tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post1834791055854441486..comments2023-12-12T11:39:43.504+01:00Comments on Blurb from the Burbs: 60,411MedicatedMoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08609190990579743429noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-45978183663115243852012-12-06T14:02:06.885+01:002012-12-06T14:02:06.885+01:00uf, that's a good question and you've give...uf, that's a good question and you've given me an idea to write about - an update that is honest but keeps respective peoples' privacy intact. It'll be a challenge.....MedicatedMoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08609190990579743429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-1863286009054974892012-12-06T10:26:45.194+01:002012-12-06T10:26:45.194+01:00Sapphire's problems (btw, hope she gets better...Sapphire's problems (btw, hope she gets better soon) reminded me of that girl she was friends with last year and that lived with you for a while when her mother had a stroke... whatever happened to her? I know she then went to live with another friend, but you never mentioned her again and I was wondering. Did they go back to their home country?ufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16097911637847585425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-86774708409574411852012-12-05T17:37:10.830+01:002012-12-05T17:37:10.830+01:00Franzy, I have stopped a bit, or certainly slacken...Franzy, I have stopped a bit, or certainly slackened pace due to a friend in town, last minute shopping before a trip back to Australia (first time since we left eighteen months ago), school stuff for Sapphire etc.<br /><br />E-Child, I remember seeing that Horacek cartoon!<br /><br />Thanks Jilly!MedicatedMoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08609190990579743429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-37042605206362284942012-12-04T10:04:18.133+01:002012-12-04T10:04:18.133+01:00Yah Kath - I remember your frustration at breast s...Yah Kath - I remember your frustration at breast strokers - you are a champ. Very proud of you. xx JJillynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-68956307466424379132012-12-03T15:19:34.272+01:002012-12-03T15:19:34.272+01:00I'm sorry that Sapphire is suffering again.
I...I'm sorry that Sapphire is suffering again.<br /><br />I'm afraid that I'd be in the way even in the tortoise lane. I used to be able to just about manage a width if I pushed off hard. (and I was really in the way!)<br /><br />Christmas is coming!Anjihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02562210585479814093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-50269056660768223372012-12-03T02:02:02.237+01:002012-12-03T02:02:02.237+01:00Didn't you hear, Kath? Last weekend was The Ho...Didn't you hear, Kath? Last weekend was The Holy Festival of Obstruction.<br />I haven't been able to move from any point to another for the last 72 hours without someone going OH LOOK A THOROUGHFARE!!! WHAT A GREAT PLACE FOR A CONVERSATION!!!<br />The Central Market was particularly amazing.<br />OH LOOK A NARROW WALKWAY!!! I WILL PARK MY PRAM <b>HERE</b> AND LOOK AT GRAPES!!<br /><br />Congratulations on your formidable word-count. Don't stop. Finish. Then edit.franzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02400212989359954521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-43679505194077198482012-12-02T21:42:18.793+01:002012-12-02T21:42:18.793+01:00Sadly he isn't. He generally laps me a couple...Sadly he isn't. He generally laps me a couple of times in a swim and, as I said, it takes me about 28 minutes to do the kilometre.<br />I have a t-towel I am sure you would appreciate (Judy Horacek), depicting three lanes in the pool. Fast lane, slow lane, General Bewilderment Lane.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-34852133162847743322012-12-02T11:36:37.357+01:002012-12-02T11:36:37.357+01:00Nutty - pat for the dog has been completed. Severa...Nutty - pat for the dog has been completed. Several hundred times. :)<br /><br />Andrew, each car has to have 'summer' (ie normal) tyres and 'winter' tyres with the end of October being the legal date that you must have winter tyres put on. As a know-nothing about the mechanics of cars, they look the same to me, but apparently grip the roads far better.<br /><br />dianeb, I think the writing actually helped with everything else happening as it gave my brain something challenging to work on.<br /><br />E-Child, your slow old guy is lying through his back teeth! It takes me half an hour to swim 1.3km and I refuse to believe that he's that close behind me in speed.<br /><br />Thanks Pandora. Still no real solutions for Sapphire but there are some more avenues to try.