tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post1892062478759791633..comments2024-03-17T23:08:28.960-07:00Comments on Raybeard: Cor, stone the crows! I'm a septuagenarian!Raybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-59006120389910528422016-10-22T08:53:10.316-07:002016-10-22T08:53:10.316-07:00It's a big call, Ron, but I'll act as thou...It's a big call, Ron, but I'll act as though what you say just could come to pass. Thanks fr the positive 'spin' on it.Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-65593762348286118032016-10-22T07:52:27.175-07:002016-10-22T07:52:27.175-07:00Ray,
Life does get better. At least for me, this ...Ray,<br />Life does get better. At least for me, this is the best time of my life. I hope the same happens for you.<br />RonRonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11161930319264523497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-30700411879952737252016-10-21T22:29:49.829-07:002016-10-21T22:29:49.829-07:00Thanks for your visit, Briony. Of course, I too lo...Thanks for your visit, Briony. Of course, I too love life with cats around me, of course, but it's a daily concern as to how they'll end their short lives. If you've got any of yours at or near the age of my oldest one I've no doubt you'll know what I mean. It's a morbid thought but I can't refrain from thinking what I'll do without them when it's their turn to go, bless 'em.Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-239117740630835902016-10-21T10:02:44.711-07:002016-10-21T10:02:44.711-07:00Like you I have reached the age of 70 and like you...Like you I have reached the age of 70 and like you my Father never got there. I am also a human serving several feline masters and loving every moment of it.<br />Briony<br />crafty cat cornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06251582085392890533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-83904356134334700722016-10-17T21:17:16.984-07:002016-10-17T21:17:16.984-07:00Thank you, Ron. I suppose I'd better learn to ...Thank you, Ron. I suppose I'd better learn to value my age, advanced to anyone younger. It probably won't get any better.Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-32440965920752551912016-10-17T07:28:14.627-07:002016-10-17T07:28:14.627-07:00Ray,
Ah! To be 70 again👍❗️ Happy birthday young m...Ray,<br />Ah! To be 70 again👍❗️ Happy birthday young man. You're looking good Ray. What a delight to read about your feline pals. <br />RonRonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11161930319264523497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-86722184034793128132016-10-16T21:56:39.747-07:002016-10-16T21:56:39.747-07:00You're most welcome, Dr Spo. In fact I still h...You're most welcome, Dr Spo. In fact I still hope there'll be others clinging onto your waist and following behind you. I'm not sure if the 70s will be my best decade of all, but I sure am going to try to make it so.Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-15843226234418309212016-10-16T21:54:17.903-07:002016-10-16T21:54:17.903-07:00You bet, WQ!You bet, WQ!Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-64619050137969744882016-10-16T17:42:49.086-07:002016-10-16T17:42:49.086-07:00Oh what splendid news!
I want to join the conga li...Oh what splendid news!<br />I want to join the conga line of congratulations and wish you the best decade is yet to come. Ur-spohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04237644452200889946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-29579195831994381152016-10-16T16:33:05.632-07:002016-10-16T16:33:05.632-07:00THAT'S the attitude, raybeard; kick it in the ...THAT'S the attitude, raybeard; kick it in the arse!anne marie in phillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11765140782182605141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-1919391235157287932016-10-16T06:52:14.335-07:002016-10-16T06:52:14.335-07:00Thanks, Walt. I'm not going to act as if it...Thanks, Walt. I'm not going to act as if it'll be my last. As long as I can retain full mental faculties and enough of my physical ones to make it worth going on then I look forward to soldiering on to the 80s and beyond.Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-1717276131861427962016-10-15T22:51:06.687-07:002016-10-15T22:51:06.687-07:00All the best for the new decade!All the best for the new decade!wcshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551283829616757577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-14214600314324983342016-10-15T22:21:50.800-07:002016-10-15T22:21:50.800-07:00Many thanks from your 'antipodes', Judith....Many thanks from your 'antipodes', Judith. I'll try to get used to your 'young' before it gets too close to irony.<br />I'll keep on with the film reviews until there's a strong enough reason to stop, which there doesn't look to be in the near future.<br />Blackso's currently asleep on the settee behind me while Noodles is curled up right here beside the laptop, and Patchie's doing the same on my bed, dead-centre of course. When B'so wakes up I'll give him your chin-tickle and tell him it's from you - which should please him no end. Thanks again.Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-55706897203010613722016-10-15T22:15:43.547-07:002016-10-15T22:15:43.547-07:00Thanks, RTG. Hope your own went well, with you not...Thanks, RTG. Hope your own went well, with you not over-exerting yourself. (Same goes for WQ). <br />No films this w/e. Should be at least one during forthcoming week.Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-88803924512252226852016-10-15T15:24:10.377-07:002016-10-15T15:24:10.377-07:00Happy birthday from Waikanae, New Zealand, young f...Happy birthday from Waikanae, New Zealand, young feller, and here's to many more. (I say this from the grand old age of three score and eleven.) I very much enjoy your film reviews, please don't stop. You've alerted me to several movies I would otherwise have missed. Give Blackso a special chin scratch from me, I have a special place in my heart for black cats.Judithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13974206679853189199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-1581943690597482392016-10-15T13:25:36.515-07:002016-10-15T13:25:36.515-07:00Happy Birthday, Raybeard! Any movies on your sch...Happy Birthday, Raybeard! Any movies on your schedule for today?todd guntherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01644388166982837352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-36034376215643949162016-10-15T08:46:34.218-07:002016-10-15T08:46:34.218-07:00Very many heartfelt thanks for your wishes, Jennif...Very many heartfelt thanks for your wishes, Jennifer. After the last year it would be worrying indeed if the coming year isn't an improvement, but I know where you're coming from, so honest thanks for your wishes.Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-32606798442167862352016-10-15T08:43:54.664-07:002016-10-15T08:43:54.664-07:00And another big Happy Birthday wish from South Car...And another big Happy Birthday wish from South Carolina! I hope it's a great year for you! Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12512800812290518552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-60211130977570998992016-10-15T07:43:50.766-07:002016-10-15T07:43:50.766-07:00He certainly is a handsome one, Sol. Shame that he...He certainly is a handsome one, Sol. Shame that he's so unresponsive to my 'positive strokes'. His former home had two young girls who must have worried him no end - just like I used to do in our family with our cats when I was the girls' age, as though the pets were a toy available to be played with whenever I wanted to. I think that because as an adult I now know how important it is to give them their space as well as a long time to sleep, they like it that way and that's why they gravitate to this place rather than return to their proper homes.<br /><br />And please say 'thanks' to Eric.<br />Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-67023343569351005222016-10-15T07:29:52.977-07:002016-10-15T07:29:52.977-07:00Eric, says "arf". That is how he barks ...Eric, says "arf". That is how he barks by the way. Your cats are lovely. Noodles would be my favourite if I was to have one.Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10518631542782309728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-10799712133637587542016-10-15T07:26:46.331-07:002016-10-15T07:26:46.331-07:00So lovely to receive your wishes, Bob. As someone ...So lovely to receive your wishes, Bob. As someone who shares your aileurophilia (no, not an ailment, but the happy condition of being cat-lovers) as well as we both being cineastes, I'm particularly joyed to receive your posting here.<br />And, btw, I must take the oppo again to wish you and C all the very best for Mon - with countless more anniversaries to come. XXXX + X.Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-17329310217551083272016-10-15T07:20:15.012-07:002016-10-15T07:20:15.012-07:00Muchas gracias to both of you, F.B. Your wishful b...Muchas gracias to both of you, F.B. Your wishful b/day greeting is extra valued by me and I'm honoured and touched that you consider me important enough to make a personal visit here. Greatly appreciated, my beautiful friend. Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-14716631320902616042016-10-15T07:12:09.857-07:002016-10-15T07:12:09.857-07:00Thanks so much, Elle, - all the way from one of th...Thanks so much, Elle, - all the way from one of the 'key' swing states, I believe.<br />I'd do more cat postings were it not that loading fresh photos onto the computer by connecting the camera is such a hassle, and it's always such a trial to get them to pose for me. But today was a special occasion and I'm glad it came out so well.<br />Yes, I think J.G.. and I have helped publicise each others blogs, though inadvertently. I'm so glad I found him, being such a sweetie and funny as he is.<br />Thanks once more, though, to you.Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-88805829866531203162016-10-15T07:06:30.925-07:002016-10-15T07:06:30.925-07:00Thank you too, Jon, your comments being particular...Thank you too, Jon, your comments being particularly big-hearted and generous.<br />I know all about snaking my body round a sleeping cat in order to disturb him to the minimum. He gets so annoyed if I go too far, like attacking the duvet, especially if he feels me moving about under it. But of course his comfort is more important than my own, and we both know it.<br />Not doing anything at all special today, apart from the self-treat of two egg sarnies - despite having had a three-egg omelette yesterday and will consume two more tomorrow morning. Thankfully, for some indeterminate reason, my cholesterol level has always been healthily low no matter how many eggs I eat, which is just as well since I do luv 'em - and they being just about the remaining obstacle to my going completely vegan. But that's enough about me for now.<br />Thanks for your wishes which I'm more than happy to accept - and with honours!Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-90458041395438890242016-10-15T06:50:30.511-07:002016-10-15T06:50:30.511-07:00As someone who loveslovesloves your blog, the revi...As someone who loveslovesloves your blog, the reviews, the cat tales, and all others, let me wish you a Happy Happy Birthday all the way from South Carolina!<br /><br />Cheers to many more with that adorable family you've got there.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15302478126147924237noreply@blogger.com