tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post3951756612759548313..comments2024-03-28T04:23:30.371+00:00Comments on Bonkers about Perfume: Pines, spines, and clementines: A Bonkers Christmas and New Year Round UpVanessahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-15017756709246617542020-01-13T16:56:13.061+00:002020-01-13T16:56:13.061+00:00Hi Tara,
I had not heard of that other author of ...Hi Tara,<br /><br />I had not heard of that other author of a book called Reasons to be Cheerful, and having googled him, I am surprised you are not spending more time loitering on stairwells (if you have ascertained his block...) Well, well, well. And do please give this Stibbe a whirl. It is set in 1981, when I would have been just a few years older than the main character, and the details fromVanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-73872065211304201652020-01-13T16:49:53.784+00:002020-01-13T16:49:53.784+00:00PS Another older thread, but same issue, with '...PS Another older thread, but same issue, with 'embedded' cited as the problem:<br /><br />https://makingamark.blogspot.com/2012/09/do-you-have-problem-leaving-comments-on-Blogger-blogs.htmlVanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-54477471719365182592020-01-13T16:48:19.496+00:002020-01-13T16:48:19.496+00:00Hi Undina,
I have come away from nested or embedd...Hi Undina,<br /><br />I have come away from nested or embedded comments, as my reading on Blogger forums etc suggested that that slightly more complex format was stopping some people from being able to comment.<br /><br />https://support.google.com/blogger/thread/4035725?hl=en<br /><br />I prefer nested comments for sure, as it is easier to relate to the answers, but better that the comment Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-75148405617530408202020-01-13T10:52:56.237+00:002020-01-13T10:52:56.237+00:00Enjoyed following the comments almost as much as y...Enjoyed following the comments almost as much as your post, V!<br /><br />Not sure I am up to tackling Dostoevsky just yet but point taken. <br /><br />25 social units is quite outstanding as well as intimidating for an introvert like me. I had 1 social unit in mind outside of family but didn't even make that as wasn't feeling great. So happy you were up to seeing so many friends this Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05820091082551405862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-1252550110940940792020-01-12T23:58:19.454+00:002020-01-12T23:58:19.454+00:00I’m not sure what you mean because now it is back ...I’m not sure what you mean because now it is back to how it used to be (though, for whatever reason you keep answering not using reply under the comment to which you answer :) - do _you_ see _this_ response as nested or “in-line”?)<br /><br />Anyway, I think the issues you referred to are related more to Google stopping to support OpenID. I might be wrong, but from my experiments, think that withUndinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05292100499371921334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-56079002787046368132020-01-12T14:20:24.037+00:002020-01-12T14:20:24.037+00:00Hi Roger,
Fair point, and you sent me scurrying t...Hi Roger,<br /><br />Fair point, and you sent me scurrying to see who Roger Hargreaves is! I can assure you there were none by him in the list of 50 in question.<br /><br />Perhaps I should tackle Middlemarch again, after all...;)<br /><br />I had quite forgotten about my obsession with competitive page numbers but now you mention it, it has come right back to me! I am on Page 164 of my Nina Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-48312148194742982072020-01-12T14:15:12.261+00:002020-01-12T14:15:12.261+00:00Hi Hamamelis,
Am sorry you have been ill over Chr...Hi Hamamelis,<br /><br />Am sorry you have been ill over Christmas, but glad if this post has provided a bit of a distraction. Lustre is a comforting choice for such times.<br /><br />Funny you should mention headaches as I have had three this week, one so bad that it kept me horizontal for 34 hours! 10th January was completely lost to me. I did wonder if the two were currently related...I don&#Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-73500531100353535452020-01-12T14:07:25.502+00:002020-01-12T14:07:25.502+00:00PS I know you like nested comments, but it was app...PS I know you like nested comments, but it was apparently making it harder for most people to comment, so have reverted to this sequential full page format.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-17671387285820667652020-01-12T14:06:22.390+00:002020-01-12T14:06:22.390+00:00Hi Undina,
You are on a roll now you keep discove...Hi Undina,<br /><br />You are on a roll now you keep discovering my posts! ;) Maybe the email notifications are no longer working for anyone....?<br /><br />It was helpful to hear of your back care tips, and I am sorry you are a fellow sufferer. I mostly do sleep on my back, and was thinking about putting a cushion in the small of my back, but under the knees, you say? Will have a go. That is a Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-29518757023607899852020-01-12T14:02:13.393+00:002020-01-12T14:02:13.393+00:00Number of books is not a good indicator. There is ...Number of books is not a good indicator. There is more merit in reading two books by Dostoevsky than twelve by Roger Hargreaves.<br /><br />Incidentally, I remember when you were small, when reading, you used to say things like, "What page are you on? <i>I'm</i> on p352!"Roger Mussonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-28731307811853589802020-01-12T08:49:57.338+00:002020-01-12T08:49:57.338+00:00What a treat to read your post,surely one thing th...What a treat to read your post,surely one thing that makes me cheerful, especially since I developed a bad cold,you know everything aches kind of cold. Christmas was just as I love it, mostly at home with husband and dog,relaxing, and only meeting people I really wanted to. <br />I think I wore Lustre most of the time. I don't suffer backache but backache resulting in bad headaches, and afterHamamelishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04732780667611927231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-15939811897691265022020-01-12T01:08:58.569+00:002020-01-12T01:08:58.569+00:00Yay to nested comments! :)Yay to nested comments! :)Undinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05292100499371921334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-52480733729790209342020-01-12T01:08:15.317+00:002020-01-12T01:08:15.317+00:00First thing first: blogger doesn’t like me any lon...First thing first: blogger doesn’t like me any longer, so no e-mail notification on this post as well. Luckily, today was my “once a month” visit to a Instagram :)<br /><br />You know already about my December, so I had exactly 3 “socializing” events: a company party prior to my predicaments with health, and two parties - Christmas and New Year - at a friend’s (aka perfume mule) house.<br /><br /Undinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05292100499371921334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-62950885327357470732020-01-12T00:16:41.024+00:002020-01-12T00:16:41.024+00:00Hi Odiferess,
Happy New Year to you too, and sorr...Hi Odiferess,<br /><br />Happy New Year to you too, and sorry to hear about your own back issues, in the same area indeed. My GP - to whom I took the problem when it was nowhere near as acute - recommended painkillers and floor exercises, but I think I am benefiting from this professional manipulation. It was either osteo or physio.<br /><br />I had been doing pilates and yoga fitfully in recent Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-27449746400969132522020-01-11T17:29:44.775+00:002020-01-11T17:29:44.775+00:00Happy new year Vanessa,
Sorry to hear of the unple...Happy new year Vanessa,<br />Sorry to hear of the unpleasantly spinal year. Mine was all about damaged bits too, I hear your pain!<br />Back pain seems to be the most misdiagnosed malarky going. I eventually diagnosed my own issue via google and then took it to the Doctor who said, "Yes, I think you're right. I can give you some strong painkillers or arrange for you to have an injection Odiferesshttp://odiferess.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com