tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post9142845091058368432..comments2024-03-27T16:19:53.023+00:00Comments on Friko's World: The Scraper Arrives Back Home.Frikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-85481130588040848712010-05-14T11:27:46.657+01:002010-05-14T11:27:46.657+01:00Vagabonde - thank you for taking the time you re...Vagabonde - thank you for taking the time you read my posts, in spite of being as busy as you are. I'll be in touch.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-69441893968372100912010-05-14T02:46:56.616+01:002010-05-14T02:46:56.616+01:00I am behind in commenting Friko – I was away then ...I am behind in commenting Friko – I was away then when I came back I found a few hundred posts waiting to be read – first my blogging friends who come to my blog like you dear Friko – and thank you for your friendship (you are the first blog I followed you know) - then there are the blogs where I comment but they do not or rarely comment on mine, then the blogs I like to read and don’t comment Vagabondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774109692564954568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-34533755075647700932010-05-14T00:10:17.954+01:002010-05-14T00:10:17.954+01:00Martin H - scraper and I are grateful for your c...Martin H - scraper and I are grateful for your comments.<br /><br />Pondside - Scraper's diary is history, in a way. It is only in hindsight that history becomes special; while we live through 'it', it's just daily life.<br /><br />Vicki Lane - thank you Vicki. i know you joined him late but i am glad that you enjoyed him.<br /><br />Tabor - I would indeed. But the story Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-31593260042052796292010-05-13T20:17:43.178+01:002010-05-13T20:17:43.178+01:00Sad to see it come to an add but I think very sad ...Sad to see it come to an add but I think very sad to think what he and his compatriots maanged to get for thier fags and soap and chocoalte and wonder how desperate the people sellign may well hae been to let precious things go for so little. Such is the way of war I suppose.her at homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553181592011484686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-45685476894951376772010-05-13T17:12:16.350+01:002010-05-13T17:12:16.350+01:00Have now had time to read the last two episodes, F...Have now had time to read the last two episodes, Friko, and all I can say is that I really hope you start something else. You are a gifted writer and I know I've said this too many times already, but the fact that you write so beautifully in your adopted language floors me. <br />You have a way of writing that is so fresh, slightly unconventional, descriptive while still keeping your prose Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10892637441668897411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-3881701649131481182010-05-12T21:32:16.321+01:002010-05-12T21:32:16.321+01:00So, are you going to tell us? Do you write them? ...So, are you going to tell us? Do you write them? Are they real diaries? Tell, tell, tell.Fran Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935088780461825341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-80124835207392245712010-05-12T19:26:05.564+01:002010-05-12T19:26:05.564+01:00The resonance of the last line gave me chicken ski...The resonance of the last line gave me chicken skin. (You may know them as "goose bumps")<br /><br /> Such fine, honest writing. AND the historical element. Thanks for sharing your roots with us...I heard your voice in some of the words about Spring & England.<br /><br />Glad we found each other :)<br /><br /><br />http://frikosmusings.blogspot.com/2010/05/Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-4389202659685780352010-05-12T17:05:44.983+01:002010-05-12T17:05:44.983+01:00I particularly loved the authentic slang even thou...I particularly loved the authentic slang even though much of the time I didn't have clue what he was saying. Wouldn't it be wonderful to have a photo of that reflection in the glass?Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257045780724471840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-55296298463198553772010-05-12T14:59:13.127+01:002010-05-12T14:59:13.127+01:00Absolutely beautiful!Absolutely beautiful!Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-10725222191843333882010-05-12T13:54:18.477+01:002010-05-12T13:54:18.477+01:00I'd love to know who the Scraper was - were th...I'd love to know who the Scraper was - were there actually diaries, or is his experience compiled from stories of several people?<br />I think that what I liked best about the Scraper's Diary was the ordinariness of it all, when we know from history that it was a terrible time. The hunger, the black market, the destruction are all there, and observed so casually. Even the references to Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-77258270556460228652010-05-12T13:27:36.093+01:002010-05-12T13:27:36.093+01:00Just caught up with the latest and last 'Scrap...Just caught up with the latest and last 'Scraper' episode. I want to thank you for posting these charming insights. I also want to thank 'Scraper' for keeping such a detailed diary of times and events. Excellent.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.com