tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post3295843674667025682..comments2024-03-27T13:32:06.780-02:30Comments on The Other Side of Eighty: CovetousnessWisewebwomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-84103593612301159772015-11-07T18:12:49.106-03:302015-11-07T18:12:49.106-03:30I know Jo, I've spotted them too and longed fo...I know Jo, I've spotted them too and longed for a truck and a pair of musclebound peeps to lift it on board!<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-31265700378567000992015-11-07T02:19:46.629-03:302015-11-07T02:19:46.629-03:30Oh, I covet that oven! My dream kitchen has a rang...Oh, I covet that oven! My dream kitchen has a range (either gas or coal fired). I did see a disused range when on holiday earlier this year and spent a good few minutes seriously trying to work out how to smuggle it home.<br />Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17965300148218903639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-5942362891588617272015-11-06T21:27:54.949-03:302015-11-06T21:27:54.949-03:30Damn you auto correct! *RC. & *then.
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WWWDamn you auto correct! *RC. & *then.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-22007587947543921552015-11-06T21:26:04.763-03:302015-11-06T21:26:04.763-03:30A great diversion from the RE cult the Friko. A s...A great diversion from the RE cult the Friko. A school mate's father was a commie and as a result we were all forbidden to go to her home as we would get corrupted. And they talk about the Taliban! <br /><br />Your mum might have had all out Aga or similar?<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-34629842001851827842015-11-06T15:03:11.048-03:302015-11-06T15:03:11.048-03:30We had one back at home, a big shiny beast that to...We had one back at home, a big shiny beast that took ages to come alive when mum had let it go out overnight. Funny, but that makes me feel homesick all of a sudden.<br /><br />I was lucky, I belonged to the red (communist) faction of the family not the black (catholic) side. All my questions rarely ever arose and when they did they were answered with a polemic.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-9310949592216002472015-11-05T23:47:28.994-03:302015-11-05T23:47:28.994-03:30SFM:
I loved that movie. I shouldn't. But I di...SFM:<br />I loved that movie. I shouldn't. But I did. :)<br /><br />Yes, I guess now I can relate.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-84522247779461323852015-11-05T22:26:43.977-03:302015-11-05T22:26:43.977-03:30So horribly, I have the scene from a movie in my h...So horribly, I have the scene from a movie in my head, about similar things....the voice over lying of the scene is saying "...so Clarice. How do we begin to covet? No, that's incorrect. We begin by seeing what is around us, everyday. What do your eyes see, Clarice?..."<br />Heh....Should Fish Morehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18400586203204886095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-56809702256111826322015-11-05T14:22:55.010-03:302015-11-05T14:22:55.010-03:30Dream on and it will happen for you SJG!
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WWWDream on and it will happen for you SJG!<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-8212362220760649862015-11-05T14:22:22.042-03:302015-11-05T14:22:22.042-03:30Oh that's a good one Ramana!
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WWWOh that's a good one Ramana!<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-26306614793229961182015-11-05T14:21:09.782-03:302015-11-05T14:21:09.782-03:30Why not Ernestine? I'm with you. Dreams don...Why not Ernestine? I'm with you. Dreams don't have to realized but we have to have them!<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-38749568935082941462015-11-05T14:13:32.508-03:302015-11-05T14:13:32.508-03:30I never covet, so this was a shock to me, Nick. I ...I never covet, so this was a shock to me, Nick. I almost cried. I do have a woodstove but it's small and rather elderly and doesn't have any of the gorgeous features on this baby.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-7795985413088071162015-11-05T14:10:31.091-03:302015-11-05T14:10:31.091-03:30In health class in my time we never learned anythi...In health class in my time we never learned anything, no wonder so many of us got pregnant, Joared. Maybe that was the intent!<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-39167552630981222352015-11-05T11:44:19.231-03:302015-11-05T11:44:19.231-03:30Oh how I love a woodstove!
