General Discussion
Another quotation, this time from the founder of Yahoo??? Just the man who might have made a Modest Proposal to solve simultaneously the problems of corrupt politicians and high fuel prices by burning their bodies to light up the streets.
Dullish, Without wanting to get involved in your dispute, I think most people quote Shakespeare, not to be superior but because they feel that he expresses many things so much better than they ever could themselves. It is almost an exercise of "cutting and pasting" something apprporiate in the same way that you might do so from a newspaper report. Sorry to intrude but I love Shakespeare.
Viaduct, Fortunate as I feel to live in this area and at this time, I do not have a cabinet as I do not drink. Were things otherwise, it might be very big and yet never have enough in it.
News (For all of us for whom such news has always been from somewhere else) Reports are coming in from the UK that a large number of insurgents were killed today in an air strike . The strike took place on Teignmouth in a hitherto calm area of England two hundred miles West of London. An Allied spokesman dismissed claims that those who died were civilians, saying, “We had indisputable ...
When I first moved here, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that sirens were infrequent and usually turned out not to be police cars. I may only be an incomer but I know that I really enjoy living here. By the way, Viaduct and Joey, thankyou both for your thoughtful responses to my moth posting the other day.
I have a poor unpredictable moth of a mind, taking me unbidden from one light to another. My keyboard fingers mean no harm, but judder, some times making serious points in a joking manner, some times the opposite. Oh, and I talk to myself. (Flutter) Why, I wondered, do some of the regular posters bother replying to each other when they can never reach agreement and are likely to be insulted for ...
When I was growing up in the 1950s many people of my parents' generation were opposed to Hire Purchase loans as they were frightened of incurring debt. Yhey would save up and only buy when they had the money. However, house purchase has always been different. Only a tiny minority would ever be able to buy their homes without a mortgage. The amount borrowed has always meant large repayments in ...
Although I live in Teignmouth, several of my poems relate to Dawlish. Here is one of them. Rain (For Wendy) There was a day, A Thursday, When we, as we, were young, And the rain fell. We were drenched in seconds. I wore my overcoat, You had your dad’s cap And a leather jacket. No coat could keep out this downpour, Proper-job Devon rain. We had known each other A few nights and fewer ...
For me, you have to go a long way to beat the walk up the brook as far as St. Gregory's. At night, I find it very peaceful to see the beauty of the lights on the water along the Lawn.
I don't feel the need to elaborate. If you have not seen any yourself, please feel free to disagree with me.
