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The World’s Already Far Too Full Of Cuts And Burns And Bumps…

Jul 08, 2014 19:59

1. I think I’ve fallen off the radar. No tweets for over a month. I’ve probably not even updated Facebook once a month since the end of last year. My Flickr account has seen only one update in the past couple of years (the Half Marathon). My Instagram is looking rather dusty. And as for this poor neglected blog…( This Is My 2014, Tell Me Yours )

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misswyoming July 8 2014, 19:44:01 UTC

Hey Busto!!! I thought you'd gone into a Wetherspoons somewhere in the country, gone through a Mr Benn style magic toilet door and were living in some fantasy fancy dress draft ale and pub grub land!

My first memory is biting my brother and not understanding why he was screaming. Loving J turning into a wee lad. I felt all warm inside at 'tustard'.

Nothing exciting to update in my own life, glad to hear the Bustos' are all well. (Did I apostrophise that correctly? Brain fart.)

thebustocrookes July 8 2014, 20:17:09 UTC

Y'know, if I ever do a Reggie Perrin style disappearance, that's exactly what I'll do! Sounds a perfect escape :-)

That's such a vivid first memory - not sure what to make of it, but much more exciting than mine

Yeah, the tiny "bauble" rolling around on your floor is no more - part of me misses the needy/dependent baby - part of me much prefers the modern version who scolds me for not taking my shoes off or telling me off for (deliberately) getting nursery rhymes wrong. I suppose that you could come up with a thesis about the whole dom/sub thing re whether you prefer that needy baby or the child who tries to boss you about.. dunno.

The 'Tustard is good stil - I've got him watching Trumpton and Morph, but a lot of things from our generation wash over him at the moment. I shall persevere, however!

Funnily enough, I was thinking of you a couple of nights ago - my mum bought J a Julia Donaldson book (Tabby McTat - the one mentioned in point 8) from Hoggs in Monimaskit - it still has the small gold sticker on the back advertising the

No idea if my password is right, lets see if this thing flies.... e4q July 8 2014, 19:52:10 UTC

How lovely to have a busto post to read!

ALL THE POINTS!

Re: No idea if my password is right, lets see if this thing flies.... thebustocrookes July 8 2014, 20:17:58 UTC

This thing still flies, Ma'am - how nice to hear from you - are you settled in your new palace now?

Re: No idea if my password is right, lets see if this thing flies.... e4q July 8 2014, 20:51:08 UTC

I am.

I mean, there is a lot more to do but it feels like home. Do come and stay, perhaps not yet, but when the young master might fancy a trip on the train. I have a ton of room.

Re: No idea if my password is right, lets see if this thing flies.... thebustocrookes July 8 2014, 21:05:14 UTC

Thanks :-)

The young master had no idea about London, other than a ditty about a bridge falling down, but a couple of months ago we were at Sheffield station where we saw an East Midlands Trains service to St Pancras - http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zLSRRJiKbxg/S7uuNFuszgI/AAAAAAAADFs/5N-lkXAWpio/s1600/meridian_emt(2).jpg - I told him that the sleek looking train was "a London train" and he's been fascinated ever since with the idea of this big important place with its fast trains - it's going to be great :-)

And there's a Poppet too! What more could anyone want?

silver_starfish July 8 2014, 20:19:12 UTC

1. I was starting to think the badgers had got you. There was a heck of a lot of tumbleweed floating past your corner of the internet. (I never say 'heck of a lot', dunno where that came from ( ... )

thebustocrookes July 8 2014, 21:00:48 UTC

1. I was thinking of the Badgers tonight - watching the World Cup on BBC1 and its got "BRA GER" in the top of the screen - apparently it means Brazil - Germany rather than anything BadGer related though ( ... )

silver_starfish July 15 2014, 09:34:59 UTC

1. I still think the badgers were behind it. They probably plotted the whole thing so that those teams would be playing, and the letters would be on the screen, and you would be watching, and your brain would make the connection....has my imagination gone too far ( ... )

judo100 July 9 2014, 01:14:53 UTC

Good to hear from you again. Sounds like things are rather calm and homey with you and your family, which is nice. Your boy is 3 and a half already? Other people's children grow up so fast!

thebustocrookes July 12 2014, 21:17:31 UTC

Evening :-)

I think that calm is good. It may seem to have downsides at the time, but when things start to go wrong then I'll appreciate the "quiet" of calm

I know what you mean about other people's children - my parents were at the wedding of the daughter of a family friend last month - I was sure that the girl was about six, but apparently she's in her twenties now!

msb66 July 9 2014, 14:01:10 UTC

YAY! Great to hear from you.

Our news is that we finally found The Home of Our Dreams in Shropshire and have been happily residing in Oswestry for 3 months.

Best. Thing. Ever. Each day feels like a holiday as we have lots of exploring to do...

thebustocrookes July 12 2014, 21:21:23 UTC

TINSTAC? The guy I sit next to at work is from Oswestry...

We were there about eight years ago, but all I really remember was the Sainsburys and the one-way system - a lovely part of the country though - delighted to hear that you are settled ;-)