tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post7932898932612505976..comments2024-03-27T13:32:06.780-02:30Comments on The Other Side of Eighty: The PeculiarsWisewebwomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-11249928234964967992014-04-02T15:31:41.152-02:302014-04-02T15:31:41.152-02:30Ursula:
I was basically writing of strangers (i.e...Ursula:<br /><br />I was basically writing of strangers (i.e. spectators) at funerals, viewing it as entertainment, disengaged from the dead and grieving.<br />I've known a few :)<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-16691027199365663402014-03-31T00:05:53.710-02:302014-03-31T00:05:53.710-02:30I rarely strike a person out of my life - but that...I rarely strike a person out of my life - but that colleague of yours? I'd not so much as give him the time of day.<br /><br />I was rather touched by Judi's remark (until I read your reply - you know, sometimes I wonder if I live in some sort of parallel universe, untouched by the vile ways of the world): I find it rather touching to have someone sit with the dead till they nail the coffin shut. I sat with my freshly dead mother-in-law. For an hour or so. Just her and me. If only so she'd not be alone till the undertaker arrived.<br /><br />UUrsulahttp://bitchontheblog.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-66645288843179967502014-03-30T23:59:22.698-02:302014-03-30T23:59:22.698-02:30SAW:
My relationship with this workmate grew more...SAW:<br /><br />My relationship with this workmate grew more distant as time went on, he gave me the creeps when I thought about what his weekend entertainment was. We never had social exchanges again.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-8563524824529846312014-03-30T22:34:43.044-02:302014-03-30T22:34:43.044-02:30That is absolutely revolting. Rubbernecking is on...That is absolutely revolting. Rubbernecking is one thing - it's an almost involuntary response when you pass, but making a festive occasion over someone else's horrifying loss. No. Secret Agent Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564690116156754219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-29710754506008809962014-03-30T22:15:46.911-02:302014-03-30T22:15:46.911-02:30Anon:
Me too, the ocean is in my bones. I've ...Anon:<br /><br />Me too, the ocean is in my bones. I've done some family research and it turns out there is quite a long line of Viking boat-builders in my DNA!<br /><br />Thank you for your kind words :)<br /><br />XO<br />WWW Wisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-83730182647770879452014-03-30T22:14:21.145-02:302014-03-30T22:14:21.145-02:30Ramana:
Sad little lives too, I would think.
XO
...Ramana:<br /><br />Sad little lives too, I would think.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-31963668071467666672014-03-30T22:13:50.487-02:302014-03-30T22:13:50.487-02:30GFB:
Absolutely. It must be in the genes. :)
XO
...GFB:<br /><br />Absolutely. It must be in the genes. :)<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-69771601070066532082014-03-30T15:07:33.906-02:302014-03-30T15:07:33.906-02:30Just discovered your blog and love it. I live in ...Just discovered your blog and love it. I live in a fishing/lobstering village in Nova Scotia and am over 60 as well. Was talking to a friend the other day who is a come-from-away from out west, and she told me that life out there is "a lot faster" than it is here. I am also a come-from-away from Upper Canada (parents had gone up there to live the dream0 but have been here so frigging long that most people forget that. I am 7th generation since my family arrived here from Penzance on one side and (not sure how long) County Cork on the other. Cannot imagine life where I cannot see the ocean. I would feel smothered. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-39553916947413495092014-03-30T12:57:26.249-02:302014-03-30T12:57:26.249-02:30Ghouls indeed.Ghouls indeed.Rummuserhttp://www.rummuser.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-44122376156479436042014-03-30T12:44:45.258-02:302014-03-30T12:44:45.258-02:30Hmmm seems like the same bunch that showed up for ...Hmmm seems like the same bunch that showed up for public executions with picnic baskets etc.Government Funded Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14937389348779245666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-75203192103796003242014-03-30T11:50:52.214-02:302014-03-30T11:50:52.214-02:30Linda:
In this particular book the metaphors are ...Linda:<br /><br />In this particular book the metaphors are quite over the top - more of which I'll write about later. I am nearly finished but it won't be on a "must read" list. :)<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-60060168571509484942014-03-30T11:49:29.268-02:302014-03-30T11:49:29.268-02:30SJG:
We only grave to look at Mexico on the Day o...SJG:<br /><br />We only grave to look at Mexico on the Day of the Dead and the parties in the graveyards but I think that's quite different from a bloody accident scene where the fatalities are unknown to the spectators.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-33540170257477068732014-03-30T11:47:16.927-02:302014-03-30T11:47:16.927-02:30Judi:
