Comments for All The Dumb Things http://blog.allthedumbthings.com A cautionary tale in development Sun, 17 Mar 2013 02:33:40 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on Speaker’s corner at the Domain. Sydney, NSW, Australia. 1973 by Norman http://blog.allthedumbthings.com/2008/02/04/speakers-corner-at-the-domain-sydney-nsw-austalia-1973/comment-page-1/#comment-45639 Norman Sun, 17 Mar 2013 02:33:40 +0000 http://blog.allthedumbthings.com/2008/02/04/speakers-corner-at-the-domain-sydney-nsw-austalia-1973/#comment-45639 Would love to hear from carol , I knew Charlie King when in 1971. Norman dowds3926@shaw.ca Would love to hear from carol , I knew Charlie King when in 1971.

Norman dowds3926@shaw.ca

]]> Comment on Carolina Chocolate Drops and the Luminescent Orchestrii – Knockin by pat coakley http://blog.allthedumbthings.com/2011/11/28/carolina-chocolate-drops-and-the-luminescent-orchestrii-knockin/comment-page-1/#comment-36518 pat coakley Fri, 12 Oct 2012 15:57:28 +0000 http://blog.allthedumbthings.com/?p=1915#comment-36518 Ok. I emailed you several days ago and then realized that email address was based on your Sydney internet hook-up thingy. So, maybe, you didn't get it. Like that techie expertise "thingy"? So, I'm left to shouting across the continent and the oceans via your blog from which you perhaps receive notifications? The go go go has had to have let up since moving to Perth..at least enough to give a shout out some way some how, hasn't it?? Ok. I emailed you several days ago and then realized that email address was based on your Sydney internet hook-up thingy. So, maybe, you didn’t get it. Like that techie expertise “thingy”? So, I’m left to shouting across the continent and the oceans via your blog from which you perhaps receive notifications?

The go go go has had to have let up since moving to Perth..at least enough to give a shout out some way some how, hasn’t it??

]]> Comment on Carolina Chocolate Drops and the Luminescent Orchestrii – Knockin by Joost http://blog.allthedumbthings.com/2011/11/28/carolina-chocolate-drops-and-the-luminescent-orchestrii-knockin/comment-page-1/#comment-35008 Joost Mon, 20 Aug 2012 10:10:17 +0000 http://blog.allthedumbthings.com/?p=1915#comment-35008 Hi Razz, Congratulations with Engogirls promotion and the move to Perth, WA. So you will cross the Nullarbor :-) and she might commute narrow-gauge instead of standard-gauge. No coathanger but Narrows Bridge. No Bondi Beach but Freo. No Western Freeway but Kwimana Freeway. Forget the Rugby, they played in WA footy I also have good news, I'm graduated in Civil Engineering. So I'm looking for work. If Oz needed to design roads or standard gauge railways - because Oz still have three gauges, they can invite me Yours, Joost Hi Razz,

Congratulations with Engogirls promotion and the move to Perth, WA. So you will cross the Nullarbor :-) and she might commute narrow-gauge instead of standard-gauge. No coathanger but Narrows Bridge. No Bondi Beach but Freo. No Western Freeway but Kwimana Freeway. Forget the Rugby, they played in WA footy

I also have good news, I’m graduated in Civil Engineering. So I’m looking for work. If Oz needed to design roads or standard gauge railways – because Oz still have three gauges, they can invite me

Yours, Joost

]]> Comment on Carolina Chocolate Drops and the Luminescent Orchestrii – Knockin by pat coakley http://blog.allthedumbthings.com/2011/11/28/carolina-chocolate-drops-and-the-luminescent-orchestrii-knockin/comment-page-1/#comment-33306 pat coakley Fri, 06 Jul 2012 23:27:45 +0000 http://blog.allthedumbthings.com/?p=1915#comment-33306 Now, wouldn't all this "go, go, go" be great blog material? Photos of new house. Unpacked boxes in new house. You and Engogirl in your new pot? Show us your blooms for heaven's sake!! Now, wouldn’t all this “go, go, go” be great blog material? Photos of new house. Unpacked boxes in new house. You and Engogirl in your new pot? Show us your blooms for heaven’s sake!!

