tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124376727346302421.post7170570096670434113..comments2023-05-23T13:29:46.550+01:00Comments on Welcome to www.PaulFarmer.com: Post it note - or - post postUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124376727346302421.post-71060137628672110032007-05-16T15:00:00.000+01:002007-05-16T15:00:00.000+01:00Just heard Royal Mail have said it's going to be m...Just heard Royal Mail have said it's going to be moved.Charlotte Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07467747146428741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124376727346302421.post-26637322942722295782007-05-16T09:36:00.000+01:002007-05-16T09:36:00.000+01:00Having agreed on a site to the left hand site of T...Having agreed on a site to the left hand site of The Woolwich opposite the telephone boxes market council staff were surprised when the post box was then installed in it's current position. <BR/><BR/>The stall which now finds itself in front of the post box is the watch stall run by Mr Olds which has been trading from that location for over 20 years - Angela and I use it regularly for watch batteries and he is an etremely nice trader (unlike some - no names...)<BR/><BR/>He is not, understandably, too thrilled to find himself on the end of adverse comments from Royal Mail customers and I sympathise.<BR/><BR/>I am suprised you are not supporting him.<BR/><BR/>This bilateral conversation has gone on too long. The editor reserves the right not to publish your comments on this subject if others do not join in.Charlotte Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07467747146428741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124376727346302421.post-27867943128449173632007-05-16T09:22:00.000+01:002007-05-16T09:22:00.000+01:00Paul - I ignored all that swaddling. Just move the...Paul - I ignored all that swaddling. Just move the temporary stall to another location. Dead simple.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124376727346302421.post-22835881200259860402007-05-16T09:09:00.000+01:002007-05-16T09:09:00.000+01:00At last we're on the subject of the post (ha ha), ...At last we're on the subject of the post (ha ha), where the answer to your question lies.Charlotte Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07467747146428741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124376727346302421.post-45023374092451057012007-05-16T08:49:00.000+01:002007-05-16T08:49:00.000+01:00Paul - why?Paul - why?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124376727346302421.post-8981338629077336052007-05-16T08:41:00.000+01:002007-05-16T08:41:00.000+01:00I think its the post box that shouldn't be there D...I think its the post box that shouldn't be there David.Charlotte Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07467747146428741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124376727346302421.post-60919614884679492442007-05-16T08:38:00.000+01:002007-05-16T08:38:00.000+01:00I posted my first letter in this new post box yest...I posted my first letter in this new post box yesterday. I noticed an ugly yellow plastic bin next to it and an overflowing orangy-coloured wheelie alongside. Neither should be there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124376727346302421.post-75634272121521565692007-05-14T08:56:00.000+01:002007-05-14T08:56:00.000+01:00Anon - frog rhymes with blog and toad rhymes with ...Anon - frog rhymes with blog and toad rhymes with goad.<BR/><BR/>It is not my policy to be intimate with any Member of the Council.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124376727346302421.post-60475376990357185692007-05-14T08:32:00.000+01:002007-05-14T08:32:00.000+01:00If we all have to start writing letters, Ruby, I s...If we all have to start writing letters, Ruby, I shall still need to type them, as my handwriting's dreadful.<BR/><BR/>Anon, if you look back I was indeed commending David's use of the semicolon. He rightly corrected my sloppy inclusion of a hyphen in the word, but substituted the word semicolon by mistake.<BR/><BR/>Simple, isn't it?Charlotte Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07467747146428741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124376727346302421.post-27494847744534376582007-05-13T20:40:00.000+01:002007-05-13T20:40:00.000+01:00By the way, David has used the semi-colon correctl...By the way, David has used the semi-colon correctly and it's actually a toad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124376727346302421.post-53071673702377010962007-05-13T20:38:00.000+01:002007-05-13T20:38:00.000+01:00Why don't you two just e-mail each other? Perhaps ...Why don't you two just e-mail each other? Perhaps you are afraid of intimacy so need to communicate publicly? Hmmm..food for thought...By the way, I only read this blog for Steve's comments so if you're not going to publish them anymore you will lose yourself another fan. Perhaps Steve will start his own blog?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124376727346302421.post-1592450390248864482007-05-13T18:48:00.000+01:002007-05-13T18:48:00.000+01:00Paul, I am surprised no-one has commented on the p...Paul, I am surprised no-one has commented on the post box issue. It is clearly the best post box ever.<BR/><BR/>I love your photo of the lady appearing to furtively post a letter behind a curtain and round a corner.<BR/><BR/>It makes me want to start writing and posting letters again instead of sending emails, so that I can do that too. <BR/><BR/>Mary, I prefer to think of my blog more as the Reader's Digest of internet publications, if you don't mind.Christina Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13468272095988376050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124376727346302421.post-89768327785662172322007-05-13T09:08:00.000+01:002007-05-13T09:08:00.000+01:00Serbia won quite easily in the end. People moan ab...Serbia won quite easily in the end. People moan about the political voting but the best song usually wins (except in 1968). None of the losers will be writing to Ruth Kelly. <BR/><BR/>All that is wrong about Britain can be seen in our attitude to the ESC. It's condesending and partronizing. We displayed the same arrogance towards football until the Hungarians thrashed us 6-3 and 7-1 in 1953/54.<BR/><BR/>I'm not aware of anything further I need to do in respect of committee places. I just apply for membership of various committees and panels within my allotted numbers and the rules are then changed to deny me those opportunities.<BR/><BR/>It's a bit sad really but it happened in 2003 and it may again this week. If it makes you all happy why should I mind?