tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post6913113402666532469..comments2024-03-27T13:32:06.780-02:30Comments on The Other Side of Eighty: Words for WednesdayWisewebwomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-91643803127296174792019-07-12T03:42:58.455-02:302019-07-12T03:42:58.455-02:30trying again to link it: heretrying again to link it: <a href="http://lettingthewordsescape.blogspot.com/2019/07/blazing.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>Cindihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09520862122022663946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-68207910233412833772019-07-12T03:39:11.620-02:302019-07-12T03:39:11.620-02:30This comment has been removed by the author.Cindihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09520862122022663946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-82980806830805119362019-07-11T11:23:12.315-02:302019-07-11T11:23:12.315-02:30On my way over now Mimi...thank you!
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WWWOn my way over now Mimi...thank you!<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-13949423665613074902019-07-11T11:22:34.892-02:302019-07-11T11:22:34.892-02:30Thank you River :D
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WWWThank you River :D<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-26599367932709356352019-07-11T02:29:38.392-02:302019-07-11T02:29:38.392-02:30I'm very glad search and rescue is on the way!...I'm very glad search and rescue is on the way! Great story.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-20983914462539324752019-07-10T20:17:37.664-02:302019-07-10T20:17:37.664-02:30Hooray for a happy ending! At least, it looks lik...Hooray for a happy ending! At least, it looks like it's going to be a happy ending, with a grand adventure story to tell the children someday.<br /><br />In my haste this morning i did not notice you had a picture, so i only used the words. My story is <a href="https://messymimismeanderings.blogspot.com/2019/07/someone-always-ruins-family-photos.html" rel="nofollow">over here.</a>messymimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649529601786689712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-44148566618173571102019-07-10T19:08:45.568-02:302019-07-10T19:08:45.568-02:30I'm looking forward to your take Uglemor. Mine...I'm looking forward to your take Uglemor. Mine came easy once I placed them on the shore shivering with the weak fire.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-64736165696818040662019-07-10T18:28:50.395-02:302019-07-10T18:28:50.395-02:30Good story WWW, I like the picture of stranded peo...Good story WWW, I like the picture of stranded people in an old schoolhouse, complete with nasty carrots in the cellar and a bell. I am still thinking, writing and deleting. If this was in my youth, my eraser would be worn down by now. Charlotte (MotherOwl)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01059356989361649639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-38002165297650363752019-07-10T17:33:03.888-02:302019-07-10T17:33:03.888-02:30Well EC yours was non fiction and brilliant. Truly...Well EC yours was non fiction and brilliant. Truly.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-13752389412443384782019-07-10T17:32:10.277-02:302019-07-10T17:32:10.277-02:30Thanks Delores it's a blast!
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WWWThanks Delores it's a blast!<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-49359845114127961842019-07-10T17:31:13.429-02:302019-07-10T17:31:13.429-02:30Thanks Gigi maybe you'll join in one of these ...Thanks Gigi maybe you'll join in one of these Wednesdays!<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-56384433282202862842019-07-10T16:55:24.426-02:302019-07-10T16:55:24.426-02:30only slightly confused: I love it. The Nancys of...only slightly confused: I love it. The Nancys of this world are under-rated.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-71738806313620059652019-07-10T16:54:23.256-02:302019-07-10T16:54:23.256-02:30Love your story. A MUCH more positive use of the ...Love your story. A MUCH more positive use of the prompts than I managed.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-90603371129509205792019-07-10T16:04:39.784-02:302019-07-10T16:04:39.784-02:30Great storey oh 'wise woman of the web'......Great storey oh 'wise woman of the web'....and a happy endng. You are doing a great job on the prompts.only slightly confusedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08165115156889904978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-49757091175734576172019-07-10T14:26:09.140-02:302019-07-10T14:26:09.140-02:30This is better than doing a crossword puzzle.This is better than doing a crossword puzzle.gigihawaiihttp://gigihawaii.