tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870567611655050982.post7082400899754405080..comments2024-03-28T17:56:41.036+00:00Comments on "ook?!": Quiet daygzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08034777779347889773noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870567611655050982.post-47645654996163817772021-06-22T10:07:54.503+01:002021-06-22T10:07:54.503+01:00I too looked up frog mouthed shovel and got cartoo...I too looked up frog mouthed shovel and got cartoons. We must see pictures!<br />Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870567611655050982.post-37197472336122650962021-06-20T16:07:32.232+01:002021-06-20T16:07:32.232+01:00It would be lovely to get a bit of unsticking move...It would be lovely to get a bit of unsticking movement soon, Monday would be nice. <br /><br />Off to look up a frog mouth shovel...Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870567611655050982.post-49302273270448019602021-06-20T07:36:32.214+01:002021-06-20T07:36:32.214+01:00Apart from the necessary holes when putting in new...Apart from the necessary holes when putting in new plants I do not dig in the garden, ever, anywhere. Just add copious amounts of mulch whenever the weather obliges and the mood takes me; makes for far better soil quality in the end (and less weeding).<br /><br />Have a gander at Charles Dowding, the "father" of the no-dig movement if you/your son is interested. xBag End Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06190496929132717769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870567611655050982.post-84620889281310124682021-06-19T19:26:57.049+01:002021-06-19T19:26:57.049+01:00Greetings Robbie..I am definitely a third generati...Greetings Robbie..I am definitely a third generation "trackie" and fourth generation cyclist..I met Reg Harris when I was 4 at Richmond Grass track meeting...and at Leicester, Saffron Lane at the championships twenty years later! I didn't start racing until 1965. <br />I will think about Ar Hyd y Nos...that's a challenge!gzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034777779347889773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870567611655050982.post-7852156609711768042021-06-19T16:52:28.114+01:002021-06-19T16:52:28.114+01:00That should be "formally".That should be "formally".Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870567611655050982.post-53683652820428455962021-06-19T16:49:15.175+01:002021-06-19T16:49:15.175+01:00gz
My apologies for elbowing my way on to your bl...gz<br /><br />My apologies for elbowing my way on to your blog without any justification. Although, come to think of it, I could expatiate far and free about inertia.<br /><br />You were kind enough to comment on my use of a Welsh welcome as headline to a recent post to Tone Deaf. It's clear you know the language. Could you please go just a little further?<br /><br />At age 80 (in 2016) I started to take individual singing lessons and have done so ever since. Mostly lieder and operatic arias. However I have a favourite warm-up song which I have used since Day One. Best known as All Through the Night though I would much prefer to sing it as Ar Hyd y Nos since this is the preferred version of the pros, and especially Bryn Terfel. <br /><br />So far I've tried to sing along with various Welsh versions but this is not an ideal system. What I need is a phoneticised version of the Welsh words; not using the acadamic phonetic symbols which I would have to learn from scratch, rather an anglicised pronunciation of the Welsh. Do you know of such? If not, pretty please, could you fashion such a transcription?<br /><br />I have just glanced at your previous post, Light, and I realise we have something in common. In Neandertal Times (ie 1959 - 60) I worked as a journalist on Cycling, now known as Cycling Weekly. If it helps I can boast of having shaken hands with Reg Harris, Tom Simpson, Brian Robinson and Eileen Sheridan. Well before your time, of course, but no doubt you have a historical perspective of the sport.<br /><br />If you want to reply via your blog I'll keep an eye open. If you'd prefer to email me use:<br /><br />robinson.roderick@gmail.com<br /><br />I should add I actually did ride a bike too. YHA touring mainly. Bradford to London in two days on one occasion, though there was one harder ride.<br /><br />Cheers and thanks,<br /><br />Roderick Robinson (less formerly Robbie)Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870567611655050982.post-11057628281067447732021-06-19T15:37:55.041+01:002021-06-19T15:37:55.041+01:00I am with you on the football disinterest! I'm...I am with you on the football disinterest! I'm going to have to look up a frog-mouth shovel, because I can't quite visualize that.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870567611655050982.post-19831869019520566002021-06-19T14:10:27.987+01:002021-06-19T14:10:27.987+01:00Being Irish,I had to look up that Irish style shov...<br />Being Irish,I had to look up that Irish style shovel. A lethal looking instrument that I don't ever remember seeing at home! Looks like it would simplify any digging job though, and then you can slake your thirst by popping your Guinness open with it! Win, win!mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03797484583400519909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870567611655050982.post-75043485952285664742021-06-19T11:10:44.475+01:002021-06-19T11:10:44.475+01:00Joanne try Irish style shovel...Joanne try Irish style shovel...gzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034777779347889773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870567611655050982.post-49019269486620785742021-06-19T08:05:14.049+01:002021-06-19T08:05:14.049+01:00Not sure about soccer these days, I find rugby mor...Not sure about soccer these days, I find rugby more interesting.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17076349937962262361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870567611655050982.post-27204027138182196832021-06-19T03:43:26.763+01:002021-06-19T03:43:26.763+01:00You had me at "rhubarb and apple crumble"...<br />You had me at "rhubarb and apple crumble"! Sounds delicious. I rarely see rhubarb at the grocery store. My mum had a huge patch of the stuff in our garden at home, and frequently dessert was stewed rhubarb with custard. Your crumble sounds even better!mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03797484583400519909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870567611655050982.post-14294297038654147592021-06-19T02:44:32.789+01:002021-06-19T02:44:32.789+01:00I did a search for frog mouthed shovel and came up...I did a search for frog mouthed shovel and came up with a shovel mouthed frog. For real.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4870567611655050982.post-79598769477645187472021-06-18T23:29:23.860+01:002021-06-18T23:29:23.860+01:00Feeling the inertia as well Feeling the inertia as well Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.com