tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post8578936777643784054..comments2024-03-16T21:27:00.457+00:00Comments on Friko's World: Not Everything Went WrongFrikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-85212490146844832692014-01-05T03:18:45.970+00:002014-01-05T03:18:45.970+00:00And, a Happy New Year to you!And, a Happy New Year to you!Sally Wesselyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06470453773515491625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-50906480371327419792014-01-04T21:59:22.217+00:002014-01-04T21:59:22.217+00:00Happy New Year to you!!Happy New Year to you!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-48072932430756024802014-01-03T00:03:33.049+00:002014-01-03T00:03:33.049+00:00Since I run a business, it isn't actually poss...Since I run a business, it isn't actually possible to finish year-end tasks before January!<br /><br />Here's to a bright 2014!Secret Agent Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564690116156754219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-39171344363022377682014-01-02T16:08:24.725+00:002014-01-02T16:08:24.725+00:00I love the title of this post, which fit our own e...I love the title of this post, which fit our own experience of the season, in our case including snow and treacherous ice at just the time guests were set to come and go, and one set of friends with a punctured tire as they were leaving on Boxing Day. (Miraculously, a tire place was open to outfit them with a proper spare--missing from their rental car.) New Year's Day, peace descended once Susan Scheidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-79211167665619310012014-01-02T15:01:58.635+00:002014-01-02T15:01:58.635+00:00Happy New Year, Friko!
I wish health, good weather...Happy New Year, Friko!<br />I wish health, good weather and good friends! Nadezdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08159291982383302922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-56932164882518558752014-01-02T13:44:59.611+00:002014-01-02T13:44:59.611+00:00No dark man came to my door at midnight - I don...No dark man came to my door at midnight - I don't know if I'm relieved or disappointed - and many a task gets carried over the threshold of my new year; be that as it may, it sounds as though you had a merry season despite the weather. Hope this new year brings you prosperity and luck. Just curious - did a dark stranger enter your door with the requisite items? (Which culture did that Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14555472024981357622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-26830574752644146962014-01-02T04:40:53.035+00:002014-01-02T04:40:53.035+00:00"A task carried over into the new Year will n..."A task carried over into the new Year will never prosper"?<br /><br />Damn, I wish I'd known that before today.<br />Happy New Year.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-64260965571243401802014-01-02T04:03:53.278+00:002014-01-02T04:03:53.278+00:00Friko, the New Year still in nappies I dare say it...Friko, the New Year still in nappies I dare say it's not too late to wish you a good one too.<br /><br />When I saw your headline "Not everything went wrong..." I laughed and tinged with a faint shade of envy at the same time: It's the sort of subject line I like to come up with. As it were, sitting tight, trying not to move and promptly following asleep before midnight (the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-82188840866026028112014-01-02T00:44:00.196+00:002014-01-02T00:44:00.196+00:00How interesting.. the first-footer. My first and o...How interesting.. the first-footer. My first and only visitor was a deer at the steps of the deck. Other than that, it's just me and the kitties today. I hope your friend heals quickly. Happy New Year, dear Friko.Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12787493532006658679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-48082498411743251172014-01-01T23:01:29.088+00:002014-01-01T23:01:29.088+00:00seems to me one night be able to rent oneself out ...seems to me one night be able to rent oneself out as an auspicious first footer, eh?flaskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926786246931651655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-2206122541728683092014-01-01T19:35:31.035+00:002014-01-01T19:35:31.035+00:00Hallo Friko,
trotz aller Widrigkeiten, die Du in d...Hallo Friko,<br />trotz aller Widrigkeiten, die Du in der ersten Hälfte beschreibst, wünsche ich Dir und Deinen Lieben ein frohes neues Jahr 2014 !<br /><br />Gruß Dieterrheinland-bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11531150233517521024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-50812099682413577092014-01-01T19:26:15.314+00:002014-01-01T19:26:15.314+00:00Wow! My first visitor of the year was my next-doo...Wow! My first visitor of the year was my next-door neighbour Sandy. She brought me hugs, but no whiskey or candy, alas! But a very welcome guest she was anyway.