tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post7623510523990050109..comments2023-10-30T09:26:32.732+00:00Comments on Now's the time: reflection, drops, changeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-55337982092872697312011-02-20T16:33:38.619+00:002011-02-20T16:33:38.619+00:00Lucy Today at lunchtime I heard on the BBC weather...Lucy Today at lunchtime I heard on the BBC weather forecast the announcer hesitate after using word "mizzle" and then correct himself and say "a mixture of mist and drizzle."<br /><br />Tristan There must be expressions for heavy rain in other languages.For example: raining pots and pans. And for the lesser rain: beans and peas.<br /><br />BB Similar thoughts have assailed me though not when shaving because thought as such has not been revived in me at that time. Later in the day I have come to think that there would be disbelief in the case of the younger person meeting the older, and I think surprise, mild shame and disapproval in the case of the older bumping into the younger.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-17717959790129520732011-02-20T10:32:35.750+00:002011-02-20T10:32:35.750+00:00When I look in the shaving mirror I see a face tha...When I look in the shaving mirror I see a face that has definitely changed. And if I ponder longer (not a normal practice at this time of the day; shaving is a task to be finished as quickly as possible) I acknowledge the internal changes of mindset, opinion, tolerance, etc. I then ask myself the $64,000 question: am I the sort of person the 40-year-old version of me could have got on with? The jury files out and I know it'll be a long time returning.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-18968154094355363302011-02-19T22:18:21.484+00:002011-02-19T22:18:21.484+00:00or as someone in new york said, "raining pupp...or as someone in new york said, "raining puppies and kittens"tristanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13268216095376583052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-77031899722980807302011-02-19T17:40:43.891+00:002011-02-19T17:40:43.891+00:00I do like that image very much.
I always liked &#...I do like that image very much.<br /><br />I always liked 'mizzle' for that weather, it has a bit of mist and a bit of meserable in it. I seem to recall we used it often when I was young, I wonder if it's west country or more widespread or if JA coined it, or if it's something that might arise spontaneously all over the place...Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.com