tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post8606241426875493612..comments2024-03-28T20:33:10.911+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: JungleYorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-65801856887376634982015-10-09T10:36:44.985+01:002015-10-09T10:36:44.985+01:00As so often Neil the discussion arose because some...As so often Neil the discussion arose because someone said "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever:" and wondered where the quote originated: a question that I happened to be able to answer. I suspect that cosmology is a topic of conversation by many more people that your comment obliquely suggests. As atheism become more out in the open so does the topic of the origin of us all. A relation? As close as you and I probably.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-10462370970779500022015-10-09T09:52:12.040+01:002015-10-09T09:52:12.040+01:00What a dark horse you are Graham! To think that yo...What a dark horse you are Graham! To think that you almost became a barrister! And as for discussing Hyperion and Endymion, they are both regular topics in my local pub along with cosmology and the London train robber Buster Edwards. Any relation?Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-80458076994403128562015-10-09T09:48:45.767+01:002015-10-09T09:48:45.767+01:00Thanks for reading it Alphie and for thinking abou...Thanks for reading it Alphie and for thinking about it too. Much appreciated.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-46150174769499960412015-10-09T09:48:04.794+01:002015-10-09T09:48:04.794+01:00I doff my cap to you ma'am.I doff my cap to you ma'am.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-54572571178167852402015-10-09T08:39:49.798+01:002015-10-09T08:39:49.798+01:00I gave up my Bar studies because I just couldn'...I gave up my Bar studies because I just couldn't stand London life. I love Keats though. (And, coincidentally was discussing Endymion and Hyperion with a friend yesterday).Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-9326305094463469542015-10-07T16:56:07.594+01:002015-10-07T16:56:07.594+01:00Many of the so-called racial slur words are rare o...Many of the so-called racial slur words are rare on the west coast, where we had primarily Asian and Mexican migrants for most of our history. Polish, Italian, Irish, etc. are simply more white people.Jan Blawathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06697621979002856884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-83969535063808839682015-10-07T08:26:12.396+01:002015-10-07T08:26:12.396+01:00I wouldn't have rated this post as entirely ne...I wouldn't have rated this post as entirely negative, I think it presents a view of any really big city, anywhere in the world. They are not always a pretty picture and all sorts of people inhabit them. A good post Mr Pudding..alphabet souphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11744905399607433764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-13194673877704558552015-10-07T02:09:52.432+01:002015-10-07T02:09:52.432+01:00I enjoyed this post and pictures about London. Tha...I enjoyed this post and pictures about London. Thanks Yorkie. Leishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10550858502158736036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-6744697271653058832015-10-06T08:56:03.971+01:002015-10-06T08:56:03.971+01:00Our telephone boxes were disappearing too, but hav...Our telephone boxes were disappearing too, but have started to pop up again as wifi hotspots.carol in cairnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13361149279309934814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-29868773934566646172015-10-05T21:38:55.241+01:002015-10-05T21:38:55.241+01:00Ma'am you are a hard taskmistress! For the las...Ma'am you are a hard taskmistress! For the last ten days the weather has been quite lovely in central England but last night it changed to grey drizzly stuff which is not much good for photography. I will be out and about, as instructed, when I see a nice weather forecast.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-24005347280525899252015-10-05T21:21:26.734+01:002015-10-05T21:21:26.734+01:00Keats words written so long ago are relevant still...Keats words written so long ago are relevant still. Everything changes and yet nothing does.<br /><br />The pressures of city living wouldn't sit well with me these days...give me the peaceful, rural areas, I'm too well settled into the comforts of a quiet, hassle-free (mostly) existence.<br /><br />Welcome back, Yorkie...now hurry up and get your act together and give us some of your wonderfully inviting photos of rolling green pastures! :)Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-54554336448564929652015-10-05T19:45:56.633+01:002015-10-05T19:45:56.633+01:00The telephone boxes are disappearing here too. Mos...The telephone boxes are disappearing here too. Mostly they are unused. All because of what you call cellphones and we call mobile phones.