tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post129513356648157263..comments2023-09-28T17:55:57.684+02:00Comments on All the Days of Dolores: The Tour de Paris-ToursDolores Doolittlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01943844193688789171noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-16247007461796483552009-10-25T12:15:21.044+01:002009-10-25T12:15:21.044+01:00CI - what an Inspirational comment on Forward-Thin...CI - what an Inspirational comment on Forward-Thinking! Yes! I do tons of it, but in the Oh-God-Mustn't-Forget-To manner that leaves one in Constant Turmoil...<br /><br />How fabulous to go up the lunar volcano. Tenerife seems to have an example of absolutely everything!<br /><br />Hi Expat on the Road Again! Your last line particularly, made me laugh like hell! <br /><br />Hope you're having joyous times inbetwixt the working ones.Dolores Doolittlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01943844193688789171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-27088202894599082452009-10-25T11:56:16.185+01:002009-10-25T11:56:16.185+01:00Snow? Brrrr! We often see snow on the top of Mount...Snow? Brrrr! We often see snow on the top of Mount Teide, which is the huge volcano in the middle of Tenerife. There's a company that drives you up to the lunar landscape at the summit, and then you can cycle all the way back down to the coast through clouds and pine forest. I've done that often (except the cycling bit).<br /><br />Have a great journey, Expat! :-)Canary Islanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559374655320416333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-80044961320537740342009-10-24T23:46:49.238+02:002009-10-24T23:46:49.238+02:00Heigh Ho...off on my travels again tomorrow to bea...Heigh Ho...off on my travels again tomorrow to beautiful Northern New Jersey...where they had SNOW last week.<br /><br />I shall take the train. Methinks a few hundred miles or so is too far to cycle, even with a tail wind.<br /><br />Anyway, the train has a bar.Expat on the road againnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-72513807965707398872009-10-24T09:30:11.735+02:002009-10-24T09:30:11.735+02:00Yes Dolores, (or perhaps no?).
I think forgetful...Yes Dolores, (or perhaps no?). <br /><br />I think forgetfulness is a side-effect of an increasing focus on the future. I mean, it goes without saying that we can’t lose focus on the here-and-now; otherwise we’d all be doing silly things like getting onto our bicycles the wrong way around and hanging our wall cabinets with the doors facing the walls. Active people, like the riders in the Tour de France, must be doing forward-thinking and facing the right way around all the time, and as such they must be a wonderful example to us all.<br /><br />So my personal motto for this year (or the rest of it, which is as far forward as I can think) is to do lots of forward-thinking. I’m relying on you to remind me of this as when required in the future.<br /><br />Do you do lots of forward-thinking like wot all those cyclists do?<br />:-)Canary Islanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559374655320416333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-75318276387548308352009-10-23T16:28:52.370+02:002009-10-23T16:28:52.370+02:00'Why is it?' CI - it's just the penanc...'Why is it?' CI - it's just the penance you have to pay for your years of taken-for-granted Brilliance...<br /><br />(You remember those, surely)? <br /><br />Your cabinets sound wonderfully Avant-Garde!Dolores Doolittlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01943844193688789171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-57567998842841784122009-10-22T17:48:32.963+02:002009-10-22T17:48:32.963+02:00The wall cabinets are up! Yippee! Strange thing is...The wall cabinets are up! Yippee! Strange thing is, the door handles look just like a pair of cycling clips (the horseshoe-shaped plastic thingummys that cyclists clip over their ankles). Mind you, I didn't have any cycling clips, so I just stuffed my trouser legs into my socks. Trouble was, I always forgot to unstuff my trousers after I'd parked the bicycle and gone walkabout. I remember people looking at me strangely. <br /><br />Why is it that when you are forgetful, you can forget everything except your own forgetfulness?Canary Islanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559374655320416333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-11252049316159389442009-10-22T14:35:04.572+02:002009-10-22T14:35:04.572+02:00Yes, Jon - drawing lots would be fair. But I thin...Yes, Jon - drawing lots would be fair. But I think these highly talented & death-defying providers deserve a raucous ceremony with Gigantic prize, for surrendering their egos so valiantly.<br /><br />(And not falling off in front of the ego-egos)Dolores Doolittlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01943844193688789171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-81866607639996230292009-10-21T08:24:30.374+02:002009-10-21T08:24:30.374+02:00I wonder if they draw lots to see who's going ...I wonder if they draw lots to see who's going to be the slip-stream provider for the day. Or perhaps there are riders who specialise in being slipstream providers and they get awarded different prizes in a much quieter ceremony after the Big One has finsihed. Someone must know...Jon in Francehttp://www.vendeeblog.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-26085643659831270632009-10-20T21:15:59.023+02:002009-10-20T21:15:59.023+02:00Hello CI, How splendid to see you again with your ...Hello CI, How splendid to see you again with your merry tales of double-clicking! <br /><br />You are exceeding gifted building cabinets, specially with a faulty Medial Meniscus...<br /><br />Actually, we could do with your skills here at the moment - we bought two Enormous bookcases in a house clearance recently, we had to take them to pieces to get them out of the house, and they've been in our garage in even more pieces ever since.