tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post1100026415746227992..comments2024-03-28T19:41:36.931+00:00Comments on Going Gently: What Knockers!John Going Gentlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-88985414607044199472014-11-17T12:36:13.854+00:002014-11-17T12:36:13.854+00:00..believe it or not....believe it or not..Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-28679363224873078642014-11-17T10:12:08.773+00:002014-11-17T10:12:08.773+00:00I'll do mine on the Blog one day this week ;-)...I'll do mine on the Blog one day this week ;-)<br /><br />Love your answers, but should the question D. read waking or walking alone at night?Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04177854521955532744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-66856512538425589692014-11-17T09:33:41.182+00:002014-11-17T09:33:41.182+00:00Once I put the car in a ditch on a dirt road in th...Once I put the car in a ditch on a dirt road in the middle of the night miles away from anyway. Had to walk out. Completely cured any fear of walking in the dark. Now I love it. Hedahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00953091713220195010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-91768566435015518422014-11-17T07:21:00.488+00:002014-11-17T07:21:00.488+00:00JOHN!!! I would bet 100 dollars that you have put ...JOHN!!! I would bet 100 dollars that you have put a rib out rather than pulled a muscle. I did the same thing, felt the same things, my osteopath clunked it back in (I heard it, it was a bit revolting!) and it was amazing. xoMrsC (Maryanne)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14440723067459232998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-11690111302028636932014-11-17T06:36:37.207+00:002014-11-17T06:36:37.207+00:00Answer to all questions - "Darned if I know, ...Answer to all questions - "Darned if I know, I don't remember"<br /><br />John, I do hope you are feeling better. Better to stay home when you are so ill. No need to spread the "joy".Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02743921972328074980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-22878970429251766042014-11-17T02:49:34.999+00:002014-11-17T02:49:34.999+00:00Is that biscuit cookie or biscuit scone? :)Is that biscuit cookie or biscuit scone? :)jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-42329950795443125082014-11-17T00:48:15.089+00:002014-11-17T00:48:15.089+00:00Either way I don't know what it means (so I am...Either way I don't know what it means (so I am probably not)Andrew MacLaren-Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275686573421308677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-76976474071043940192014-11-17T00:23:15.531+00:002014-11-17T00:23:15.531+00:00That should have read Cosmo
LolThat should have read Cosmo<br />LolJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-37050385287735965512014-11-17T00:14:30.592+00:002014-11-17T00:14:30.592+00:00Oh my!
You are one comso guy!Oh my!<br />You are one comso guy!John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-68926066120768767532014-11-17T00:04:29.906+00:002014-11-17T00:04:29.906+00:00It was the first (and only) time I hooked upf with...It was the first (and only) time I hooked upf with a reigning beauty queen, and then later left her for my current lady. She was outraged (the beauty queen I mean). Every day I can still see what a great decision I made. My lady doesn't comment much on the decision though, and I am reluctant to ask her.Andrew MacLaren-Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275686573421308677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-48732634219305609962014-11-17T00:00:35.400+00:002014-11-17T00:00:35.400+00:00Do you work in the private sector? The NHS is not ...Do you work in the private sector? The NHS is not a business. Businesses are run for profit. The NHS is a loss making service (big time, thankfully)Andrew MacLaren-Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275686573421308677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-71012568223904415052014-11-16T23:59:35.083+00:002014-11-16T23:59:35.083+00:001974 was a good year!