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-67490605839425611302015-10-05T18:14:31.118+01:002015-10-05T18:14:31.118+01:00p.s. I haven't seen a telephone box in the St...p.s. I haven't seen a telephone box in the States for many, many years!Peace Thymehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17361079101751470855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-52912949319327744372015-10-05T18:12:43.413+01:002015-10-05T18:12:43.413+01:00Looks like all your blogging friends had the same ...Looks like all your blogging friends had the same first reaction. "First floor flat? There?" Me too. She is a strong, independent young lady and we will all be awaiting at least some reports on the adventures she finds in London. Peace Thymehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17361079101751470855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-45934372703760324402015-10-05T18:01:38.715+01:002015-10-05T18:01:38.715+01:00I can see why Frances wants to live there. Apart f...I can see why Frances wants to live there. Apart from the fact she has a dozen good friends in London - and her brother - the place really buzzes with life and energy. There's a cosmopolitan feel about it as in no other city on Earth. If I were younger I could easily live there for a year or two but now I prefer peace and walks in the countryside.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-89792420113692380802015-10-05T17:01:12.270+01:002015-10-05T17:01:12.270+01:00Your post once more made me glad I don't have ...Your post once more made me glad I don't have to live in London. Everything so expensive but what you get is certainly NOT value for money.<br />Altogether, the place looks surprisingly clean; the only rubbish (apart from the one neatly collected in the blue bag) that can be seen is underneath the bench with the sleeping person. And behind him or her, a sign advertising a farmer's market. All is not lost yet, it seems.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-135985796289800422015-10-05T16:27:30.204+01:002015-10-05T16:27:30.204+01:00Your reflections on Keats made me smile Jan. The t...Your reflections on Keats made me smile Jan. The two young men simply told me they were Polish when we chuckled about Mr Rat together. Years ago I was surprised to discover that the term "Poleack" is often used as a term of abuse and belittlement in white America. I had never heard of such a thing before. All the more strange when I considered Poland's rich cultural history and the tragedies it has had to endure in the last hundred years.<br />Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-65733632890413331562015-10-05T16:21:10.155+01:002015-10-05T16:21:10.155+01:00Fifteen years ago? Did they have horses and hansom...Fifteen years ago? Did they have horses and hansom cabs back then?Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-91982292307160041592015-10-05T16:20:30.872+01:002015-10-05T16:20:30.872+01:00I knew they were Polish because they told me they ...I knew they were Polish because they told me they were when we chatted about Mr Rat. I shall tell Frances that you plan to pray for her safety even though her Yorkshire common sense has made her a militant atheist like me.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-73127517183357141192015-10-05T16:13:16.424+01:002015-10-05T16:13:16.424+01:00Some of my ancestors were Polish, so I wondered th...Some of my ancestors were Polish, so I wondered the same thing. How did you know the men were Polish? Is this something that people could also discern about me? What subtle clues might I be harboring? <br /><br />What struck me most about the Keats poem is how much different it would be if he wrote it today. Instead of leaving behind his pens and books, he'd be talking about the clever tweets he never made, and how he'll miss seeing who won Dancing With the Stars. How nice of you to post his poem, Mr. Keats not having access to a blog of his own.Jan Blawathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06697621979002856884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-50996704285620345422015-10-05T16:08:09.188+01:002015-10-05T16:08:09.188+01:00A great descriptive piece.
What a dump it is, even...A great descriptive piece.<br />What a dump it is, even the drinking water tastes awful and the place stinks. I was hoping it may have changed from my last visit fifteen years ago.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-39672683702067332102015-10-05T14:00:50.561+01:002015-10-05T14:00:50.561+01:00Well, you've done it again -- produced a fabul...Well, you've done it again -- produced a fabulous post. I love the unlikely juxtaposition of the sublime Keats sonnet with the sack of rubbish and the poor soul sleeping on the bench.<br /><br />I must say I had the same concern as Carol regarding the ground-floor flat.<br /><br />How did you know the two men were Polish?<br /><br />If anything would drive an atheist to prayer it might be concern for the safety and well-being of a daughter living and working in the London jungle you have described. If even that won't do it, some of us out here in Blogland will stand in the gap and take your place.<br /><br />rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-87552042104760631522015-10-05T13:23:08.508+01:002015-10-05T13:23:08.508+01:00You are right Carol - ground floors can have more ...You are right Carol - ground floors can have more security issues. I would have been happier if she had been on the first floor. Camberwell Green is certainly vibrant but also edgy. I could write a more positive piece - this is why I included the door detail from the College of Arts.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-13839779292662729412015-10-05T13:08:23.545+01:002015-10-05T13:08:23.545+01:00P.S. Hope Frances is safe on the ground floor.P.S. Hope Frances is safe on the ground floor.carol in cairnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13361149279309934814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-70444029279829594262015-10-05T13:06:49.367+01:002015-10-05T13:06:49.367+01:00Very descriptive YP. Do you think you could write...Very descriptive YP. Do you think you could write a counter argument for the beauty you saw in the 'jungle'?carol in cairnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13361149279309934814noreply@blogger.com