<br /><br />As for Clickety-Click - George's mum is a bingo fanatic and these days they just read numbers out like robots apparently. Where is the Thrill in that?Dolores Doolittlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01943844193688789171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-38395056484252224552009-10-20T09:17:54.724+02:002009-10-20T09:17:54.724+02:00Sorry I'm late - I've been busy building s...Sorry I'm late - I've been busy building some lounge wall cabinets.<br /><br />I'm not too sure about all this double-clicking that's been going on around here, but it reminds me of my left knee. It's got a completely torn medial meniscus, which was probably caused by over-energetic cycling, and it clicks. Loudly.<br /><br />Trick-cycling was all the rage in my younger days, but click-cycling wasn't. Jolly useful though, if you haven't got a bicycle bell.<br /><br />Lance Armstrong was training here in Tenerife recently, and whizzed around our island hills with great aplomb. I sped by in my car, but heard no clicks. <br /><br />Clickety-click is bingo-speak for sixty-six, isn't it?Canary Islanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559374655320416333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-43352552274193153082009-10-19T20:47:25.916+02:002009-10-19T20:47:25.916+02:00A Dazzling Success, JW. I've decided not to L...A Dazzling Success, JW. I've decided not to Let my Fingers Do the Walking until I've pondered deeply upon my words. <br /><br />I was fascinated to hear your snippet about Freddie M's bicycle song - what a wondrous showman he was. <br /><br />And on that Thought-Provoking note, I'll stick my fingers in my ears tooDolores Doolittlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01943844193688789171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-53256537503725687972009-10-19T19:31:51.966+02:002009-10-19T19:31:51.966+02:00This frayed thread is fretening to have a tourniqu...This frayed thread is fretening to have a tourniquet.<br /><br />Double clicks, deletions, men on bikes (incidentally the great Freddie Mercury song Bicycle race was inspired by Le Tour), a wide random selection of topics.<br /><br />I am ready to post. Careful now. Just one click. Steady. Close eyes and hope for the best. Missed.<br />Try again. Fingers in ears. Countdown in my head. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...JW10https://www.blogger.com/profile/06900900012977715640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-63040471888843132312009-10-19T18:09:53.689+02:002009-10-19T18:09:53.689+02:00DAMN! JW, you only double-clicked, whereas I CHANG...DAMN! JW, you only double-clicked, whereas I CHANGED MY MIND, and now it's displayed everything and I Can't Delete It!<br /><br />Ho Hum...Dolores Doolittlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01943844193688789171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-65344529528074717062009-10-19T17:56:51.805+02:002009-10-19T17:56:51.805+02:00Hello FizzBizzed! It's weird, isn't it, ho...Hello FizzBizzed! It's weird, isn't it, how they don't just delete a comment and make it disappear, but feel compelled to replace it with, A MIND WAS CHANGED HERE! Anyway, don't do it Again!<br /><br />Yes, the Tour of beauteous villages is delightful and Yes, the Lycra can be a smidge distracting...<br /><br /><br /><br />Yes, it is a Delight to get a glimpse of all those beautiful villages, and George really enjoys that aspect ofDolores Doolittlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01943844193688789171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-50770525899738555122009-10-18T22:23:13.868+02:002009-10-18T22:23:13.868+02:00Sorry Dolores I double clicked my last comment and...Sorry Dolores I double clicked my last comment and have deleted one of them.<br /><br />One of these days I'll get the hang of this internet thingy.:-)JW10https://www.blogger.com/profile/06900900012977715640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-79951102887167238862009-10-18T22:19:31.471+02:002009-10-18T22:19:31.471+02:00This comment has been removed by the author.JW10https://www.blogger.com/profile/06900900012977715640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-64070966434068101552009-10-18T22:19:21.866+02:002009-10-18T22:19:21.866+02:00Hello Dolores
A good few years ago I followed the...Hello Dolores<br /><br />A good few years ago I followed the Tour De France on TV, I loved looking at the scenery and all the little villages it passed. The recent drug furores put me off it a bit.<br /><br />Lots of young men wearing Lycra (?) doesn't appeal to me, however, I know you just went outside to meet the neighbours!<br /><br />Expat<br /><br />Thanks to Dolores I have changed my settings. Sheepishly I will admit I was fizz-brained when I began the Bizz. You are now free to comment, I think.:-)JW10https://www.blogger.com/profile/06900900012977715640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-76667843687367381382009-10-18T18:27:59.799+02:002009-10-18T18:27:59.799+02:00Hi Expat - Santa with Sweeties - Enormous Joy!
Ar...Hi Expat - Santa with Sweeties - Enormous Joy!<br /><br />Are you there by chance, JW? If you go into Settings; Comments, you can let Absolutely Anyone comment (risky though it may be!). And plump for Pre-moderating and the like.<br /><br />But from the whizz-brain cut of your posting, I suspect you know all this...Dolores Doolittlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01943844193688789171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-65528704182934528172009-10-18T16:16:02.066+02:002009-10-18T16:16:02.066+02:00That sounds wonderful Dolores! Best we get is Sant...That sounds wonderful Dolores! Best we get is Santa passing by on a big red fire truck every December. He does throw sweets though...<br /><br />(JW: I'd love to comment on your blog, but I don't have a google account or any of the other means...)Expatnoreply@blogger.com