<BR/><BR/>You have still not answered my question about the Lab-Con Pact. I'm beginning to think that you are not going to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124376727346302421.post-82740374931353771132007-05-13T05:47:00.000+01:002007-05-13T05:47:00.000+01:00Probably right David; but then there's no hyphen i...Probably right David; but then there's no hyphen in it either. It's easy to slip up, isn't it? <BR/><BR/>A frog is a frog. A toad is a toad. <BR/><BR/>Everyone needs qualiy time, but I am surprised at your choice. Haven't you still got some permutations of committee member distribution to work out for Thursday?<BR/><BR/>I have had to reject two more silly comments from "Joe" and "Steve". I have known who "they" are for some time and will only allow sensible offerings.<BR/><BR/>Do you think anyone apart from "them" and you (and maybe PH) reads this blog? I am beginning to think we might as well just email each other.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, who won?Charlotte Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07467747146428741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124376727346302421.post-55974144037180087392007-05-12T19:44:00.000+01:002007-05-12T19:44:00.000+01:00I don't think there is a semicolon in the word sem...I don't think there is a semicolon in the word semicolon, but I may be wrong.<BR/><BR/>Is 'frog' code for 'in favour'? It looks like it, the pact I mean.<BR/><BR/>I am now closing down for the rest of the evening. Helsinki beckons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124376727346302421.post-9900204838570725682007-05-12T11:31:00.000+01:002007-05-12T11:31:00.000+01:00Good question anon, but why haven't YOU?Like the u...Good question anon, but why haven't YOU?<BR/><BR/>Like the use of the semi-colon David. <BR/><BR/>As you said, it's a frog.Charlotte Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07467747146428741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124376727346302421.post-49764424265859032732007-05-11T17:28:00.000+01:002007-05-11T17:28:00.000+01:00Anon - the last part of Paul's opening essay consi...Anon - the last part of Paul's opening essay consisted of an open invitation to me to comment on a specific local political issue; so I did.<BR/><BR/>Why don't you comment on the post box?<BR/><BR/>Mary - the OED defines 'snide' as 'disrespectful or mocking in an indirect way'. I have never been called indirect before.<BR/><BR/>Paul - you've still not answered my question about the Lab-Con pact on the town council. Are you for it or against it? Is it a frog or is it a toad?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124376727346302421.post-52334493685900947452007-05-11T10:04:00.000+01:002007-05-11T10:04:00.000+01:00Isn't the whole point of this post the problems wi...Isn't the whole point of this post the problems with the post box, not DN/PSF chat room.<BR/><BR/>Why has no one commented?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124376727346302421.post-46909681321234580162007-05-11T09:59:00.000+01:002007-05-11T09:59:00.000+01:00Sorry David. I thought you meant the letters page....Sorry David. I thought you meant the letters page. You were being so "snide" (not my word) that I was confused (easily done). I did see it on the EADT website.<BR/><BR/>A little bird (not in my garden) tells me you are likely to stand firm in the emerging formation. Good for you.<BR/><BR/>I seem to remember many happy times working with you from 2003-2005. I shall be taking a trip down memory lane this Wednesday, if I can get away from a meeting that starts at 5.30pm.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I am too busy having to reject silly comments like the one from "Steve" that I have unusually allowed above - just to demonstrate the point.Charlotte Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07467747146428741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124376727346302421.post-39319544348174838042007-05-10T22:15:00.000+01:002007-05-10T22:15:00.000+01:00David, please stop making snide comments to PSF. H...David, please stop making snide comments to PSF. He's doing his best. <BR/><BR/>With regards to Ruby's blog, she may indeed have more visitors to her site, but so does The Daily Mail have more readers than The Guardian...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124376727346302421.post-40944403357139746882007-05-10T21:35:00.000+01:002007-05-10T21:35:00.000+01:00as you do not seem to take the death of my animals...as you do not seem to take the death of my animals seriously, you have lost yourself a fan here. this may not beof interest to you but im sure it is to some readers and is to me. i'm deeply hurt. i miss hammy, fishy and ratty. all i have left is catty and ger-ger.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124376727346302421.post-31251852904292783572007-05-10T21:29:00.000+01:002007-05-10T21:29:00.000+01:00Paul - I prefer not to quote if you don't mind. I ...Paul - I prefer not to quote if you don't mind. I feel sure that letter will receive the attention it deserves when it lands on Ruth Kelly's desk.<BR/><BR/>My interest was more in the fact that it was signed by the 7 minority Members of the town council of which 5 are Conservatives and 2 Labour, rather than its' contents.<BR/><BR/>I will, however, cut out the article and letter and put them in your pigeon hole at the Borough Offices.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124376727346302421.post-79776223863537776732007-05-10T19:58:00.000+01:002007-05-10T19:58:00.000+01:00Haven't seen EADT so why don't you publish as a co...Haven't seen EADT so why don't you publish as a comment. Then I'll comment.Charlotte Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07467747146428741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124376727346302421.post-14247581855652475442007-05-10T16:38:00.000+01:002007-05-10T16:38:00.000+01:00Paul - the last but one comment was a bit dull exc...Paul - the last but one comment was a bit dull except for the 'DN' bit and I couldn't be bothered anyway.<BR/><BR/>No, I'm eagerly awaiting your views on the Tory/Labour Letter published in today's EADT.<BR/><BR/>I wouldn't of course expect you to comment on the contents of the letter, but on the way political parties can work together for the good of the community, and all that jazz.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124376727346302421.post-87683715409553372652007-05-10T08:52:00.000+01:002007-05-10T08:52:00.000+01:00Fair comment Paul. I can't cope with the technolog...Fair comment Paul. <BR/><BR/>I can't cope with the technology of a site counter (although Ruby kindly explained it all to me) but I don't think it would reach high numbers in my case!Charlotte Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07467747146428741758noreply@blogger.com