tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5137682720915766788.post3623548596104389612..comments2023-10-15T14:35:24.698+01:00Comments on The trouser Press: Thonons les Bainstrousershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12879862280895772283noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5137682720915766788.post-73102122221508678852008-04-13T12:13:00.000+01:002008-04-13T12:13:00.000+01:00I have been to Thonons.. spent ten of the best day...I have been to Thonons.. spent ten of the best days of my life there, and it holds some incredibly special memories. So special in fact, that I am afraid to return there in case it doesn't live upto my memories, and in failing to do so, somehow spoils them. I'm glad this was not your experience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5137682720915766788.post-25490583024393902712007-07-01T22:37:00.000+01:002007-07-01T22:37:00.000+01:00Thanks for that exile, sounds like a good memory t...Thanks for that exile, sounds like a good memory to have. I like those kinds of nights.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5137682720915766788.post-34446091643180990192007-07-01T14:09:00.000+01:002007-07-01T14:09:00.000+01:00Beautiful.I remember Lake Geneva. I was sixteen an...Beautiful.<BR/><BR/>I remember Lake Geneva. I was sixteen and our class was on the way to Rome for a two-week excursion (I never saw so many churches in my life and I never wish to see another one). The bus stopped at a hotel on Lake Geneva's shores. Me and a friend shared a room for a night (no, not like that), the only one with a balcony. We had smuggled a bottle of whisky up into our room. Then we sat down on the rickety chairs. The placid and starlit lake beneath us. And we talked. And drank. And talked. And drank. And talked. Pensive. Joking. Direct. A friendship for life was formed there. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for making me reflect on that again. And I know what you are saying about Berlin. Strangely enough, I feel that way about London.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5137682720915766788.post-8374353159456227952007-07-01T11:54:00.000+01:002007-07-01T11:54:00.000+01:00Pixie, I'll respond to that as soon as I can think...Pixie, I'll respond to that as soon as I can think of seven...<BR/><BR/>Caroline, thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5137682720915766788.post-58810699067813520542007-07-01T11:11:00.000+01:002007-07-01T11:11:00.000+01:00Beautiful. Really beautiful.Thank you.I needed to ...Beautiful. Really beautiful.<BR/><BR/>Thank you.<BR/>I needed to read this today. <BR/><BR/>Connections guide us through life. <BR/>xCarolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04470638074202676460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5137682720915766788.post-30082547514742202902007-07-01T10:34:00.000+01:002007-07-01T10:34:00.000+01:00You've been tagged. You, if you can be bothered ar...You've been tagged. You, if you can be bothered are to supply 7 fascinating facts about yourself for our entertainment.<BR/>pxFire Byrdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05477692359400671374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5137682720915766788.post-65325852318052405452007-07-01T00:29:00.000+01:002007-07-01T00:29:00.000+01:00Nah, not me, unless the transport system has sudde...Nah, not me, unless the transport system has suddenly made such a thing feasible. Surely not!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5137682720915766788.post-59571681701375828532007-06-30T17:24:00.000+01:002007-06-30T17:24:00.000+01:00Good answer, my dear LederHosen.(You weren't in No...Good answer, my dear LederHosen.<BR/><BR/>(You weren't in Nottingham, this morning, lurking across the road from LavvGirl's house by any chance?)Merkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02499327449561248731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5137682720915766788.post-71301795535284566272007-06-30T16:37:00.000+01:002007-06-30T16:37:00.000+01:00Because its drying.Because its drying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5137682720915766788.post-31164807995930154702007-06-30T15:24:00.000+01:002007-06-30T15:24:00.000+01:00Fine story. Give us more.Evocation is a favourite ...Fine story. Give us more.<BR/>Evocation is a favourite theme of mine.<BR/>One question, though.<BR/>Why do you have what looks like an elephant sized Durex on your washing line?Merkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02499327449561248731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5137682720915766788.post-68439712124145502912007-06-30T15:19:00.000+01:002007-06-30T15:19:00.000+01:00Well here I am forgetting that its on the shores o...Well here I am forgetting that its on the shores of Lake Geneva, so perhaps it wouldn't be a disappointment regardless...<BR/><BR/>I suppose my earlier comment was such because I really wasn't sure how my experience might translate, were someone else to go there and just see "mere" scenery, if you see what I mean. So I'm very pleased that you found it evocative taking all that into account as well :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5137682720915766788.post-15232573108853851812007-06-30T15:03:00.000+01:002007-06-30T15:03:00.000+01:00hey trousers, thonons les bains sounds pretty anyw...hey trousers, thonons les bains sounds pretty anyway, but it is your evocation that makes it appealing, precisely because of your memories, and that is what intrigues me.nmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05477643084619789093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5137682720915766788.post-2098198544688827212007-06-30T13:41:00.000+01:002007-06-30T13:41:00.000+01:00I don't know, nmj - if you went, you might well ju...I don't know, nmj - if you went, you might well just think, so what?<BR/><BR/>For me, the thing about it is that it is so intertwined with personal stuff which is what gives it its significance.trousershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12879862280895772283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5137682720915766788.post-28527350550443480592007-06-30T12:22:00.000+01:002007-06-30T12:22:00.000+01:00hey trousers, now i feel i have to see thonons les...hey trousers, now i feel i have to see thonons les bains . . .nmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05477643084619789093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5137682720915766788.post-52594958914075617472007-06-30T10:49:00.000+01:002007-06-30T10:49:00.000+01:00Absolutely zola - that book was recommended to me ...Absolutely zola - that book was recommended to me as an art student because of my work and the way I spoke about it, and I finally got round to reading it. Its easy to forget the impact of such things sometimes.<BR/><BR/>Bar Nash? I couldn't tell you - though I could have spent an entire evening drinking in there and not even realised.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5137682720915766788.post-29049355819790974472007-06-30T10:44:00.000+01:002007-06-30T10:44:00.000+01:00Thanks Trousers : "the poetics of space" ( no leg-...Thanks Trousers : "the poetics of space" ( no leg-pulling intended ).<BR/><BR/>Is the Bar Nash still in Chamonix?zola a social thinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14206983697656466653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5137682720915766788.post-88767797847310649972007-06-30T10:23:00.000+01:002007-06-30T10:23:00.000+01:00Thank you pixie, and thanks both for the encourage...Thank you pixie, and thanks both for the encouragement - it really is appreciated. Don't worry, I certainly will keep going :)trousershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12879862280895772283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5137682720915766788.post-1778945772276623972007-06-30T10:03:00.000+01:002007-06-30T10:03:00.000+01:00Those are very lovely words. Very evocative.I love...Those are very lovely words. Very evocative.<BR/>I loved the bit about finding your home.<BR/>That has huge echoes for me about my place in the world.<BR/>I agree with Lav, we want more...<BR/>pxFire Byrdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05477692359400671374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5137682720915766788.post-53314839413785713142007-06-29T23:13:00.000+01:002007-06-29T23:13:00.000+01:00Thank you lav. Sounds like you identified with som...Thank you lav. Sounds like you identified with some of it (if I'm not flattering myself). There will be more, though I can't vouch for the quality...trousershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12879862280895772283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5137682720915766788.post-4286831290365593892007-06-29T23:01:00.000+01:002007-06-29T23:01:00.000+01:00Oh,trousers.......that made me start to cry.Beauti...Oh,trousers.......<BR/>that made me start to cry.<BR/>Beautifully written.<BR/>And too true for comfort.<BR/>More,much more,please xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com