tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post5930304274338539687..comments2023-07-22T15:44:42.859+01:00Comments on More about the song - rambling with Rachel Fox: And the odd one out was...Rachel Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-44268683773564042009-11-28T17:56:17.205+00:002009-11-28T17:56:17.205+00:00Thanks GW. Sharing stories is a big part of bloggi...Thanks GW. Sharing stories is a big part of blogging, isn't it? <br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-67927287283316816382009-11-28T17:50:43.548+00:002009-11-28T17:50:43.548+00:00You've covered some ground over the years! Ru...You've covered some ground over the years! Russia must have been fascinating, and Spain, as well. My daughter lived in Barcelona in 2002 and loved it there. A great read, Rachel, thoroughly enjoying.Golden Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04590087189810939432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-15801537384193376962009-11-26T08:09:58.651+00:002009-11-26T08:09:58.651+00:00You know me so well...but still no prize I'm a...You know me so well...but still no prize I'm afraid.<br />Susan's is in the post and I've thought of one for Liz too.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-33915007346137779292009-11-25T23:21:15.802+00:002009-11-25T23:21:15.802+00:00I know it's easy to say it now I know, but I w...I know it's easy to say it now I know, but I would have said No. 2.Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-20799645352221018842009-11-25T13:47:02.265+00:002009-11-25T13:47:02.265+00:00What is he talking about? This post over at Cuban&...What is he talking about? <a href="http://cubaninlondon.blogspot.com/2009/11/what-makes-good-writer-by-zadie-smith_24.html" rel="nofollow">This</a> post over at Cuban's.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-61707218733533013892009-11-25T13:40:47.159+00:002009-11-25T13:40:47.159+00:00Lovely post and so much information about your (Sc...Lovely post and so much information about your (Scottish) background. As for reciting that Neruda poem, wow, it made me proud as a Latin person. Unfortunately I grew up at the time when Neruda was being used in our favourite chat-up line: 'Puedo ecribir los versos mas tristes de esta noche...'<br /><br />As for to which book Zadie was referring in the latest instalment of her series 'What Makes a Good Writer?', here's my twopence for you.<br /><br />'Rachel, I think 'The Terrorist' by John Updike might be one. :-) Or any of Jackie Collins novels. Stephen King also comes to mind (by the way, I used to be a fan). Dean R Koontz's books are one original and many carbon copies of the same format. And I read many of his novels in uni.'<br /><br />Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-12054682438609016502009-11-25T12:02:31.481+00:002009-11-25T12:02:31.481+00:00Well, you had me fooled! Interesting.Well, you had me fooled! Interesting.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-56673046657069722142009-11-25T10:52:07.101+00:002009-11-25T10:52:07.101+00:00Guess that means I got yours wrong, Dominic! I won...Guess that means I got yours wrong, Dominic! I wonder which of mine you would have picked...<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-68953955147025710782009-11-25T10:50:04.872+00:002009-11-25T10:50:04.872+00:00Shucks! I came over to have a go. Too late - you&#...Shucks! I came over to have a go. Too late - you've announced the answer.<br /><br />Right on with the prawns. Why anyone wants to eat a foodstuff that looks like bloated maggots (and that tastes like rubber, to boot) I don't know. I steel myself from time to time. After what I was made to eat at school, I'll eat anything. (Hint hint!)Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-32884664156484396862009-11-25T09:33:26.117+00:002009-11-25T09:33:26.117+00:00We never got to volleyball...though we did have an...We never got to volleyball...though we did have an American headmaster at one point who had us playing basketball (in the days before basketball was popular in the UK)...oh and softball (or sarftball, as he called it of course much to our semi-geordie amusement). More often we did hockey (which I loved - many opportunities for violence), running (quite enjoyed that), gymnastics (fairly rubbish...I was), netball (boring!) and then in the summer athletics (including the dreaded high jump).<br /><br />As for travel...I had some busy travelling years and then some hardly-go-anywhere years and now I'm somewhere in between the two. I'm waiting for them to invent something better than the aeroplane too (so cramped, so wasteful). <br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-89039043036110356662009-11-25T04:41:02.973+00:002009-11-25T04:41:02.973+00:00Interesting to read you answers! I hated sport at ...Interesting to read you answers! I hated sport at school too. When we played volleyball it was more like dodgeball - I stepped out of the way! You've been to a lot of interesting places by the sound of it - I can't wait to travel.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01931148046937718412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-13932201885793626842009-11-24T22:22:13.476+00:002009-11-24T22:22:13.476+00:00It's funny who finds what funny! I am still br...It's funny who finds what funny! I am still broken hearted about number 8. Well, a bit.<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-8568252681227062242009-11-24T22:15:13.936+00:002009-11-24T22:15:13.936+00:00I had no idea what I was reading as I didn't s...I had no idea what I was reading as I didn't see yesterday's post and the gradually build-up to the totally unexpected no 8. gave me a great laugh...<br />High jump - that brings back memories too -gleanerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11826401785165112918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-56031763601910659502009-11-24T19:08:09.434+00:002009-11-24T19:08:09.434+00:00Ho ho.
