tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834521079833788561.comments2023-10-14T17:53:53.305+03:00Prospero's Cellphonetruestarrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00147210730080999426noreply@blogger.comBlogger795125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834521079833788561.post-47858028792781305762018-03-25T20:05:50.387+03:002018-03-25T20:05:50.387+03:00It's difficult to find educated people in this...It's difficult to find educated people in this particular topic, but you <br />sound like you know what you're talking about!<br />ThanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834521079833788561.post-49280656072719140082017-10-31T17:15:30.467+02:002017-10-31T17:15:30.467+02:00Thanks for sharing this. Just loved it.Thanks for sharing this. Just loved it.Nill Poulhttps://www.homeworkminutes.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834521079833788561.post-70566228732187940332012-10-13T20:23:44.820+03:002012-10-13T20:23:44.820+03:00Ιts lіke yоu read my minԁ!
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Yes, I really hope you are right. It&...Hey ho!! <br /><br />Yes, I really hope you are right. It's tough to stay cheerful and funny when it seems your world is crashing down around your ears. <br /><br />Still, what can you do??? It's still one step in front of the other, right?<br /><br />hugs to you/jtruestarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00147210730080999426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834521079833788561.post-80477640908065434752012-02-23T08:38:02.461+02:002012-02-23T08:38:02.461+02:00Welcome back again. Yes, we old faithfuls are sti...Welcome back again. Yes, we old faithfuls are still here.<br />Let's hope this year proves to be a little less traumatic for you xxAyakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16903896106779269050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834521079833788561.post-77624933961493057102012-02-23T07:09:53.544+02:002012-02-23T07:09:53.544+02:00Greetings to you dear Perpetua! Yes, still hangin...Greetings to you dear Perpetua! Yes, still hanging on by the fingernails of stubbornness (or stupidity). In some ways I suppose the television manufacturer has unknowingly given us a perfect stress releasing gift! (I'm looking for other appliances by them for JUST that reason!)truestarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00147210730080999426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834521079833788561.post-52518619334565752802012-02-22T17:59:18.426+02:002012-02-22T17:59:18.426+02:00Glad to see you're surviving, despite everythi...Glad to see you're surviving, despite everything life has been throwing at you, both personally and because of living in Greece in the present economic situation. Good news about T's eye, if not about the TV. I'm with Fly in loving the idea of an FU appliance, in fact the more the merrier!Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834521079833788561.post-77916822934808777932012-02-22T16:59:42.439+02:002012-02-22T16:59:42.439+02:00Dear Fly, So happy you haven't given me up, in...Dear Fly, So happy you haven't given me up, in spite of my erratic posts!<br /><br />Yes, this past year IS one year that'll go down in infamy, on so many levels. <br /><br />The huge last minute "tax" (because it WAS a tax) was also layered with a several other taxes that came disguised in our electricity bill (ie: don't pay the tax and you don't have electricity) There was also a one time "luxury" tax on the pool, and assorted extras tacked on to the car taxes and the car plates. All totaled, it sucked up a lot of our saved up "just in case" funds!<br /><br />I suppose it could have been worse. For sure I've had a couple of friends whose new extra taxes came in well over 15 thousand euros! (and they're working stiffs! not retired like us...)<br /><br />Anyway, I've found myself pointing at the TV many times lately to express my frustrations!truestarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00147210730080999426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834521079833788561.post-71453818266330608072012-02-22T15:42:39.294+02:002012-02-22T15:42:39.294+02:00Lovely to see you again!
You've had a pretty h...Lovely to see you again!<br />You've had a pretty hectic and traumatic year...and last minute (expensive) bureaucracy doesn't help.<br />I feel like buying an FU television too. When stressed I could just point to its name.the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834521079833788561.post-70124698540761452392012-01-11T20:14:04.348+02:002012-01-11T20:14:04.348+02:00Looks like a great day and how nice that you were ...Looks like a great day and how nice that you were able to enjoy the festivities. About the chicken, there was just a whole piglet hanging outside our local butcher shop - complete with a red ribbon around its neck and a cigarette in its mouth...just for the holidays. I was able to read through your other posts and I'm glad to know everything with T's surgery went well.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07147148590536843781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834521079833788561.post-10648619277214867782011-12-20T16:36:50.623+02:002011-12-20T16:36:50.623+02:00You had a great time...as evidenced by the photogr...You had a great time...as evidenced by the photographs.<br /><br />Like Perpetua I remember the poultry hanging up in the shops...and I suspect my mother would not have regarded the modern presentation...sanitised under plastic...as being acceptable<br />I suspect she still doesn't.the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834521079833788561.post-69924020771402108912011-12-11T17:52:39.965+02:002011-12-11T17:52:39.965+02:00What fun, truestarr! The dancers look wonderful wi...What fun, truestarr! The dancers look wonderful with their colourful costumes and amazing headdresses and you obviously enjoyed your whole day - including the food. :-)<br /><br />I remember seeing whole chickens and turkeys in the market in Lancashire when I was a child, but I think we're all too squeamish for that nowadays.