tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926775615646909337.post9048646107829929599..comments2023-10-15T10:32:17.331+01:00Comments on Tales from a Draughty Old Fen: a right to both sides of the story?Frugal Dougalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07459572116047155640noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926775615646909337.post-48234261693782623782008-12-22T15:46:00.000+00:002008-12-22T15:46:00.000+00:00I too can understand how it would be frightening, ...I too can understand how it would be frightening, but on the other hand, I love aeroplanes and would've loved to see it!Frugal Dougalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07459572116047155640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926775615646909337.post-49705706469776540652008-12-22T13:35:00.000+00:002008-12-22T13:35:00.000+00:00That would be fun to see!Once, for the 4th of July...That would be fun to see!<BR/><BR/>Once, for the 4th of July (Independence Day, we went out on a boat over Clear Creek (a large bay on the Gulf, actually) and watched the fireworks display - huge showers of them, coming down directly on top of us and filling the sky. Preceding it was an air show of the AFB squadron. F16 fighter jets, tearing overhead, very low. It was, in a way, quite frightening. You could imagine how it would be if it was wartime. (It wasn't, then.)Pam H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01223991201236433802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926775615646909337.post-51900528424139883422008-12-22T11:39:00.000+00:002008-12-22T11:39:00.000+00:00Ah - I understand! I was thinking of motorway (fr...Ah - I understand! I was thinking of motorway (freeway) flyovers that stratch over parts of inner cities in an ugly fashion. I suppose we're in flyover country here in Cambridgeshire, then: we have a small private airport, but it's used mainly for freight and military planes, but we get a lot of aircraft going over on their way to Stansted and Heathrow Airports. But Marshalls also houses some aldoer aircraft - we occasionally see biplanes doing acrobatics! What really made my day was when two spitfires and a Lancaster flew over! - FDFrugal Dougalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07459572116047155640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926775615646909337.post-5963166648440438652008-12-21T13:47:00.000+00:002008-12-21T13:47:00.000+00:00I'm thinking "flyover country" means places where ...I'm thinking "flyover country" means places where airplanes don't stop. I could be wrong.Pam H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01223991201236433802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926775615646909337.post-38238732352580395562008-12-20T17:36:00.000+00:002008-12-20T17:36:00.000+00:00I hear you Linda - perhaps the author of the book ...I hear you Linda - perhaps the author of the book gives away more than he realises when he writes the scenario about "Kate".<BR/><BR/>Some more news - I sent back the book to the fellow who passed it to me; he phoned me to say his son's teacher admitted to the class that she's not too knowledgeable about the pro's and con's of abortion, but is educating herself, and is doing what she can to give a pro-life argument to counter the one-sidedness of the book, so it's not all dark. Also, it appears that a close relative of hers is seriously ill, and she's not at all happy about presenting topics related to euthanasia.<BR/><BR/>Pam - another great site - I've added this one to my blogroll! What does "flyover country" mean?<BR/><BR/>Sorry to hear you've got a sinus headache, my wife gets those, they're horrible.<BR/><BR/>Linda - keep up the "aargh" mood - it makes for great blogs! - FDFrugal Dougalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07459572116047155640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926775615646909337.post-29983848545050486582008-12-19T18:48:00.000+00:002008-12-19T18:48:00.000+00:00Got another good 'un for you:http://regularthought...Got another good 'un for you:<BR/><BR/>http://regularthoughts.blogspot.com/<BR/><BR/>At home trying to get rid of (or ignore) a sinus headache....Pam H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01223991201236433802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926775615646909337.post-88735408443830560062008-12-19T13:57:00.000+00:002008-12-19T13:57:00.000+00:00SO many things to say! You hit the nail on the hea...SO many things to say! You hit the nail on the head when you called what is passed off as 'education' merely propoganda. These books and stories and "lessons" want to draw pity for something that should be celebrated. <BR/>I noticed that the twaddle given about late term abortions and handicapped children came from the mother of an UNborn DS child. You would never hear that from a mother who has given birth to one! <BR/>AND I noticed that the same mother (In the worthess scenario..) who could kill her child, couldn't think of leaving him in daycare... what the lesser of two evils?!<BR/>Can you tell my mood?! argh. <BR/>I'm going to check on that link too.....Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05290534151500649637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926775615646909337.post-25302552250365298872008-12-19T13:23:00.000+00:002008-12-19T13:23:00.000+00:00I checked out the link, and I think my colleagues ...I checked out the link, and I think my colleagues were starting to worry about me, as I was nodding at the screen so much! Certainly the near-hegemony of the environmental agenda was a great worry to me in the RC Church. The justice-and-peace people in Cambridge at least, were in the sway of people who seemed to think that "saving the world" from something that we do not necessarily have any input into was more important than seeing to the traditional justice and peace agenda; and I think concerns were voiced from Rome about this movement being in very liberal if not left-wing hands.<BR/><BR/>My Mum was left broken-hearted, not by the switch from the Tridentine Mass to the Novus Ordo per se, because the laity were kept in the dark, but by the time-scale; it was supposed to be a two-year switch-over, but happened in Scottish parishes in less than a month. She later complained to the Archbishop of Glasgow, and was sent a long letter that said almost nothing. <BR/><BR/>I agree with your first comment - you're never ready for children, are you? My Mum was 42 when she had me! - FDFrugal Dougalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07459572116047155640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926775615646909337.post-26585804540455484052008-12-19T02:37:00.000+00:002008-12-19T02:37:00.000+00:00BTW, on an unrelated note, you might enjoy checkin...BTW, on an unrelated note, you might enjoy checking this out:<BR/><BR/>http://wdtprs.com/blog/Pam H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01223991201236433802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1926775615646909337.post-76561726176270781362008-12-18T23:44:00.000+00:002008-12-18T23:44:00.000+00:00One can almost always find a "reason" not to risk ...One can almost always find a "reason" not to risk having a baby. Many, if not most, are fears of a possible future that would not have materialized. Many times, wonderful things happen, when we take risks. I had all of my children at a late age (34+). All are wonderfully healthy. All are exceptionally bright. Our home would not be nearly so happy with even one less child.Pam H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01223991201236433802noreply@blogger.com