tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9071145879112688737.post7189765327044122145..comments2023-05-30T11:01:35.048+01:00Comments on The Gym Isn't Working: Weird book memeLothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15949068764211292370noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9071145879112688737.post-84470830786807836352008-11-22T21:46:00.000+00:002008-11-22T21:46:00.000+00:00That was "clearing the tubes". One wouldn't want o...That was "clearing the tubes". One wouldn't want one's tubes leared, would one?Pam https://www.blogger.com/profile/12641269043817163165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9071145879112688737.post-37250647729388166462008-11-21T00:05:00.000+00:002008-11-21T00:05:00.000+00:00The roadmen's tar boilers were a familiar sight be...The roadmen's tar boilers were a familiar sight betweem the 1920s and 80s as they were towed around the island, boiling tar for the roads. <BR/><BR/>Some mothers of "chesty" children took them to a tar boiler, in the belief that the pungent fumes were good for "learing the tubes".<BR/><BR/>A Pictorial History of Arran, compiled by Andrew Boyle.Pam https://www.blogger.com/profile/12641269043817163165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9071145879112688737.post-91516372019318995192008-11-18T21:54:00.000+00:002008-11-18T21:54:00.000+00:00Huh. An interesting one. Mine's:"She landed rebell...Huh. An interesting one. Mine's:<BR/><BR/>"She landed rebelliously on both feet to see if she could. As soon as she was down, she wanted to go back up again straight away, like a child will come down a slide and sprint back round to the ladder before the exhilaration of the last descent has worn off. <BR/><BR/>Whatever you said to yourself, she told Andy that evening, once they were back in Broad Face, when you jumped out of that plane, there was something deep within you that believed it was your last act."<BR/><BR/>Made all the more intriguing by the fact I've not reached p56 yet! (It's from Who's Who in Hell, by Robert Chalmers.)Blondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04949311774305277801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9071145879112688737.post-8107628390368758712008-11-18T18:41:00.000+00:002008-11-18T18:41:00.000+00:00OK!"Casual or formal is up to you: if in doubt, ma...OK!<BR/><BR/>"Casual or formal is up to you: if in doubt, make two, and alternate. Be sure your house has a lot of mirrors. Men made this way - like budgies - seem to adore them!"<BR/><BR/>Margaret Atwood, <I>Good Bones</I>. (It's the chapter "Making a Man" - a spoof women's magazine article.)<BR/><BR/>My word verification is "whishn". Very nearly Scots.Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14530845147391401083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9071145879112688737.post-4200104579115849442008-11-18T17:28:00.000+00:002008-11-18T17:28:00.000+00:00My nearest book doesn't have 56 pages, since I've ...My nearest book doesn't have 56 pages, since I've just heard my little girl read. So I've moved along one and grabbed the book out of my work bag.<BR/><BR/>"It had been renamed Liberty Avenue (instead of the more mundane Central Avenue) in the aftermath of Pearl Harbour, when Casco Bay became the northern base of the Atlantic Fleet. A big fuelling depot was established on Long Island, and every kind of ship imaginable, from little cruisers to aircraft carriers, threaded a way through the channels of the bay to take on fuel. A cable capable of detecting the passage of metal objects was stretched across the ocean floor from Bailey Island to Two Lights, and two boats stood vigil over the submarine nets at Hussey Sound waiting to open the nets in order to allow passage to military shipping."<BR/><BR/>And that passage gives absolutely *no* indication of the nature of the book, in fact had I read that before picking the book up, I would never have bothered!Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04710705314805601363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9071145879112688737.post-57854430474138352682008-11-18T16:12:00.000+00:002008-11-18T16:12:00.000+00:00Do I need to get my pencil sharpener at the ready?...Do I need to get my pencil sharpener at the ready?Laineyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10142623525232620987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9071145879112688737.post-78498888680166026532008-11-18T14:08:00.000+00:002008-11-18T14:08:00.000+00:00"It runs like a national helplines, which gives in..."It runs like a national helplines, which gives information and advice on the NMW. Enforcement officers at the Inland Revenue can help you to work out whether you are receiving your rights, and take enforcement action against your employer if you are not. Calls are charged at local rates, and are confidential." - Your Rights at Work, a TUC Guide<BR/><BR/>ENUFFFFFFFF! It's too booooooorrrring!<BR/><BR/>So, did you run? Did you, did you?Croilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00052917010443106985noreply@blogger.com