tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post5632634177680772858..comments2024-03-29T07:54:24.161+00:00Comments on TONE DEAF: Drummed out of WisleyRoderick Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-45136781957054171072015-10-11T06:44:49.167+01:002015-10-11T06:44:49.167+01:00Fed: Pleased you like it. By the time I'm done...Fed: Pleased you like it. By the time I'm done with my re-polishing I'm long past being able to judge a story as a story; only its technicalities. These I was satisfied with.<br /><br />The slab scene was deliberately created so that I could announce the arrival of his ex in the way I did, ie: <br /><br /><i>Inevitably she arrived just as he finished and there was nothing to see. He attempted to explain but she shrugged. “Men can always find some fool work to keep them away from what matters...</i><br /><br />Wrack/rack can be interchanged in some instances but the consensus for that phrase seems to be as I used it. I tend to associate the w-form with seaweed - ie, bladderwrack.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-34117863786855225662015-10-10T19:00:26.241+01:002015-10-10T19:00:26.241+01:00http://grammarist.com/usage/rack-wrack/http://grammarist.com/usage/rack-wrack/mikeMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-5512838305633589652015-10-10T16:16:36.765+01:002015-10-10T16:16:36.765+01:00Like it. Did he ever finish setting the slab? Rack...Like it. Did he ever finish setting the slab? Rack and ruin/Wrack and ruin?Fedorovnanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-82583645968733088462015-10-08T06:37:23.345+01:002015-10-08T06:37:23.345+01:00Mike M: And men may enslave themselves for it.Mike M: And men may enslave themselves for it.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-86599801103169389592015-10-08T01:10:35.753+01:002015-10-08T01:10:35.753+01:00Beauty can be a beast.Beauty can be a beast.mikeMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-16223531000467065712015-10-07T11:12:06.255+01:002015-10-07T11:12:06.255+01:00MikeM: I gently urged VR to read this, I think she...MikeM: I gently urged VR to read this, I think she said it amused her. Me, I feel purged.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-22239127361393728592015-10-07T00:33:55.666+01:002015-10-07T00:33:55.666+01:00I hope this hasn't been going on for very long...I hope this hasn't been going on for very long.mikeMnoreply@blogger.com