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Wednesday, December 30, 2015

At Sea – again…III

Not long after the receptionist had made a phone call, a young guy with heavy glasses appeared and took me down a dark corridor. My guide knocked on a door that was half open. “Come in,” said a woman’s voice. He held the door for me, announced me and retreated. I entered. The office was painted in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, December 28, 2015

At Sea – again…II

I was tempted – tempted by all kinds of scientific stuff that I never got to tell you about! Mysteries – like the ‘two-slit experiment’ with photons, and of course the even greater mystery of instant communication between ‘entangled’ particles, even if they are millions of light-years apart… But I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, December 24, 2015

A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF YOU!

And it's an unusual Christmas Eve in these parts! We're having a summer day, and when I took Bennie into the park for our usual noon walk, I decided the time had come to harvest some of 'my' mushrooms - they're mine since no one else touches them. I shall prepare them for lunch the way I've done... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, December 20, 2015

At Sea…

There were rumblings... I looked out the window. Crowds were gathering in the streets and squares of Blogitville, with placards waving in the chilly air of early winter. They were agitated, they appeared to be protesting something…I took out my binoculars and looked at the signs they carried. One of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 19, 2015

Forgotten English…38

May this never befall any of you… forgettle Having a bad memory. - John Mactaggart’s Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia, 1824 Of course if you were to forget this, you might be - ah, what was that again? Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Forgotten English…37

I’m sure nobody around here ever engages in whittee-whatteing Speaking low and privately; whispering between two persons to the exclusion of a third; also indecision or procrastination on frivolous pretenses. - John Brockett’s Glossary of North Country Words, 1825 Also: Victorian Shopping Etiquette:... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, December 14, 2015

Who doesn’t love a little six-year old girl?

We all do – cheerful little wide-eyed wonders beginning to explore the world around them, not immune to the odd tantrum… How could one not love them all? There are exceptions – the most glaring one being when they are the product of insanity! No, I don’t mean the offspring of an insane mother and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 12, 2015

Forgotten English…36

No, this is not what you once studied in high school and then forgot about quickly… geograffy A beverage made by seamen of burnt biscuit boiled in water. - Adm. William Smyth’s Sailor’s Word-book, 1867 Toast-water, when properly prepared, forms an almost indispensable article in the sick-room. If... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, December 10, 2015

Forgotten English…35

I’m sure no one here has ever experienced this… spiflicated Overcome by drink; [from] spiflicate, to overcome, utterly defeat. -Michael Traynor’s The English Dialect of Donegal, 1953 Or if they have, they can’t remember… Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Yes, I know you want to hear from me…

My best friends here sometimes tell me they want to hear what I have to say about whatever, and not what others are saying. (You know who you are, LOL.) While that is gratifying and even flattering, I always defend my frequent practice of letting you hear the voice of others by pointing out that my... Sign in to see full entry.

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