<br /><br />River, you're too kind. I'm STILL seven kgs heavier than I should be. As for sheets and dust bunnies, the latter seem to be very good at clinging on.<br /><br />JahTeh, that'd be my dream too.MedicatedMoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08609190990579743429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-59348032454866849872012-12-02T08:01:27.757+01:002012-12-02T08:01:27.757+01:00Oh, Kath, my dream if for a lap pool undercover, h...Oh, Kath, my dream if for a lap pool undercover, heated and just outside my door in the backyard. Not a silly play pool just for summer but a proper up and down for an hour lap pool. It will be just wide enough for me, no-one else gets in, ever.JahTehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02007730071564639411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-83503593431319649342012-12-01T23:51:55.053+01:002012-12-01T23:51:55.053+01:00P.S. I would have thought the turning and changing...P.S. I would have thought the turning and changing of sheets and towels on the treadie would keep the dust bunnies and dog hairs blown off.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-1471392385858679272012-12-01T23:50:42.868+01:002012-12-01T23:50:42.868+01:00A runner AND a swimmer? I'm exhausted just rea...A runner AND a swimmer? I'm exhausted just reading that. I don't swim well and have never done even a single lap without stopping to rest. I am a champion sitter though. I can sit anywhere for hours at a time and not even break a sweat. <br />So sorry to hear of all that Sapphire is enduring again. I really hope something is found and fixed very soon. <br />Congratulations on the writing, be sure to let us know when the book is published so we can all buy a copy.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-25244825093380370092012-12-01T13:35:35.000+01:002012-12-01T13:35:35.000+01:00I'm in awe of your novel writing attempt. Keep...I'm in awe of your novel writing attempt. Keep at it.<br /><br />Alos, well done on the swimming - I hear you about not being able to run (says she who's just back to it after a fornight off after doing my back) but keep at it - and yeah, at least here we have lane etiquette.<br /><br />Hope Sapphire is on the mend too.<br /><br />Missed ya,<br /><br />xxPandora Behrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17582255671962095503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-7873032220291455292012-12-01T11:26:19.493+01:002012-12-01T11:26:19.493+01:00I so recognise lane rage. I put it down to be a g...I so recognise lane rage. I put it down to be a grumpy old woman - but I do suffer from it. There is an elderly (mid 70s) gentleman who does the worst (technically) breast-stroke I have seen and swims up and down with his head out of the water the whole time chatting to all and sundry. If I could catch him I would bite his feet. He says it takes him about twenty minutes to do a kilometre. Inadequate and crabby about sums me up. (My kilometre takes a little under half an hour.)<br />I am so sorry to hear that Saphire and you are still not on the hundred per cent healthy list. Healing thoughts to both of you.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-51489735407895725512012-12-01T05:38:55.401+01:002012-12-01T05:38:55.401+01:00The photo of Millie's hungover bum is a scream...The photo of Millie's hungover bum is a scream. Your writing is so entertaining. I love it. Sounds like you are going well with your tale. I would love to read that too. I don't know how you cope wit writing, coping with a sick teenager and a sore foot. The swimming pool saga must be so darn annoying. You sure sound fit at forty plus laps. It must be a worry not knowing what causes Sapphire's sickness. Once upon a time Switzerland led the world in medical science but I think they are getting left behind now.diane bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002292118984909883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-89141334173873234842012-12-01T00:00:18.815+01:002012-12-01T00:00:18.815+01:00I am quite impressed by the number of laps you can...I am quite impressed by the number of laps you can swim. Changing over to winter tyres is an interesting concept to an Australian. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-78901136328111567602012-11-30T23:08:06.955+01:002012-11-30T23:08:06.955+01:00pooh, bah, bu..er, fart or whatever expletive I ca...pooh, bah, bu..er, fart or whatever expletive I can say on here! Things seem to be getting worse for her, I hope they can get to the root of the problems. As for swimming I was never any good and at least our pool had 4 different lanes I was always in the extra slow one! My knees are staring to play me up know at 50 something and many years of running with too much weight, so know its on the bike that I enjoy when I can get out on it safely.