tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post2119298823130818481..comments2024-03-22T23:27:47.349+00:00Comments on EAGLETON NOTES: Bliadhna Mhath ÙrGraham Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-24847945128532491022022-01-03T18:32:49.402+00:002022-01-03T18:32:49.402+00:00Indeed, Jill. If one can keep them in one's mi...Indeed, Jill. If one can keep them in one's mind and dismiss the others that's a big help.<br />Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-67727738498803915722022-01-03T16:39:03.451+00:002022-01-03T16:39:03.451+00:00It is a brand-new year ... here we go! Counting b...It is a brand-new year ... here we go! Counting blessings as we speak.Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791018174075586241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-7581358395483339992022-01-03T14:11:38.733+00:002022-01-03T14:11:38.733+00:00It is rumoured that Liberace used to wake most mor...It is rumoured that Liberace used to wake most mornings "feeling a new man". Happy New Year Graham. As the days lighten, spirits brighten.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-7251534896099158242022-01-03T09:44:13.761+00:002022-01-03T09:44:13.761+00:00Amy it was very quiet here too but there was alway...Amy it was very quiet here too but there was always a big fireworks display at Napier beach. Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-44917499998937174042022-01-03T07:54:53.444+00:002022-01-03T07:54:53.444+00:00Sad about Bishop Tutu but I guess it was his time....Sad about Bishop Tutu but I guess it was his time. We had a very quiet new year's eve year, no fireworks no parties nothing, it was nice for once.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17076349937962262361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-19930552250287543602022-01-02T19:37:58.460+00:002022-01-02T19:37:58.460+00:00Thanks, Eve. I think I'm almost over the bug. ...Thanks, Eve. I think I'm almost over the bug. It's always good to catch up.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-40171342874921385582022-01-02T19:21:23.416+00:002022-01-02T19:21:23.416+00:00Sending very best wishes Graham, and hope you have...Sending very best wishes Graham, and hope you have got over your bug! we hope to catch up with you again this year.Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18378370060118779148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-27527754035413476992022-01-02T18:33:58.126+00:002022-01-02T18:33:58.126+00:00Thank you, Pauline, I'm on the mend and today ...Thank you, Pauline, I'm on the mend and today has been a definite improvement.<br /> Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-14179841702450616782022-01-02T08:37:11.347+00:002022-01-02T08:37:11.347+00:00Jill, using the "Contact Me" form in the...Jill, using the "Contact Me" form in the sidebar please would you send me your email address if you don't mind me contacting you direct. GrahamGraham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-84616668885335203632022-01-02T03:07:35.350+00:002022-01-02T03:07:35.350+00:00Hi Graham, I'm sure your joie de vivre will re...Hi Graham, I'm sure your joie de vivre will return as soon as you are rested enough. It just seems impossible that you could be without it. May all the good things laying wait in the year ahead start appearing soon!Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15276284964859313257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-55526574602766043402022-01-02T00:09:56.230+00:002022-01-02T00:09:56.230+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791018174075586241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-87618324736085004872022-01-01T22:35:16.945+00:002022-01-01T22:35:16.945+00:00Hi Lee. Thanks. Feeling much improved this evening...Hi Lee. Thanks. Feeling much improved this evening. I hope that the year ahead is very good for you and your furry companions.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-25989742991552839292022-01-01T22:34:05.381+00:002022-01-01T22:34:05.381+00:00Adrian, I'm fortunate in that I have excellent...Adrian, I'm fortunate in that I have excellent medical care from the NHS. My medical practice, the local hospital, The Beatson and Ayr hospital all play their parts and I cannot complain about a single thing. I should add that if the NHS had not existed in 1959 I wouldn't be alive anyway because my parents could never have afforded for me to have had half my lung removed at that time for a condition that people in parts of the world still generally die of today.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-8261490192785040972022-01-01T22:29:06.757+00:002022-01-01T22:29:06.757+00:00Thank you, Ellen, It would be lovely if it was lik...Thank you, Ellen, It would be lovely if it was like that for all of us. Here's hoping....Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-53838869514037846882022-01-01T22:28:25.308+00:002022-01-01T22:28:25.308+00:00Monica, I have actually read a couple of the Discw...Monica, I have actually read a couple of the Discworld books but you are correct in that it id CJ who is the real fan having, I think, read every book TP wrote.