tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post8819094634950598830..comments2024-03-28T07:49:04.960+00:00Comments on nickhereandnow: Still fumblingnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10472673041193755894noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-46825846903566421222011-08-15T21:23:49.331+01:002011-08-15T21:23:49.331+01:00Liz - Goodness, I wouldn't want to dance and s...Liz - Goodness, I wouldn't want to dance and skip in the puddles. I might get WET.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-70173607654172787792011-08-15T19:29:55.560+01:002011-08-15T19:29:55.560+01:00Who wants to be grown-up really though? You have t...Who wants to be grown-up really though? You have to be serious and sensible then and not dance and skip in the puddles.Liz Hindshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04646532093872561703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-81874164189373214832011-08-15T13:40:23.771+01:002011-08-15T13:40:23.771+01:00Jenny - I notice that about younger people too. Th...Jenny - I notice that about younger people too. They seem to know all these things that have completely passed me by! Or maybe they're just faking it as well.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-9124913771388572862011-08-15T10:13:38.317+01:002011-08-15T10:13:38.317+01:00I entirely agree. I'm slowly coming to the hor...I entirely agree. I'm slowly coming to the horrible suspicion that I may NEVER be grown up. What's a bit alarming is the way that people who are younger than me now seem more grown up and worldly wise than me.Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-73338576383739826752011-08-15T07:47:13.101+01:002011-08-15T07:47:13.101+01:00Heart - The politicians certainly are. And most of...Heart - The politicians certainly are. And most of the time they don't even try to do things better, they just excuse their incompetence.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-57922277758251824362011-08-15T04:34:47.981+01:002011-08-15T04:34:47.981+01:00I've always believed that someone else should ...I've always believed that someone else should be in charge as most grownups are blowing it bigtime.heartinsanfranciscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07535397382991383931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-71340512726307936142011-08-14T16:33:59.902+01:002011-08-14T16:33:59.902+01:00Ramana - I also do a bit of mumbling to myself. As...Ramana - I also do a bit of mumbling to myself. As Woody Allen said, I talk to myself because I'm the most intelligent person I know.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-53674272467656199242011-08-14T13:26:18.385+01:002011-08-14T13:26:18.385+01:00I am more into mumbling to myself now a days. Stu...I am more into mumbling to myself now a days. Stumbling around is part of my life anyway with my bust hips. There is a certain charm in mumbling around I am told! Fumbling? I must give it a serious shot.Rummuserhttp://www.rummuser.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-69191642215144167462011-08-14T09:13:52.793+01:002011-08-14T09:13:52.793+01:00Myra - Me too. Parents in those days really foster...Myra - Me too. Parents in those days really fostered the idea that they were authority figures who were seldom at a loss about anything.<br /><br />Baino - We're obviously so good at giving an impression of worldly wisdom (and hiding our mistakes) that kids are still liable to be fooled.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-24796314591809675122011-08-14T05:32:13.861+01:002011-08-14T05:32:13.861+01:00So true, even now with adult children, sometimes t...So true, even now with adult children, sometimes they ask advice and I have to answer "I don't know" they have this expectation that as a parent (and a grown up) I should have all the answers and I have to keep reminding them that I'm still learning. Kinda like it though. I'd hate to evolve into a self assured, smug and probably grumpy old woman. I'm happy to stay in tune with the child within.Bainohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156193098088048637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-89705551153367247562011-08-13T23:10:19.097+01:002011-08-13T23:10:19.097+01:00I was well into my twenties when I realised with a...I was well into my twenties when I realised with a shock that my mother didn't know everything after all. She totally had me convinced for the longest time.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-80059259908034659562011-08-13T22:26:18.135+01:002011-08-13T22:26:18.135+01:00John - That must be from such traumatic incidents ...John - That must be from such traumatic incidents as almost having your eye poked out. It puts years on a person.<br /><br />Seriously though, men often look older than they are. It's that stubborn refusal to slap on the moisturiser every night....Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-87585941486276210572011-08-13T22:18:37.020+01:002011-08-13T22:18:37.020+01:00nick