And always dream that ...Oh how I love a woodstove! <br />And always dream that "someday" I might have one again. Blondi Blathershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656970490122824720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-7352615729226880542015-11-05T11:12:31.531-03:302015-11-05T11:12:31.531-03:30Go forth and sin! You are alive and kicking indee...Go forth and sin! You are alive and kicking indeed. And here is something about being married to God!<br /><br />An elderly gay man suffered a serious heart attack while shopping in a store. The store clerks called 911 when they saw him collapse to the floor. The paramedics rushed the man to the nearest hospital where he had emergency open heart bypass surgery...<br /><br />He awakened from the surgery to find himself in the care of nuns at the Catholic Hospital. A nun was seated next to his bed holding a clipboard loaded with several forms, and a pen. She asked him how he was going to pay for his treatment.<br /><br />"Do you have health insurance?" she asked.<br />He replied in a raspy voice, "No health insurance."<br />The nun asked, "Do you have money in the bank?"<br />He replied, "No money in the bank."<br />"Don't you have a spouse who can pay the bill?" the nun asked. <br />"No spouse," gasped the old man, "you would never let me get married!" And the nun glared at him... <br />"Do you have another relative who could help you with the payments?" asked the irritated nun.<br />He said, "I only have a spinster sister, and she is a nun."<br />Now the nun became really agitated and announced loudly, "Nuns are not spinsters! Nuns are married to God."<br />The patient replied, "Perfect. Send the bill to my brother-in-law."<br />Rummuserhttp://www.rummuser.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-48941228759044309092015-11-05T08:26:54.461-03:302015-11-05T08:26:54.461-03:30back again :)
oh yes
I have always dreamed big
som...back again :)<br />oh yes<br />I have always dreamed big<br />someone commented to me years ago<br />I could not dream big if I could not have it<br />Not me<br />I love dreaming big<br />whether it happens or not :)One Woman's Journey - a journal being written from Woodhaven - her cottage in the woods.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12548226150115102345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-65921598947704044592015-11-05T07:54:27.027-03:302015-11-05T07:54:27.027-03:30I've never had any scruples about coveting thi...I've never had any scruples about coveting things, but it doesn't happen that often - I'm very happy with what I already have. But one thing I regularly covet is beautiful paintings or sculpture. Unfortunately they usually cost an arm and a leg so I never get to buy them.<br /><br />Sawhorses? I wouldn't know anything about them, I've never shown much talent as a handyman. I tend to wreck things rather than repair them.nickhttp://nickhereandnow.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-45977060408920956782015-11-05T03:59:11.299-03:302015-11-05T03:59:11.299-03:30Awkward questions sometimes elicited responses fil...Awkward questions sometimes elicited responses filled with euphemisms for naming words that couldn't be spoken aloud. Then we entered health class or science class and began decipher all this lingo prompting many self-conscious blushes and snickers. Ah, yes, the public library for clarification.joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-19632343919117055322015-11-04T17:34:58.439-03:302015-11-04T17:34:58.439-03:30I know Linda. Parents & elders just couldn...I know Linda. Parents & elders just couldn't cope with anything sexual in tone. And awkward questions usually involved that kind of connotation. Made us suspicious and ashamed at the same time. Not to mention curious. I looked up a lot of stuff in the library.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-7882746705850558112015-11-04T15:50:03.038-03:302015-11-04T15:50:03.038-03:30I wasn't Catholic growing up, but I asked inco...I wasn't Catholic growing up, but I asked inconvenient questions, too, such as why the baboon's bottom was red and swollen when we visited the zoo. I still remember the shame I felt as my father sent me one of those looks that let me know I'd asked the wrong question and hurried all of us away from the baboons, as if I might somehow contaminate the younger siblings by asking shameful questions. I can still remember that alternating heat and cold I felt flushing my face as I realized I'd done something wrong. Now I feel a bit of sympathy for my poor hapless dad who had grown up in an era in which procreation was not discussed. But, wouldn't it just have been simpler to say that's how the female signals that she wants to have a baby or something else age appropriate and then casually moved on? I was young enough that I had seriously thought she had red balloons attached to her, and I just couldn't figure out why that would be done or why it was shameful!Linda P.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-23312232346007888862015-11-04T13:27:47.730-03:302015-11-04T13:27:47.730-03:30Ah the patriarchy - in my mind it explains everyth...Ah the patriarchy - in my mind it explains everything, Fred. Even today. Though I sure hope our new Canadian government is beginning to start on the huge pile of corrections that need to be made to our misogynistic systems.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-49819470949273445372015-11-04T13:25:54.334-03:302015-11-04T13:25:54.334-03:30I dream big too OWJ - without our dreams we are no...I dream big too OWJ - without our dreams we are nothing. I just fell in love with this stove and passed the link on to a friend who can afford it so we'll live vicariously through her for now :)<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-69445473152995858782015-11-04T13:24:24.411-03:302015-11-04T13:24:24.411-03:30It was so rigid back in the "good old days&qu...It was so rigid back in the "good old days" Jennifer. We were like parrots reciting the brainwashing and not allowed to question a thing.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-64107083276372761582015-11-04T11:01:01.899-03:302015-11-04T11:01:01.899-03:30The Book and religion was created by men. That exp...The Book and religion was created by men. That explains a lot.FredThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08382242668090490676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-92112131973601078912015-11-04T08:32:46.138-03:302015-11-04T08:32:46.138-03:30Right there with you
and if I was 20 years younger...Right there with you<br />and if I was 20 years younger<br />would drag it home or help you...<br />I remember my grandmother's wood stove<br />and still in my heart<br />miss my wood burning fireplace.<br />If I came into a windfall<br />this is the first I would have built<br />a huge stone wood burning fireplace<br />hire someone to fill it and clean up :)<br />also a full time gardener to tend the garden<br />I can no longer have. <br /><br />I dream big...One Woman's Journey - a journal being written from Woodhaven - her cottage in the woods.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12548226150115102345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-20420401890965801582015-11-04T01:18:09.561-03:302015-11-04T01:18:09.561-03:30Nuns seem so godawful mean sometimes! Why on earth...Nuns seem so godawful mean sometimes! Why on earth would they mind an innocent question from a child?<br /><br />(I just watched Philomena last night so I'm feeling very anti-nun at the moment!)Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12512800812290518552noreply@blogger.com