tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post2920837632357854448..comments2024-03-26T11:27:35.814-07:00Comments on Tom Stephenson: My retirement planUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-8832492781186787992017-05-22T13:12:08.554-07:002017-05-22T13:12:08.554-07:00Supposedly an old friend's mother was so enamo...Supposedly an old friend's mother was so enamored of Ganz that she looked him up in the phone book (rumor had it he too was living at that time in Zürich) & gave him a ring. By all accounts it was a nice chat.Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886227825064266814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-51739392999075194642017-05-20T06:00:02.720-07:002017-05-20T06:00:02.720-07:00I am quite proud to tell you that I met Bruno Ganz...I am quite proud to tell you that I met Bruno Ganz in person, when he was awarded the Iffland-Ring in the Bremer Rathaus, in 1996 (we were invited, ha) - but I have also seen him when I still lived in Bremen as a very young girl - he played the villain Mohr in Friedrich Schiller's "Die Räuber", under Zadek. Great - and a fascinating man, ever!! If I can I will allure him to Bath :-) Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-56697364690364342912017-05-20T03:09:11.803-07:002017-05-20T03:09:11.803-07:00I was going to ask if you have electricity, then I...I was going to ask if you have electricity, then I understood that would be a stupid question.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-31582416949123509992017-05-20T03:07:33.910-07:002017-05-20T03:07:33.910-07:00Is it? No lawns to sprinkle all day?Is it? No lawns to sprinkle all day?Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-16450354312822280312017-05-20T03:07:00.539-07:002017-05-20T03:07:00.539-07:00I might do a post on candlesticks just for you, Ir...I might do a post on candlesticks just for you, Iris.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-23123876215378914982017-05-20T03:06:28.683-07:002017-05-20T03:06:28.683-07:00A regular at our pub lives in a shed on an allotme...A regular at our pub lives in a shed on an allotment and looks like he does too.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-71925835166889301142017-05-19T19:14:34.940-07:002017-05-19T19:14:34.940-07:00Who isn't jealous of Cro? I know I am. I live ...Who isn't jealous of Cro? I know I am. I live now in a house not unlike your dreamed of hut. We only have wood heat, our animals make the neighbors scratch their heads and the only reason we bathe is because we still have to go to town for about 10% of our food. But one day...Donna OShaughnessyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266654110280149719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-11609630300954662802017-05-19T16:09:28.616-07:002017-05-19T16:09:28.616-07:00The tiny house movement is huge in the US. I coul...The tiny house movement is huge in the US. I could't last for more than a day. donna bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13507579686738843451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-63688057206016941212017-05-19T15:26:55.215-07:002017-05-19T15:26:55.215-07:00Now we finally know why you were buying all those ...Now we finally know why you were buying all those candlesticks. Also, a post on candle sticks is long overdue!Irishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12550611275677498097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-70271131770826087612017-05-19T15:08:07.049-07:002017-05-19T15:08:07.049-07:00They wouldnt let you back in a Bath pub if you liv...They wouldnt let you back in a Bath pub if you lived in a hut! John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-86323843041332443912017-05-19T12:52:10.270-07:002017-05-19T12:52:10.270-07:00Plan B? I am banking on Plan X. This is why I like...Plan B? I am banking on Plan X. This is why I like Jack@'s comments so much. There are so many plans - XXXXXTom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-30064839932645056342017-05-19T12:49:59.130-07:002017-05-19T12:49:59.130-07:00You might have to, the way things are going. A hut...You might have to, the way things are going. A hut? Luxury!Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-17197571688299922022017-05-19T12:49:14.704-07:002017-05-19T12:49:14.704-07:00I read all of those books, but did not like the co...I read all of those books, but did not like the communal aspect attached to the idyll. I watched Nosferatu again the other night, and I want to meet your friend Bruno Ganz even more. Bring him to Bath?Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-78412428765521264382017-05-19T12:47:21.627-07:002017-05-19T12:47:21.627-07:00The road not taken by me was the one which leads t...The road not taken by me was the one which leads to riches and success enabling me to spend my last years in a moated Tudor manor house, Weave.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-70508506604312894422017-05-19T12:45:56.526-07:002017-05-19T12:45:56.526-07:00I could become a lay person attached to somewhere ...I could become a lay person attached to somewhere like Waverley Abbey, but there are two problems. I have no interest in slogging my guts out in yet more masonry, and Waverley Abbey was dissolved hundreds of years ago.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-65625951881941439062017-05-19T12:43:35.708-07:002017-05-19T12:43:35.708-07:00Does the Pope shit in the woods?Does the Pope shit in the woods?Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-10795733138690839142017-05-19T12:38:03.891-07:002017-05-19T12:38:03.891-07:00I don't want to live in a hut !! XXXXI don't want to live in a hut !! XXXXJacqueline @ HOMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06154045482594773377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-4041223580251502202017-05-19T12:01:15.132-07:002017-05-19T12:01:15.132-07:00Then you might have called your plot "Walden&...Then you might have called your plot "Walden", writing a book about "Living the Simple Life". <br />I had a very similar dream as a child: I wanted to live in a hut in the wood, far from the maddening crowd, and become a "wise woman", healing people with herbs. <br />Sorry to say: wise did not come off totally, and looking back (without anger), I suspect they would have burned me. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-19608416137997687002017-05-19T11:46:33.651-07:002017-05-19T11:46:33.651-07:00The best laid plans and all
that Tom.
Also the roa...The best laid plans and all<br />that Tom.<br />Also the road not taken.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-18257845179980651772017-05-19T09:11:28.960-07:002017-05-19T09:11:28.960-07:00Become a monk in a closed order. That should do th...Become a monk in a closed order. That should do the trick.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-51760752881720996972017-05-19T07:10:50.667-07:002017-05-19T07:10:50.667-07:00Your shed retirement dreams take my own country dr...Your shed retirement dreams take my own country dreaming a bit deeper into the woods. Even though I am currently mostly enjoying being retired in the big city, I have not given up on seeing myself far away from concrete, subway train noise and dirt, street lights that keep me from seeing the stars above and so forth.<br /><br />Hoping that your own play B is having a good incubation.Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-60678152072239898512017-05-19T05:22:37.702-07:002017-05-19T05:22:37.702-07:00Impossible for me. I MUST have hot & cold wate...Impossible for me. I MUST have hot & cold water, drains (Mains or sceptic tank) and electricity AC. It's not too much to ask is it?pottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834163803780455512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-84058816451400514622017-05-19T03:08:09.712-07:002017-05-19T03:08:09.712-07:00You wouldn't even have to change your appearan...You wouldn't even have to change your appearance to suit.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-65519339252928038042017-05-19T02:47:19.792-07:002017-05-19T02:47:19.792-07:00I share that dream. A series of small huts or shed...I share that dream. A series of small huts or sheds, hidden away in some of the most idyllic places on earth, would suit me fine.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.com