tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post6155969563696599741..comments2024-03-26T11:27:35.814-07:00Comments on Tom Stephenson: Don't feel badUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-56651211686946043722014-11-08T23:56:52.666-08:002014-11-08T23:56:52.666-08:00Don't mention the war.Don't mention the war.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-76284763450408915442014-11-08T20:43:27.942-08:002014-11-08T20:43:27.942-08:00I'm pleased to hear you say that Iris. I was r...I'm pleased to hear you say that Iris. I was really shocked when our local memorial was altered to lessen the outrage. I hold no bitterness whatsoever, I just believe that things should be remembered as they actually were. Hollywood is probably even more to blame than the EU.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-73692403632774396602014-11-08T16:28:37.360-08:002014-11-08T16:28:37.360-08:00Yes, I think so.Yes, I think so.Irishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12550611275677498097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-21728966530911669342014-11-08T16:23:21.350-08:002014-11-08T16:23:21.350-08:00This is pretty much what I was suggesting to Cro. ...This is pretty much what I was suggesting to Cro. I think you were taught to feel a sense of responsibility in school, weren't you?Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-28076744364044070532014-11-08T16:21:32.854-08:002014-11-08T16:21:32.854-08:00I spent an entire Summer doing nothing but talking...I spent an entire Summer doing nothing but talking in 1968, and I can remember quite a lot of it.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-36616348625393546782014-11-08T16:20:04.984-08:002014-11-08T16:20:04.984-08:00It's a bit before that time, but it's on i...It's a bit before that time, but it's on it's way.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-91859982113171435782014-11-08T16:08:36.097-08:002014-11-08T16:08:36.097-08:00As I remember, conversations either didn't pro...As I remember, conversations either didn't progress far beyond "Far out, man," or their brilliance could not be recalled the next day. Accounting for the lack of history.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834682329952369721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-60540454700997452862014-11-08T16:04:49.884-08:002014-11-08T16:04:49.884-08:00When you said: "It's that time of year ag...When you said: "It's that time of year again …." I thought that you meant it's time to buy the annual crate of clementines/mandarines that nobody will ever eat.Irishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12550611275677498097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-45989559808949113152014-11-08T16:03:28.050-08:002014-11-08T16:03:28.050-08:00Let's just say that one cannot throw all Germa...Let's just say that one cannot throw all Germans into one bucket. I have always known and felt that we Germans were the aggressors. I was also never taught any differently in school. I was not alive at the time of the two World Wars (now we have narrowed my age range down somewhat, hehe) so I don't want to be blamed for something that happened before I was even born. But I have always felt a sense of responsibility for treating the subject with respect.Irishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12550611275677498097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-11154154797144744362014-11-08T15:38:41.157-08:002014-11-08T15:38:41.157-08:00No, it was Cro's Monty beret. We used to go sh...No, it was Cro's Monty beret. We used to go shopping with him in Farnham.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-49372647583300328062014-11-08T13:07:22.266-08:002014-11-08T13:07:22.266-08:00The Che Guevara beret put them off.The Che Guevara beret put them off.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-91536876172441588582014-11-08T12:56:59.160-08:002014-11-08T12:56:59.160-08:00I run so fast that technology cannot keep up.I run so fast that technology cannot keep up.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-28137947497172444912014-11-08T12:56:06.250-08:002014-11-08T12:56:06.250-08:00Yes. My young friends show no interest at all on ...Yes. My young friends show no interest at all on my history as a young revolutionary in the late 1960s, but they didn't even in the early 1970s either.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-21743446013975350922014-11-08T12:43:03.606-08:002014-11-08T12:43:03.606-08:00I will always buy a poppy from an old veteran at V...I will always buy a poppy from an old veteran at Veterans' Day. It's important to them, so it is for me. I think about my donation supporting their local VFW, where they reminisce. And sorry as I am my parents' generation, and their parents' generation didn't talk of their experiences, leaving us to ferret out any understanding, I also find the next generation not consummately fascinated by the experiences of mine. History is left to be reinvented, as it it lost.<br />There always will be old veterans selling poppies. Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834682329952369721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-40378280468935856722014-11-08T12:23:23.541-08:002014-11-08T12:23:23.541-08:00I wouldn't want you to get left behind ....I wouldn't want you to get left behind ....Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-26489530734215888272014-11-08T12:01:44.846-08:002014-11-08T12:01:44.846-08:00Keep your knickers on - again. Of course you have ...Keep your knickers on - again. Of course you have been on my blog list. For some reason you seem to have disappeared. Do you think I don't know how to follow someone? Anyway, if you carry on talking to me like this, I may take a break from you. Not for long, mind...Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-32312123047081292952014-11-08T11:39:25.402-08:002014-11-08T11:39:25.402-08:00Complicated...Complicated...Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-71884559037653652872014-11-08T10:54:48.360-08:002014-11-08T10:54:48.360-08:00I can understand my father not wanting to talk abo...I can understand my father not wanting to talk about it but his mother, perhaps she wanted to. She married her first husband's brother so my father was brought up by his uncle who was a lazy bastard who never did a day's work in his life and made my father work for him and pay for all his gambling and then he outlived him and tried to do the same with my brother.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-42657137196605820462014-11-08T10:49:08.618-08:002014-11-08T10:49:08.618-08:00For fucks sake, pull your finger out and add me yo...For fucks sake, pull your finger out and add me yourself. Cut and paste me in to your blog list. We may have blocked each other in the past but I believe at the moment we are talking although you obviously need reminding.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-42103933423952371222014-11-08T10:41:59.969-08:002014-11-08T10:41:59.969-08:00It's not on my list - have you barred me?It's not on my list - have you barred me?Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-45806295118734756962014-11-08T10:40:11.371-08:002014-11-08T10:40:11.371-08:00Yes, I feel a bit dubious about these commemoratio...Yes, I feel a bit dubious about these commemorations organised by the various governments of the day, in between organising their own wars, but they still have to be observed.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-40185505721328723972014-11-08T10:37:40.617-08:002014-11-08T10:37:40.617-08:00I was shouted at by three 80 year-old S.S. men in ...I was shouted at by three 80 year-old S.S. men in Southern Germany once. That was a freaky experience.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-30043630065780433642014-11-08T10:35:47.878-08:002014-11-08T10:35:47.878-08:00I must be, but I am being helped by Google Blogger...I must be, but I am being helped by Google Blogger, who keep telling me that I am following nobody. I'll go back and have a peek.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-41428990618386953432014-11-08T10:34:48.431-08:002014-11-08T10:34:48.431-08:00Most of them wanted to forget all about it, I thin...Most of them wanted to forget all about it, I think. It's the same with most devastating experiences - how can you explain the inexplicable to someone who hasn't had the experience? He probably just passed it on from his mother, but who knows?Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-25729934008339411962014-11-08T10:33:22.003-08:002014-11-08T10:33:22.003-08:00How come you didn't visit my blog today or yes...How come you didn't visit my blog today or yesterday? Saving the best 'til last?Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.com