tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post8982709005777881611..comments2024-03-29T11:35:30.345+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: IdlenessYorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-88496819475551327072014-02-21T21:25:56.491+00:002014-02-21T21:25:56.491+00:00Ooops, back to school for me !Ooops, back to school for me !Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06613762050863476962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-52690812500967905382014-02-21T11:07:26.724+00:002014-02-21T11:07:26.724+00:00Thanks Brian. Err - I don't think they allowed...Thanks Brian. Err - I don't think they allowed kestrels in churches!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-15307017207606707652014-02-21T08:31:05.047+00:002014-02-21T08:31:05.047+00:00Sounds like you deserve your rest, after years tea...Sounds like you deserve your rest, after years teaching all those Arctic Monkey monkeys to use their "h"s and showing them the beauty of Yorkshire classics like A Kestrel for a Nave. Take it easy!Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06613762050863476962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-47246602311967132972014-02-21T00:17:02.634+00:002014-02-21T00:17:02.634+00:00That was just a cleverly wrought illusion Jenny an...That was just a cleverly wrought illusion Jenny and as for yapping puppies - I think I'll pass on that one and roll over to get some more sleep.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-64933867460929020332014-02-21T00:15:34.436+00:002014-02-21T00:15:34.436+00:00I never heard that before. Thanks GB.I never heard that before. Thanks GB.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-15083474229981825652014-02-20T16:20:08.526+00:002014-02-20T16:20:08.526+00:00PS I am quite disappointed though as I was convinc...PS I am quite disappointed though as I was convinced you were out hiking in the hills all day, every day, come rain or shine.Jennytchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13621488409334115930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-77242419690268106722014-02-20T16:19:15.850+00:002014-02-20T16:19:15.850+00:00You need to get a recalcitrant puppy, YP. Then you...You need to get a recalcitrant puppy, YP. Then you'd consider getting up at 6.30am to be a lie in!<br />Enjoy the sweet smell of laziness and having a flexible (non-existent) timetable. You had worked hard for it. :)Jennytchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13621488409334115930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-7197963224355766182014-02-20T03:52:18.161+00:002014-02-20T03:52:18.161+00:00Dolce fare niente. The sweetness of doing nothing...Dolce fare niente. The sweetness of doing nothing.GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-37906263176294034052014-02-19T19:47:37.946+00:002014-02-19T19:47:37.946+00:00Jan, I do that too and then give myself a pat on t...Jan, I do that too and then give myself a pat on the back after I write the list of everything I've done. I must admit, I do like Mr Pudding's idea of writing a list of "things not to do". That sounds fab!Molly Printempshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08677983247237875712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-40342671497308405922014-02-19T19:33:25.684+00:002014-02-19T19:33:25.684+00:00Jan - what you need next is a "things I am no...Jan - what you need next is a "things I am not going to do list" then you'll be able to check them all off and feel good inside. No guilt trip.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-10709038395850994032014-02-19T19:31:33.422+00:002014-02-19T19:31:33.422+00:00I really ought to follow your parents' good ex...I really ought to follow your parents' good example and at least do a bit of voluntary or charity work - assuming of course that I would remember to go!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-86268953230289857522014-02-19T19:30:21.058+00:002014-02-19T19:30:21.058+00:00Clearly Mr Haze was a cultured man whose approach ...Clearly Mr Haze was a cultured man whose approach to teaching had been civilised by his immersion in the great works of English Literature. As for Mr Church Pew - your PE teacher - I am most surprised that he knew any polysyllabic words as almost all the PE teachers I ever met had clearly been lobotomised.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-61809855794163462412014-02-19T18:14:30.315+00:002014-02-19T18:14:30.315+00:00I became disgusted with my own slothfulness and de...I became disgusted with my own slothfulness and decided to turn over a new leaf this year. I bought a tablet that shows the days of the week and I write everything I need to do, complete with a little box I can check when it's done. That worked really well for a month. Now I find I resent the list. So instead of making a list of things to do, I wait until the end of the day and write the things I DID, and check the boxes. Jan Blawathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06697621979002856884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-34318232288995652842014-02-19T17:36:32.777+00:002014-02-19T17:36:32.777+00:00Taking a day off every now and then, without anyth...Taking a day off every now and then, without anything specific to do, is a luxury I can afford from time to time. Such days are paradise, and possibly I hold them in even higher esteem because they are rare, and I already know that the next day will be a regular working day again.