tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post5702361304068148801..comments2024-03-05T20:07:08.232+00:00Comments on The Kitchen Bitch Ponders: Cloud TheoryErylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06008344023000459577noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-75611344196027691532010-12-19T15:12:05.970+00:002010-12-19T15:12:05.970+00:00Mary ~ we fix one problem only to create a new one...Mary ~ we fix one problem only to create a new one. I'm seriously thinking of taking a course in motor mechanics.<br /><br />Pat ~ hope you got some.<br /><br />Golden ~ a new machine, how lovely! Thank you for the compliment too, as you can see you haven't missed much.<br /><br />Mago ~ back now!Erylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008344023000459577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-628632402060895112010-12-19T00:30:39.408+00:002010-12-19T00:30:39.408+00:00Hello my Dear. You spilled all the oil? Where are ...Hello my Dear. You spilled all the oil? Where are you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-45722408732217428162010-12-15T14:24:21.695+00:002010-12-15T14:24:21.695+00:00Hi Eryl,
I've been unable to open your blog f...Hi Eryl,<br /><br />I've been unable to open your blog for 3 long months, due to my obstinate, aging computer. I've missed you! My new machine is up and running as of this morning and your blog is one of my first destinations. What a pleasure to catch up with you! Greetings and best regards.Golden Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04590087189810939432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-84125885880018724772010-12-14T09:26:29.089+00:002010-12-14T09:26:29.089+00:00I'm going to google handwarmers. For MTL - th...I'm going to google handwarmers. For MTL - the chemo makes his hands and feet cold.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-84106027859772600852010-12-06T00:17:09.948+00:002010-12-06T00:17:09.948+00:00Did you finally manage to fix this? It would have ...Did you finally manage to fix this? It would have floored me too. I know people who can look under the hoods of their cars and identify all sorts of things, remedy the problems they find there, and discuss them intelligently. I'm in awe of them. I just stand there, staring and feeling intimidated -- and I keep my mouth shut so as not to reveal my total ignorance.Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-64863486726044735872010-12-03T07:05:01.573+00:002010-12-03T07:05:01.573+00:00I now NO?! It's early, I should be in the show...I now NO?! It's early, I should be in the shower...Erylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008344023000459577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-69212936660438875842010-12-03T07:02:55.387+00:002010-12-03T07:02:55.387+00:00Mago ~ a professional engine clean is definitely i...Mago ~ a professional engine clean is definitely in order.<br /><br />Philip ~ since I set up word verification I don't get any spam thank goodness. I guess one problem with being singled out as a blog of note is that all the marketeers are now aware of you.<br /><br />Red ~ it is amazing, luckily it wasn't a major problem and I now no how to deal with it should it happen again. What I find astonishing is that at my age there are still so many practical matters that can still floor me! Perhaps I should take a motor mechanics course, not to mention a plumbing course, an electrical engineering course...Erylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008344023000459577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-66247203770381747002010-12-02T14:03:42.239+00:002010-12-02T14:03:42.239+00:00Wish I knew -- anything that won't melt.
Isn...Wish I knew -- anything that won't melt. <br /><br />Isn't it amazing/awful how such a little thing can mess up the whole works?red-handedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16484549762594608774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-88624878236179980202010-12-01T16:50:38.983+00:002010-12-01T16:50:38.983+00:00Hope you get sorted. I'd fill it with oil and ...Hope you get sorted. I'd fill it with oil and use whatever i had to hand, drive to halfords job done. - regarding the spam comments - make you not only mark as spam but delete as well. Helps blogger spam filter. I'm being deluged with them. Must be actual humans as it gets past the word verification.Philip Doddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13164671362164285231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-21656432938483577122010-11-30T12:09:22.722+00:002010-11-30T12:09:22.722+00:00Put a cork in. Or a piece of wood. Remember that t...Put a cork in. Or a piece of wood. Remember that the engine gets hot and the oil even hotter. You should have a professional engine cleaning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-11877921399399464712010-11-29T21:24:52.794+00:002010-11-29T21:24:52.794+00:00Parsnip ~ every time I remember Charlie's comm...Parsnip ~ every time I remember Charlie's comment I laugh out loud. If your misreadings are half as funny I'd stick with the glasses you have!<br /><br />Lulu ~ gaffer tape is the same as duct tape I take it, I never knew that, and have wondered why gaffers had special tape.<br /><br />Kim ~ now you tell me, I'd have hitched a lift if I'd known there was cake left over.<br /><br />Titus ~ you ought to write a police comedy, I could see Simon Pegg in the title role!<br /><br />Debra ~ nothing like a good cup of coffee to make everything alright.<br /><br />Pat ~ get yourself some handwarmers, I'd have died without mine at the paintball site today, they're great! <br /><br />Scarlet ~ it was great, and even better for being so unexpected!<br /><br />Kass ~ schoosh away! A good Scottish word is schoosh.<br /><br />Jenny ~ absolutely!<br /><br />Nick ~ if I lived in a city I wouldn't bother with a car, but here over 20 miles from the nearest town sized town, and thus work, it's impossible. <br /><br />Sausage ~ it was utterly scrumptious, and it made the house smell like a home should all day.Erylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008344023000459577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-9322971798452876582010-11-29T20:13:52.176+00:002010-11-29T20:13:52.176+00:00How did the lamb turn out?How did the lamb turn out?Sausagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14563985186537460358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-27599115897502720622010-11-29T17:37:44.911+00:002010-11-29T17:37:44.911+00:00Jeez, what a horrible mess, that would have freake...Jeez, what a horrible mess, that would have freaked me out completely! It's never happened to me fortunately so I have absolutely no advice for you! Hope you get it fixed quickly. Not having a usable car is a pain in the bum in these car-dependent times.nickhttp://nickhereandnow.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-53035962882117389662010-11-29T14:22:48.701+00:002010-11-29T14:22:48.701+00:00Any excuse for some sausages!Any excuse for some sausages!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-13393668806678858732010-11-29T14:00:20.946+00:002010-11-29T14:00:20.946+00:00I'm "schooshing" around in a lot of ...I'm "schooshing" around in a lot of snow here too. Great word. I'm stealing it.Kasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05233330248952156754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-59423087364516726572010-11-29T11:30:41.449+00:002010-11-29T11:30:41.449+00:00I don't know. I am rubbish at engines.