]]> Comment on Carolina Chocolate Drops and the Luminescent Orchestrii – Knockin by Razzbuffnik http://blog.allthedumbthings.com/2011/11/28/carolina-chocolate-drops-and-the-luminescent-orchestrii-knockin/comment-page-1/#comment-33295 Razzbuffnik Fri, 06 Jul 2012 16:03:34 +0000 http://blog.allthedumbthings.com/?p=1915#comment-33295 Engogirl has been given a promotion so we've moved to Perth (Western Australia that is) and bought a house. So it's been go, go, go! Engogirl has been given a promotion so we’ve moved to Perth (Western Australia that is) and bought a house. So it’s been go, go, go!

]]> Comment on Carolina Chocolate Drops and the Luminescent Orchestrii – Knockin by Epicurienne http://blog.allthedumbthings.com/2011/11/28/carolina-chocolate-drops-and-the-luminescent-orchestrii-knockin/comment-page-1/#comment-33022 Epicurienne Wed, 27 Jun 2012 15:23:44 +0000 http://blog.allthedumbthings.com/?p=1915#comment-33022 Hey Razz, are you there? You've been very quiet this year. Just wondering if that epic masterpiece of yours might be underway. Let me know when you can if all's good. xx Hey Razz, are you there?
You’ve been very quiet this year. Just wondering if that epic masterpiece of yours might be underway.
Let me know when you can if all’s good.

xx

]]> Comment on Homestay in Nagoya Japan by razzbuffnik http://blog.allthedumbthings.com/2007/06/24/homestay-in-nagoya-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-32925 razzbuffnik Sun, 24 Jun 2012 13:09:27 +0000 http://blog.allthedumbthings.com/2007/06/24/homestay-in-nagoya-japan/#comment-32925 Aya So nice to hear from you! Both my wife and I had a great time at your parent's house and have told many people how wonderful your family is. Aya

So nice to hear from you! Both my wife and I had a great time at your parent’s house and have told many people how wonderful your family is.

]]> Comment on Homestay in Nagoya Japan by Aya Ohara http://blog.allthedumbthings.com/2007/06/24/homestay-in-nagoya-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-32904 Aya Ohara Sat, 23 Jun 2012 13:25:20 +0000 http://blog.allthedumbthings.com/2007/06/24/homestay-in-nagoya-japan/#comment-32904 The Ohara Family says hi to you. Especially, my younger sister, Yae who still loves to play with Nori from time to time.... The Ohara Family says hi to you.
Especially, my younger sister, Yae who still loves to play with Nori from time to time….

]]> Comment on Two weeks in hell. Belize City, Belize by Ron http://blog.allthedumbthings.com/2007/05/16/two-weeks-in-hell-belize-city-belize/comment-page-2/#comment-32732 Ron Sun, 17 Jun 2012 12:37:51 +0000 http://blog.allthedumbthings.com/2007/05/16/two-weeks-in-hell-belize-city-belize/#comment-32732 Wow! Great blog post spanning over years of comments and feedback. First off Razz, kudos to you for using a blog for its exact purpose, expressing yourself or your opinion about a topic that people can CHOOSE to read and/or comment on if desired. I feel that if someone feels a place is a sh*thole, and wants to post it publicly, let him. He feels a sense of civic duty and fulfillment about informing others of HIS experience and opinions, well, that is what a blog is for! I feel that if people want to put contradictory comments to defend their beliefs on the particular comment, please do, as you have just as much right to post on a topic that stirs up an emotional response. This has been great back and fourth and I've enjoyed reading most of the intelligent insightful responses and rebuttals as warranted. I cannot provide a valid opinion of Belize City because I have never been there. Am I happy to have found this post? Hell yes! My wife and I are going to Belize very soon. We did a lot of research and are purposely staying at place 15 miles outside the city due to what we've read. There are MANY people that have had the same or worse experiences there, so I dont feel like Razz is just a shock blogger (ha new term, it'll catch on). There are so many other beautiful places within Belize that I am glad people have posted feedback so I don't waste a portion of my trip to visit the city with my limited time there. However, if I was a world traveler, I would visit as many places as I could, as the point of world traveling is to experience the world, both good and bad. I live near Chicago, and I could show you towns on the south side of the city where you would get beaten/raped/mugged/robbed/tortured/murdered at 12:30 pm in broad daylight for being white in the wrong place at the wrong time, making the Belize City experience described above look like a walk in the park. However, unlike Belize City, Chicago is massive, and I would hope no one would choose not to visit/explore the entire state of Illinois because there are dangerous places in it. I live in what we call the northwest suburbs, and I could go to work, leaving the front door not only unlocked, but open behind the screen and 1 or 2 things would most likely happen, 1. Our awesome mailman would politely close it for us or 2. Nothing. I know an experience from 1983 may not be as relevant to use as feedback which will help guide my trip decisions is year, but I am happy to have read things like this COULD POSSIBLY happen. Mental preparation for these types of things/behavior are invaluable as compared to reading info from the tourist sites stating Belize is full of hardworking, caring people always willing to lend a hand. Now I am armed with the knowledge that the people there may have alterior motives and to be more reserved in my interactions. Thanks to Razz for the post, and thanks to all of you who posted intelligent/personal comments and experiences following, as all of this has truly expanded my knowledge and better prepared me for my trip! Wow! Great blog post spanning over years of comments and feedback. First off Razz, kudos to you for using a blog for its exact purpose, expressing yourself or your opinion about a topic that people can CHOOSE to read and/or comment on if desired. I feel that if someone feels a place is a sh*thole, and wants to post it publicly, let him. He feels a sense of civic duty and fulfillment about informing others of HIS experience and opinions, well, that is what a blog is for! I feel that if people want to put contradictory comments to defend their beliefs on the particular comment, please do, as you have just as much right to post on a topic that stirs up an emotional response. This has been great back and fourth and I’ve enjoyed reading most of the intelligent insightful responses and rebuttals as warranted.

