tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post8718272588766644006..comments2023-12-26T08:30:51.034+00:00Comments on Mon Avis, Mes Amis: The weather in the streets...ELShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10736614879046626605noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-27348471171307006832010-01-14T14:33:07.989+00:002010-01-14T14:33:07.989+00:00I'm sure we'll be sloshed on the way back,...I'm sure we'll be sloshed on the way back, but a whole lot more melancholy. We head out for the island next Wednesday.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12207864902665945997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-59641590371241923292010-01-13T20:03:43.136+00:002010-01-13T20:03:43.136+00:00I am assuming that is the outward journey? Though ...I am assuming that is the outward journey? Though frankly, is there any other way to return??ELShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10736614879046626605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-89599111710189524322010-01-13T19:00:10.493+00:002010-01-13T19:00:10.493+00:00By this time next Wednesday we'll be trying to...By this time next Wednesday we'll be trying to find our shoes under the airline seats and trying to maneuver, more than half sloshed already, down the aisle to the tarmac. Can hardly wait.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12207864902665945997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-38081024352398361002010-01-12T23:38:02.836+00:002010-01-12T23:38:02.836+00:00I'll meet you boys at the bar. . .I'll meet you boys at the bar. . .Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12207864902665945997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-58266443493335591412010-01-12T21:56:09.144+00:002010-01-12T21:56:09.144+00:00ADG- Be sure to bring the Hershey bars with you. T...ADG- Be sure to bring the Hershey bars with you. They'll expect it.<br /><br />ELS- I'll give you the detective bits if you crank out the 30's story line. But I like your weather. Matches my disposition. <br /><br />ADG- Bring me back some Cubans and a pair of Cleverly shoes.tintinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13652066200071703445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-67767804772305291792010-01-12T21:00:51.234+00:002010-01-12T21:00:51.234+00:00Wonderful, long-awaited, post. Missed you.
Here ...Wonderful, long-awaited, post. Missed you.<br /><br />Here in northern California we're enjoying some much-needed rain. A tad too smug, however, because Mother Nature decided to hit us between the eyes with a 6.5 earthquake to the north (far north, thank goodness) and now a 25-foot high surf advisory. Not the time of year to vacation in California, nor for the faint of heart. Although<br />if I weren't so chicken, I'd love to see this along the rugged Mendocino coast. Maybe with a pair of binoculars in some fabulous bed and breakfast, high on a bluff overlooking the ocean.Gail, in northern Californianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-26044795358161397052010-01-12T20:56:02.213+00:002010-01-12T20:56:02.213+00:00Pray welcome Milady Waving! Hurrah, fellow misery-...Pray welcome Milady Waving! Hurrah, fellow misery-lover. Was once reduced to tears by combination of birthday deadline, tiny pen and Argos catalogue so perhaps not best analogy. After my xmas, l'd be lucky to boast even four brain cells. It reads like silk - read aloud in steamy bath in clipped Celia Johnson voice for full effect. That way you can sob straight into the water. Reading group acceptable alternative.ELSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-71759845750325795772010-01-12T20:29:05.751+00:002010-01-12T20:29:05.751+00:00Gosh, miserable, you say? It sounds right up my ra...Gosh, miserable, you say? It sounds right up my rainlashed, slightly rundown street (I am originally from the Midlands, after all.) You have described it beautifully; I can almost smell Rollo's expensive-yet-cloying cologne. May suggest it for my next bookclub, although you sound far brainboxier than me and it might cause my remaining four brain cells to melt. Would you say it's a tougher read than the Argos catalogue?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-80212474640496609592010-01-12T19:49:51.347+00:002010-01-12T19:49:51.347+00:00ADG - bloody hell, I've been sewing bunting in...ADG - bloody hell, I've been sewing bunting in a proper 1930s fash all weekend... Just pack wellies, you'll be fine. Oh and some shillings for the meter.<br /><br />James, you weren't and never, ever are! It was me, aching for spring like a soppy tosspot that got the deserved bullet.<br /><br />Toad, just leap in - wallow, enjoy and PLEASE come back and tell me what you thought?ELShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10736614879046626605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-63821041734164541432010-01-12T18:40:02.403+00:002010-01-12T18:40:02.403+00:00Can you begin with "Weather in the streets&qu...Can you begin with "Weather in the streets", or must one begin at the beguin?Toadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17320342028348619490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-37327204181810629422010-01-12T17:58:00.875+00:002010-01-12T17:58:00.875+00:00Sorry E I really didn't mean to be pretentious...Sorry E I really didn't mean to be pretentious, I hope you missed!Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15005152935241167959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-31901074984631875792010-01-12T17:46:02.303+00:002010-01-12T17:46:02.303+00:00I'm postponing my London arrival if y'all ...I'm postponing my London arrival if y'all don't get the damned weather fixed.ADGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16612897500610475937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-25692473658732007732010-01-12T17:31:25.393+00:002010-01-12T17:31:25.393+00:00Have a visceral ache for the first tiny green shoo...Have a visceral ache for the first tiny green shoot of spring.