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-8814726217300164172019-07-10T12:20:34.197-02:302019-07-10T12:20:34.197-02:30Great use of the prompts, well done! Nothing like ...Great use of the prompts, well done! Nothing like a Nancy to motivate :)<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-16483905759374363182019-07-10T11:49:27.692-02:302019-07-10T11:49:27.692-02:30Somewhere in Hell they have found that cellar for ...Somewhere in Hell they have found that cellar for him..may he twist and writh for all eternity.only slightly confusedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08165115156889904978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-90385591589024606662019-07-10T11:32:15.978-02:302019-07-10T11:32:15.978-02:30Nice selection:
"Somebody light a fire under ...Nice selection:<br />"Somebody light a fire under Gary will you? That guy moves as slow as an iceberg in January."<br />"The painting is finished in the cellar room boss and I'm just about to install the blackboards." Todd grinned. "I've got a plan to motivate Gary. The carrot on the string should be here any minute now."<br />The door bell rang, tinkling faintly from above ground.<br />"Hey Gary, I think that's Nancy. You wanna....."<br />Gary was up the stairs before Todd could finish his sentence, grinning like a mouse with a plate of cheese.<br />The Boss shook his head. "Never seen him move that fast. Well, I'll go gas up the truck for this afternoons trip to town. Will he actually get any work done at all now?"<br />"Nancy got her orders. She'll keep him working."<br />only slightly confusedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08165115156889904978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-52402353580991001952019-07-10T10:25:00.241-02:302019-07-10T10:25:00.241-02:30I look forward to it River and will write my own a...I look forward to it River and will write my own at some point today.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-54166069186484930662019-07-10T10:23:39.697-02:302019-07-10T10:23:39.697-02:30EC I am so impressed with your take on the words. ...EC I am so impressed with your take on the words. Wow! <br /><br />What a horrible, horrible man. A paedophile and rapist. Children can't consent to sex.<br /><br />Death was too good for him. Rotting would help, the longer the better.<br /><br />XO<br />WWW<br /><br />Wisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-89681096355346666062019-07-10T06:00:55.268-02:302019-07-10T06:00:55.268-02:30I don't recall learning anything or not much a...I don't recall learning anything or not much at all about Antarctica. All I remember is there was a hut and a couple of explorers. Even the name you mention doesn't ring a bell. what a horrible man he was.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-575824984132775302019-07-10T05:56:48.103-02:302019-07-10T05:56:48.103-02:30I warmed my hands over those flames for a minute, ...I warmed my hands over those flames for a minute, I'll get to work on the words tomorrow and have something on my blog by Friday.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-39665944108004019342019-07-10T02:36:08.130-02:302019-07-10T02:36:08.130-02:30I left out cellar. There isn't a cellar deep ...I left out cellar. There isn't a cellar deep enough to hold men like this. Not deep enough, dark enough, or rat-ridden enough.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-71431887837353388102019-07-10T02:35:00.985-02:302019-07-10T02:35:00.985-02:30'I am going outside and might be some time'...'I am going outside and might be some time' has been heralded as the last words of a hero.<br />Captain Lawrence Edward Grace Titus Oates was an Antarctic explorer. He had gangrene and frostbite and knew that his condition was compromising his companion's chance of survival. So he headed out into a blizzard and certain death.<br />I knew that story and his final words were chalked on the blackboar d while we were studying Antarctica when I was at school. A carrot to encourage us to think of others before ourselves.<br />Now? Hard cheese I say, without an iota of sympathy. <br />I recently learned about another side to the man, which painted an entirely different picture. This courageous soldier got an eleven year old girl pregnant. And deserted her. And a bell rang for me. Not a doorbell, but a whacking great church bell. <br />I think his death was too quick and too easy. Walking onto an iceberg in a blizzard would have been relatively quick. In my eyes the eternal flames of hell wouldn't have been hot enough - and I would gladly train a gas pump on the blaze. <br />Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-49270890244553158602019-07-10T02:13:12.436-02:302019-07-10T02:13:12.436-02:30This comment has been removed by the author.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.com