Comments on Want to be a free thinker but still a nice person: Wistful thinking

I know, I love those bottles with the straws too. ...

2009-07-02T14:27:34.657-07:00

I know, I love those bottles with the straws too.

Katie got her smile but I did too. I'm lucky. No need for collagen in my lips ever -- she had such plump-lip DNA to hand down to us.

Another precious period detail---those bottled sof...

2009-07-02T10:57:56.547-07:00

Another precious period detail---those bottled soft drinks with straws! If darlin' aura had had any premonition of the married Hell awaiting her, I bet she'd have ordered something stronger!

I think Katie inherited her smile.

Not meaning to give you nightmares or anything, bu...

2009-07-02T09:29:57.353-07:00

Not meaning to give you nightmares or anything, but I thought I'd give you a few links so you could judge for yourself and take appropriate action.

So have a look at this, this, this and this. They all have photos, but the stories also give an insight into his personality.

OJ, I will freak out if I run into the politician ...

2009-07-02T08:09:54.767-07:00

OJ, I will freak out if I run into the politician who you mention -- I'll think it's a younger version of my father and then I'll go psycho thinking he's returned to the Earth to torment me once again. Thanks for the warning that his doppleganger (sp?) stalks the Reading area.

OJ, that was a great comment thanks. And BWJ, I a...

2009-07-02T08:07:55.273-07:00

OJ, that was a great comment thanks.

And BWJ, I always appreciated that you called me in Angland when you heard the news. No one else got in touch so I really was happy to be able to talk about him with you, thanks.

Those curtains were in the Methodist church where you just sung at -- well, they must have put some new ones up by now.

I don't like to tell you this, but he looks just l...

2009-07-02T08:02:22.290-07:00

I don't like to tell you this, but he looks just like the Conservative councillor who I've been accused of having a vendetta against.

Though it's never wise to judge a book by it's cover it's difficult not to speculate about the reasons people behave in certain ways, so I wonder if the similarity isn't in more than just appearances. If behaviour is a manifestation of beliefs created to explain and make sense of personal experiences, then personal history can tell a lot.

Growing up in a particular area at a particular time or under particular conditions or circumstances it is easy to see how an individual might be influenced, but it's a truism that although it's impossible to escape one's history there are different ways to deal with it and vicious cycles can be broken.

Laura looks GORGEOUS! That dress is classic---wou...

2009-07-02T07:59:17.529-07:00

Laura looks GORGEOUS! That dress is classic---would look just as good today. And her lovely slim figure! That beautiful smile!

Leo, alas, looks like the model used by the cartoonographer for the animated "Charlotte's Web"---for the character of Templeton the Rat. The epitome of sneaky!

Odd what different people see when presented with a photo. My first thought was that I'd give good money for those curtains behind them---classic '50s bark-cloth. Wish it had been a color photo.

Leo's daid 'n' buried. What a strange guy he was!

E, so it's not just sons and fathers that don't se...

2009-07-02T03:47:14.185-07:00

E, so it's not just sons and fathers that don't see eye to eye; I'm always falling out with mine but it's because we are so alike (a couple of obstinate old gits!), silly really.

Sounds like you had a rough time though, sorry to hear that.