tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post2516416909375953704..comments2024-03-28T07:49:04.960+00:00Comments on nickhereandnow: Dashed hopesnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10472673041193755894noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-59413712141256740032014-06-22T22:27:35.290+01:002014-06-22T22:27:35.290+01:00You do indeed Liz, and that's one of the thing...You do indeed Liz, and that's one of the things I love about you. Mind you, I think people are generally much franker about their weaknesses in blogland than they are in everyday life.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-60409852174430112652014-06-22T20:11:55.489+01:002014-06-22T20:11:55.489+01:00I must be odd then as I regularly list my rejectio...I must be odd then as I regularly list my rejections and mistakes on my blog. Liz Hindshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04646532093872561703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-11025805919873624852014-06-20T11:11:58.917+01:002014-06-20T11:11:58.917+01:00Ramana: Thank you, Ramana. I always hope I come ac...Ramana: Thank you, Ramana. I always hope I come across as a typically flawed and vulnerable human being and not some pampered, thick-skinned, arrogant Brit. Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-52726956905878464532014-06-20T08:49:46.105+01:002014-06-20T08:49:46.105+01:00Nice to know that you are human Nick. I am honour...Nice to know that you are human Nick. I am honoured to know you.Rummuserhttp://www.rummuser.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-9027273139361134002014-06-20T07:50:58.960+01:002014-06-20T07:50:58.960+01:00www: Very true. But also, disappointments make you...www: Very true. But also, disappointments make you more aware of your strengths and weaknesses and give you a more mature self-awareness, as opposed to all those mad youthful vanities!Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-36557733601937624982014-06-19T22:32:17.813+01:002014-06-19T22:32:17.813+01:00If it's brought you to where you are today, th...If it's brought you to where you are today, then bully for you is what I say. We need to be sad, frightened and lonely to really appreciate the other side.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-72184420793733086692014-06-19T07:29:40.303+01:002014-06-19T07:29:40.303+01:00Agent: Absolutely. In fact many people have had fa...Agent: Absolutely. In fact many people have had far worse disappointments than the rather humdrum ones I've listed.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-19133361954855614242014-06-19T02:22:33.726+01:002014-06-19T02:22:33.726+01:00That all just sounds like normal life to me.That all just sounds like normal life to me.Secret Agent Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564690116156754219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-67599599480489503272014-06-18T09:45:14.472+01:002014-06-18T09:45:14.472+01:00Jean: Good for you. Carry on enjoying your toys!Jean: Good for you. Carry on enjoying your toys!Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-9011466896708358562014-06-18T08:09:06.360+01:002014-06-18T08:09:06.360+01:00I vaguely remember having dashed hopes, but I can&...I vaguely remember having dashed hopes, but I can't remember them now --- I'm too busy playing with my toys. I don't have that much good time left, and I'm not about to waste it. CheerfulMonkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934008738777906970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-32012251780454496982014-06-18T07:55:32.779+01:002014-06-18T07:55:32.779+01:00Helen: That sounds interesting. These bigwigs don&...Helen: That sounds interesting. These bigwigs don't like it when they get trounced by someone they hoped would give them an easy ride.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-34493965391810269222014-06-18T07:53:08.830+01:002014-06-18T07:53:08.830+01:00Bijoux: I think people's lives can seem very u...Bijoux: I think people's lives can seem very uninteresting from the outside, but the way they see things may be quite different.<br /><br />Susie: Ha ha! Many women are self-deprecating, don't you think? They're not supposed to look too clever or too capable.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-69115415996546932752014-06-18T03:06:25.881+01:002014-06-18T03:06:25.881+01:00Three cases in front of Lord Woolf and stuffed him...Three cases in front of Lord Woolf and stuffed him!<br />Blackballed ever after...but worth it.Helen Devriesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-67093994116858197312014-06-18T01:38:16.363+01:002014-06-18T01:38:16.363+01:00I've been told that I am self deprecating. I c...I've been told that I am self deprecating. I could probably come up with a longer list. I've been told that I am brief, so I won't. :-) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-28134041197896726432014-06-18T01:27:11.793+01:002014-06-18T01:27:11.793+01:00I've met very few people in real life who have...I've met very few people in real life who have lead very interesting lives.Bijouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05788630004051883635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-86576984173582338952014-06-17T22:41:33.762+01:002014-06-17T22:41:33.762+01:00Jenny: Your sister is lucky to have an Aussie pass...Jenny: Your sister is lucky to have an Aussie passport. Do you think she'll ever move there?<br /><br />Sol: Visiting somewhere new every five years is a great idea. Jenny and I are going to Berlin in August. I've never been there so that's a new place for me to explore!<br /><br />I don't really regret anything that's happened to me. Things might have gone differently but so what? I've still had a great life.Nickhttp://nickhereandnow.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-49604080051647952572014-06-17T21:26:30.363+01:002014-06-17T21:26:30.363+01:00ohh this is interesting.
I was told by my Grandmo...ohh this is interesting.<br /><br />I was told by my Grandmother. Never regret anything you've, it makes you who you are now.<br /><br />And it is never to late to travel. Every 5 years we travel extensively in an area we haven't been before for at least 3 months. <br /><br />You have to make a list and just start working your way through places you want to go.<br /><br />I have a few things I want to still do, I would like a year in Southern France and a year in The Netherlands and a year in an Eastern European capital city. Why? because we can. We don't need a reasonSolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10518631542782309728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-55198989886563056582014-06-17T20:57:13.261+01:002014-06-17T20:57:13.261+01:00Oh, bookselling is a nice occupation, I do it myse...Oh, bookselling is a nice occupation, I do it myself in a small way. I too slightly regret not being born in Australia as I went there at aged 3, and my sister was born there and has had an Ozzie passport as a consequence, so can settle there if she wants. (so far she has not done so). Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-79239632898699017572014-06-17T20:13:50.117+01:002014-06-17T20:13:50.117+01:00Jane and Lance: Damn, rumbled! Have you been hacki...Jane and Lance: Damn, rumbled! Have you been hacking into all my secret diaries? I thought I'd covered my tracks so well and hidden all the tell-tale traces of my pampered background.<br /><br />It's quite fun being Madonna's manager, I have to confess. Even when she's scared witless before the latest facelift.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-42089476075886855802014-06-17T19:59:52.852+01:002014-06-17T19:59:52.852+01:00Hello Nick:
Now it is we who are disappointed for...Hello Nick:<br /><br />Now it is we who are disappointed for we had, until this moment, imagined:<br /><br />1. You had spent six and a half years in the comfort of a centrally heated, Eaton Square apartment with the occasional foray during harsh winters to Cannes or Nice.<br /><br />2. You are in reality, and away from the blog, the Manager of 'Madonna' and are currently working on her 51st. reinvention of self.<br /><br />3. You are actually a latter day Hugh Hefner.<br /><br />4. You were born in the Bahamas and have no idea what frost and snow are.<br /><br />5. Before attending university your parents financed today's equivalent of The Grand Tour to the extent that there is not a single country unknown to you.<br /><br />6. Although your natural reticence would never allow you to 'go public', you are William Boyd/Ian McEwan/Simon Mawer/Patrick Gale [delete and/or substitute as appropriate].<br /><br />Now, Nick, please own up and come clean, here and now!!Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.com