tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post321841228351747315..comments2023-08-22T21:11:59.355+12:00Comments on pohanginapete: Aliens drink in the old New Railway Hotelpohanginapetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-13957090556217494082016-08-02T08:22:41.791+12:002016-08-02T08:22:41.791+12:00Roderick, congratulations on a serial comment exac...Roderick, congratulations on a serial comment exactly half as long as my post. I'll try to avoid the temptation to respond with a comment exactly half as long as yours: with a pattern like that, we'd be down to a one-word comment after 11 comments, and I'd be nervous about what that word might be :-)<br /><br />I like that phrase: 'contained truculence'. Certainly none at the pohanginapetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-34359510653565790492016-07-30T02:48:00.097+12:002016-07-30T02:48:00.097+12:00I apparently bust your comment bank for length. He...I apparently bust your comment bank for length. Here's the rest of the novella:<br /><br />In fact when I enter a British pub for the first time these days, I’m praying I won’t find evidence that the landlord is only one step away from bankruptcy. Huge numbers of British pubs have closed for good, a major reason being the no-smoking ban. I’m a non-smoker myself with a bronchitic history and IRoderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-31344508067702748682016-07-30T02:46:40.088+12:002016-07-30T02:46:40.088+12:00Just back from French so you might think my wits h...Just back from French so you might think my wits had been sharpened. But French goes back to 1973 with a few odd breaks and by now it's like putting on an old dressing gown. I talked about embedding the audio (of me singing) and I wondered if my teacher, who until recently was a chorister, might consider accessing the file. Techno-fear, however, outweighed her musical curiosity.<br /><br />Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-68669082871185880422016-07-29T19:17:25.380+12:002016-07-29T19:17:25.380+12:001425 words! That deserves at least a novella as co...1425 words! That deserves at least a novella as comment. The Great Gatsby actually runs to 47,092 words which, on reflection, seems a bit long for a novella but it gives you an idea. I've been busy embedding a playable audio file in my blog (Something I suspect you'd run a mile from.) Much time wasted, in the end the solution was so simple I felt like cutting my throat. Instead I'll Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-59733213950952686612016-07-28T22:23:44.100+12:002016-07-28T22:23:44.100+12:00Avus, thanks! As for asking her why she wanted to ...Avus, thanks! As for asking her why she wanted to go there, I didn't speculate and wouldn't presume to ask ;-)<br /><br />Lisa, I think she felt there were differences in background that would have made it difficult, although I suspect she'd have been accepted to a greater degree than me. As for the brain surgery, thanks for the suggestion but I think I'll look elsewhere ;-)<br />pohanginapetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-43178346438764450452016-07-28T01:55:31.233+12:002016-07-28T01:55:31.233+12:00Pete,
They wouldn't have looked any more kindl...Pete,<br />They wouldn't have looked any more kindly on you than they did on me. Although they'd have liked your hair, and your accent, and... ok, nevermind. Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-20989004295595727652016-07-27T22:22:30.686+12:002016-07-27T22:22:30.686+12:00I enjoyed this very much. Did "she" also...I enjoyed this very much. Did "she" also agree that you could never fit in? <br /><br />I did smile at your attempt to challenge your own thinking about these men and had an irreverent flash back to the ghost chips "ah, I'm internalising a really complicated situation in my head." :-) It is fun to speculate about other people - Bruce has decided, after careful and extendedLisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02673353294971363327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-5647746246867658592016-07-27T19:45:42.207+12:002016-07-27T19:45:42.207+12:00I think you caught the atmosphere perfectly, Pete....I think you caught the atmosphere perfectly, Pete. As Relatively Retiring remarks there is a feeling of Steinbeck. Did you enquire why exactly the lady desired that kind of pub?Avushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512540148378201058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-67760878163831407942016-07-27T19:31:59.171+12:002016-07-27T19:31:59.171+12:00Zhoen, a 'handle' refers to a large glass ...Zhoen, a 'handle' refers to a large glass mug of beer. It's not an official measure, but in most pubs you'd expect something between 400-500 ml of beer. From what I gather, the interpretation's very loose — hardly more specific than 'large glass'. Of course, I'd need to do more research to confirm my claims.<br /><br />'A club full of women 5-10 years younger pohanginapetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-64593998525375257652016-07-27T10:46:06.743+12:002016-07-27T10:46:06.743+12:00Ok, what does Handle refer to in this context? Ha...Ok, what does Handle refer to in this context? Had to look up jandals, which was easier.<br /><br />Dunno, learned in the army that folks are often not what they seem, although sometimes they are even more so. Only place I ever felt that alien was at a club full of women 5-10 years younger than myself, all in a lot of make-up and black spandex. The friend who took me swore it hadn't been Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-32725058283783189092016-07-26T22:44:02.238+12:002016-07-26T22:44:02.238+12:00Robin, I'm sure a bar like that could provide ...Robin, I'm sure a bar like that could provide endless stories. But, as you say, the world contains such a vast store, and how does one choose?<br /><br />Thank you, RR. That's a huge compliment :-) pohanginapetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-74929467430588757632016-07-26T19:51:49.220+12:002016-07-26T19:51:49.220+12:00Pure Steinbeck (as large a compliment as I can eve...Pure Steinbeck (as large a compliment as I can ever offer).Relatively Retiringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07648407316162715318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-57040236120352409002016-07-26T10:37:24.813+12:002016-07-26T10:37:24.813+12:00Sounds like an interesting and enlightening aftern...Sounds like an interesting and enlightening afternoon there. Sometimes I think about all the human lives on the planet all at once-- all the stories and dreams, and really it's hard to hold such an incomprehensible vastness. This one afternoon in a bar is even out of reach.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com