tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post2040483219155816223..comments2024-03-27T16:19:53.023+00:00Comments on Friko's World: You Never Know Whom You Might Meet In The PubFrikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-44533939038560925622010-04-19T21:25:52.833+01:002010-04-19T21:25:52.833+01:00Molly - thank you for your good wishes.
Ivy - ...Molly - thank you for your good wishes.<br /><br />Ivy - Nee, nie gehoert. Jedes Land hat seine eigenen Groessen.<br />Ich habe allerdings nie geglaubt, das alle Maenner gleich schlecht sind und ausgerottet werden muessen. Meiner ist sehr lieb und nett.<br /><br />elizabethm - don't go often enough nowadaays; I have no idea what it's like to be around there daily. Would love to go Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-11381030961982909262010-04-18T23:17:50.329+01:002010-04-18T23:17:50.329+01:00Oh yes, know Charing Cross Road well and love its ...Oh yes, know Charing Cross Road well and love its slightly tatty, partly bookish, partly sleazy charm. We have made 15 years second time around. Not sure I would have the energy to have another go, plus I love him dearly when he doesn't drive me to distraction. Congratulations on your anniversary.Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-8617294902384270122010-04-18T18:32:15.475+01:002010-04-18T18:32:15.475+01:00ivy - wer ist Alice Schwarzer? eine deutsch Femini...ivy - wer ist Alice Schwarzer? eine deutsch Feministin?<br /><br />D I E deutsche Feministin :-)) <br />Komisch, da denkt man jeder kennt die , aber woher, wenn man so lange weg ist aus Deutschland? Sie war in den 70er und 80er Jahren sehr militant und hat die Zeitschrift Emma gegründet, inzwischen hat sie gemerkt, dass Männer nicht alle Teufel sind und man sie nicht unbedingt ausrotten oder Ivyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12304906179807218201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-13654979909798112172010-04-18T03:03:22.262+01:002010-04-18T03:03:22.262+01:00Reading this a little late, but not too late to wi...Reading this a little late, but not too late to wish you both many more happy years!mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03797484583400519909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-48392013193010620952010-04-17T22:52:00.624+01:002010-04-17T22:52:00.624+01:00jinksy - you lasted well, my first go wasn't...jinksy - you lasted well, my first go wasn't as long as that.<br /><br />Fran - well, there's no accounting for taste.<br /><br />Gilly - I had seen him before and he wasn't as strange as all that. Quite normal, in fact.<br /><br />Dave - thanks Dave; another 23? <br /><br />mollygolver - congrats to you, that's quite an achievement. <br /><br />Argent - freedom too Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-73654008263556178202010-04-17T22:38:26.842+01:002010-04-17T22:38:26.842+01:00Frances - Here's wishing you find this kindr...Frances - Here's wishing you find this kindred spirt. <br /><br />robert - you have a long way to go. schoenes Wochenende wuensche ich.<br /><br />Vagabonde - Is there anywhere you haven't lived and wandered?<br /><br />Pondside - Foyles is still there, selling as many books as ever.<br /><br />veredit - eigentlich waren wir alle damals sehr viel mutiger als heute.<br /><br />Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-73127274491173282422010-04-17T22:29:11.043+01:002010-04-17T22:29:11.043+01:00congratulations on your 23rd anniversary - another...congratulations on your 23rd anniversary - another pair of giddy goats coming up to our 21st in May! Lovely description of London - I remember it well!snailbeachshepherdesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01397158758052413758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-51976102661798978292010-04-17T21:11:05.303+01:002010-04-17T21:11:05.303+01:00Happy 23rd! And thanks for the timely reminder of...Happy 23rd! And thanks for the timely reminder of the freedoms we all enjoy today.Argenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10532506690426639326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-46201853413196436292010-04-17T19:43:59.005+01:002010-04-17T19:43:59.005+01:00Friko, another of your posts I've enjoyed read...Friko, another of your posts I've enjoyed reading. Congratulations (or belated congratulations) on your 23 years of wedded bliss. April seems to be a good month for anniverseries, our 44th was on 16th April - we celebrated with a cup of tea!Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604864977387798470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-45815941462349400782010-04-17T10:35:55.061+01:002010-04-17T10:35:55.061+01:00Belated wishes, so Happy Unanniversary! The area, ...Belated wishes, so Happy Unanniversary! The area, all very familiar to me, made the story that much more interesting. Have a great next 23 years.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-74408393289762882302010-04-17T09:13:48.290+01:002010-04-17T09:13:48.290+01:00Oh gosh yes! I remember that sleazy bit of Londo...Oh gosh yes! I remember that sleazy bit of London! Used to work not far away, but that was over 50 years ago, and it was sleazier then, but more bookshops!<br /><br />I wouldn't have dared to speak to a stange man then, probably never be seen afterwards!Gillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00322140697547406511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-29701988120536218012010-04-16T20:35:58.546+01:002010-04-16T20:35:58.546+01:00Congrats. Beat you by 5. And this is all because...Congrats. Beat you by 5. And this is all because he likes the soft centres and I like the hard centres.Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-60568883043905862342010-04-16T19:50:21.409+01:002010-04-16T19:50:21.409+01:00Congratulations to you and yours. Must admit, I ma...Congratulations to you and yours. Must admit, I made it to 27 1/2 years...then got divorced... we can't win 'em all! Let's hope you both continue with wedded bliss!Jinksyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-89988198847662271862010-04-16T19:18:42.247+01:002010-04-16T19:18:42.247+01:00Laughing about Alice Schwarzer is easy but I remeb...Laughing about Alice Schwarzer is easy but I remeber buying her magazine Emma for my mum when I took the U-Bahn home. I read it of course but as an 10 year old schoolgirl I really wondered what they were talking about... <br />Well done for talking to the right person and being in the right place at the right time. A match made in heaven?