tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28040139.post6980131636368260046..comments2023-07-25T09:25:34.293+01:00Comments on The Voyage: Lap it upSharon McDaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550156204691696968noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28040139.post-35987931392536521732008-12-18T22:34:00.000+00:002008-12-18T22:34:00.000+00:00This is kind of fun, hope you don't mind another b...This is kind of fun, hope you don't mind another bit...<BR/><BR/>The Beverly Hillbillies were written to be from Tennessee - perhaps on the edge of Appalachia. Certainly the visual of the shack the Clampets came from was reminiscent of Appalachian poverty. <BR/><BR/>I cannot at all say I'm certain of the ancestry for Appalachia - a pretty broad area. The Irish of notariety were in the larger cities - New York, Boston; also establishing cities named Dublin outside Columbus, Ohio and in southern California (we know people in both Dublins). <BR/><BR/>I'm with you, Sharon for not buying from the back of people's cars - car boot sales means that, right? <BR/><BR/>We like thrift or charity shops also. Live in the stream of reuse, too. <BR/><BR/>Merry Christmas to all!<BR/>BarbaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28040139.post-44934503460439712402008-12-18T22:15:00.000+00:002008-12-18T22:15:00.000+00:00"Vittles" are basically provisions, or food to the..."Vittles" are basically provisions, or food to the normal person. And we can always count on Charles Dickens to use fantastic words like that....<BR/>I loved hearing about Lady, but she is such a sensible girl (so unlike her mum!) that I'm sure you will have no trouble with her at all.<BR/>Now Thomas is another matter...he will have the girls eating out of his hands! Literally methinks!<BR/>As for the cuckoo clock, you know it is a must for christmas day dear cousin....especially after the Epcot Centre debacle! lol<BR/>Miss you all loads, can't wait to see you over christmas.<BR/>Miche xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28040139.post-36390755466578315152008-12-18T17:13:00.000+00:002008-12-18T17:13:00.000+00:00@Barbara, I hope Tom sticks around, he's been a so...@Barbara, I hope Tom sticks around, he's been a source of information for the past few posts!<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure where the Beverly Hillbillies were said to hail from, but the Appalachian parts of the US were peopled by immigrants from my part of the world, I think.<BR/><BR/>Know anything about it Tom?!Sharon McDaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550156204691696968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28040139.post-62122871375227500952008-12-18T17:06:00.001+00:002008-12-18T17:06:00.001+00:00@Tom, how ever did you remember that detail? It's ...@Tom, how ever did you remember that detail? It's probably where I got the word from though!<BR/><BR/>And it does sound like pirate food- for some reason it popped into my head when I wrote this post!Sharon McDaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550156204691696968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28040139.post-27591622663867501482008-12-18T17:06:00.000+00:002008-12-18T17:06:00.000+00:00I'm learning some good word-history here! Thank y...I'm learning some good word-history here! Thank you, tom1. My earliest recollection of vittles is from a tv sitcom - The Beverly Hillbillies. <BR/>BarbaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28040139.post-41880476932362918272008-12-18T16:27:00.000+00:002008-12-18T16:27:00.000+00:00The convict asks Pip for vittles in Great Expectat...The convict asks Pip for vittles in Great Expectations.... I always associated it with the kind of things pirates might eat though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28040139.post-41803759784647412882008-12-18T08:47:00.000+00:002008-12-18T08:47:00.000+00:00@Barbara, I don't know where I picked up that word...@Barbara, I don't know where I picked up that word, perhaps from some old English novel, but I'm not sure.<BR/><BR/>Good find with the clock. There are rarely garage sales, but there are loads of car boot sales which I don't go to, and charity shops which I visit almost weekly. I love finding a great buy, but mostly I use them like a library for books and toys, swapping stuff out after we've used it.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the reading tip. I'll be happy to see what you advise. And yes, I can guarantee that I'll make mistakes and have regrets, but hopefully we'll all get through it intact!Sharon McDaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550156204691696968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28040139.post-40193907255191993672008-12-17T22:00:00.000+00:002008-12-17T22:00:00.000+00:00I was surprised to see the word "vittles" in your ...I was surprised to see the word "vittles" in your post. Is that a common word in Ireland? I thought it came from the southern US....picked it up at Disney? (Bear Jamboree perhaps.) <BR/><BR/>We have a beautiful cuckoo clock from Germany that I bought at a garage sale in Oregon 15 years ago - for $12. (As you can tell, I am still proud of this purchase.) Do they have garage sales in Ireland? <BR/><BR/>Regarding Lady...I am confident you will make good decisions for her social development, as you already have. If you are like most parents, you may look back to regret 1 or 2 of those decisions, too. <BR/><BR/>I offer a pretty good (I think) process for making decisions on tween risk in my page titled "Childproof". You can scroll past the infancy stuff, but its good, too. Linked under "For All Parents". You might have to look for it, as I am doing major housekeeping on by blog over the holidays, moving a few things around. <BR/><BR/>Cheers! BarbaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28040139.post-88934135218811047832008-12-16T15:08:00.000+00:002008-12-16T15:08:00.000+00:00@Tom, you're lucky it's the Muppets he's taken a l...@Tom, you're lucky it's the Muppets he's taken a liking to. It could have been some other horror of a children's show, like the Tweenies - ugh!Sharon McDaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550156204691696968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28040139.post-48259525042632184102008-12-15T13:56:00.000+00:002008-12-15T13:56:00.000+00:00I love your story about the milk. Made me smile an...I love your story about the milk. Made me smile and think of my boy. It's funny what kids fixate on. He sat through The Muppets Christmas at the weekend with his mouth open IN SILENCE. Unheard of! The muppets it is for Christmas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28040139.post-28356724816694533772008-12-15T08:49:00.000+00:002008-12-15T08:49:00.000+00:00Hi Alyric, hope you're well.I'm on a quest today t...Hi Alyric, hope you're well.<BR/>I'm on a quest today to find the least imperfect cuckoo clock I can in the time left. Duncan has lusted after this particular lego man for ages. I wouldn't be too surprised if on the day, he is more excited to carry around and look at at that couple of cm of coloured plastic than to admire his new clock.Sharon McDaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550156204691696968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28040139.post-47575568697705373242008-12-15T02:29:00.000+00:002008-12-15T02:29:00.000+00:00"At least I won a Lego Spiderman so perhaps that'l..."At least I won a Lego Spiderman so perhaps that'll distract from any potential clock deficit."<BR/><BR/>Hate to rain on your Christmas tree parade, but maybe not:) So, the best of luck with finding a clock with as few defects as possible.Alyrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13293946886969452901noreply@blogger.com