tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post1042126494983301982..comments2023-10-17T12:05:26.540+01:00Comments on Razor-blade of Life: Z was too politeZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-2499404040169265632013-02-10T21:10:48.281+00:002013-02-10T21:10:48.281+00:00Ah, but I'm very old, HDWK!Ah, but I'm very old, HDWK!Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-68810260167083506472013-02-10T17:12:59.698+00:002013-02-10T17:12:59.698+00:00:) i am very partial to that sort of bringing up. ...:) i am very partial to that sort of bringing up. wish more parents were doing that today .. How do we knowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10997565750098001380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-23202517038544729732013-02-09T16:35:47.593+00:002013-02-09T16:35:47.593+00:00I'm afraid I couldn't touch any of those e...I'm afraid I couldn't touch any of those either, Mig. I've given up the eating habit for a while.<br /><br />My mother rarely ate sweets and we never had puddings. The result was that I craved sweet things throughout my childhood.<br /><br />Funnily enough, she approved of Lucozade, thought it gave you extra energy!Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-79194839349569186952013-02-08T14:53:58.502+00:002013-02-08T14:53:58.502+00:00Me too. We were talking about this the other day. ...Me too. We were talking about this the other day. We never had Coke or Pepsi (and I brought my kids up the same way). Maybe the occasional glass of Barley water or Tizer.Beryl Amenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17434257277408290473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-23651571949657373412013-02-08T10:32:05.441+00:002013-02-08T10:32:05.441+00:00I had a similar upbringing. I think I was quite ol...I had a similar upbringing. I think I was quite old - eleven or twelve - before I even realised that sweet shops existed. My mother bought a selection of small penny sweets that she would give us on occasion, maybe one or two each on a Saturday night in the holidays, so to walk into a shop and see huge bars of chocolate and bars of sweets was quite a shock. I can still remember the feeling of almost betrayal, as I learnt that my peers had been eating delights such as milky ways and I hadn't even known of their existence. Chocolate coins in our stockings, and Easter eggs, were pretty much all we had. My mother said some years ago that it was because she had read that british children's teeth were the healthiest during the war and after it than they had been for decades, and that was why she kept us so deprived. I also learnt that the 'no sweets' rule had most certainly not applied to her. I was reminded of that fact only yesterday, when she emailed me to say that she had just found a recipe for turkish delight cake that I really must try. It should be arriving in the post soon and I am wondering who I can get to make it on my behalf, as I am on a diet and frankly it sounds appalling!janerowenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00295097968168916092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-62620742792820288242013-02-08T09:54:47.836+00:002013-02-08T09:54:47.836+00:00Oh how what a shame! Virtue had to be its own rew...Oh how what a shame! Virtue had to be its own reward.<br />But of course what you need now is chicken broth and er, boiled fish? And beef jelly!mighttp://letouttoplay.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-80647627790247216042013-02-07T20:14:00.113+00:002013-02-07T20:14:00.113+00:00Well, he did offer me one of his Liquorice Allsort...Well, he did offer me one of his Liquorice Allsorts yesterday. I didn't want it, though.<br /><br />Your poor mum, John! Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-74865153345216987062013-02-07T18:26:07.573+00:002013-02-07T18:26:07.573+00:00I had the 'flu when I was 18.(Proper 'flu,...I had the 'flu when I was 18.(Proper 'flu, that is.) I was laid up for two weeks, with mum changing the bed four times a day! Horrible!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11346682505354790114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-7587082218501782872013-02-07T18:18:59.920+00:002013-02-07T18:18:59.920+00:00I very much hope the Sage will be appearing at the...I very much hope the Sage will be appearing at the door soon with a tray of tasty morsels to tempt you back to rude health.Roghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09430706557035189147noreply@blogger.com