I cannot provide a valid opinion of Belize City because I have never been there. Am I happy to have found this post? Hell yes! My wife and I are going to Belize very soon. We did a lot of research and are purposely staying at place 15 miles outside the city due to what we’ve read. There are MANY people that have had the same or worse experiences there, so I dont feel like Razz is just a shock blogger (ha new term, it’ll catch on). There are so many other beautiful places within Belize that I am glad people have posted feedback so I don’t waste a portion of my trip to visit the city with my limited time there. However, if I was a world traveler, I would visit as many places as I could, as the point of world traveling is to experience the world, both good and bad. I live near Chicago, and I could show you towns on the south side of the city where you would get beaten/raped/mugged/robbed/tortured/murdered at 12:30 pm in broad daylight for being white in the wrong place at the wrong time, making the Belize City experience described above look like a walk in the park. However, unlike Belize City, Chicago is massive, and I would hope no one would choose not to visit/explore the entire state of Illinois because there are dangerous places in it. I live in what we call the northwest suburbs, and I could go to work, leaving the front door not only unlocked, but open behind the screen and 1 or 2 things would most likely happen, 1. Our awesome mailman would politely close it for us or 2. Nothing.

I know an experience from 1983 may not be as relevant to use as feedback which will help guide my trip decisions is year, but I am happy to have read things like this COULD POSSIBLY happen. Mental preparation for these types of things/behavior are invaluable as compared to reading info from the tourist sites stating Belize is full of hardworking, caring people always willing to lend a hand. Now I am armed with the knowledge that the people there may have alterior motives and to be more reserved in my interactions. Thanks to Razz for the post, and thanks to all of you who posted intelligent/personal comments and experiences following, as all of this has truly expanded my knowledge and better prepared me for my trip!

]]> Comment on Speaker’s corner at the Domain. Sydney, NSW, Australia. 1973 by carol http://blog.allthedumbthings.com/2008/02/04/speakers-corner-at-the-domain-sydney-nsw-austalia-1973/comment-page-1/#comment-26959 carol Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:02:51 +0000 http://blog.allthedumbthings.com/2008/02/04/speakers-corner-at-the-domain-sydney-nsw-austalia-1973/#comment-26959 Eskimo immigrant, LOL. Charlie grew up in Mascot, Sydney. he went to Gardener's Rd Primary School. He was Australian born - to Australian born parents - James and Contradena who originated in the Alexandria area of Sydney. He also served in WW2. He use to drive my grandmother to visit us on Saturday mornings for many years. He always was spirited and in good form - although as a young child - most of what he said went over my head. He wanted to have his body given to the University of Sydney. Sadly his final wish wasn't understood by his family members. Eskimo immigrant, LOL. Charlie grew up in Mascot, Sydney. he went to Gardener’s Rd Primary School. He was Australian born – to Australian born parents – James and Contradena who originated in the Alexandria area of Sydney. He also served in WW2. He use to drive my grandmother to visit us on Saturday mornings for many years. He always was spirited and in good form – although as a young child – most of what he said went over my head. He wanted to have his body given to the University of Sydney. Sadly his final wish wasn’t understood by his family members.

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