18T23:21:10.239+00:002019-02-18T23:21:10.239+00:00You-know-who? I assume you mean The Bogeyman. I ha...You-know-who? I assume you mean The Bogeyman. I have been back to Kitchen Connection.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-57535813486769256502019-02-18T23:19:47.640+00:002019-02-18T23:19:47.640+00:00I must admit that I gave no thought to such matter...I must admit that I gave no thought to such matters. I simply wished to read my book in peace.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-35588834225478392612019-02-18T22:06:16.914+00:002019-02-18T22:06:16.914+00:00that should have read "people are doing the b...that should have read "people are doing the best they can, with what they know"jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-76020970127878971192019-02-18T22:05:39.144+00:002019-02-18T22:05:39.144+00:00I know those situations are annoying and even depr...I know those situations are annoying and even depressing (as with the young girls), but I keep trying to remember that people are doing the best with what they know at that moment. Those women were undoubtedly raised by parents who did the same things. My question is how to stop the cycle. Educators are probably in the best position as they can try and model better behavior, but that only goes so far. As I'm sure you're aware, having been a teacher. jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-70888164998120863832019-02-18T20:46:32.700+00:002019-02-18T20:46:32.700+00:00I know how you felt! I feel like saying that eve...I know how you felt! I feel like saying that every time I come face to face with you-know-who! <br /><br />(I responded to your response, by the way)! :)<br />Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-54794485776766001022019-02-18T18:46:28.291+00:002019-02-18T18:46:28.291+00:00...and then there are retired Canadian schoolteach......and then there are retired Canadian schoolteachers!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-42004676573747928312019-02-18T18:45:12.104+00:002019-02-18T18:45:12.104+00:00You would have had to use very small words.You would have had to use very small words.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-10221820701653935592019-02-18T18:19:33.212+00:002019-02-18T18:19:33.212+00:00Some people are the author of their own fate and s...Some people are the author of their own fate and some people don't know when they're well off and then there are complainers!Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-80543059267729058052019-02-18T15:17:08.784+00:002019-02-18T15:17:08.784+00:00I knew there was another reason why I rarely use p...I knew there was another reason why I rarely use public transport. Mind you I'm much more sanguine about these things now that I used to be. I'd have been tempted to write the second lady a little note of positivity and pass it to her when the first of us got off the train.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-75932825492782761232019-02-18T15:12:16.070+00:002019-02-18T15:12:16.070+00:00It was easy to tell that their lives are going to ...It was easy to tell that their lives are going to be twisted by meanness. When we all got up coming into Sheffield station I looked at the two girls and they looked at me. My heart went out to them but of course I didn't say a word. Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-35829210199790899072019-02-18T15:09:35.485+00:002019-02-18T15:09:35.485+00:00To tell you the truth, I would have preferred a tr...To tell you the truth, I would have preferred a trappist carriage last Friday!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-2053356031074159372019-02-18T15:00:29.333+00:002019-02-18T15:00:29.333+00:00People can be rude beasts. Sometimes they are. Thi...People can be rude beasts. Sometimes they are. This is part of being a human- we have to share our spaces with rude beasts. <br />And then sometimes, humans can be angels and we are lucky to share space with them. <br />But I do feel very, very sorry for those children. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-32290360395438793202019-02-18T13:27:00.643+00:002019-02-18T13:27:00.643+00:00Sorry. I forgot to include his name. Alan Bennett,...Sorry. I forgot to include his name. Alan Bennett, as if you couldn't guess!Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16093533351238991113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-19626394586623696242019-02-18T13:26:05.374+00:002019-02-18T13:26:05.374+00:00In his latest book, your fellow Yorkshire man reco...In his latest book, your fellow Yorkshire man recounts a tale of him and his partner being in the "quiet" carriage on the train from London to Yorkshire. He heard a lady a few rows in front pass comment in a derogatory tone about a fellow passenger talking.<br />On leaving the train he looked her in the eye and said," My dear, yes this is a quiet carriage. NOT a trappist one!"Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16093533351238991113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-47487768229386136522019-02-18T12:39:43.929+00:002019-02-18T12:39:43.929+00:00You are at the frontline at that school with the g...You are at the frontline at that school with the generals behind you. I guess it's only natural that from time to time you will have to take some flak. Best to just smile.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-66880933336532377342019-02-18T12:00:14.808+00:002019-02-18T12:00:14.808+00:00Some people delight in showing off their ignorance...Some people delight in showing off their ignorance and lack of manners for all the world to see. They would have thoroughly enjoyed it if you HAD told then to STFU...it would have merely added fuel to the fire. I certainly understand the impulse, though. Last week two separate mothers of students at the middle school called and blasted me with a torrent of swearing and abuse because I happened to be the one who answers the phone. I would have loved to scream back "STFU!!" before hanging up on them, but of course I couldn't...still, it's no mystery why their kids act out and get in trouble regularly. Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12512800812290518552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-69743919612857167172019-02-18T10:49:09.724+00:002019-02-18T10:49:09.724+00:00It breaks my heart when I see kids treated badly, ...It breaks my heart when I see kids treated badly, the only reason I can come close to forgiving it is because I know I did some shocking things as a young mother and I regret them awfullykyliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11337612177612358367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-43710847937135650452019-02-18T10:37:28.559+00:002019-02-18T10:37:28.559+00:00You are too forgiving Kylie. "Loppy" = l...You are too forgiving Kylie. "Loppy" = lank, greasy and ill-maintained. I think that when folk are travelling on public transport they should be sensitive to the presence of other travellers. Remember - all three of those women were totally unaware that I was even on the train but their presence could not be ignored. My fantasy responses were just in my head.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-49182854204671432572019-02-18T10:32:42.828+00:002019-02-18T10:32:42.828+00:00I don't travel on trains very often. You are c...I don't travel on trains very often. You are clearly more adept than I am at shutting out intrusive voices.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-15778787004287036072019-02-18T09:49:24.345+00:002019-02-18T09:49:24.345+00:00I am middle aged, sometimes swear, repeat myself, ...I am middle aged, sometimes swear, repeat myself, want to blame someone else for my mistakes and have frizzy hair (whatever is loppy hair?) I hope i never get on your train!<br /><br />Those poor wee girls will grow to believe they are hopeless/ stupid/ lazy or whatever charge is laid on themand it's a terrible shame but the mother was probably doing the only thing she knew.kyliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11337612177612358367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-59145920466188822352019-02-18T09:47:29.057+00:002019-02-18T09:47:29.057+00:00Oh dear! You know you have come to the right place...Oh dear! You know you have come to the right place when you wish to vent or rant about train journeys - I do so many of them regularly that I could not just write a book about them, but an entire series (with spin-offs)!<br />Yes, sometimes our fellow passengers truly put our patience to the test. It is not only mobile phones that can be really annoying; some folks manage that without any technical support.<br />I find it helps reading in a different language than the one spoken; as I mostly read in English and pasengers speak English with each other only occasionally, it makes it easier to mentally block out their conversations.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.com