tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post6552603419290494200..comments2024-03-19T02:34:30.151-04:00Comments on The Blue Remembered Hills™: FAFBluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-60110391027222384152012-05-01T23:22:57.395-04:002012-05-01T23:22:57.395-04:00Janet, thank you! I may well take you up on that. ...Janet, thank you! I may well take you up on that. My first breakfast on American soil, and I'm talking about the time of the Bicentennial, was lobster with drawn butter at a seaside shack at Old Orchard Beach, Maine. Never forgotten it!Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-15831222902867345732012-05-01T23:02:09.402-04:002012-05-01T23:02:09.402-04:00LOL, the young keep us young. But, then you are yo...LOL, the young keep us young. But, then you are young at heart, and retirement will not change that. Come see us in Maine.Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04348849115235899670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-58326249423988855832012-04-26T07:03:51.527-04:002012-04-26T07:03:51.527-04:00smilla4blogs, thank you. Kind words for which I am...smilla4blogs, thank you. Kind words for which I am grateful and moved!Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-73060256434440269552012-04-25T19:15:41.117-04:002012-04-25T19:15:41.117-04:00FAF? You've taught me something new...fotflmao...FAF? You've taught me something new...fotflmaof! <br /><br />I think you will always teach, inform and amuse your friends and readers. You can't retire from your gentle humor and unerring taste. All the best, Blue!smilla4blogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17516736514127098070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-59043985300890750922012-04-22T10:08:45.006-04:002012-04-22T10:08:45.006-04:00lindaraxa, thank you. LMAO!lindaraxa, thank you. LMAO!Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-73058353239794121452012-04-22T10:07:12.057-04:002012-04-22T10:07:12.057-04:00The Ancient, thank you for the link to the NYT. It...The Ancient, thank you for the link to the NYT. It's an interesting and perceptive essay in how not to communicate whilst not communicating. The "new skill" of holding maintaining eye contact with someone while you text someone else is both fascinating and disconcerting! I'm not sure I'd like to be the one whose gaze is being held.Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-12564375705082695132012-04-22T08:50:14.322-04:002012-04-22T08:50:14.322-04:00Blue & Columnist --
The Sunday NYT has someth...Blue & Columnist --<br /><br />The Sunday NYT has something just for you!<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/opinion/sunday/the-flight-from-conversation.html?ref=opinionThe Ancienthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11662492574558280077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-87726475795682230622012-04-21T12:48:54.411-04:002012-04-21T12:48:54.411-04:00Blue,
If you think that's bad you should hear...Blue,<br /><br />If you think that's bad you should hear the ones from LA. I have a niece who lives out there whose tone of voice is a mix between a drawl and..well I don't know what else. Nobody in the family can understand a word she says, especially my 87 year old mother. Communicating with her by phone is like having you teeth pulled. Luckily her mother understands her and translates for the rest of us. <br /><br />Being occasionally on Twitter I have been exposed to LMAO and even LMFAO but FAF??? Thanks!lindaraxahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15721286284279902181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-91992273487950171802012-04-20T07:49:40.585-04:002012-04-20T07:49:40.585-04:00Reggie Darling, thank you. As I have sometimes tho...Reggie Darling, thank you. As I have sometimes thought, the inarticulacy is a mere youthful and fashionable indiscretion.Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-36448131090319266762012-04-20T00:57:16.882-04:002012-04-20T00:57:16.882-04:00What a delightful, generous, and -- dare I say it ...What a delightful, generous, and -- dare I say it -- sweet post. I work with many young people in their mid twenties, only a few years older than your pupils, and am pleased to say that their inarticulateness, while not erased, is much improved.Reggie Darlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04044215790585354363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-30108652938579711402012-04-19T15:59:31.748-04:002012-04-19T15:59:31.748-04:00Toby Worthington, I could not agree more!Toby Worthington, I could not agree more!Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-21273900775001867622012-04-19T11:15:06.140-04:002012-04-19T11:15:06.140-04:00Blue, that was my whole point and I forgot to ment...Blue, that was my whole point and I forgot to mention it! I mean, when<br />60 year olds begin to affect these colloquialisms. Just pathetic.Toby Worthingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05887066048372484464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-2103990036074268662012-04-19T10:55:28.266-04:002012-04-19T10:55:28.266-04:00Columnist, thank you. "... or being used to s...Columnist, thank you. "... or being used to show they had one." The perfect observation! It is the same when one is in an elevator - most people, depending on age, whip out a phone the second they enter the car. Embarrassment, perhaps, or display?Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-90466965409188447292012-04-19T10:51:46.462-04:002012-04-19T10:51:46.462-04:00Toby Worthington, thank you. The worst for me as f...Toby Worthington, thank you. The worst for me as far as "like" is concerned is hearing an adult using it in the same abjectly faltering way as a teenager - reminds me of the tragic forty-something A&F clones who should know better. Don't get me started!Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-36503995161978074222012-04-19T10:44:25.882-04:002012-04-19T10:44:25.882-04:00Laurent, thank you. You're right - I'm jus...Laurent, thank you. You're right - I'm just movin' on!Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-56393963125711897862012-04-19T09:57:48.527-04:002012-04-19T09:57:48.527-04:00The L-Word has always driven me up the wall, and n...The L-Word has always driven me up the wall, and now it can be<br />found in the presumably un-edited quotes within the Talk of the <br />Town pieces in the New Yorker. No matter who is being quoted and<br />whatever their contribution to civilisation might be, I find myself<br />questioning the maturity of anyone who is, like, talking in that inane manner. When the New Yorker magazine has decided to go with the<br />trend, then I'm, like, outta there.Toby Worthingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05887066048372484464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-31801994935682308022012-04-19T07:48:59.800-04:002012-04-19T07:48:59.800-04:00Only false note here is the final phrase. You won&...Only false note here is the final phrase. You won't stop.Laurenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17972899387484460347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-23000092154313035922012-04-19T02:52:42.449-04:002012-04-19T02:52:42.449-04:00After my earlier outburst, I too was wandering thr...After my earlier outburst, I too was wandering through a Food Court adjacent to a super market I sometimes use. Without exception each table I passed had a least one or two (i)Phones on it, either being used, or being used to show they had one. Frequently tables had all parties using their phones and not conversing. It's totally bizarre behaviour. I thought maybe it was just here in Thailand, but clearly it's a universal pastime, (mostly amongst the young), but not exclusively as I pointed out with my recent dinner guest. The fact that he was a very new acquaintance prevented me from really saying what I felt, (ironically because I did not want to be rude). If there is a next time I less be less meek in the matter.columnisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03764365428633038329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-12319968065457542562012-04-18T23:27:49.538-04:002012-04-18T23:27:49.538-04:00ArchitectDesign, thank you. You're right, Gene...ArchitectDesign, thank you. You're right, Generation Me has taught me a great deal, both about them and about me. A new day dawns!Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-72891196307207917582012-04-18T23:23:22.739-04:002012-04-18T23:23:22.739-04:00Rose, thank you. For better or worse, I have got s...Rose, thank you. For better or worse, I have got so used to the interrogative tone in modern speech that I quite enjoy it. I cannot imitate it but the Celt is disturbingly good at it. I retain my native dying fall. <br /><br />Upwards and onwards, as they say!Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-83850637643318393542012-04-18T23:13:38.356-04:002012-04-18T23:13:38.356-04:00The Peak of Chic, thank you. I think it was simply...The Peak of Chic, thank you. I think it was simply a male-to-male moment and I took it as such. I'm not sure how either you or I would cope with the shock if you uttered "that" word! It is unthinkable!Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-53048992370309246702012-04-18T23:10:30.436-04:002012-04-18T23:10:30.436-04:00Anonymous, thank you. I wish chewing gum anywhere ...Anonymous, thank you. I wish chewing gum anywhere and not just in public was considered a punishable offense - it is something I cannot bear to see or hear. I just do not understand why anyone would want to chew for hours on end. <br /><br />I could not imagine, here in the south, not being addressed as "sir" by any young man - respect for elders being instilled at a young age, but there is little of the deference that you and I might have felt towards our professors. I'm not sure it's a bad thing.Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-35127179744631094462012-04-18T22:58:51.854-04:002012-04-18T22:58:51.854-04:00The Ancient, thank you. Only this evening I notice...The Ancient, thank you. Only this evening I noticed that five of the six young women at a nearby table were busy with their phones. The one not using her phone sat twirling her glass, not speaking, and looking bored stiff. How strange to gather and then ignore each other! <br /><br />As to FAF, you're welcome - I think.Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-35352411462784769572012-04-18T13:13:43.300-04:002012-04-18T13:13:43.300-04:00How unfortunate you will no longer be teaching, as...How unfortunate you will no longer be teaching, as I'm sure you are an excellent teacher to this 'me' generation. It seems they have taught you as well, FAF amongst other things I am sure! I have no doubt you will be sorely missed.<br />However, selfishly, I am excited to hear you will be working on a book!!ArchitectDesign™https://www.blogger.com/profile/01481754380363676771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-19726527906505983482012-04-18T12:05:01.737-04:002012-04-18T12:05:01.737-04:00Well Blue, there are so many opportunities open to...Well Blue, there are so many opportunities open to you when you retire from teaching - social commentary and analysis being one. I absolutely loved this post. What I can't forgive is the interrogative tone at the end of a sentence but I have always loved the vibrant, evolving vernacular. Fratty as Fuck. I'm not going to abbreviate it.<br />Good luck with the transition darling.Rose C'est La Viehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.com