tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post8398855530140008737..comments2023-10-17T12:05:26.540+01:00Comments on Razor-blade of Life: T for a bit of a nuisance sometimesZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-9832828201104824162009-10-31T17:04:00.344+00:002009-10-31T17:04:00.344+00:00I love to imagine the past, whether it be looking ...I love to imagine the past, whether it be looking at photos of the way it was or walking up the steps in an ancient castle.luckyzmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04176703683321469118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-24092596539617669182009-10-29T19:06:32.146+00:002009-10-29T19:06:32.146+00:00Cheers, Simon, I've replied now.
WG - Hah! ...Cheers, Simon, I've replied now. <br /><br />WG - Hah! Know how you feel.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-7203183402045594752009-10-29T15:07:21.724+00:002009-10-29T15:07:21.724+00:00I enjoy Early Photography exhibitions too, Z...the...I enjoy Early Photography exhibitions too, Z...they always make me feel nostalgic :)A wildlife gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08261817184002496844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-50255506290911426852009-10-29T08:41:52.306+00:002009-10-29T08:41:52.306+00:00I emailed your "holiday" addy Z!I emailed your "holiday" addy Z!Eddie 2-Soxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14663438334446202114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-43055233943574690382009-10-28T21:00:27.034+00:002009-10-28T21:00:27.034+00:00Oh, Christopher. Thank you for that. Splendid.Oh, Christopher. Thank you for that. Splendid.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-67286503997347901722009-10-28T20:57:40.326+00:002009-10-28T20:57:40.326+00:00Apropos of nothing except maybe your very clever a...Apropos of nothing except maybe your very clever alphabetisation, I've just come across this; whatever one's convictions, it's very fine:<br /><br /><em> . . .Though I should sit<br />By some tarn in Thy hills,<br />Using its ink<br />As the spirit wills<br />To write of Earth's wonders,<br />Its live willed things,<br />Flit would the ages<br />On soundless wings<br />Ere unto Z<br />My pen drew nigh,<br />Leviathan told<br />And the honey-fly:<br />And still would remain<br />My wit to try –<br />My worn reeds broken,<br />The dark tarn dry,<br />All words forgotten –<br />Thou, Lord, and I.</em><br /><br />Walter de la Mare, 'The Scribe'Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14227767014123557100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-16234871793246398642009-10-28T19:31:44.645+00:002009-10-28T19:31:44.645+00:00Honest as the day is long, every one of them.Honest as the day is long, every one of them.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-28445611343306337892009-10-28T19:15:51.732+00:002009-10-28T19:15:51.732+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403853324345062446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-61063932996537430122009-10-28T19:15:49.086+00:002009-10-28T19:15:49.086+00:00I used my debit card for the same reason, trusting...I used my debit card for the same reason, trusting a government website not to be full of fraudsters. I mean, how likely is it that anything to do with politicians could be fishy?Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403853324345062446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-85682358188607350482009-10-28T18:46:51.782+00:002009-10-28T18:46:51.782+00:00"Developed" - heh"Developed" - hehZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-9416020080037333472009-10-28T18:46:32.269+00:002009-10-28T18:46:32.269+00:00Alpha sixpence... splendid idea, 4D. I live in th...Alpha sixpence... splendid idea, 4D. I live in the sticks, you know - have to get some excitement once in a while.<br /><br />Whoops. Thanks for correcting me - I knew what I meant. So did you, fortunately.<br /><br />I've ended up ordering the tax disc online after all. Might explain, depends what else I'm writing about tomorrow. I also - sorry, BW, because I agree that you're right and wise - paid for it with my debit card because there's an extra charge for using a credit card and, unlike Dave, I have a car that's expensive to tax.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-38713608139905667072009-10-28T16:57:46.153+00:002009-10-28T16:57:46.153+00:00I ordered my tax disc on-line on Saturday evening....I ordered my tax disc on-line on Saturday evening. It arrived yesterday.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403853324345062446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-17312009958278014202009-10-28T16:56:23.682+00:002009-10-28T16:56:23.682+00:00My mother wanted to know why there wasn't a ph...My mother wanted to know why there wasn't a photograph of the subject of the biography wot I wrote. I told her photography hadn't been invented in the C18. Now I'll have to tell her I was wrong, for Z never makes mistakes.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403853324345062446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-6140407059440626002009-10-28T14:56:08.946+00:002009-10-28T14:56:08.946+00:00Did you mean 19th century photography? I thought p...Did you mean 19th century photography? I thought photography wasn't "developed" until 1840 or so.<br />Hope Sage is in good spirits after the dental visit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-48045128792952005442009-10-28T14:41:47.346+00:002009-10-28T14:41:47.346+00:00....then you begin the Greek alphabet...;-)
You k.......then you begin the Greek alphabet...;-)<br /><br />You know what? I've only been to anything in town half a dozen times in 33 years!!! Not a city boy...<br /><br />Let's see. British Museum, Madame Tussauds and some'at else I forget when Jax was little.<br /><br />A gay disco with a girl from West Ham in '81, Elvis Costello in '87 I think at The Albert Hall and most recently Sex Pistols but that was virtually Fulham so doesn't really count.<br /><br />Been in The Blind Beggar pub in Whitechapel though after taking Jax back to Uni!<br /><br />Dentist next month here too....urrrghDILLIGAFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16520650650468676361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-86813800507223452012009-10-28T13:58:22.603+00:002009-10-28T13:58:22.603+00:00U think so? V will have to see. Y do you think the...U think so? V will have to see. Y do you think there's a problem.<br /><br />W. Um. Okay, Z takes your point.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-36474155515691437272009-10-28T13:52:34.127+00:002009-10-28T13:52:34.127+00:00I am looking forward to seeing how you deal with t...I am looking forward to seeing how you deal with the remaining letters of the alphabet! Z should be a doddle, but the others might be a challenge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-41104906569242869582009-10-28T13:47:59.437+00:002009-10-28T13:47:59.437+00:00I've been to a couple of Nadfas lectures on ea...I've been to a couple of Nadfas lectures on early photography - one photo was of the Thames and, in the background, was the Houses of Parliament in the process of construction, with the scaffolding still up. It wasn't even the subject of the photo. I loved that.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-79737696691259151892009-10-28T13:36:17.931+00:002009-10-28T13:36:17.931+00:00Hmmm, I could be tempted to visit that exhibition....Hmmm, I could be tempted to visit that exhibition. Like yourself, I much prefer images that portray the era and the lifestyle of the time.Sir Bruinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15795621095731354108noreply@blogger.com