tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post8180397486080467752..comments2024-03-27T20:34:09.464+01:00Comments on zmkc: Battered Penguins XVIIIzmkchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-33434684486949600992012-03-14T20:25:38.302+01:002012-03-14T20:25:38.302+01:00Are you a Philadelphian by the way, Frank? I only ...Are you a Philadelphian by the way, Frank? I only ask because me and one daughter are going to be there for a couple of days and, as I've already said to Chris of Hats & Rabbits, it would be v nice to meet up with thus far faceless cyber pals for a cup of coffee or a strong alcoholic drink.zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-63476641988694314952012-03-14T20:22:49.311+01:002012-03-14T20:22:49.311+01:00I'm going to seek that out - mainly because, f...I'm going to seek that out - mainly because, from what little I have read of it so far, I imagine Gulley Jimson as a great deal less plummy than Alec Guiness has been in anything I've seen him in.zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-813290028482648132012-03-14T20:20:54.310+01:002012-03-14T20:20:54.310+01:00I agree re friendship - one odd thing about it, I ...I agree re friendship - one odd thing about it, I think, is that if a friendship dies in the view of one party only (sometimes friendships drift apart in the same way that they are drifted into - they are formed at times such as when you have small children but don't survive the transition from that period, et cetera) there is really no breaking it up without incurring a good deal of general disapproval. There is divorce for marriages but there is nothing like it for friendships and a great deal less tolerance of friendships being ended (I'm beginning to sound like a very nasty friend)zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-4875675472103337972012-03-10T04:28:33.782+01:002012-03-10T04:28:33.782+01:00How very coincidental. I bought a copy of The Hors...How very coincidental. I bought a copy of <i>The Horse's Mouth</i> when I was in my twenties, second hand, I think. I started reading it and simply could <i>not</i> get into it, so it sits at the most inaccessible part of my library, never completed. <br /><br />I didn't attempt anything else by him and it never occurred to me to do so until you made these comments about other tales.<br /><br />Still, I doubt I ever will come back to it or his other writings. I have spent too long being negative about him, and am in any case running out of time.<br /><br />As to friendship, in my experience there rarely is a 'moment', unlike the chemistry of falling in love. Friendship grows. People I have not liked on first meeting have ended up becoming my closest friends. Somewhere along the line, a thread of empathy develops, or one may discover qualities about the other that seem to have been hidden at first.<br /><br />One of the better sides of being human, I believe.Denis Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786035137418348609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-15112236968052762612012-03-09T21:23:03.819+01:002012-03-09T21:23:03.819+01:00I think that Cary's novel is a bit different, ...I think that Cary's novel is a bit different, but the film of it, with Alec Guinness as Gulley Jimson, was a favorite with aspiring artists back in long-ago days when I was at college.Frank Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-50793386837043976342012-03-09T20:48:06.495+01:002012-03-09T20:48:06.495+01:00Thanks, George. I wish I'd known that existed ...Thanks, George. I wish I'd known that existed when we lived in the part of the world - sounds fascinating.zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-18835715011908893952012-03-08T13:14:10.351+01:002012-03-08T13:14:10.351+01:00If you can find a copy, you might enjoy Cary's...If you can find a copy, you might enjoy Cary's <i>Memoir of the Bobotes</i>, a memoir of service with the Red Cross during the Balkan War of 1912-1913, on the Montenegrin side of the lines.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.com