I've known many, many "professiona...Judi:<br /><br />I've known many, many "professional widows" as I like to call them. Showing up at funerals and only talking about who was there and what they wore, how good or awful the corpse looked and what food was served.<br /><br />They're still doing it out here.<br /><br />XO<br />WWW<br /><br />Wisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-24771087872237159782014-03-30T11:45:34.378-02:302014-03-30T11:45:34.378-02:30Nick:
Not to all tastes certainly and I was too l...Nick:<br /><br />Not to all tastes certainly and I was too leery to ask him if he felt compassion. He was quite a narcissist, this man, and manipulated the president of the corporation quite successfully.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-85048788612509754502014-03-30T11:44:13.355-02:302014-03-30T11:44:13.355-02:30GM:
I suppose in some way it is sick, but he shar...GM:<br /><br />I suppose in some way it is sick, but he shared it openly and my curiosity certainly overrode my distaste.<br /><br />I can't imagine doing it myself but then again I was nosy enough to pretend I was interested, right?<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-45377759725878620802014-03-30T11:42:55.276-02:302014-03-30T11:42:55.276-02:30Anon:
Well, we don't know now do we? I think ...Anon:<br /><br />Well, we don't know now do we? I think most hidden fascinations/obsessions never see the light of day.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-41932572098352032014-03-30T11:42:03.761-02:302014-03-30T11:42:03.761-02:30Irene:
Much like Madame Lafarge knitting at the g...Irene:<br /><br />Much like Madame Lafarge knitting at the guillotine beheadings, no doubt?<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-60070896233816374512014-03-30T11:41:21.812-02:302014-03-30T11:41:21.812-02:30thanks OWJ - as does yours for me :)
XO
WWWthanks OWJ - as does yours for me :)<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-82641005591165457052014-03-30T09:40:03.260-02:302014-03-30T09:40:03.260-02:30I've learned to trust your book recommendation...I've learned to trust your book recommendations, so I'll certainly check out this one. <br /><br />Your revelation about the people who picnic at accident sites was a surprise.Linda P.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-12772395505326554882014-03-30T00:23:47.995-02:302014-03-30T00:23:47.995-02:30Some have said it was ghoulish to picnic in gravey...Some have said it was ghoulish to picnic in graveyards, yet that was once the norm. <br /><br />When I lived in Flin Flon there was a lady who went to any and all funerals; had a fascination with them I guess. Quite unusual I thought. Stubblejumpers Caféhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00931622742686515687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-89569570512969795802014-03-29T19:04:55.642-02:302014-03-29T19:04:55.642-02:30I remember my mother in law telling about at a fri...I remember my mother in law telling about at a friend's visitation a lady was sitting all night in the back of the funeral home. She figured some shirt tail relation. At the funeral the next day she asked about her. The funeral director happened to hear her ask and he said she comes to all the visitations and just sits there. I guess her form of entertainment. Strange.Judihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16995368903018973910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-88235546366402951142014-03-29T11:14:46.137-02:302014-03-29T11:14:46.137-02:30I've never heard of this practice before. It s...I've never heard of this practice before. It seems totally ghoulish and weird to me. People spend the day at the scene of a fatal car crash as if it was some tourist attraction? Something very warped going on there.nickhttp://nickhereandnow.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-11226499749892448742014-03-29T04:55:36.288-02:302014-03-29T04:55:36.288-02:30My first thoughts: "How sick"!My first thoughts: "How sick"!Grannymarhttp://grannymar.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-16306903429859532202014-03-28T21:54:16.540-02:302014-03-28T21:54:16.540-02:30Good grief. Fascinating but just got to say that I...Good grief. Fascinating but just got to say that I would avoid this couple and their ilk, like the plague. Will check out that book as I love those kind of reads myself. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-90819449854273938702014-03-28T20:24:02.174-02:302014-03-28T20:24:02.174-02:30I didn't know that people like that existed an...I didn't know that people like that existed and that there were whole groups of them moving from scene to scene and I wonder if it is a cultural thing? I am rather disgusted by it, but at the same time (like a true anthropologist)would like to know more about it. Irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05043376053971475659noreply@blogger.com