It's weird the Oxbridge thing. It was ...Ho ho.<br /><br />It's weird the Oxbridge thing. It was probably the three years of my life when I did the least learning (is that my fault or somebody else's...I'll never know). It just wasn't for me really - at least not at that time. Maybe I'd like it more now because I wouldn't be so riled by all the annoying posh people. No, that's a lie...I'd be just as riled by them. Sometimes just a few hours in St Andrews is enough to make me want to form some kind of anti-Sloane guerrilla army. I'd make them turn all their bloody collars down for a start.<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-77830018484245388512009-11-24T17:38:24.079+00:002009-11-24T17:38:24.079+00:00Twas a lovely day out,all those spires and bicycle...Twas a lovely day out,all those spires and bicycles ;)Totalfeckineejithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352708391465031655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-53868366624186889572009-11-24T17:37:25.470+00:002009-11-24T17:37:25.470+00:00Ok, I was wrong but I think I wasa lot less wrong ...Ok, I was wrong but I think I wasa lot less wrong than Kat.interesting facts all round,Rachel! Might have a go myself.I went to Oxford myself.Totalfeckineejithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352708391465031655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-9962276395525050272009-11-24T15:50:41.642+00:002009-11-24T15:50:41.642+00:00Well, Alan, you were working on very little inform...Well, Alan, you were working on very little information!<br /><br />Susan...those travels are a long time ago. Sometimes it feels like it was a completely different me that did those things and went to those places.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-14335117062684552382009-11-24T15:26:36.798+00:002009-11-24T15:26:36.798+00:00I *LOVE* the stories in this!
Had to LOL at the ...I *LOVE* the stories in this! <br /><br />Had to LOL at the 'If only I was Catholic', and envy you the time in the USSR and Spain. What a wonderful list.<br /><br />Meanwhile the win has put a big (very surprised) grin on my face, thanks!Susan at Stony Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10385202649291774852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-32609653836232607232009-11-24T15:00:40.656+00:002009-11-24T15:00:40.656+00:00Oh dear, I got that wrong, and now I am for the hi...Oh dear, I got that wrong, and now I am for the high jump.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-25478774458016064722009-11-24T14:36:10.061+00:002009-11-24T14:36:10.061+00:00I know, Colin, and me with this athletic physique....I know, Colin, and me with this athletic physique...<br /><br />And Hope...yes, our Girl feels that way about PE and dreads the days when it's her class's turn in the gym. Today she's being trained as a library assistant at school and she's much happier about that!<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-43560592583298596322009-11-24T14:21:10.268+00:002009-11-24T14:21:10.268+00:00Argh! I should've known...would've if I&#...Argh! I should've known...would've if I'd paid more attention because as I read, some of those details sounded vaguely familiar. :)<br /><br />P.E....the bain of my childhood existence! I hated track: barely got started before the girls with long legs were through.<br /><br />Good one!hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03306622656461205674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-71939456954080960112009-11-24T13:56:51.504+00:002009-11-24T13:56:51.504+00:00I missed your original posting - humungously busy ...I missed your original posting - humungously busy - but I'd not have guessed the high jump thingy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-45420170413853840612009-11-24T13:48:45.071+00:002009-11-24T13:48:45.071+00:00I have considered making the 'catholic' po...I have considered making the 'catholic' poem into a few other shorter poems (that were less obviously personal). Maybe some day...if it was a rainy day then that would be right now!<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-82133176977148148722009-11-24T13:38:16.790+00:002009-11-24T13:38:16.790+00:00All very fascinating facts about you, Rachel. I th...All very fascinating facts about you, Rachel. I think that's very funny that you played an Emmerdale Lesbian (good name for a band - The Emmerdale Lesbians).<br /><br />We are absolutely of the same mind when it comes to the high-jump. I once hid under a school-desk to avoid that.<br /><br />Of course, you know I am dying to read your "If only I was a Catholic" piece. Seriously.<br /><br />Well done, Susan and Liz.<br /><br />TFE, I guess we were both way off-track.Kat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-85652445238216039812009-11-24T12:05:07.628+00:002009-11-24T12:05:07.628+00:00Yes...if I was a horse it would be 4 faults, 4 fau...Yes...if I was a horse it would be 4 faults, 4 faults and then 4 more faults for me at the jumps!<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.com