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[Philip]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "Things are looking up!"

I'm not particularly tall, so that's my permanent situation these days :-)

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

You can get special shoes that help with that.

[Philip]

Charlotte's come up trumps again, with this brilliant review for https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Philip]

Some stuff about recent reviews I've had:

https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

[Philip]

This month's Derby Telegraph article about an old flame ;-)

https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

[Jim]

nice one Philip

[Philip]

Jim wrote: "nice one Philip"

Thanks Jim. The joy of the memoir, as I'm sure you've discovered, is that you don't have to make anything up and that truth is stranger than fiction!

[Jim]

novelists cannot get away with the sort of story a memoir can :-)

[David]

Very true.

There have been three instances in my (more realistic) fiction where I've been accused of stretching plausibility too far, but all three incidents were based on real events.

[Philip]

This month's Derby Telegraph article explains why I owe Ted Heath (no, not the bandleader) a pint!

http://philwhiteland.blogspot.co.uk/2...

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

I was a mere nipper in the 70's. It probably affected my pocket money. Of course, Ted Heath had less influence on Ireland. We had our own problems.

[Philip]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "I was a mere nipper in the 70's. It probably affected my pocket money. Of course, Ted Heath had less influence on Ireland. We had our own problems."

I'm beginning to realise how the dinosaurs felt!

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

What, extinct?

[Philip]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "What, extinct?"

You might think that, I couldn't possibly comment!

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Well you're still managing to post, so things can't be that bad.

[Philip]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "Well you're still managing to post, so things can't be that bad."

Ask an ammonite

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Isn't that one of those religious groups?

[Philip]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "Isn't that one of those religious groups?"

No, you're thinking of The Joystrings (and that's showing my age)

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pFu5...

Well well. I never heard of them. Maybe because they are from before I was born.

[Philip]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pFu5...

Well well. I never heard of them. Maybe because they are from before I was born."

They abandoned their original name of The G-Strings for some reason

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Hahahahahahahahahaha!!!!

[Philip]

I always knew there would be a reversal of roles between parent and child at some point, I just hadn't quite expected it yet :-)

http://philwhiteland.blogspot.co.uk/2...

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

And where is your hat now?

[Philip]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "And where is your hat now?"

Back in the wardrobe. Rather unusually, I counted them all out and I counted them back in again.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

I have this mental picture of a neat queue of hats standing waiting to be checked into the wardrobe!

[Philip]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "I have this mental picture of a neat queue of hats standing waiting to be checked into the wardrobe!"

Ah, a hat stand ;-)

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Be careful, or it might develop into a hat stand-off!

[Philip]

Remember that business with our local cafe and the missing steak pie? Well...

http://philwhiteland.blogspot.co.uk/2...

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

So is it just a conceptual Steak Pie? Or has there at any stage been an actual Steak Pie. With all this uncertainty, it may be a Heisenberg Pie.

[Jim]

nice one

[Philip]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "So is it just a conceptual Steak Pie? Or has there at any stage been an actual Steak Pie. With all this uncertainty, it may be a Heisenberg Pie."

Ah, you mean like performance art, where the absence of the steak pie is the concept?

[Philip]

Jim wrote: "nice one"

Thanks Jim :-)

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Philip wrote: "Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "So is it just a conceptual Steak Pie? Or has there at any stage been an actual Steak Pie. With all this uncertainty, it may be a Heisenberg Pie."

Ah, you mean like performance art, where the absence of the steak pie is the concept? "

Well more that until you open the fridge, there may or may not be a pie in there. When you open the fridge you collapse the wave form.


Or... you can either have your pie or eat it!

[Philip]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "Philip wrote: "Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "So is it just a conceptual Steak Pie? Or has there at any stage been an actual Steak Pie. With all this uncertainty, it may be a Heisenberg Pie...."

Is this like 'is the light still on when you shut the fridge door'? (Btw, I've managed to hide your comment on FB - sorry!)

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

I can't remember what I said now. Probably wasn't worth reading anyway.

[Philip]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "I can't remember what I said now. Probably wasn't worth reading anyway."

Oh tish!

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

If a tree falls in the forest when you shut the fridge door, is the pope a grizzly bear?

[Alicia]

Philip wrote: "Is this like 'is the light still on when you shut the fridge door'?..."

Never a problem if you remove the little bulb every time you close the door. Keep a plastic cup taped to the refrigerator door for it, and you, too, can live the rest of your life without this huge worry.

It requires a tiny bit of manual labour every time you go for a snack (so, good for weight reduction), but the peace of mind is amazing.

[Philip]

Alicia wrote: "Philip wrote: "Is this like 'is the light still on when you shut the fridge door'?..."

Never a problem if you remove the little bulb every time you close the door. Keep a plastic cup taped to the ..."

The simplest solutions are often the best ;-)

[Philip]

What might have happened in the 'Steak Pie' kitchen:

https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

[Jim]

I like that story :-)

[Philip]

Jim wrote: "I like that story :-)"

They must have been doing something in all that time and that sounds as likely to me as anything else ;-)

[Jim]

works for me :-)

[Philip]

The Man in the Nearly Suit on Goodreads:

https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

You have such a glamorous life!

[Jim]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "You have such a glamorous life!"

living the dream :-)

[Philip]

Jim wrote: "Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "You have such a glamorous life!"

living the dream :-)"

Regarding which, try this for size:

http://philwhiteland.blogspot.co.uk/2...

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Ouch! I use Dublin Bus quite a bit, and they are much better than that. There was one occasion though, when I wasn't paying attention, and I suddenly looked up to see that I was travelling towards mountains. Which was rather worrying, as I live in the flat bit in north Dublin, and the mountains were in the south bit. And the time I was visiting friends right down in the south bit, where the bus was every hour, and it just went right past the stop, in spite of several of us frantically waving as it sailed serenely past. We all had to wait another hour for the next one. And then there was the driver who was about 102, who refused to go more than 20 mph, even on empty roads. And the time I was reading and had headphones in, and failed to notice that everyone else had got off the bus and onto another one.....

[Philip]

Gingerlily - Mistress Lantern wrote: "Ouch! I use Dublin Bus quite a bit, and they are much better than that. There was one occasion though, when I wasn't paying attention, and I suddenly looked up to see that I was travelling towards ..."

And I thought I had problems ;-)

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Oh yeah, and the time a diabetic passenger collapsed, and we had to wait for an ambulance. And the time a drunken idiot mooned the bus then fell over on his bare bum.

Oh the tales....