I am 48
I feel
28
and I look 58
go figurenick<br />I am 48<br />I feel <br />28<br />and I look 58<br /><br />go figureJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-6089518758444571952011-08-13T22:06:36.755+01:002011-08-13T22:06:36.755+01:00e - That's good to hear. I don't think I&#...e - That's good to hear. I don't think I've ever been truly comfortable in my skin, there always seems to be some other person struggling to get out....Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-45016446834048658762011-08-13T21:20:31.573+01:002011-08-13T21:20:31.573+01:00the phrase, "Fake it til you make it," a...the phrase, "Fake it til you make it," applies to me sometimes though as others have noted, I'm comfortable in my skin these days.ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376645220662546020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-62718126901432207252011-08-13T20:40:03.906+01:002011-08-13T20:40:03.906+01:00Roses - Oh, come on, I know you're not really ...Roses - Oh, come on, I know you're not really that scatty and erratic. I think you're just faking it.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-5945189331706841122011-08-13T20:38:22.768+01:002011-08-13T20:38:22.768+01:00Grannymar - Every time I think I know something, I...Grannymar - Every time I think I know something, I find the goalposts have shifted and I've got it all wrong.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-87397311136178433752011-08-13T20:38:02.048+01:002011-08-13T20:38:02.048+01:00I'm relieved to find its not just me!
For yea...I'm relieved to find its not just me!<br /><br />For years now I've been hoping to 'settl down & become normal', like everone else. Now I know other people are just faking it. Well, good luck to them.<br /><br />I'll just carry on hand be me. It have way more fun now.Roseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07469442580348062913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-50345510737703189562011-08-13T20:35:24.611+01:002011-08-13T20:35:24.611+01:00Scarlet - Must you go so soon? Oh of course, you h...Scarlet - Must you go so soon? Oh of course, you have to get home before the looters take over the streets.<br /><br />Now where were we? Ah yes, stumbling around like drunks in a pub....Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-19074285432095110662011-08-13T20:34:17.782+01:002011-08-13T20:34:17.782+01:00There is one thing I'm sure of Nick, and that ...There is one thing I'm sure of Nick, and that is that I know nothing. If I did know it, I can't remember it any more!Grannymarhttp://grannymar.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-65314810149882917222011-08-13T20:23:13.436+01:002011-08-13T20:23:13.436+01:00Agreed! Got to go in for my tea now...
SxAgreed! Got to go in for my tea now...<br />SxMs Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449626572478125088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-79132948701536259052011-08-13T20:19:22.209+01:002011-08-13T20:19:22.209+01:00Scarlet - Good point. That was a pièce de resistan...Scarlet - Good point. That was a pièce de resistance and no mistake. A coup de théâtre in fact. Hattie was quite a character. Her quadratic equations were legendary.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-28223591026810716672011-08-13T19:39:09.715+01:002011-08-13T19:39:09.715+01:00Tsk, what do the critics know!! Who could beat the...Tsk, what do the critics know!! Who could beat the Jelly-Nuts's ephemeral juxtaposition betwixt an unbalanced wedding cake and the mathematical theorem of the great Hattie Harris-Tweed?<br />SxMs Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449626572478125088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-42328372005684087622011-08-13T19:10:46.823+01:002011-08-13T19:10:46.823+01:00Scarlet - Hmmm, a worthy alternative, I agree. But...Scarlet - Hmmm, a worthy alternative, I agree. But many critics have said that "wobble wobble" was spoilt by the early signs of insanity that culminated in Jelly-Nuts' fatal leap from Clifton Suspension Bridge in 1964.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-33196392765416578572011-08-13T18:18:54.146+01:002011-08-13T18:18:54.146+01:00That's a matter of opinion, Nick. I believe wi...That's a matter of opinion, Nick. I believe wibble wibble was totally eclipsed by wobble wobble, the philosophical offering from Lord 'Jelly-Nuts' Jenkinson- Hazelton in 1957.<br />SxMs Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449626572478125088noreply@blogger.com