tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post812520332135421613..comments2024-03-29T12:00:55.658+00:00Comments on Going Gently: The Apple TreeJohn Going Gentlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-87615960844093712172016-10-02T10:02:51.214+00:002016-10-02T10:02:51.214+00:00I often wonder how workmen feel when they got the ...I often wonder how workmen feel when they got the order to destroy wilderness or secret gardens. So sad, it must have been a serene place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-66012395825516461662016-10-01T14:19:30.297+00:002016-10-01T14:19:30.297+00:00Back to back posts, from you and another
of diggi...Back to back posts, from you and another <br />of digging up, raping the trees, "secret gardens!"<br />What are people thinking . . .<br />Loved your comment to the JW . . .Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08723721131329150461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-15243052783137033492016-10-01T13:12:36.961+00:002016-10-01T13:12:36.961+00:00Of course. Auntie Glad. And I wasn't even drun...Of course. Auntie Glad. And I wasn't even drunk! Well, waiting to hear how she is adapting. I think about her a lot. Perhaps because I will be in her shoes before I know it. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-6315811570629242192016-10-01T08:04:37.976+00:002016-10-01T08:04:37.976+00:00I hope you helped yourself to the apples John. I f...I hope you helped yourself to the apples John. I feel sad for the wildlife unsettled. <br />I know a Jehovah's Witnesses & just know that she doesn't celebrate birthdays or Christmas. The Pastor from the Methodist Church called on me a few years ago; he is a tiny man & had a rather large man with him. I had a giggled later about the large man being the Pastor's bodyguard. I told him he was calling at the wrong house as husband & children are Atheists. He asked what I believed in & I stretched my arms out to my garden & replied " Mother Earth "BadPennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09889591351222591488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-49397188236281141512016-10-01T04:41:33.001+00:002016-10-01T04:41:33.001+00:00That sense of helplessness in the face of a digger...That sense of helplessness in the face of a digger doing something execrable far too easily is one of my unfavorite feelings in the world. With an ever expanding school across the road supposedly set in bushland (not that they have much left at this point) I know it way too well. I'm glad he left you the apple tree. T.L. Merrybardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03713406934061779754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-14303542805092555462016-10-01T04:11:23.115+00:002016-10-01T04:11:23.115+00:00*take the tract and shut the door*take the tract and shut the doorkyliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08964475783207438103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-55841509296500364052016-10-01T03:39:01.497+00:002016-10-01T03:39:01.497+00:00I like Simon's idea of planting apple trees wi...I like Simon's idea of planting apple trees with Jason's girls. Plus you could make some winter bird feeder by rolling them in peanut butter and seeds. <br />It would be nice if they could design the house around the tree.<br /> le sigh<br /><br />cheers, parsnipangryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-7093754504075557532016-10-01T03:35:21.382+00:002016-10-01T03:35:21.382+00:00My Daughter is gay and if that was said to me I wo...My Daughter is gay and if that was said to me I would have said well I will be sure to have her pray for your narrow minded, intolerant, rigid, bloody-minded wrongs then walk away, still wanting to decked her.angryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-74721205171816296012016-10-01T03:12:06.143+00:002016-10-01T03:12:06.143+00:00I was once silly enough to try to engage the doork...I was once silly enough to try to engage the doorknocking Jehovahs witnesses in conversation. They came back four times before I managed to convince them that I was not at all interested.<br />These days I take the tract and say shut the door.<br /><br />Nice that the apple tree gets a reprieve xokyliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08964475783207438103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-34616916496163102602016-10-01T01:52:02.384+00:002016-10-01T01:52:02.384+00:00My uncle once invited them in then closed the door...My uncle once invited them in then closed the door , turned round and said "Right now, off with your pants !" They took off at great speed and never came back. Naughty man !!Helsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136273834165751276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-86108514941571735682016-10-01T01:48:42.433+00:002016-10-01T01:48:42.433+00:00Oh no, the daffodils!! Can you gather them up and ...Oh no, the daffodils!! Can you gather them up and plant them somewhere or are they torn to bits? What a shame , if you had only known !!!Helsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136273834165751276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-69595928821902837962016-09-30T23:13:17.183+00:002016-09-30T23:13:17.183+00:00You should save and replant the daffodil bulbs in ...You should save and replant the daffodil bulbs in your own garden.Just dig a ditch and set them in.Lizzy Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13925662100321427762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-10416418420565991062016-09-30T21:17:19.307+00:002016-09-30T21:17:19.307+00:00Another change has come to your neighborhood. Wil...Another change has come to your neighborhood. Will you be able to discover the schedule for constructing the bungalow? I am thinking of all the workmen that might be a distraction for Winnie.