tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post2293558336921900941..comments2023-10-11T14:18:03.816+01:00Comments on Works Well: Cakewalk to freedomRoderick Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-10931839085372778462010-12-19T10:38:45.672+00:002010-12-19T10:38:45.672+00:00I have found with (slightly) old age a greater fre...I have found with (slightly) old age a greater freedom to be myself, to speak my mind and to be able to say "no". It is most refreshing and would have released my from dreadful social evenings had I enjoyed that facility in younger days.<br />As to the remote controlled door-bell: the digital age continually tries to find unecessary answers to unasked questions.Avushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512540148378201058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-870150481953205892010-12-19T09:33:06.324+00:002010-12-19T09:33:06.324+00:00Hatie: I think writing four years' reviews of ...Hatie: I think writing four years' reviews of such events, tryng to be kind but also honest, would have cured you of that.<br /><br />Suppose the hallooing visitor is someone you don't like?Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-78753667291837041902010-12-18T07:14:50.433+00:002010-12-18T07:14:50.433+00:00Around here, people come to the door and say "...Around here, people come to the door and say "hello," or "Yoo hoo." We don't have a doorbell. <br />Funny. I rather enjoy amateur entertainment, if it doesn't go on for too long.Hattiehttp://hattie.typepad.com/hatties_web/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-61169764613252318892010-12-16T10:10:39.843+00:002010-12-16T10:10:39.843+00:00Ding dong merrily on high! A classic WW post. Ther...Ding dong merrily on high! A classic WW post. There is always something slightly sinister about a knocking at the door, whereas those chimes are a friendly refrain.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-84888058015723149062010-12-16T05:49:41.764+00:002010-12-16T05:49:41.764+00:00Julia: It was an almond cake, all fancied up with ...Julia: It was an almond cake, all fancied up with a red ribbon. I suppose we should have added one of those labels that are presently causing so much amusement among Guardian readers: "Almond cake. Warning: Could contain almonds."<br /><br />Powdered teeth. I over-elaborated. That particular phrase "Your lady wife" goes down very badly with me, makes me grind my teeth. Fake middle-class gentility.<br /><br />RW (sZ): To bray something or someone means to hit it or them hard. And you're probably right. The word relates to the West Riding of Yorkshire where suspicion about others' motives is a way of life. (eg, Who's that knocking at the door? Don't they know what time it is? Don't answer!) A shrewd analysis of my posts will indicate I haven't rid myself entirely of a tendency towards misanthropy bred into me by the county of my birth.<br /><br />FigMince: A little bit of time travelling is always instructive. Just imagine how much such a system would have cost forty or fifty years ago. And of course bell-pushes aren't the most extreme application of technology. How about those greetings cards that offer up a recorded song.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-11600679978629551932010-12-16T02:58:56.116+00:002010-12-16T02:58:56.116+00:00Beep-ee-bee-beep, beep-ee-bee-beep...
Thus, inste...Beep-ee-bee-beep, beep-ee-bee-beep...<br /><br />Thus, instead of Fate knocking at the door, gadgetry beeps.<br /><br />And connected to a sensor, it can obviate yet another reason for homo sapiens to need hands.Allan Lloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11841668091720591745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-23067438308964679352010-12-15T21:47:37.743+00:002010-12-15T21:47:37.743+00:00Braying? Mmm. What would that have sounded like .....Braying? Mmm. What would that have sounded like ... and would one have wanted then to open the door?Rouchswalwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01393987883437907945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-64058971988976036642010-12-15T20:45:57.383+00:002010-12-15T20:45:57.383+00:00What type of cake got you out of amateur's nig...What type of cake got you out of amateur's night? <br /><br />And...powdered teeth? Do tell!Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381204473168533313noreply@blogger.com