tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post669204026514589738..comments2023-09-28T17:55:57.684+02:00Comments on All the Days of Dolores: Barry Bucknell Rides AgainDolores Doolittlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01943844193688789171noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-69529601354331438462011-03-14T14:35:32.896+01:002011-03-14T14:35:32.896+01:00Hello f-f! So - is the picture perfect? I suspec...Hello f-f! So - is the picture perfect? I suspect it's a male thing that tools must be left on display until everyone has adequately appreciated the task undertaken...Dolores Doolittlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01943844193688789171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-85215466083484304682011-03-14T11:51:09.197+01:002011-03-14T11:51:09.197+01:00Yes, when OH decides to hang pictures it's a s...Yes, when OH decides to hang pictures it's a scientific operation. The drill and spirit level are still on the coffee table since a picture hanging session 3 weeks ago!farming-frenchstylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02814733227672889065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-81192096498632722492011-02-24T19:16:17.682+01:002011-02-24T19:16:17.682+01:00CI, surely not! I'd suggest, m'Lord, your...CI, surely not! I'd suggest, m'Lord, your authority is anything but Neanderthal. (Bonkers in parts, perhaps...!)Dolores Doolittlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01943844193688789171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-57273693576566842882011-02-24T10:16:49.523+01:002011-02-24T10:16:49.523+01:00Neanderthals had thin kings? Nonsense - and I spea...Neanderthals had thin kings? Nonsense - and I speak with authority! <br />:-)Canary Islanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559374655320416333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-81883204649739346212011-02-23T09:58:53.496+01:002011-02-23T09:58:53.496+01:00Well GOOD LUCK with that one, CI !
How fascinatin...Well GOOD LUCK with that one, CI !<br /><br />How fascinating, JW - I'm sure you gained great insight into Neanderthal thinkings!Dolores Doolittlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01943844193688789171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-84438861919036555962011-02-22T23:35:54.512+01:002011-02-22T23:35:54.512+01:00I've not came across any physics formulae in m...I've not came across any physics formulae in my stripping, though, once upon a time in a house my parents had moved into there were images scribbled on the walls of the hall cupboard.<br />These were juvenile jottings of the female form. The simplistic drawings could only have came from neanderthal times. In vain, I tried to persuade my mum not to cover this priceless piece of history. I was about twelve at the time so you can understand my thin king.JW10https://www.blogger.com/profile/06900900012977715640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-41137722874839822092011-02-22T19:18:42.579+01:002011-02-22T19:18:42.579+01:00Yes! (blush). And now I want to take a Masters deg...Yes! (blush). And now I want to take a Masters degree in assembling flat-packs from IKEA...<br />:-)Canary Islanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559374655320416333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-83104957141617608522011-02-22T17:32:38.127+01:002011-02-22T17:32:38.127+01:00A Deeply Concerned one, I imagine, CI. Did you pa...A Deeply Concerned one, I imagine, CI. Did you pass the Physics, though?Dolores Doolittlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01943844193688789171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-76967766946815212282011-02-22T11:00:43.872+01:002011-02-22T11:00:43.872+01:00JW! Snap!
A very good friend of mine held a wall-p...JW! Snap!<br />A very good friend of mine held a wall-paper-stripping party just before my final Physics exams. After stripping my wall, I covered the bare plaster with the theory of Diffraction Gratings. Perfect revision - because the topic featured in my exam paper a few days later! <br /><br />I wonder what reaction my manic scribbled formulae might have aroused when rediscovered in later years...Canary Islanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559374655320416333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-5798966406242207602011-02-22T10:25:51.229+01:002011-02-22T10:25:51.229+01:00Hee Hee, Yo Ho Ho, CI (you looney)!!