<br /><br />Best wishes.Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-80593575552433734342016-09-30T20:38:25.362+00:002016-09-30T20:38:25.362+00:00We have a god botherer as a close neighbour, can&#...We have a god botherer as a close neighbour, can't remember if she's a Jehovas whatnot or Norman the mormon. She seemed nice enough, slightly batty. Then one day she offered to pray for my gay daughter to try and change her "wrongs". Don't know how I didn't deck the bitch. Perhaps I should have xLisa Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03120614311419730549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-52123416359988526452016-09-30T20:17:20.563+00:002016-09-30T20:17:20.563+00:00Well i know what to do next time.....mind you i wo...Well i know what to do next time.....mind you i would have to be drunkJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-49280086842583334942016-09-30T20:16:07.567+00:002016-09-30T20:16:07.567+00:00100 grand? 100 grand? John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-70168772938648089132016-09-30T20:15:16.769+00:002016-09-30T20:15:16.769+00:00Gladys.....yes i popped inGladys.....yes i popped inJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-77746766331267877492016-09-30T20:11:55.882+00:002016-09-30T20:11:55.882+00:00The woman at the door was very sweet and incredibl...The woman at the door was very sweet and incredibly friendly. She also was incredibly patronising <br />When she told me that she would like to " talk to me" <br />I told her it was " big of her" John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-65991308443409293112016-09-30T19:56:42.569+00:002016-09-30T19:56:42.569+00:00Sigh. How nice that the apple tree remains, at le...Sigh. How nice that the apple tree remains, at least in the short term.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-35671647789549700392016-09-30T19:14:30.083+00:002016-09-30T19:14:30.083+00:00Love the choice of words "dispatched" - ...Love the choice of words "dispatched" - made me snigger. Their headquarters is in our part of London so we are plagued with them. A friend used to collect for Christian Aid - she took pleasure in going to their houses - never got a penny. Weird.Sandycathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06814344959991272496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-43337879598060938532016-09-30T19:00:40.611+00:002016-09-30T19:00:40.611+00:00Mormons, are Christian .. and Jehovah's Witnes...Mormons, are Christian .. and Jehovah's Witnesses are a sort of Christian . But there is a twist to their sort of Christianity. All I really know is a bit about the Mormons .Notes From ABroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12202279303962539035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-92223516355708956852016-09-30T17:41:36.978+00:002016-09-30T17:41:36.978+00:00Sounds as though he was a kind workman though, and...Sounds as though he was a kind workman though, and make the most of the apple tree while it stands I would say.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-25235861055228877472016-09-30T16:47:47.896+00:002016-09-30T16:47:47.896+00:00I don't like the march of progress. I think it...I don't like the march of progress. I think it should just sit down and shut up.livhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00091094639074377780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-55916020141807498182016-09-30T16:25:47.294+00:002016-09-30T16:25:47.294+00:00Heavy handed land-clearing is a bad thing. It dest...Heavy handed land-clearing is a bad thing. It destroys the micro ecosystem and it looks crappy too. I don't think progress has to look like that. Grr.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-59541367991131794542016-09-30T16:20:58.228+00:002016-09-30T16:20:58.228+00:00Within the space of two days last week we had both...Within the space of two days last week we had both the Baptists and the Jehovah's Witnesses at our door. I never answer, but after the Baptists left I wish I had. I would have asked them if they allow women to be pastors (they dont') and if women can take a leading role in services (they can't). I would have said, "Well, goodbye then!"<br /><br />A friend of ours who lived out in the country at the end of a dirt road used to be annoyed when the Witnesses came calling. He thought he was far enough out that they would be deterred. He was a Vietnam veteran who'd lost a leg on an aircraft carrier when a plane came in with a live bomb still attached, which exploded when the plane landed on the deck of the ship. The last time the Witnesses came calling he greeted them at the door--naked and without his prosthesis. Never heard from them again. Can't imagine why.TexasTrailerParkTrashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02299289643138589897noreply@blogger.com