tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post3542821620694475099..comments2024-01-27T20:32:17.610-05:00Comments on Pinchgut: We would disappoint each other immenselyBadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11283813317560446754noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-73711681687862797252015-02-26T04:38:29.667-05:002015-02-26T04:38:29.667-05:006 days no blog? Why you do dis?6 days no blog? Why you do dis?Keegan88https://www.blogger.com/profile/03804786342283173218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-83128158986398862622015-02-22T11:29:04.031-05:002015-02-22T11:29:04.031-05:00esb: I really think it is s young woman's game...esb: I really think it is s young woman's game so I think she would have retired at 30. I am sure her children grew up to be roller girls. I don't remember anyone at all from my school years.<br /><br />William: You are much too kind. The phrase - which I have not heard for years - just popped into my head while I was writing. Cate is now fit enough to be a roller girl and would give them a run for their money. But I don't think it is really her. <br /><br />Keegan88: He has a way with words. <br /><br />Annie: Well your investor would not have known my GGGG grandmother - although he might have shagged her - it seems that quite a few did. MY father used to work in that Commonwealth Bank building when it was the Government Savings Bank. <br /><br />fmcgmccllc: I though it would be a badge of honor to be a roller girl. Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11283813317560446754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-37428371972378635842015-02-21T15:35:17.287-05:002015-02-21T15:35:17.287-05:00My Great Aunt was a roller derby Queen back in the...My Great Aunt was a roller derby Queen back in the 30's or 40's. She grew up to be an oil executive and kinda wanted to forget those old fun times. Seems I am the only one that embraces the kinda crazy past in our family. fmcgmccllchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00184250774341700041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-88574633271145604342015-02-21T13:14:25.634-05:002015-02-21T13:14:25.634-05:00Very true, Keegan.
One of my many-greats ancestor...Very true, Keegan.<br /><br />One of my many-greats ancestors arrived on the 2nd Fleet, but he was a military man. His daughter married my slightly less great ancestor, Thomas William Kite, a convict who arrived on the Fortune in in 1814. Kite owned a property in Castlereagh Street, Sydney, now the Commonwealth Bank building, Martin Place, which was sold by his Estate in 1917 for £77,000... And that was just one of his properties. So he got a good return on his original "investment" - the theft of £5!Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10806660109196835114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-49399807454105217262015-02-21T04:32:22.447-05:002015-02-21T04:32:22.447-05:00William's comment is gold.William's comment is gold.Keegan88https://www.blogger.com/profile/03804786342283173218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-73064244182799278932015-02-20T13:51:30.327-05:002015-02-20T13:51:30.327-05:00Badger: I'm delighted to see that you’re getti...Badger: I'm delighted to see that you’re getting back into super writing form. It’s over half a century since I’d heard the colorful expression <i>“bugger me dead”</i> (which might need some explaining… for your neighbors). Then I saw the start of your sentence:<i> “I am not sure I can convince Cate that she should go and …”</i> I gasped and said to myself: <i>“No, it’s not imaginable. Is Badger really going to attempt to convince Cate that she should become a Naptown Roller Girl?”</i> I had sudden visions of your wife (whom I barely visualize even in the best of circumstances) plunging down the track at a breakneck speed, with a flying kangaroo flag floating behind her, and performing a spectacular Elka somersault into the crowd of amazed Hosiers. And your new dog appeared in the middle of this psychodelic vision, barking madly and licking Cate’s sweat-soaked face…William Skyvingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10052367756561555096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-35394471244996105732015-02-20T13:34:51.443-05:002015-02-20T13:34:51.443-05:00"wrinkle fairy", oh, that made my day! R..."wrinkle fairy", oh, that made my day! Really, you should try to find her to see how long her career spanned. I stiLL stay up with the cute little girl from 6th grade. She has a PhD and is the dean of a college in my old hometown. We chat briefly every couple of years.esbbostonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09946279220170973147noreply@blogger.com