tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post2656389621384848936..comments2023-10-31T08:22:51.995-07:00Comments on Gadjo Dilo: Look to the Future Now, It’s Only Just Begun #2Gadjo Dilohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-10472195105481045812010-04-10T13:54:16.313-07:002010-04-10T13:54:16.313-07:00Nut picker. This chap in Breb makes a living:
htt...Nut picker. This chap in Breb makes a living:<br /><br />http://www.leafpile.com/TravelLog/Romania/VillageLife/October/October.htmNo Good Boyohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05859104068516964533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-44755596603472897842010-04-08T22:31:55.690-07:002010-04-08T22:31:55.690-07:00zmkc, fair enough. so bring me your husband's ...zmkc, fair enough. so bring me your husband's shoes instead :-)Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-66914789594444608862010-04-08T14:30:30.066-07:002010-04-08T14:30:30.066-07:00But I like my shoes.But I like my shoes.zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-969714756457965152010-04-07T23:12:56.242-07:002010-04-07T23:12:56.242-07:00Kev, heel-clicking would signify that I'm a re...Kev, heel-clicking would signify that I'm a remnant of the Austro-Hungarian empire and would get me summarily booted out of the country!Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-32448604346617943222010-04-07T13:47:14.719-07:002010-04-07T13:47:14.719-07:00You could be Romania's first English Flamenco ...You could be Romania's first English Flamenco Cobbler!<br /><br />All that heel-clicking will keep you in business for years.Kevin Musgrovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14472110857057175327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-74114699124053044602010-04-07T03:08:55.960-07:002010-04-07T03:08:55.960-07:00Brit, I didn't know what that was before now -...Brit, I didn't know what that was before now - I think I'll try it!<br /><br />Pat, she is indeed an admirable and entertaining woman :-) Yes, I'm lucky, and I'll not starve.Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-23196210042396790442010-04-07T02:53:31.998-07:002010-04-07T02:53:31.998-07:00I know you'll be fine. If only my out-of-work...I know you'll be fine. If only my out-of-work grandson showed some of your initiative.<br />I love your MIL - who needs a book with her expressions to read:)Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-8715041307994970812010-04-07T01:48:39.102-07:002010-04-07T01:48:39.102-07:00There's always blegging.There's always blegging.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-25810924743413034172010-04-06T23:40:11.733-07:002010-04-06T23:40:11.733-07:00Susan, what a delightful post you refer me to ther...Susan, what a delightful post you refer me to there, though unfortunately I have no time to talk to my plants as I'm too busy shouting at the cats.<br /><br />Eryl, give me shoes! Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free... (what came over me there??)<br /><br />Lulu, you're winning me over, particularly now that you've added peachy deserts to the mix. I'm not sure I'd want to be adopted by Madonna either.<br /><br />zmkc, you may be right, I never thought about it that way before. But please bring me your shoes <i>now</i> - fixing them can <i>be</i> my apprenticeship!Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-79708256991083708842010-04-06T15:12:52.872-07:002010-04-06T15:12:52.872-07:00I don't think you can become a peasant - you a...I don't think you can become a peasant - you are either born one or not. So it looks like cobbling is the way to go. I've got quite a few pairs of shoes in Budapest that need mending, so I'll bring them down for you to work on - once you've served your apprenticeship.zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-85989475938841354512010-04-06T13:05:52.578-07:002010-04-06T13:05:52.578-07:00Cobbler be a cobbler fix shoes and in your spare m...Cobbler be a cobbler fix shoes and in your spare moments make peach cobbler.<br /><br />You can never be adopted by too many people - but watch out for that Naomi Campbell - she'll just end up getting cross with you and you've already got someone who does that!Lulu LaBonnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05546286547273386382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-79476135988442633752010-04-06T12:49:57.172-07:002010-04-06T12:49:57.172-07:00The cobbler's reputation needs to be rescued a...The cobbler's reputation needs to be rescued and you seem just the man to do it. I would send you all my shoes, to get you started.Erylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008344023000459577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-73087486001518496372010-04-06T06:46:41.074-07:002010-04-06T06:46:41.074-07:00Communing with flowers and nature is surely a prin...Communing with flowers and nature is surely a <a href="http://shopcurious.blogspot.com/2008/09/fffffascinating-feathers.html" rel="nofollow">princely pastime?</a>Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00179895758709928467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-77128361447135962602010-04-06T04:28:56.137-07:002010-04-06T04:28:56.137-07:00worm, ah yes, but they do the job rather well and ...worm, ah yes, but they do the job rather well and almost redeem themselves for having been associated with MacDonald's :-)<br /><br />Gaw, my word, people are actually remembering the stuff I put on here - I'll have to be careful!<br /><br />Camilla, oh you do do you? I'll have you know I'm much better endowed (with gardening skills) than that gentleman.<br /><br />Daph, I used to be a very able limbo dancer in my capoeira days, but now though I can get down I can't necessarily get up again. Making (and watching) things grow is great isn't it.<br /><br />Snoop, if that's the ultimate compliment then who needs insults?? I'm still not convinced about the cobbler thing though, I kinda feel it's been jinxed.Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-65351604909231070952010-04-06T03:39:22.348-07:002010-04-06T03:39:22.348-07:00Now, GD, you already got the ultimate compliment (...Now, GD, you already got the ultimate compliment (being compared to Chauncey Gardiner), so the only thing I can add is that being a cobbler still beats that other occupation. In my eyes, at least. But then I don't have a green thumb at all, rather the opposite.SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-71698569910724182992010-04-06T03:16:16.428-07:002010-04-06T03:16:16.428-07:00Use your terpsichorean skills and be a limbo dance...Use your terpsichorean skills and be a limbo dancer, perhaps?<br /><br />I was up to my wrists in Compo-San most of this weekend too, there should be a delightful cascade of pelargonia down my balcony in a month or so (when I'm away on holiday), not to mention a slightly more jungly feeling in the bijou urban courtyard garden. That's what Easter is really about isn't it? Making things grow.Daphne Wayne-Boughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10581048408996935564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-45142051102373461302010-04-06T03:11:46.101-07:002010-04-06T03:11:46.101-07:00I see you as a Chauncey Gardiner type of person. A...I see you as a Chauncey Gardiner type of person. Although |I feel you are more obsessed with Lady's Gardens than the real thingCamilla Jessophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11415244967611122503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-83604930328177649392010-04-06T02:26:15.979-07:002010-04-06T02:26:15.979-07:00I think it was because she was cross that you were...I think it was because she was cross that you were doing your gardening in your <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CCQ-IiZpWio/S0WEf6uKG_I/AAAAAAAAAhM/NEBHP6elZ-A/s1600-h/PICT3246.JPG" rel="nofollow">best Christmas shirt</a>. <br /><br />(You can't get away with anything round here, you know.)Gareth Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05058241057385364459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5471786437032205498.post-64268361049920114212010-04-06T02:02:25.120-07:002010-04-06T02:02:25.120-07:00Perhaps she was looking at you in that way because...Perhaps she was looking at you in that way because she could see that you <i>really were about to plant your new flowers in a selection of Macdonald's drink cups </i>wormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02802335627720182532noreply@blogger.com