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-54721069659309051662022-01-01T22:26:41.029+00:002022-01-01T22:26:41.029+00:00Thank you, Mary. I'm feeling a lot better this...Thank you, Mary. I'm feeling a lot better this evening after another quiet day.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-12282108636712944242022-01-01T21:15:41.130+00:002022-01-01T21:15:41.130+00:00Hey, Graham...I hope the coming year treats you we...Hey, Graham...I hope the coming year treats you well, and I hope you're feeling well very soon. <br /><br />I think there has been more than enough sorrow and heartache throughout the world over the past couple of years so it's time for good news, happy events all round.<br /><br />My best wishes to you...take good care.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-47251028723944887382022-01-01T18:49:39.257+00:002022-01-01T18:49:39.257+00:00Good to see you back. I'm not you of course bu...Good to see you back. I'm not you of course but what I do is pay for medical treatment (twice). <br />Find a GP you get on with and discuss for as long as it takes what treatment is beneficial and what stuff can't be cured. They aren't any more expensive than vets if you tell them you don't have insurance. Mine knows I have, little minx. She's okay and even came out to see to my brother-in-law when the local GP went on strike/hiding from Chinky Pox, whatever.<br /> All the way from Manchester she travelled, a star bar. She did bill the airfare and her time sleeping at his expense but didn't knock anything off for her time pissing about with posh horses. To give her credit she has just been back to Scotland to have some dressage lessons.<br />She is a lovely lass, I'm tempted to ask the prices for curing erectile disfunction. Adrian Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09061432566298145837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-91348834877255453072022-01-01T15:32:07.509+00:002022-01-01T15:32:07.509+00:00Happy New Year, Graham! Hope your 2022 is filled w...Happy New Year, Graham! Hope your 2022 is filled with good health, fun adventures, peace and joy!Ellen D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03776803182673252265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-60093567608445967862022-01-01T14:33:13.575+00:002022-01-01T14:33:13.575+00:00Good to see you back in writing shape and mood! It...Good to see you back in writing shape and mood! It struck me when reading this post that I've associated the word Hogmanay with Christmas rather than New Year. I blame Terry Pratchett for that: one of his Discworld novels entitled 'Hogfather'. Looking things up now, I see Hogswatchnight in the Discworld is 32 December, though. /lol/ (I know it's CJ rather than you who is a Discworld fan - you've probably never read it...)DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-41521737287659933392022-01-01T14:19:05.397+00:002022-01-01T14:19:05.397+00:00Hoping your malaise has decided to leave itself ba...Hoping your malaise has decided to leave itself back in 2021 and allow you to begin 2022 feeling better. May 2022 bring us hope of better times.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11587652444835060129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-39070311148486491682022-01-01T13:01:23.223+00:002022-01-01T13:01:23.223+00:00Your opening statement is sad but true much to my ...Your opening statement is sad but true much to my chagrin. Love your Drs Hoffman story. Best we can do is two but, I expect that is pretty common in the medical world.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-71489237150470994082022-01-01T12:01:56.386+00:002022-01-01T12:01:56.386+00:00One of the sure things about ageing, Graham, is th...One of the sure things about ageing, Graham, is that it takes much longer for us to shake off malaise of any kind. I hope that you will improve shortly, both physically and in spirit. Decent weather, permitting a good walk might be just the tonic. I haven't heard the term Hogmanay in a long time. An old friend, long since gone (wonder if her coffin had plastic handles?), who had been here well over fifty years, yet sounded as though she had disembarked from Scotland a day earlier, always referred to New Year's Eve antics as Hogmanay. Her husband had a PhD, their three sons had PhDs and those sons all married women with PhDs, so when they sat around the table together there were seven Dr. Hoffmans, and my friend, Doris, who had as she put it, "A lowly Master's degree"! Doris always claimed that's why she had to do the dishes!David M. Gascoigne,https://www.blogger.com/profile/17229638811027153569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-14717639115293762402022-01-01T10:02:56.098+00:002022-01-01T10:02:56.098+00:00Thank you, Meike. I have woken to a full-blown gal...Thank you, Meike. I have woken to a full-blown gale whipping up the waves in the bay below the house. However there is also some blue sky. Not a day for going for a walk even if my cough had abated sufficiently.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-59614585115146319602022-01-01T09:50:55.512+00:002022-01-01T09:50:55.512+00:00Margaret, I'm finding that more and more of my...Margaret, I'm finding that more and more of my stories mystify the younger generations because they often involve things they have never heard of.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.com