<br />Keep up the swimming, writing and funny views on life in the swiss cheese and give Milly a pat from me<br /> nuttynotonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-42456965744363530942012-11-30T22:22:07.229+01:002012-11-30T22:22:07.229+01:00Fruitcake, I think that the writing challenge came...Fruitcake, I think that the writing challenge came at just the right time to get my mind of Sapphire's continuing illness. She's had a couple of x-rays and ultrasounds (along with blood, urine, pap smear and urine tests), so we're being as thorough as we can...<br /><br />Hannah, you are very, very lovely. The novel, however, is likely to be considered primary school fiction in terms of complexity and style!<br /><br />Thank you, drwife. Wine is being ingested, but chocolate far less so. Sapphire's been diagnosed with an excess of sugar in a rather delicate part and needs to cut out as much as she can. I, in my supportive stupidity, said I'd do the same and only very occasionally snarf up chocolate when she's not around.<br /><br />PlasMan, I say we create a petition for public lap swimming pools the world over to create a separate lane category specifically for backstrokers and breaststrokers!<br /><br />LC, I'm glad too.<br /><br />Windsmoke, at least you realise that. The tattooed wildebeest in front of me just *assumed* he deserved to be in the fast lane because he was<br />a) male<br />b) younger than me. After I lapped him three times, he moved over to the slow lane. Hah! (I have to find my victories where I can)<br /><br />MedicatedMoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08609190990579743429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-10378741306088722792012-11-30T21:24:06.011+01:002012-11-30T21:24:06.011+01:00The Tortoise Lane sounds about right for me.The Tortoise Lane sounds about right for me.Windsmoke.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12225394580987872677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-38262855195352713262012-11-30T18:56:41.466+01:002012-11-30T18:56:41.466+01:00Geez, I'm glad you're here!Geez, I'm glad you're here!LCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-15552275176300598502012-11-30T18:07:05.289+01:002012-11-30T18:07:05.289+01:00Bonjour Kath,
First of all congratulations for do...Bonjour Kath,<br /><br />First of all congratulations for doing far better in the battle agains procrastination than I could ever do.<br /><br />Second - don't get me started on breast-stroking old ladies who hog the entire swimming lane while pootling along at a pace that is almost standstill when I am right behind them trying not to drown them both but still being kicked in the face repeatedly for just daring to swim up behind them...<br /><br />MUST PUT SOAPBOX DOWN!!!<br /><br />:-)<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />PMPlastic Mancunianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01864213919913476168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-47522301469072625302012-11-30T17:33:33.778+01:002012-11-30T17:33:33.778+01:00I'm very impressed that you didn't just gi...I'm very impressed that you didn't just give up exercise. I'm in limbo right now because my lower back and hip are hurting. That removes my ability to run and walk and I can't save myself by swimming. I can't even properly swim one lap! I've been contemplating paying some sad Frenchmen to teach me to swim....now that is depressing.<br /><br />I hope you make progress with the specialists. Poor Sapphire to be dealing with all of this at the age of 13. I hope you are ingesting wine and chocolate while you deal with her. The trickle down effect must be pretty bad sometimes.<br /><br />Can't wait to hear what the 60,411 words are about. Well done!!!!!drwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07604480315984059879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-60511460793026741242012-11-30T17:31:53.124+01:002012-11-30T17:31:53.124+01:00And this, my dear, is yet another reason why your ...And this, my dear, is yet another reason why your novel will be transcendent once it arrives. You make every story sing.<br /><br />(But I still feel a deep, visceral "ugh" at even the thought of swimming...)Hannahhttp://wayfaringchocolate.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994418.post-17916346423088773952012-11-30T16:28:05.767+01:002012-11-30T16:28:05.767+01:00Thank you for sharing Jack Nicholson.
I'm sta...Thank you for sharing Jack Nicholson.<br /><br />I'm staggered by your self-discipline word and wading wise.<br /><br />It's dreadful that Sapphire is still suffering. Has she had an MRI yet, or are you still struggling to sell one of your 400 rental properties?FruitCakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15660225514077942415noreply@blogger.com