<br /><br />Now I need to go and shoot myself for the most pretentious comment ever typed.<br /><br />BANG.ELShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10736614879046626605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-84007178814764587762010-01-12T17:17:22.610+00:002010-01-12T17:17:22.610+00:00My baby Becca and I used to make scones together, ...My baby Becca and I used to make scones together, damn things always hard as rocks. This has nothing to do with your weather, but you know how old men will ramble on. Don't fret dearest E soon you will be hearing "Oh to be in England, now that April's there"Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15005152935241167959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-14769030489797798792010-01-12T16:42:03.537+00:002010-01-12T16:42:03.537+00:00hostess - am still amazed at doing things I always...hostess - am still amazed at doing things I always think I am too busy being a working mummy to achieve and look! Done! Wardrobe! Scones! <br /><br />Pleased to get back to work via Starbucks and log on to the Internet this monring though.<br /><br />LPC - Ah, yes. Good point. Also, I read recently what makes you happy and you struck me as a very upbeat, steady sort of girl. I think you'd throw in in the fire. Or, in California, in the surf or a vineyard...<br /><br />Stay away from Lehmann, you're much more valuable OUT of the grip of pain.ELShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10736614879046626605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-46672956431582389762010-01-12T15:32:08.941+00:002010-01-12T15:32:08.941+00:00But I might have to crawl into bed and never emerg...But I might have to crawl into bed and never emerge, reading such a book. We aren't hardened to pain, here in California. For better or for worse...LPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18209861350905135093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-45182188735314992182010-01-12T15:00:30.920+00:002010-01-12T15:00:30.920+00:00Dismal weather, board games, scones, books, hearty...Dismal weather, board games, scones, books, hearty fare AND you sorted out the wardrobe! How grand is that?<br />I should be praying for a storm and I just might get some good old fashioned, circa 1930, stuff done around here.hostess of the humble bungalowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453827257671312902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-38121870665422141242010-01-12T12:42:48.314+00:002010-01-12T12:42:48.314+00:00Not quite THAT hard..Not quite THAT hard..ELShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10736614879046626605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-33081144761161969192010-01-12T11:57:21.321+00:002010-01-12T11:57:21.321+00:00You're a hard woman...like your scones no doub...You're a hard woman...like your scones no doubt.Trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00119443727504215312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-6254659304602089332010-01-12T11:54:39.851+00:002010-01-12T11:54:39.851+00:00You've got a nerve.
You get a 2 if he queued ...You've got a nerve.<br /><br />You get a 2 if he queued with coupons for petrol for the bus in long flannel shorts and a scarf you knitted.<br /><br />Otherwise, no. You're not playing.ELShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10736614879046626605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-54595720635319043982010-01-12T11:50:55.556+00:002010-01-12T11:50:55.556+00:00Oh bugger! Italian coffee, Danish pastries, drivin...Oh bugger! Italian coffee, Danish pastries, driving in the car to the shops. And to top it all, have happily allowed son to go goggle-eyed in front of the computer whilst school has been shut. <br />He did get the bus this morning. Does that give me a 2?Trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00119443727504215312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-86835225179550769672010-01-12T11:43:35.581+00:002010-01-12T11:43:35.581+00:00Coffee - don't worry, there's been PLENTY ...Coffee - don't worry, there's been PLENTY of complaining, mainly from me, forced to play games while all the bloody electronic Christmas stuff languishes, and all the DVDs are boring. Also, the scones were pathetic.<br /><br />Still,score myself a happy new year 5 on the Mummy-upmanship-ometer.<br /><br />You get 3 for getting yours out of the house for fresh air.<br /><br />Trish??ELShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10736614879046626605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-66656923405405022652010-01-12T11:39:50.247+00:002010-01-12T11:39:50.247+00:00Well I hope it's Camp Coffee. Danish??? Pshaw....Well I hope it's Camp Coffee. Danish??? Pshaw. You are beyond unpatriotic.<br /><br />Did you have a granny trolley to drag? And bootees?<br /><br />No, I do not. That it IT for this decade and shelves only like that due to enforced house-arrest. Mine normally jumbly too until the Colonel gets fed up and colour-codes everything..ELShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10736614879046626605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-4988625947997403622010-01-12T11:38:59.988+00:002010-01-12T11:38:59.988+00:00Scones! Board games! Dry bread! I've been goin...Scones! Board games! Dry bread! I've been going around this all the wrong way, walking miles to buy food with the complaining, fleece-swaddled children.The Coffee Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06686044352290845905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1371061786274762220.post-72215719610108061962010-01-12T11:29:26.912+00:002010-01-12T11:29:26.912+00:00And now I can't spell lovely!And now I can't spell lovely!Trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00119443727504215312noreply@blogger.com