tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post6949136126934196601..comments2024-03-10T01:26:13.595-08:00Comments on Trainride Of The Enigmas: Max Baxter And The History Of IncarcerationGeo.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-5919524559515959432015-01-26T20:30:30.657-08:002015-01-26T20:30:30.657-08:00A wonderful idea - and I am always open to new fie...A wonderful idea - and I am always open to new fields of research! As an author I see even more possibilities - like dreams, Freudian slips make good stories; as yours in the world of reality, but also as a starting point to see happenings/the world from a different angle. As you use often in such a refreshing way too! Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-29689302439224566822015-01-26T14:51:03.595-08:002015-01-26T14:51:03.595-08:00Thanks Keith! As a maintenance and operations work...Thanks Keith! As a maintenance and operations worker it was often my job to change the bulb in that light. Glad it was visible when you ran the course!Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-21513827757294078252015-01-26T14:47:59.858-08:002015-01-26T14:47:59.858-08:00Dear Brigitta,
High praise much appreciated. As an...Dear Brigitta,<br />High praise much appreciated. As an accomplished literary interpreter and polyglot, do you think Freudian and other verbal slips could compose a new sub-field of linguistics?Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-56341840357468293612015-01-26T12:36:57.039-08:002015-01-26T12:36:57.039-08:00Geo, witty post, kind sir. I used to be a member o...Geo, witty post, kind sir. I used to be a member of the Future Fugitives of America, but luckily I saw the light :) Optimistic Existentialisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11507986337866049924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-89049116906583012382015-01-26T11:32:47.453-08:002015-01-26T11:32:47.453-08:00Dear Geo.,
so good that I didn't miss this hi...Dear Geo., <br />so good that I didn't miss this hilarious story! I'm a bit late in commenting: I had to recover my sandal (the tiny one that sticked to a stair when I run that down at midnight) <br />As to slips of the tongue, Freudian or not: hilarious, but embarrassing for the slipper. Although I don't have/need glasses, lately I sometimes mis-read headlines - which amuses me a lot, though I keep it to myself. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-68904704097325910722015-01-25T19:17:44.755-08:002015-01-25T19:17:44.755-08:00I'm sure they did. We all did.I'm sure they did. We all did.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-69075734907417648842015-01-25T19:16:35.110-08:002015-01-25T19:16:35.110-08:00Now there's a coincidence for you. Max Bas...I...Now there's a coincidence for you. Max Bas...I mean Baxter's brother's name was Fat Ass. Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-54666062223730726292015-01-25T18:39:32.362-08:002015-01-25T18:39:32.362-08:00It would be wise to be on a first-name basis with ...It would be wise to be on a first-name basis with good ol' Max. Once ya hear a last name screwed up like that, it sticks in the mind forever. Years ago, my hubby's office mate was having trouble remembering the name of one of the supervisors. Smarticus told him to think "Fat Ass"... it was close enough to the real name to spur a reminder. Um, not so much. But he DID remember "Fat Ass"...Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-10723912006224506252015-01-25T18:34:31.197-08:002015-01-25T18:34:31.197-08:00That's hilarious!That's hilarious!Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-53770626495748961602015-01-24T16:45:43.645-08:002015-01-24T16:45:43.645-08:00Could it possibly not have been a slip of the tong...Could it possibly not have been a slip of the tongue? <br /><br />Hopefully, both the speaker and Max had a good laugh over it later.Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032033918798053005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-11099320176245729452015-01-24T06:49:23.727-08:002015-01-24T06:49:23.727-08:00Yes, I should clarify. Greek offenders --especiall...Yes, I should clarify. Greek offenders --especially if exiled-- had their property confiscated, so they ran home to pretend to be somebody else, a recent buyer or new husband. Picture I.D.s were crude back then. Also, Plato was a very learned man --it's inconceivable that he would have neglected his Roman history.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-76523425342847717252015-01-24T06:39:43.189-08:002015-01-24T06:39:43.189-08:00And cheers to you, Tom, for a delightful comment!And cheers to you, Tom, for a delightful comment!Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-22669225504330384062015-01-24T06:32:40.455-08:002015-01-24T06:32:40.455-08:00Geo, you will perhaps forgive me if I doubt the ve...Geo, you will perhaps forgive me if I doubt the verisimilitude of this fascinating account of ancient Greek culture. The reason I am suspicious is that you paint a picture of these miscreants running home, sandal-less. Why home, I ask myself? If they were going home, rather than running off to war, there would have been no need for their wives to have withdrawn certain, shall we call them, favours? And in any case, Max - originating from the word Maximus meaning Big-Ba,,,,,, is a Latin word unknown to Plato, although I see you've come across it in your time-shifted travels. Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-66449182117819035692015-01-24T00:26:23.565-08:002015-01-24T00:26:23.565-08:00Cheers to Max, but sorry his honor meal was such a...Cheers to Max, but sorry his honor meal was such as it was. Cheers to to the labor foreman who must have by now told that story with a smile and cheers to you for such a delightful post!Tom Cochrunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046822056852446079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-75923855610898789582015-01-23T15:50:44.289-08:002015-01-23T15:50:44.289-08:00Thank YOU, Margie!Thank YOU, Margie!Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-57824683487694035992015-01-23T15:36:28.393-08:002015-01-23T15:36:28.393-08:00Thanks, EC. Most kind.
Thanks, EC. Most kind.<br />Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-50947412140489320112015-01-23T15:35:07.223-08:002015-01-23T15:35:07.223-08:00I like your scenario, Sage! I have often been myst...I like your scenario, Sage! I have often been mystified by developer logic.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-80742411661763009902015-01-23T15:32:13.329-08:002015-01-23T15:32:13.329-08:00My pleasure and privilege. My pleasure and privilege. Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-8201848676340873942015-01-23T15:28:30.895-08:002015-01-23T15:28:30.895-08:00I promise never to deviate from the facts as I ima...I promise never to deviate from the facts as I imagine them.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-64971197148314301482015-01-23T14:36:21.120-08:002015-01-23T14:36:21.120-08:00Geo
It's pure delight to read you!
This truly ...Geo<br />It's pure delight to read you!<br />This truly made me smile.<br />Thank you!Margiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14433759763753850718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-89635196982043180162015-01-23T11:38:24.970-08:002015-01-23T11:38:24.970-08:00It is a measure of his worth that Max would undoub...It is a measure of his worth that Max would undoubtedly have been one of the first to raise a glass to Mr Bastard...<br />Loved the historical slant too. Starting my day with a smile is always a winner.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-13054988019954099052015-01-23T11:11:18.507-08:002015-01-23T11:11:18.507-08:00Oh, I think you have misinterpreted that mural fro...Oh, I think you have misinterpreted that mural from Pompeii. The three guys at the center are the two developers of the resort city and their "paid" geologists who is insisting that there is nothing to worry about from the smoking mountain just outside of town and that their investment in property will grow immensely (little did they know he was right as 20 feet of volcanic ash raised the elevation of the town) while burning real estate deeds and saving all of them the expense of a grave site.sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-38414354869607608892015-01-23T11:06:55.786-08:002015-01-23T11:06:55.786-08:00It’s been a grey and miserably dank and cold day h...It’s been a grey and miserably dank and cold day here today. Thank you very much for allowing me to end it with a broad smile.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-88549732354301843802015-01-23T08:51:58.152-08:002015-01-23T08:51:58.152-08:00I wondered where the term "being tossed into ...I wondered where the term "being tossed into the pokey" originated. I learn so much from you.Emma Springfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10543689047463574012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-12062606740409256422015-01-23T06:59:07.071-08:002015-01-23T06:59:07.071-08:00For a long time I don't think the Greeks even ...For a long time I don't think the Greeks even had jails. Severe offenses were punished with exile. Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.com