The Slightly Odd World of Phil Whiteland

[Philip]

Isn't it amazing that you post blog posts over the years and get dribs and drabs of interest but put one post on that mentions Ronnie Barker's Arkwright and get over 1,100 views in a matter of days!

http://philwhiteland.blogspot.com/201...

[Jim]

yes but it is a damned good post :-)

[Philip]

Jim wrote: "yes but it is a damned good post :-)"

Oh shucks, Jim, you'll have me blushing ;-)

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Happy Birthday Philip. Facebook. made a video. It's rubbish so I am giving you a cake instead.

[Philip]

And here's me on a diet ;-)

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Virtual cake has no calories. You can have a nice big slice :)

[Philip]

Gingerlily - All kinds of everything! wrote: "Virtual cake has no calories. You can have a nice big slice :)"

I could do with more of that sort of thing!

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Yes, that that that...

[Jim]

all the best :-)

[Philip]

Get the trucks loaded, I'm on the road! ;-)

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[Philip]

I'm delighted to announce the launch of the paperback version of my Christmas book:

http://philwhiteland.blogspot.com/201...

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Is it printed on christmas paper?

[Philip]

Gingerlily - All kinds of everything! wrote: "Is it printed on christmas paper?"

That's extra!

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Extra difficult to read?

[Philip]

Gingerlily - All kinds of everything! wrote: "Extra difficult to read?"

It would depend on the design. You might get away with a white horse in the snow.

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Yeah, but you can bet that a crucial word would be obscured by his eye or something.

[Philip]

Gingerlily - All kinds of everything! wrote: "Yeah, but you can bet that a crucial word would be obscured by his eye or something."

Firstly, there aren't any crucial words. Secondly, he's blinking.

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You can talk your way out of anything, can't you!

[Philip]

Gingerlily - All kinds of everything! wrote: "You can talk your way out of anything, can't you!"

Except a gag, that's trickier ;-)

[Jim]

He's a writer, he should be able to

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Oh and I'm sure you can too Jim!

[Philip]

A writer? Finally, recognition :-)

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Philip wrote: "A writer? Finally, recognition :-)"

You've got a Webster! The whole publishing world will bow down before you!

[Philip]

Gingerlily - All kinds of everything! wrote: "Philip wrote: "A writer? Finally, recognition :-)"

You've got a Webster! The whole publishing world will bow down before you!"

Oh, that's what they were doing, was it?

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Just ignore the fact that they were facing away from you...

[Philip]

Gingerlily - All kinds of everything! wrote: "Just ignore the fact that they were facing away from you..."

Nothing new there, GL ;-)

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And I'm sure it was a complete coincidence that their belts broke all at the same moment...

[Philip]

Gingerlily - All kinds of everything! wrote: "And I'm sure it was a complete coincidence that their belts broke all at the same moment..."

Bum!

[Philip]

Just posted this on my blog. I think you might quite like it, particularly if you have a slightly dark sense of humour ;-)

https://philwhiteland.blogspot.com/20...

[Jud]

Ha! Very good :o)

[Philip]

This isn't exactly on my blog but it probably soon will be. There's definitely something about this time of year that spurs me to write...like this:

https://www.abctales.com/story/philwh...

[Philip]

Jud wrote: "Ha! Very good :o)"

Sorry, I missed this. Thanks very much! :-)

[Philip]

Now with added Cherry award!
https://www.abctales.com/story/philwh...

[Jud]

That's a good'un as well! A very good "twist" at the end. Wee tykes

[Philip]

You know those irritating adverts selling funeral plans? Well, I thought Joshua and Archibald might have sone views on those, so...

https://www.abctales.com/story/philwh...

[Philip]

New blog post!

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[Jim]

fascinating, not something I'd thought of

[Philip]

You should have a go, it's quite fun. Not sure it does anything for book sales, but still...

[Jim]

I've done a little but it was because I was, for a while 'an expert' :-(

[Philip]

Jim wrote: "I've done a little but it was because I was, for a while 'an expert' :-("

Ah, I've never been an 'expert' but I did lecture in HRM for a good many years and it was the performance aspect of that which I found I was missing.

[Jim]

I confess that when I was an 'expert' and had an hour to fill, I tended to talk for twenty minutes and then get the questions session to become a group discussion, because that way I knew we were talking about something that interested them :-)

[Philip]

An article that rose from the grave! https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

[Philip]

Philip wrote: "An article that rose from the grave! https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog..."

From the look of things, it shouldn't have bothered ;-)

[Philip]

I've been away...you didn't notice, did you?

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[Jim]

we did :-)

[Philip]

Thanks Jim...I think ;-)

[Jim]

I cycled through Torremolinos over thirty years ago now and it looked like a somewhat upmarket Blackpool, more 'St Annes' than Lytham

[Philip]

Jim wrote: "I cycled through Torremolinos over thirty years ago now and it looked like a somewhat upmarket Blackpool, more 'St Annes' than Lytham"

We stayed there for a week as a cheap 'add-on' to a cruise. It was actually very pleasant until a certain U.K. football team's supporters arrived for a match. Thereafter, you were reluctant to speak English for fear of being tarred with the same brush!

[Jim]

yes we ate at a bar half way out of town, were offered tapas, bought beer at the same price as locals, and our bikes were brought in off the street by the owner.
Then a bunch of football supporters or whatever arrived, had one very expensive drink and left heading back to beach area :-)

[Philip]

A bit of a pen portrait:

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