<br /><br />May 2014 be bright and beautiful for you. xoxoCanadian Chickadeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12995693884248628958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-73021338757144320672014-01-01T17:52:20.240+00:002014-01-01T17:52:20.240+00:00I have been having a bit of a problem in being dro...I have been having a bit of a problem in being dropped, sink, skeedoodled visiting your blog of late, Frko. Thought I would try my smart phone, which is much smarter than I. Now I can read you. Here is hoping I can comment and wish you a happy and healthy new year. PennyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-49136946869249108922014-01-01T14:17:07.185+00:002014-01-01T14:17:07.185+00:00I like your idea of half at your house, half at th...I like your idea of half at your house, half at theirs!<br />Glad the bad weather did not unduly affect your celebrations, and the "overindulgence" sounds familiar here too! <br />I am guilty of leaving a job undone yesterday, and will have to hope that it prospers notwithstanding, as it's not for me but an organisation that I volunteer with, keep your fingers crossed for me pleaseMimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08100985140335023467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-51765356167097288042014-01-01T04:37:01.145+00:002014-01-01T04:37:01.145+00:00However unlikely, I do hope you get your idea Firs...However unlikely, I do hope you get your idea First Footer over your doorstep. I can't imagine how to make that happen here. <br /><br />Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-80349330373712466172014-01-01T01:04:55.962+00:002014-01-01T01:04:55.962+00:00Aye, 'tis Hogmanay, but we'll not be up la...Aye, 'tis Hogmanay, but we'll not be up late celebratin' — nor do we expect visitors bringing a loaf and a lump of coal, but 'tis a fine auld tradition I've known about all my life.<br />I'm so glad you had a good Christmas with good friends, Friko. It sounds as if the weather could hardly have been worse but, of course, if it had been, you'd have had more problems Kay L. Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09966266404058177742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-55630335046838106062014-01-01T00:42:50.547+00:002014-01-01T00:42:50.547+00:00My Irish wish for you for 2014:
may your hands al...My Irish wish for you for 2014:<br /><br />may your hands always be stretched out in friendship and never in want, dear Friko.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-89614389366116361152013-12-31T22:52:07.343+00:002013-12-31T22:52:07.343+00:00✦✧✦╗╔╔╗╔╗╔╗╗╔─╔╗╔╗╗╦╔─╗╔╔╗╔╗╔╗║✧✦✧
✧✦✧╠╣╠╣╠╝╠╝╚╣─...✦✧✦╗╔╔╗╔╗╔╗╗╔─╔╗╔╗╗╦╔─╗╔╔╗╔╗╔╗║✧✦✧ <br />✧✦✧╠╣╠╣╠╝╠╝╚╣─║║╠╝║║║─╚╣╠╝╠╣║─║✦✧✦ <br />✦✧✦╝╚╩╩╩─╩─╚╝─╝╚╚╝╚╩╝─╚╝╚╝╩╩╩─═✧✦✧Birdiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03479872783727855901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-36231650959214346922013-12-31T22:49:17.131+00:002013-12-31T22:49:17.131+00:00No first footers here.
Have a wonderful, happy and...No first footers here.<br />Have a wonderful, happy and healthy New Year.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-64213410972603902152013-12-31T22:08:17.144+00:002013-12-31T22:08:17.144+00:00Happy New Year! We'll have Downton Abbey soon....Happy New Year! We'll have Downton Abbey soon. <br /><br />Love,<br />JanieJanie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-34599073670927823462013-12-31T21:38:29.767+00:002013-12-31T21:38:29.767+00:00No tall dark men are likely to be the first steppi...No tall dark men are likely to be the first stepping into my door unless it is my creepy neighbor having lost his way home in a drugged state. I too had never heard of the tradition untiil this year, and this is the second time. Maybe I should be in search of a tall dark stranger. Have the happiest of all new years.Lisa https://www.blogger.com/profile/09324961653370110887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-20191124412512728252013-12-31T21:07:20.928+00:002013-12-31T21:07:20.928+00:00Bring he whiskey and he'll find a right welcom...Bring he whiskey and he'll find a right welcome, be he whatever shade or standing.Henry Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18060070596696697626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-12732694636367954552013-12-31T20:48:41.493+00:002013-12-31T20:48:41.493+00:00Great...I do not think I know a tall, dark man who...Great...I do not think I know a tall, dark man who would bring us gifts. So...wonder what this bodes for our incoming year?Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257045780724471840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-874221902316293922013-12-31T19:19:41.935+00:002013-12-31T19:19:41.935+00:00Gosh - now I'll be looking for a tall, dark ma...Gosh - now I'll be looking for a tall, dark man - does it count if he used to have dark hair which has now turned white? I came by to tell you I'm thinking of you at the cusp of the New Year, Friko. Let the fun begin!Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04984171407726520584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-58718817269121175042013-12-31T19:09:55.973+00:002013-12-31T19:09:55.973+00:00Must remember to send O/H for the last little shov...Must remember to send O/H for the last little shovel of coal - he used to have a wonderful head of black hair - it's gone a little bit sparse and silver now, but he'll do for me. Happy New Year, Friko to both you and your Beloved and not forgetting Gardener tooMollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604864977387798470noreply@blogger.com