tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post4615331752396726790..comments2023-10-05T09:44:58.124+01:00Comments on Get On With It: Wot the Dickens? (groan)Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05986874444030474719noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-79718862685030995432008-02-03T17:16:00.000+00:002008-02-03T17:16:00.000+00:00Happy Birthday for when it was.As for Dickens - do...Happy Birthday for when it was.<BR/><BR/>As for Dickens - don't forget he had a wife to do the behind-the-scenes support. Well, that was one of my excuses for years. The sheer persistence needed must have eliminated some of the competition, too.aliqothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772663423845861022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-47284075039894056662008-02-02T19:43:00.000+00:002008-02-02T19:43:00.000+00:00Happy birthday for the other day. I'm chasing my ...Happy birthday for the other day. I'm chasing my tail somewhat at the moment and trying to catch up.<BR/><BR/>Well, I suppose Dickens had writer's cramp to deal with while nowadays we have RSI!Annieyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13466245069641820781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-20793936804963014852008-02-01T14:48:00.000+00:002008-02-01T14:48:00.000+00:00cally - You're welcome :o)alis - I wish!tf - Compu...cally - You're welcome :o)<BR/><BR/>alis - I wish!<BR/><BR/>tf - Computers shaped like quills, perhaps? Perhaps not.<BR/><BR/>spiralskies - Yes, I get messy enough with a biro!<BR/><BR/>casdok - Thank you and thank you! Another year wiser, apparently :)<BR/><BR/>helenhm - I know, it's a different world! Though I have been known to read a magazine while scoffing toast (not quite the same!)<BR/><BR/>maddie - Thank you very much! Don't like getting older though...<BR/><BR/>moondreamer - My first yellow was supposed to be "Golden Sands" but was more "Fried Egg Yolk" -not a good colour for a bedroom I think you'll agree!!<BR/><BR/>womag - Oh I wish (knowing what I know now, obviously!)<BR/><BR/>poetess - I really don't like seagulls - I've been, ahem, pooped on before, shall we say :(<BR/><BR/>Mike - Maybe actually HAVING a quill would be enough to inspire me?? <BR/>Love the Gordon Bennett story - dread to think what else he did...as if urinating in the fire wasn't enough!!<BR/><BR/>lane - I'm nowhere near 27, how dare you???<BR/>I LOVE the thought of teeny-tiny notebooks filled with notes - makes my heart pound. Think there might be something wrong with me.<BR/><BR/>debs - Thankyou! <BR/>I know I'd be lost without modern technology. I'd still scribble away, but I don't think any of it would see the light of day :)<BR/><BR/>l-plate - Good old cream eh? I must admit, most of our walls are stuck in a Magnolia time-warp...but it's SO forgiving!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05986874444030474719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-90512355728076623532008-01-31T19:09:00.000+00:002008-01-31T19:09:00.000+00:00Yes indeed a happy birthday to you! I have a prob...Yes indeed a happy birthday to you! <BR/><BR/>I have a problem with yellow at the moment in my kitchen where it looks more like a garish buttercup field than any bright summer's day. Well, it does on most walls and then as an added 'feature' we painted two small 'bits' of wall, em, extremely burnt orange. Am now ripping off the whole lot and starting again, going back to the original cream. What on earth possessed us?Marcie Steelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06921930565391929367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-27959520044095253682008-01-31T18:41:00.000+00:002008-01-31T18:41:00.000+00:00Happy birthday and congratulations on the award.I ...Happy birthday and congratulations on the award.<BR/><BR/>I would take forever if I had to use a quil, never mind all the corrections, what a nightmare. What a mess. I would be lost without cutting/pasting etc.Deborah Carr (Debs)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03223653554549707595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-47651175364466119262008-01-31T13:55:00.000+00:002008-01-31T13:55:00.000+00:00Hope you hada good birthday. You must be almost 27...Hope you hada good birthday. You must be almost 27 now:-)<BR/><BR/>I remember visiting Jane Austen's house and seeing her little teeny tiny notebooks. She must have filled hundreds of them to write just one book. Imagine what she could have done with a lappie:-)Lane Mathiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08147122748453850264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-17018883916296417642008-01-31T12:38:00.000+00:002008-01-31T12:38:00.000+00:00Happy Birthday!And another case for getting 'Match...Happy Birthday!<BR/><BR/>And another case for getting 'Match Pots' before you buy the paint.