It was the first time I saw ...1974 was a good year!<br />It was the first time I saw Towering InfernoJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-71937720184405361302014-11-16T23:58:21.150+00:002014-11-16T23:58:21.150+00:00"Staff can be fired for too much sickness&quo..."Staff can be fired for too much sickness"<br /><br />Eh... That's illegal (unless after all the time of sick entitlement in the contract, normally 6 months on full pay and 6 months on half pay ). Too many people let themselves be bullied, and when bullied don't fight back. Makes me sick... oh,sick... maybe \I should take tomorrow off.Andrew MacLaren-Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275686573421308677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-2549507613414581702014-11-16T23:49:52.833+00:002014-11-16T23:49:52.833+00:00A) What does the last text you sent say? And to wh...A) What does the last text you sent say? And to whom?<br />I don't think you meant to send this to me / I don't know<br /><br />B) Me too xx / I don't know (see answer to A)<br /><br />C) About 5 am initially, then about 8 again after a snooze.<br /><br />D) Are you afraid of walking alone at night?<br />Neither of walking nor waking, whichever was meant, apart from when walking through a very scary part of a city, or waking in a power cut and thinking I've gone blind<br /><br />E) What do you do to relax at the end of a stressful day?<br />Writing rubbish<br /><br />F) Where did your last kiss take place and with whom?<br />About a foot away from where I am currently lying and last night<br /><br />G) Do/did you get into trouble a lot at school?<br />A bit, but much less than I should have. I got away with things that should have got me expelled<br /><br />H) Do you enjoy your job? If unemployed, are you content being so?<br /><br />I have two jobs. I enjoy writing and I usually enjoy teaching but sometimes it makes me want to hang myself <br /><br />I) Do you often pick up on double entendres and innuendos?<br />I'm usually the one making them, and being told I have gone too far<br /><br />J) Have you ever been offered drugs but declined?<br />No. These two things have never come together<br /><br />K) Have you ever met someone who has completely altered your way of thinking?<br />Significantly altered, but not completely, and not that I realised until much later<br /><br />L) Have you ever been offered drugs and accepted?<br />Yes<br /><br />M) Tell us something weird that turns you on.<br />Intellectually: Molecular orbital theory applied to large molecules like proteins and nuclei acids. Sexually: Nothing that would generally be classified as weird<br /><br />N) When did someone last admit romantic or sexual feelings for you? Was the feeling mutual?<br />Explicitly and verbally... maybe 1974. Implicitly through actions... last night<br /><br />O) What is something you have given a lot of thought to lately?<br />The control and redirection of my thoughts<br /><br />P) When did you last swallow your beliefs to avoid an argument or confrontation?<br />Friday, before that..Thursday... before that...Wednesday, and every day all the way back to about 1964<br /><br />Q) Do you usually initiate hugs?<br />Only with my lady<br /><br />R) Are you a very affectionate person?<br />No<br /><br /><br />S) Can you roll your own cigarettes?<br />I don't smoke, so have never tried, so I expect that would be no<br /><br />T) What are you looking forward to?<br />The Future<br /><br />U) Do you have any tattoos. Do you want any/more?<br />No. No. Bloody hell No<br /><br />V) Are you mentally strong?<br />Yes, in a major crisis. No in a minor crisis.<br /><br />W) Are you physically strong?<br />Not especially, but I am slowly persistent<br /><br />X) Do you think you’re a good person?<br />In essence yes, but I mess up the delivery of goodness often<br /><br />Y) Name one thing you wish you could change about your life right now.<br />Nothing, out of experience warning me to be careful what i wish for<br /><br />Z) What do you usually eat for breakfast<br />Mostly a banana, quite often nothingAndrew MacLaren-Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275686573421308677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-86832631406303599302014-11-16T23:31:48.955+00:002014-11-16T23:31:48.955+00:00Andrew.... I can't say a lot but hospitals are...Andrew.... I can't say a lot but hospitals are a business ...sick time is monitored closely......very closely<br />Staff can be fired for too much sicknessJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-11108764919106197952014-11-16T23:30:20.721+00:002014-11-16T23:30:20.721+00:00Bloody hell misread itBloody hell misread itJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-20055029088439838262014-11-16T23:28:21.429+00:002014-11-16T23:28:21.429+00:00Did you misread the question for D or miswrite it?...Did you misread the question for D or miswrite it? You wrote walking and answered for waking. Misreading may expain why you found the question odd.Andrew MacLaren-Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275686573421308677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-20232630272566804842014-11-16T23:23:12.029+00:002014-11-16T23:23:12.029+00:00This "p" got delayed and is arriving lat...This "p" got delayed and is arriving late, sorry. It will try not to let that happen again.Andrew MacLaren-Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275686573421308677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-3817949566854899162014-11-16T23:21:36.012+00:002014-11-16T23:21:36.012+00:00"it's easy to receive an official warning..."it's easy to receive an official warning for just a couple of episodes of sickness"<br /><br />From a hospital?<br /><br />They want you in sick coughing and/or sneezing over patients and/or spreading gastric bugs, etc. Hospital administrators do make me laugh sometimes, as an alternative to crying. You should be more worried about getting discilined for struggling in.<br /><br />I'd have though rulers of a hospital would be aware that people get ill, but many seem not to have realised.Andrew MacLaren-Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275686573421308677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-27405473830957451752014-11-16T23:16:43.234+00:002014-11-16T23:16:43.234+00:00Me too jimboMe too jimboJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-48045385488128073392014-11-16T23:16:06.019+00:002014-11-16T23:16:06.019+00:00All true !All true !John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-45392630893839929532014-11-16T23:13:27.479+00:002014-11-16T23:13:27.479+00:00Hope tomorrow is pain free for you, John. take car...Hope tomorrow is pain free for you, John. take care.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199777195853274898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-88466051795062165002014-11-16T23:11:17.510+00:002014-11-16T23:11:17.510+00:00I like your answer to O.I like your answer to O.Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944121836337072178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-81490472336415505322014-11-16T22:56:17.850+00:002014-11-16T22:56:17.850+00:00Well I am. Well I am. Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-9601193476821461502014-11-16T22:45:52.085+00:002014-11-16T22:45:52.085+00:00Are we?Are we?John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.com