<br />My parents are both retired, and they were both working hard, plus looking after ageing parents until the end. So now they fully enjoy being masters of their own time, and are as active or as "lazy" as they want to. Most days, my Dad drives to the allotment. He does voluntary work once a week at a charity shop. My Mum does voluntary work, too, reading every Wednesday morning to her 40 surrogate grandchildren at a nearby kindergarten. It is lovely to see how they now have so much more time to spend with their friends than when they all still worked. They go to exhibitions together or just visit each other for a nice meal. I hope my retirement will be a nice as this, and my love still with me by then.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-69461181706596081672014-02-19T17:01:47.276+00:002014-02-19T17:01:47.276+00:00My English teacher, Mr Hayes (a Heathcliff lookali...My English teacher, Mr Hayes (a Heathcliff lookalike from Yorkshire, could hit any disruptive pupil at twenty paces with a high velocity blackboard duster. If he was really angry he would pick the miscreant up by the throat and pin him to the blackboard for a few 'words'. If that didn't work, he'd have a word with Mr Pugh (also a northerner), the PT instructor who would make the 'wazzock' run up and down the rugby field with a medicine ball on his head until he cried for Mummy. We all passed English language AND literature.Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-68597274749685273762014-02-19T16:53:13.107+00:002014-02-19T16:53:13.107+00:00I did the senior sister thing in Sheffield YP
60 ...I did the senior sister thing in Sheffield YP <br />60 hour weeks<br />And no one to clean the houseJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-85417655098523439322014-02-19T16:12:09.480+00:002014-02-19T16:12:09.480+00:00You and Chris seem to have got things really susse...You and Chris seem to have got things really sussed. Sure you could have been a full time health worker - maybe a matron like Hattie Jacques by now - bringing in wheelbarrows of lolly - but why? There's more to life than that as your blog proves nearly every day.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-54389010444346579222014-02-19T16:09:47.650+00:002014-02-19T16:09:47.650+00:00Life may be good Marty but are bones and memory?Life may be good Marty but are bones and memory?Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-8355370716703659962014-02-19T16:09:09.635+00:002014-02-19T16:09:09.635+00:00What is this "similar position" Ian? Do ...What is this "similar position" Ian? Do you mean the missionary position or sprawled on the sofa like a big, fat sultan?Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-1866245363593508732014-02-19T16:07:46.004+00:002014-02-19T16:07:46.004+00:00Sometimes I think that sloths (those in the wild) ...Sometimes I think that sloths (those in the wild) are wrongly derided. Evolution has made them what they are - for whatever reason. They conserve energy but their velocity or lack of it means that they must avoid the forest floor or they will be eaten by speedier creatures.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-33012560536178926212014-02-19T15:16:04.784+00:002014-02-19T15:16:04.784+00:00I work 11.5 hours at the hospital a week
And am I ...I work 11.5 hours at the hospital a week<br />And am I busier now than when I worked full time?<br />Well I guess I am not, but now I get things done properly<br />Also it frees chris up not to get bogged down with the mundane and home things.......so it's a good compromise John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-65044617594705647112014-02-19T14:47:58.126+00:002014-02-19T14:47:58.126+00:00Yes, yes, yes. It used to be up at 5, and in my cl...Yes, yes, yes. It used to be up at 5, and in my classroom by 6:45. Now rolling out of bed at 7 am is positively hedonistic. A full pot of tea to meander through the morning, maybe an afternoon nap, dinner when we feel like it (not something to be got out of the way so I can go grade papers in the evening), and wonderful mindless TV at night.<br />Life is good. Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366449267039641100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-44106448439376029092014-02-19T14:13:10.334+00:002014-02-19T14:13:10.334+00:00Being in a similar position, I know exactly what y...Being in a similar position, I know exactly what you mean. There is something tremendously satisfying in putting off till tomorrow what you might once have done today. What I want to know though is where where all the time goes. Just when I've got into the swing of pottering aimlessly it's time to go to bed.Shooting Parrotshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07503757845024102476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-4046740367258292752014-02-19T14:07:51.385+00:002014-02-19T14:07:51.385+00:00Hi Mr Pudding. Have just discovered your lovely b...Hi Mr Pudding. Have just discovered your lovely blog. Since seeing Neil on the sofa advert, I have loved sloths too. Sloths know a thing or two. Taking your time is good for your health and well being. Just imagine having a sloth as a pet. It would take you a full day to take it for walkies round the block. <br /><br />I enjoyed this post. Just going to take a slow browse through your other posts. <br /><br />Best wishes from Carol Molly Printempshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08677983247237875712noreply@blogger.com