<BR/><BR/>I actually have a quill (one with a metal nib though, but close enough), but no ink! Aside from the fact that writing paper decent enough to use proper ink pens on is hard to find, and expensive.<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/>Mike.<BR/><BR/>P.S. As for Gordon Bennett, he urinated in the fire place in front of all the engagement party guests. After arriving drunk, that is. It wasn't the only thing he did that caused him notoriety...<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Bennett_%28expression%29" REL="nofollow">Wikipedia!</A>FPDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12889685774532510077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-5903077943174163762008-01-31T10:19:00.000+00:002008-01-31T10:19:00.000+00:00HE OBVIOUSLY WASN'T ALLERGIC TO FEATHERS. IMAGINE ...HE OBVIOUSLY WASN'T ALLERGIC TO FEATHERS. IMAGINE THAT. NOT ONLY BLOTCHES OF INK ALL OVER THE PAGE BUT HALF THE CONTENTS OF HIS NOSE TOO.<BR/><BR/>PoetessxxPoetesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03345303770870526761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-51813704765262164062008-01-31T10:06:00.000+00:002008-01-31T10:06:00.000+00:00A quill! Best grab hold of that incontinent seagu...A quill! Best grab hold of that incontinent seagull next time it flies over, then.<BR/><BR/>Happy Birthday, 21-year old!Kath McGurlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02526923882402757423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-86653663981511723502008-01-31T00:47:00.000+00:002008-01-31T00:47:00.000+00:00How lovely! Congratulations, Karen!Hope you had a ...How lovely! Congratulations, Karen!<BR/><BR/>Hope you had a wonderful birthday.<BR/><BR/>I had a tin of yellow paint like that once. It was called 'Energise' and well-named. It made me feel like I imagine the crew of Star Trek feel when they are being transported (I believe it involved the cells of the body parting company and joining up again somewhere else!)<BR/><BR/>:o)Moondreamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10255211547921251819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-16179394645152891402008-01-30T22:40:00.000+00:002008-01-30T22:40:00.000+00:00Belated birthday greetings, Karen, and congratulat...Belated birthday greetings, Karen, and congratulations on your lovely award.Jill Steepleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415291022830619230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-67266919564963510702008-01-30T20:25:00.000+00:002008-01-30T20:25:00.000+00:00I love the story about how the Bronte's used to re...I love the story about how the Bronte's used to read books in German propped up on the kitchen table while they made bread! We do have it easy in so many ways.HelenMWaltershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16182100572365505905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-58707279628173408842008-01-30T20:05:00.000+00:002008-01-30T20:05:00.000+00:00Congratulations on your award!And a belated happy ...Congratulations on your award!<BR/>And a belated happy birthday!!Casdokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03497897393162856190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-26996295117658448662008-01-30T16:15:00.000+00:002008-01-30T16:15:00.000+00:00Happy belated birthday!Ah, I'd spend all my writin...Happy belated birthday!<BR/><BR/>Ah, I'd spend all my writing time washing ink off me fingers if I had to quill. <BR/><BR/>I get in a big enough mess with the laptop and biccies, ,come to think of it.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08781237143187343971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-69705001082856482482008-01-30T15:57:00.000+00:002008-01-30T15:57:00.000+00:00Belated happy birtday wishes to you. It's strange ...Belated happy birtday wishes to you. It's strange to think we have gone from quills to the WWW in such a short time. I wonder how much technology will move on in the next century ? <BR/>.<BR/>(For a limited period I have pasted the little red bicycle video on my blog) TFXDABhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10596811034169293653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-46839991923901667742008-01-30T15:56:00.000+00:002008-01-30T15:56:00.000+00:00A quill...! Geez, why didn't I think of that? but ...A quill...! Geez, why didn't I think of that? but can you get ones which are Mac and PC-compatible?Alishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406189984167289987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811678176256049495.post-52545747902738136952008-01-30T15:44:00.000+00:002008-01-30T15:44:00.000+00:00Awwww. That's so lovely. You just made my day. Tha...Awwww. That's so lovely. You just made my day. Thank you :o)CL Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04650291635298634215noreply@blogger.com