<br /><br />Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum HochzeitstagIvyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12304906179807218201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-22514218060828987332010-04-16T18:46:44.757+01:002010-04-16T18:46:44.757+01:00Well done and happy anniversary!Well done and happy anniversary!Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-11052703575213768302010-04-16T17:12:55.375+01:002010-04-16T17:12:55.375+01:00Just being able to buy a drink alone in a pub seem...Just being able to buy a drink alone in a pub seemed so daring then . One still had elderly relations who talked about the White Slave Trade , after all . <br />Delighted to hear that the freedom went to your head and you grabbed a good'un .<br />Here's to the next 23 years !!SmitoniusAndSonatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11210817141287881808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-14902254904785690782010-04-16T10:25:09.451+01:002010-04-16T10:25:09.451+01:00Aha! So now I have the whole story. Or at least m...Aha! So now I have the whole story. Or at least more of it, but I suspect there's a whole backstory there that you're not letting on about. <br /><br />My first (and possibly only) attempt at asking a boy out (to the Sadie Hawkins dance, which is traditionally girl-asks-boy) failed because, in the interval between first developing a huge crush on him and the date of the dance (4 months Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10892637441668897411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-89127790709178262252010-04-16T09:16:43.055+01:002010-04-16T09:16:43.055+01:00Alles Liebe zum Hochzeitstag (oder habe ich etwas ...Alles Liebe zum Hochzeitstag (oder habe ich etwas falsch verstanden**) - nein, also ich denke nicht. vielen Dank die Geschichte einer jungen und wirklich für die damaligen Verhältnisse sehr mutigen jungen Frau.<br />Mut, der ja zum Glück auf ganz wunderbare Weise belohnt wurde. <br /><br /><br />Einen traumhaften Tag für Euch beide!<br /><br />Isabellaisabella kramer - veredithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241252383238836003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-24663580925536666222010-04-16T07:21:30.214+01:002010-04-16T07:21:30.214+01:00The only thing that sticks with me about London is...The only thing that sticks with me about London is Foyles Books,(I was there for a rainy week in November with a tiny baby) I loved your description of your part of the city. You and your husband may have been meant for one another, but you'd never have found out if you hadn't made that move. Happy anniversary!Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-87342578284889536952010-04-16T02:12:21.065+01:002010-04-16T02:12:21.065+01:00When I went to school near London, I used to spend...When I went to school near London, I used to spend all my pocket money walking up Charing Cross Road, then turning on Cecil Court I think for all the second-hand books. Twenty-three years ago – that would have been 1987 – it does not sound that far away. Wait a minute, I was looking at a book yesterday – That’s it, it has a small receipt which says: Foyles for Books – Stock of over 4 million Vagabondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774109692564954568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-26257121869438099442010-04-16T01:02:35.277+01:002010-04-16T01:02:35.277+01:00Congratulations upon this anniversary.
Just ten y...Congratulations upon this anniversary.<br /><br />Just ten years married, am not watching any TV for the last three and nearly forgot what a remote looks like.<br />And yes, I learned much more about life and its content inside a Pub, than anywhere else.<br />Sad, only that there aren't many over here in Athens.<br />Wishing you all a wonderful Friday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-50507254962385100752010-04-16T00:44:00.346+01:002010-04-16T00:44:00.346+01:00Friko, what a beautiful post. The era you evoke w...Friko, what a beautiful post. The era you evoke was about the time that I used to visit London at least once a year. I absolutely see the scene that you describe. I know the era you mean in terms of what a girl/woman might dare on her own.<br /><br />I toast you and your husband for your luck in being in that right place at the right time and in the right frame of mind. This romantic still Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-74760628610723101162010-04-15T23:10:28.455+01:002010-04-15T23:10:28.455+01:00Swallowtail - what a lovely comment. Thank you, ...Swallowtail - what a lovely comment. Thank you, and may we last for as long as it takes.<br /><br />Martin H - And there I was, thinking you'd have the answer.<br /><br />Bonnie - it takes one to know one.<br /><br />Kilauea Poetry - high fives and Aloha to you.<br /><br />Cloudia - congratulations to you and Aloha. Stay happy!Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-7539319471017147292010-04-15T22:58:10.399+01:002010-04-15T22:58:10.399+01:00So very instructive (listening young folks?)
We a...So very instructive (listening young folks?)<br /><br />We are celebrating 23 years also....so long ago!<br /><br />Aloha from Waikiki<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Comfort Spiral</a>Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-77402947426922181832010-04-15T22:45:06.113+01:002010-04-15T22:45:06.113+01:00Congratulations!
I've been married almost twe...Congratulations! <br />I've been married almost twenty..so I should high five the nearest fem- cheers to pubs and motels!! <br />Oh, and Alooohaa-Kilauea Poetryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10565265326716182821noreply@blogger.com