tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post4555007437321535152..comments2023-10-30T09:26:32.732+00:00Comments on Now's the time: tough cats piesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-81544031218735451762011-12-24T12:13:15.596+00:002011-12-24T12:13:15.596+00:00I have been going through my link list scattering ...I have been going through my link list scattering secular (but heartfelt) greetings in the way we unbelievers do. Because you are the founder member of the list you are at the bottom of an ascending sequence and therefore the last to be reached. I wouldn't wish you to infer anything malign from this. I was going to say that low numbers carry more gravitas but that isn't strictly true. Some positions are merely accidents due to the passage of time. Better to think of the list as a sort of periodic table with each element carrying its own specific gravity, density and atomic structure. But even that isn't right. In the real periodic table hydrogen (atomic number 1) is I think more important than nobelium (atomic number 102) so this raggedy conceit immediately falls on its face. Nobelium, by the way, is an actinoid. I didn't know that.<br /><br />In fact I didn't embark on this comment merely to greet but to thank. Again I am indebted for the technical help on writing you have given me throughout the year but, perhaps even more important, for the intelligent optimism you create. The qualifier is important because anyone can do optimism, and for most it is the default state. But there is an understanding between us, almost a specialised conduit of information that is not limited to judgments, and I profit from this enormously. <br /><br />You mentioned the fact that the pub has become as important as the Retreat. More so, in fact. The fact is eating does get in the way of conversation whereas drinking doesn't. On the other hand the eating is essential since it feather-beds my stomach prior to the drink and ensures I arrive back at Hereford able to speak coherently to the taxi-driver.<br /><br />Anyway thanks for the handholding and my (our) best wishes to Heidi. Since getting to Hereford would seem to be a burden perhaps we could return to TW under the strict understanding that we are able to take you both out to dinner.I have a good deal more to say (none of it pleasant) about the Hart-Davis/Lyttleton letters.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-4222962394843637092011-12-23T21:03:11.462+00:002011-12-23T21:03:11.462+00:00My eyes caught "Cats Pies".
What's t...My eyes caught "Cats Pies".<br />What's this? I thought..... then enjoyed the read, as usual. <br />I love cats as well, have 2 who run this place. But neither would make good pie, as either creator or ingredient. =^..^=CChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12653106775702366387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-73396188224121477622011-12-23T20:39:33.158+00:002011-12-23T20:39:33.158+00:00Oh my, that sounds like one annual Christmas lette...Oh my, that sounds like one annual Christmas letter from certain friends, just add dogs! I'd love one of your mincemeat pies, please! <br /><br />And thanks so very much for your lovely card which arrived a few days ago. Happy Christmas with your family.marja-leenahttp://www.marja-leena-rathje.infonoreply@blogger.com