JW, how wo...Hee Hee, Yo Ho Ho, CI (you looney)!!<br /><br /><br />JW, how wonderful to leave sub-paper messages! Have you ever uncovered someone else's? Have you ever found a ghostly image, or even a message In the Course Of Being Written as you gaze horrified upon it?<br /><br />(I'm somewhat influenced by ITV's haunted 'Marchlands', and various short stories...)Dolores Doolittlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01943844193688789171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-70612235579177093172011-02-21T23:12:14.123+01:002011-02-21T23:12:14.123+01:00Hi DD,
Painting and wallpapering is my sum skills...Hi DD,<br /><br />Painting and wallpapering is my sum skills of DIY. A thing I always do once I've stripped the walls bare before decorating is write messages. Still in love I scrawl JW L HW. This is not a ploy to get round my better half and dodge working, honest! It seems a shame to paper over it.<br /><br />Nail guns! Machetes! This blog should carry a warning.<br />:-)JW10https://www.blogger.com/profile/06900900012977715640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-31753941633888675562011-02-21T22:38:24.928+01:002011-02-21T22:38:24.928+01:00Yes Dolores. I'm thinking of buying a yacht, a...Yes Dolores. I'm thinking of buying a yacht, and doing the nautical thing. My cuckoo clock would look absolutely splendid, swinging gently in the breeze on poop deck...<br />:-)Canary Islanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559374655320416333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-5974112975927551472011-02-21T19:49:33.896+01:002011-02-21T19:49:33.896+01:00Hi CI - How does one know which towels are frayed?...Hi CI - How does one know which towels are frayed? Jolly Good Point! Luckily, they All are!<br /><br />(Hope pet cuckoo clock's aim was true...)Dolores Doolittlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01943844193688789171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-32364792517930141162011-02-21T17:18:26.210+01:002011-02-21T17:18:26.210+01:00Being neat and tidy like George is good. I'm l...Being neat and tidy like George is good. I'm like that too. <br /><br />I was pondering this whilst putting some paper under my pet cuckoo clock, when suddenly I got worried about life in the Doolittle household après-folding.<br /><br />How does anyone know which folded towels on the shelves are frayed (and which aren't)?<br />:-)Canary Islanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559374655320416333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-11977047264870454822011-02-21T09:20:20.358+01:002011-02-21T09:20:20.358+01:00The better to fling them out onto the trees, CI (w...The better to fling them out onto the trees, CI (where Constance's parrot will perform tricks)!<br /><br />http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/a-surrey-state-of-affairs/8331449/Constance-Harding-blog-post-2.html#comment-151257392Dolores Doolittlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01943844193688789171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-36909241576288848872011-02-21T09:14:06.455+01:002011-02-21T09:14:06.455+01:00A machete, Expat?! Bought Secretly? Blimey, what f...A machete, Expat?! Bought Secretly? Blimey, what fearful plans does he have in mind?<br />(I assume your garden is as wayward as ours...)Dolores Doolittlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01943844193688789171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-74656914806623052122011-02-21T09:05:37.682+01:002011-02-21T09:05:37.682+01:00What a happy and busy blog! I can hear all the ban...What a happy and busy blog! I can hear all the banging from here! Err... why are your drawers near the garden end wall?<br />:-)Canary Islanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559374655320416333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-48232448462201221732011-02-20T21:26:05.781+01:002011-02-20T21:26:05.781+01:00Funny you should ask.I went into the garage just t...Funny you should ask.I went into the garage just this morning and found new, secretly-purchased tools lurking...a bow-saw and a machete!!!Expatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-53918473619729450952011-02-20T21:15:56.652+01:002011-02-20T21:15:56.652+01:00A compressor and a nail gun, Expat - he sounds won...A compressor and a nail gun, Expat - he sounds wonderful! How is he at slashing down rampant leylandii? (legacy of previous owners)Dolores Doolittlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01943844193688789171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-70977550759431764632011-02-20T20:57:14.000+01:002011-02-20T20:57:14.000+01:00John is really good at DIY. He laid all our hardwo...John is really good at DIY. He laid all our hardwood floors (screwed and glued, Jon). First lot he did by hand, then got smart bought a compressor and nail gun. He now has every tool imaginable to accomplish virtually anything. Trouble is, he never actualy COMPLETES anything. there's always a bit of beading left to do (15 years now) or a bit of tile that didn't get grouted ( also 15 years). Or the door that was hung but not painted.<br /><br />Ah well, I love him anywyay.Expatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-48344954843110264132011-02-20T18:48:03.140+01:002011-02-20T18:48:03.140+01:00Hello Jon! Well that's sterling advice! &quo...Hello Jon! Well that's sterling advice! "NoScrewsOrNails" - Is it Really Sticky gunk that you could glue yourself to the ceiling with? And if you do, is there any antidote?Dolores Doolittlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01943844193688789171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6541071671186563593.post-36610555667946472242011-02-20T18:19:28.348+01:002011-02-20T18:19:28.348+01:00Wonderful stuff DD! But nails are Old Hat. Barry m...Wonderful stuff DD! But nails are Old Hat. Barry might spin in his grave, I fear, but "ni vis, ni clou" is very much the Order of the Day. I use the stuff by the gallon....Jon in Francehttp://www.vendeeblog.netnoreply@blogger.com