tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post8548344530638378309..comments2023-09-28T13:28:52.243+01:00Comments on Raedwald: It's been a long yearRaedwaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11699610899843349594noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-42019844253498958702018-12-27T07:17:20.527+00:002018-12-27T07:17:20.527+00:00I used to enjoy the 'double' - pint in the...I used to enjoy the 'double' - pint in the Woolpack, healthy walk acros the park to Henley Road, next pint in the Greyhound. Which used to have the nurses' home next door. Raedwaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11699610899843349594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-7200070078264436722018-12-25T16:25:15.571+00:002018-12-25T16:25:15.571+00:00Sunny, frosty morning. Nice walk with the dog in C...Sunny, frosty morning. Nice walk with the dog in Christchurch Park followed by a pint in the dog friendly Adnams Greyhound. Can’t be bad!Billy Marlenenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-69995457889316686742018-12-25T06:26:55.728+00:002018-12-25T06:26:55.728+00:00I think in the old days, I'd have filled the p...I think in the old days, I'd have filled the pipe bowl with Ogden's Gold Block and enjoyed a Johnny Walker Red Label, but that's no more...<br /><br />Happy Christmas Raeders, if you'd have been building here now, you'd have ten more days off!Scrobs.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12942449871600526680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-70934395580709233022018-12-24T19:38:53.360+00:002018-12-24T19:38:53.360+00:00A Happy Christmas to all and thank Raedwald for a ...A Happy Christmas to all and thank Raedwald for a very enjoyable blog!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-41469091332383203392018-12-24T19:26:47.155+00:002018-12-24T19:26:47.155+00:00Thank you for a year of interesting reads. Nil ile...Thank you for a year of interesting reads. Nil ilegetimi carborundum. My Latin is a bit rusty.Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15217574100039265130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-63864502838931049252018-12-24T17:54:00.943+00:002018-12-24T17:54:00.943+00:00A very steeped in the Christian celebration, in tr...A very steeped in the Christian celebration, in traditional happy Christmas to you Radders and to all of your nearest and dearest.<br /><br />Ravenscar.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-51259227223993720502018-12-24T15:58:16.953+00:002018-12-24T15:58:16.953+00:00Merry Christmas and Happy New year to all at Raedw...Merry Christmas and Happy New year to all at Raedwald<br /><br />Here is Jonas Kaufman with a rendition of "Oh Holy Night".<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBJObglpL9A<br /><br />Best heard with good speakers<br /><br />Is it my imagination or does Kaufman's voice sound stronger and yet mellow in German. Its as if his vocal chords are tuned to German.<br /><br /><br />DP111Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-5901269919470849322018-12-24T13:48:35.265+00:002018-12-24T13:48:35.265+00:00A Merry Christmas to you all, even conflicted non-...A Merry Christmas to you all, even conflicted non-believers (such as I), the days are getting longer, brighter days are ahead.Cascadiannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-64142645646422606202018-12-24T12:40:47.842+00:002018-12-24T12:40:47.842+00:00Isn't it also the last Christmas for all the U...Isn't it also the last Christmas for all the UK MEPs?<br /><br />I wonder how they are spending their time over the Festive period; Cons and Labs probably drowning their sorrows, UKIP celebrating that the finishing line is rapidly approaching.<br /><br />Also, how may UK apparatchiks are there in Brussels? Have they started packing and looking for a new job? I hope they are not absorbed into our domestic civil service swamp because they are badly contaminated by their association with all things EU.<br /><br />Anyway, Merry Christmas to everyone.John in Cheshirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16304578727119582195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-47931493212642054062018-12-24T11:41:05.952+00:002018-12-24T11:41:05.952+00:00Likewise Raedwald, I trust you will enjoy your Chr...Likewise Raedwald, I trust you will enjoy your Christmas and I'll bet there's more snow where you are than where we are!Poisonedchalicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877122279794559618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-3837249912657670222018-12-24T11:28:13.956+00:002018-12-24T11:28:13.956+00:00@Jack Ketch: now, that makes sense to me.@Jack Ketch: now, that makes sense to me.Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284329249862764601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-76604200880080149042018-12-24T11:25:29.196+00:002018-12-24T11:25:29.196+00:00I was trying to fathom the meaning of the phrase &...<i>I was trying to fathom the meaning of the phrase "skin up" </i><br /><br />Is it not a reference to some practice of The Lizard People?jack ketchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921268825653615322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-75489374910320431202018-12-24T11:23:45.431+00:002018-12-24T11:23:45.431+00:00Many thanks for all your interesting, informative ...Many thanks for all your interesting, informative and inspiring posts last year Mr Raedwald. Happy Christmas and may we all have a healthy, prosperous New Year as an independent nation - again.DeeDee99https://www.blogger.com/profile/06753473473887381622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-82060662649529221072018-12-24T11:03:21.723+00:002018-12-24T11:03:21.723+00:00Roll a cigarette I believeRoll a cigarette I believeDomohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00240964731398145995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-28272239008068555332018-12-24T10:53:47.185+00:002018-12-24T10:53:47.185+00:00I was trying to fathom the meaning of the phrase &...I was trying to fathom the meaning of the phrase "skin up" but The Feast Of The Circumcision is 1st January so I guess that's it.Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284329249862764601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-7400175785883133802018-12-24T09:35:25.033+00:002018-12-24T09:35:25.033+00:00good wishes for Christmas and the New Year to you ...<i>good wishes for Christmas and the New Year to you all</i><br /><br />Bah, HUMBUG! (being the correct response).<br /><br />:P<br />jack ketchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921268825653615322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-28569822564410143102018-12-24T08:49:02.201+00:002018-12-24T08:49:02.201+00:00...and a Prosperous New Year (none of this Project......and a Prosperous New Year (none of this Project Hysteria rubbish!).DiscoveredJoyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05300239909689336895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-43347269929694652862018-12-24T08:35:13.977+00:002018-12-24T08:35:13.977+00:00Thanks for another year of enjoyable reading with ...Thanks for another year of enjoyable reading with my, ever more sensible, breakfasts.<br /><br />Have a great Christmas and let us hope that the next one will be spent reflecting on our re-birth - free of EU tyranny!Billy Marlenenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-57412319301162438342018-12-24T08:13:54.385+00:002018-12-24T08:13:54.385+00:00Felicitations Raedwald, enjoy the snow, we only ge...Felicitations Raedwald, enjoy the snow, we only get drecht here in SE London.<br /><br />As you can probably tell from the timbre of some of my comments, I would love to skin-up, but for the last few years that and drinking have been a no-no, I have to face everything full-on nowadays...<br /><br />Let us hope that Theresa goes easy on us all in 2019.<br /><br />Oh to be back in Rasquera.Stephen Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16628822966183977715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537213245172078183.post-73414467197392203992018-12-24T08:03:21.376+00:002018-12-24T08:03:21.376+00:00All the best for the Season and New Year to you to...<br /><br />All the best for the Season and New Year to you too Radders. Many thanks for a year of insightful and thought provoking posts that have been a joy to participate in.<br /><br />Looking forward to the 'excitement' that 2019 will be bringing us!<br /><br />Dave_GDave_Gnoreply@blogger.com