But it ...I don't know. I am rubbish at engines.<br />But it must have been flipping lovely to get home and into warm slippers. Those are the sort of moments I live for.<br />SxMs Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449626572478125088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-77229538683773416602010-11-29T09:52:24.200+00:002010-11-29T09:52:24.200+00:00Bummer! But at least you ended up warn and dry and...Bummer! But at least you ended up warn and dry and fed and watered. At this time of year such requirements are vital - as I contemplate my lonely journey to Warminster.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-90052346144544238242010-11-29T03:27:53.852+00:002010-11-29T03:27:53.852+00:00My husband and his siblings used to tease their mo...My husband and his siblings used to tease their mom, "the best made plans of mice and moms oft go to hell in a handbasket." So it goes. But at least you got a good cup of coffee.<br />And preserved the engine as well.<br />xodebrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17676300309029588465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-5559881116509822462010-11-29T01:59:45.838+00:002010-11-29T01:59:45.838+00:00Coo! Thanks goodness the practically minded and th...Coo! Thanks goodness the practically minded and the struck-dyslexic have got here before me.<br /><br />Your oil trauma reminded me of one very long surveillance day, and I think we were in the Midlands, certainly at a motorway services. One of the cars in the team (and the most, I repeat, most crucial) wasn't running right, and the oil light thing had been on for the last 100 miles or so. At the services the experienced officers in said vehicle raced into the petrol station bit, purchased oil, then, with a rag (engine very hot) took off the oil cap and proceeded to pour oil in. Oil spillage in process promptly caught fire.<br />Nice lady in petrol station came out with a fire extinguisher, and covered car in pink foam, which did the job. Pink foam stuck to car, making it a little eye-catching. Not ideal for surveilllance.<br /><br />I watched the whole thing from a distance of about 25 yards, and having been in my car for about 7 hours very nearly embarassed myself in the micturation department.<br /><br />Good luck tomorrow, and sorry to have been no help whatsoever.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-67475892322602127852010-11-28T23:57:36.493+00:002010-11-28T23:57:36.493+00:00If you'd managed to get the car going, you cou...If you'd managed to get the car going, you could have detoured via our house and picked up a fair amount of left over cake from last night. I don't think there'll be much left by tomorrow though...Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-60858599453797818802010-11-28T21:44:13.790+00:002010-11-28T21:44:13.790+00:00Alesa offered a similar suggestion to one I would&...Alesa offered a similar suggestion to one I would've offered - Duct/Gaffer always a boon in any situationLulu LaBonnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05546286547273386382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-78560572812222417792010-11-28T21:31:43.304+00:002010-11-28T21:31:43.304+00:00I just loved Charlie's comment .
That was the...I just loved Charlie's comment . <br />That was the best reading ever ! I have been know to reread sentences often as I read a word worng and though OMG what the hell were they saying, I don't understand ? New glasses might help me .<br /><br />cheers, parsnipangryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-37365817159390252152010-11-28T20:12:19.261+00:002010-11-28T20:12:19.261+00:00UB ~ I used to know a girl who used duct tape to c...UB ~ I used to know a girl who used duct tape to control her copious assets.<br /><br />Student's papers, or in this case oral presentations, have to be marked by two people, it's the university's way of trying to ensure objectivity. The class tutor is the primary marker. It will be interesting to work with this particular tutor as this time last year he was marking my papers, and very favourably too.<br /><br />Parsnip ~ I have had a nice cosy day, and we've just eaten quite a good portion of that lamb leg: delicious! <br /><br />Ales ~ I am very interested and will come right over. <br /><br />Once this coming week is over the busyness will subside somewhat. I quite like it for a while, and I really enjoy many aspects of teaching, but I miss having the time to write. In the new year I'll be teaching writing itself, so I'm hoping it will actually feed my work rather than stop it. I might get all my students blogging as a way of practising. <br /><br />Charlie ~ I can hardly type for laughing, that's the best interpretation of anything I've ever written! I need reading lessons from you.Erylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008344023000459577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-22461043957764520952010-11-28T19:26:07.252+00:002010-11-28T19:26:07.252+00:00This is how I read the following snippet three tim...This is how I read the following snippet <b>three</b> times:<br /><br />"On opening the bonnet I found the <b>cat's</b> innards glistering with black slime. 'What's happened?' I asked it."<br /><br />What in the world is she doing talking to an eviscerated cat? I wondered, thinking of words in your lexicon like daft and dotty.<br /><br />But I am the daft one, of course. Amongst all your other activities, do you have time to give reading lessons?Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722567671925063706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8463471462522424732.post-64786354215581771472010-11-28T18:19:56.635+00:002010-11-28T18:19:56.635+00:00Fine fine, I've been having fun and taking pic...Fine fine, I've been having fun and taking pictures. <br />There's a set up on my second blog if you're interested.<br />It's nothing special, but it does sorta chronicle what I've been up to these past six to eight weeks. <br /><br />You seem as busy as ever, enjoying yourself? : jAvohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15808959359850145003noreply@blogger.com