tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post3961777165962589551..comments2023-10-30T08:56:36.302+00:00Comments on Pseuds' corner and home of the frustrated hack: Absolute Beginner Goes Wild - allwellUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-58397496488037574882007-04-23T21:26:00.000+01:002007-04-23T21:26:00.000+01:00Allwell - Busy, so very late to your excellent pie...Allwell - Busy, so very late to your excellent piece. Big Blogger convinced me that I could write and make people (well person - me) laugh. And you should feel the same!!<BR/><BR/>I've ridden bikes and motorbikes aplenty and loved every second, especially riding from Liverpool to York through your neck of the woods - perfect. Never done mountain biking and too old now, I suspect!<BR/><BR/>Never Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-56444012446098196912007-04-20T16:46:00.000+01:002007-04-20T16:46:00.000+01:00allwell: I've heard you have some rather special t...allwell: I've heard you have some rather special tea-rooms as well as the flowers. A slogan should surely include <BR/>and you can have a nice teacake too?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-2328043615154041172007-04-20T09:09:00.000+01:002007-04-20T09:09:00.000+01:00Mimi,Yeah, Sheffield is great. It'll never be a to...Mimi,<BR/><BR/>Yeah, Sheffield is great. It'll never be a top tourist destination but as a place to live it's not bad at all. People who grow up there tend to stay there, or at least return once they've been away.<BR/><BR/>Ripon is pleasant enough and it does have the abbeys but when it comes to flowers Harrogate rules. <BR/><BR/>Maybe that should be their new marketing slogan: "When it comes to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-41364383147254171592007-04-19T17:38:00.000+01:002007-04-19T17:38:00.000+01:00allwell: my nephew is now in Sheffield and honestl...allwell: my nephew is now in Sheffield and honestly, it sounds pretty exciting to me! He just picked up his first penalty points on driving licence whilst pursuing some studentesque challenge!<BR/>Harrogate is nice, but of north Yorks towns with which I'm familiar, might you not have been beaten by Ripon in the floral comp? I seem to remember some rather splendid displays there. Also Ripon is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-73232160494526475562007-04-19T14:14:00.000+01:002007-04-19T14:14:00.000+01:00Yes, BiB, us Red Devils are really shitting bricks...Yes, BiB, us Red Devils are really shitting bricks now!<BR/>Dream scenario: we both win all our remaining games, but you lot manage a <BR/>1-0 victory at your Roman Villa.<BR/>We snitch the title on goal difference - totally just, since goals = entertainment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-76882471831333222472007-04-19T12:42:00.000+01:002007-04-19T12:42:00.000+01:00Alldull, Why don't you do like everyone else here?...Alldull, <BR/><BR/>Why don't you do like everyone else here? Pretend!<BR/><BR/>Allwell (seriously, the other name doesn't suit you), <BR/><BR/>thanks fot that. And don't give up the writing, it's allgood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-61257502002996263942007-04-19T11:55:00.000+01:002007-04-19T11:55:00.000+01:00offside,About me? Well alldull might be a better n...offside,<BR/><BR/>About me? Well alldull might be a better name, especially when compared to the cosmopolitan residents of this site. <BR/><BR/>Grew up in the sparkling city of seven hills (Sheffield, obviously). Now live in Harrogate. If I say it's a Yorkshire spa town and recent European floral champion, that should tell you all you need to know.<BR/><BR/>I've a very dull job and do a bit of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-34209323924346418032007-04-19T01:38:00.000+01:002007-04-19T01:38:00.000+01:00Bluedaddy,you should be excused by Allwell just be...Bluedaddy,you should be excused by Allwell just because you had a bad trike accident at 5.guitougoalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00024857162312142585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-37637454017589738832007-04-19T01:01:00.000+01:002007-04-19T01:01:00.000+01:00Sorry allwell. A bit rude. I liked this. Never don...Sorry allwell. A bit rude. I liked this. Never done mountain biking. But urban death racing is good too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-17978347474606436932007-04-19T01:00:00.000+01:002007-04-19T01:00:00.000+01:00Mimi, I had a great trike accident aged about five...Mimi, I had a great trike accident aged about five or six. My sister or brother was towing me round the block on her/his pushbike. In my hand I clutched a diluted bottle of Quosh orange squash. A glass bottle. A tight bend. An outstretched hand. A bloody mess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-32841458080672080302007-04-18T23:32:00.000+01:002007-04-18T23:32:00.000+01:00allwell: I enjoyed reading this and was instantly ...allwell: I enjoyed reading this and was instantly thrown back to my first tricycle accident (aged about 4). strange how those early traumas don't put you off!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-9857223860286032872007-04-18T23:27:00.000+01:002007-04-18T23:27:00.000+01:00Allwell,All well, all well!(I just like your name,...Allwell,<BR/><BR/>All well, all well!<BR/><BR/>(I just like your name, it's a question, a pause, a statement, and a name! If I get banned from GU, I'm coming back as 'koff! for the same rationale...I have had posts deleted now, so I'm getting there. Still some way to go, but at least I am improving my average.)<BR/><BR/>Just a way to say all is well, with allwell's allwell writing.<BR/><BR/>No, BlueinBetishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16924428641871120106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-39115674555864758032007-04-18T23:14:00.000+01:002007-04-18T23:14:00.000+01:00Allwell, where is home? Do tell us about you if yo...Allwell, <BR/><BR/>where is home? Do tell us about you if you have the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-35158658127758375142007-04-18T16:48:00.000+01:002007-04-18T16:48:00.000+01:00Allwell, very enjoyable piece.I drive often to Tah...Allwell, <BR/>very enjoyable piece.I drive often to Tahoe from L.A, through Bishop, past Bishop every 50 miles you move to a different surrounding with spectacular views of mountain scenery.Yes mountain bike , it's tough and humbling but most of all could be dangerous up-there.guitougoalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00024857162312142585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-28405706319774531712007-04-18T16:25:00.000+01:002007-04-18T16:25:00.000+01:00Allwell,good 'un!ggAllwell,<BR/>good 'un!<BR/><BR/>ggAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-9485015279057607692007-04-18T11:58:00.000+01:002007-04-18T11:58:00.000+01:00Thanks offside. I bought a bike when I got home. I...Thanks offside. I bought a bike when I got home. I'm still completely shite though.<BR/><BR/>Tahoe is a strange place: 70-odd miles of beautiful shoreline, then as you pass from California into Nevada, about half a mile of concrete and neon monstrosity. <BR/><BR/>Those casinos are pretty desperate places. I saw a song and dance group performing a painfully cheesy number to an audience of none. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-63473083754407378692007-04-18T11:02:00.000+01:002007-04-18T11:02:00.000+01:00Allwell,well...all, well..., well!All well?Allwell,<BR/><BR/>well...<BR/><BR/>all, well..., well!<BR/><BR/>All well?BlueinBetishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16924428641871120106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-16441468541601569982007-04-18T09:55:00.000+01:002007-04-18T09:55:00.000+01:00I was in Tahoe once. At the casino. Played ten buc...I was in Tahoe once. At the casino. Played ten bucks at the slot machines. Made a hundred in ten minutes. Had a nice meal upstairs. Took me all night to lose the rest again. They give you free drink as long as you keep playing. It did my head in. Felt about the same, actually. Except I never went back. <BR/><BR/>allwell, your writing is much better than your riding. It looks effortless by Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com