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834521079833788561.post-33439158153116256732011-12-07T00:35:57.985+02:002011-12-07T00:35:57.985+02:00That IS good news! :-) Sleep well now that the wai...That IS good news! :-) Sleep well now that the waiting is over, full of delicious lentil soup (which sounds very like the carrot and lentil soup make).Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834521079833788561.post-68423582960990839682011-12-06T18:48:33.184+02:002011-12-06T18:48:33.184+02:00And then fat finger chopped myself off before ]I&#...And then fat finger chopped myself off before ]I'd said what a super description of Belgium and its food...beats France hands down!<br /><br />And i loved the franken crust!the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834521079833788561.post-86146421058587264452011-12-06T18:47:18.803+02:002011-12-06T18:47:18.803+02:00Just catching...I thought you'd disappeared fo...Just catching...I thought you'd disappeared for a while and then found I had messed up the blogroll thingy on Blogger.<br /><br />Best wishes for your husband's op. Sight is so precious. I spent a long time in the Royal Eye Hospital in London as a child...and hope never to have to repeat the experience.the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834521079833788561.post-53725101789580329212011-12-06T18:35:42.700+02:002011-12-06T18:35:42.700+02:00So you were a librarian too, Truestarr! another bo...So you were a librarian too, Truestarr! another book addict. :-) Pease pudding sounds like it will turn out to be a very thick version of my ham and pea soup, in which case it will be delicious. <br /><br />Hoping all has gone well with the surgery.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834521079833788561.post-59896773929861287102011-12-06T18:21:41.230+02:002011-12-06T18:21:41.230+02:00Oh Perpetua, Me TOO. My biggest worry with him fl...Oh Perpetua, Me TOO. My biggest worry with him flying the chaos of 3 different planes and in transit for around 20 hours was that it would become completely detached and he'd be hanging over the weekend! (tho I'd pretty much nagged everyone into taking him to the emergency room if there was any sort of change.)<br /><br />How awful for you, at 12 years old, to have that hanging over your head for a year!<br /><br />I will say that my dearly beloved has been reading A LOT lately. It's like he's catching up on all the reading for enjoyment he didn't have the time for the thirty years he worked before he retired! I of course read to breathe and (former librarian that I am I've collected over the years...) I have thousands of books.<br /><br />Still he may have to start limiting himself, I don't know.<br /><br />I'm waiting to post the tentative conclusion- ie the surgery is at noon Michigan time- to all this. My son will let me know when everything is all settled. They're having the special furniture delivered so he can keep his head down, but rested for at least the first 2 weeks (they'd really like it to be longer but I don't know how he'll manage two weeks, let along more than that!) <br /><br />So. As I live on Corfu, I spent the whole day running around finding what I needed to make Pease Pudding. Went to the gammon store to find gammon, and then three grocery stores to find all the other little bits and pieces. <br /><br />Still it works out well as according to the recipes, I have to soak the gammon overnight anyway to desalt it... (also have to soak the peas for that matter, sigh.) <br /><br />Ah well. Our winter day today was a high of 68F/20C! So even tho it rained it wasn't too bad by half!!truestarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00147210730080999426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834521079833788561.post-45557611358613484842011-12-05T23:44:03.531+02:002011-12-05T23:44:03.531+02:00So glad this was caught in time. Six weeks recover...So glad this was caught in time. Six weeks recovery will be tedious, but so worth it to have good sight afterwards. <br /><br />I am extremely short-sighted and back when I was 12 there was a year when the specialist thought I might be at risk of a detached retina so I wasn't allowed to do any close work other than school work. No leisure reading for a whole year for a bookworm like me! Thankfully the risk passed and hasn't returned, but I have a fellow-feeling for all whose sight is under threat.<br /><br />Hope the pease pudding goes well. I've never made it but we had ham and pea soup for lunch. Just right for a winter's day.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834521079833788561.post-17584014760245789592011-12-03T12:07:48.140+02:002011-12-03T12:07:48.140+02:00Thanks for the kind words Perpetua, I just got a ...Thanks for the kind words Perpetua, I just got a message from my son and he has arrived safely and seemingly without incident. He should be driving to Michigan this afternoon with my youngest son, and he has an appointment with the eye surgeon first thing on Monday morning. Fingers crossed all will be taken care of and he'll only have to put up with the annoyance of the 6 week recovery period and not anything worse!<br /><br />I'm trying to figure out how to get the animals to sit still long enough to have them visible on skype! (my laptop is portable but not as quick as they are... well. we shall attempt new strategies, i guess. perhaps a bribe of chicken bits...)truestarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00147210730080999426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6834521079833788561.post-71830742635492168352011-12-03T00:01:15.032+02:002011-12-03T00:01:15.032+02:00Just caught this as I was about to switch MY compu...Just caught this as I was about to switch MY computer off! I do hope T's surgery goes well. Eyesight is so precious.<br /><br />Enjoy your time with the livestock and and Skype to keep you company. I hate the thought of videophone. I'd have to dress up and brush my hair....Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.com