tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post4960722890978658076..comments2024-03-13T07:34:24.149+00:00Comments on The Age of Uncertainty: Ten Years OnSteerforthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-42575900890825216992010-01-03T16:51:47.082+00:002010-01-03T16:51:47.082+00:00What Mr Self said.
Happy New Year.What Mr Self said.<br />Happy New Year.JonathanMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14282373784021642208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-88440753136419081412010-01-01T17:23:19.999+00:002010-01-01T17:23:19.999+00:00You're definitely right about the telling God ...You're definitely right about the telling God your plans. Both exciting and frustrating that everything can change so suddenly and nothing is ever as expected. Great piece though. Took me back. Here's for the 20Teens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-6547353206898590732010-01-01T16:56:31.789+00:002010-01-01T16:56:31.789+00:00Thank you all for your kind words (and thanks for ...Thank you all for your kind words (and thanks for the Facebook link, John). One of the best things about the last decade has been the advent of blogging. I have "met" so many interesting, witty, decent and human people through the blogosphere during the last few years.<br /><br />Jim - I'll take your advice about <i>The Prisoner</i>. What little I've seen of it looked promising.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-37436686209194204192010-01-01T12:41:30.791+00:002010-01-01T12:41:30.791+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Minniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07341793959676202077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-12274853935805247042010-01-01T04:28:48.105+00:002010-01-01T04:28:48.105+00:00I remember telling a friend, it must have been ...I remember telling a friend, it must have been '95 or '96, "These are the Good Old Days". Clinton was our man. We had peace and prosperity.<br /><br />I totally understand your choices. A man who puts his marriage and his family first will have little to answer for.<br /><br />Happy New Year, Steerforth, and thanks for doing your blog. I have enjoyed it very much.Bretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09389916070547430075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-44939748342432421152010-01-01T03:10:03.447+00:002010-01-01T03:10:03.447+00:00Happy New Year, Steerforth:
There are good years, ...Happy New Year, Steerforth:<br />There are good years, bad years, and ones we'd rather not think about.<br /><br />I've developed a mantra for 2010: "It could be worse, I could have mad cow disease." It's working so far but then again it's only January 1st....Guy Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01955005048699564213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-28396538364429144802009-12-31T20:12:26.937+00:002009-12-31T20:12:26.937+00:00Happy New Year, Steerforth. Thanks for making the...Happy New Year, Steerforth. Thanks for making the worldwideweb in the last couple of years a brighter (in both senses) place.John Selfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05761816149593541133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-74840021436178830192009-12-31T17:56:03.402+00:002009-12-31T17:56:03.402+00:00Happy New Year to you Steerforth. I can't nam...Happy New Year to you Steerforth. I can't name one decade which has been better than another for me though I suppose I have got happier and more confident as maturity has kicked in (notwithstanding a nasty redundancy). If only I could have a stable love life and some worldly success, things would be peachy. Luckily the call of the pram remains non-existent, which I consider a blessing.<br />What I despair of in the last 10-15 years is the decline in standards and behaviour, both public and private. If it continues at its current rate I don't think I want to live to be too old.The Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-70386275929795203792009-12-31T16:23:30.721+00:002009-12-31T16:23:30.721+00:00Brilliant post. Being mostly a glass half full opt...Brilliant post. Being mostly a glass half full optimist, my fingers are crossed for the 'teenies' or whatever we're going to call them in ten years time. Happy new Year!Annabel Gaskellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12210341270502698508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-86219378524492537862009-12-31T14:18:06.067+00:002009-12-31T14:18:06.067+00:00I’ve actually watched 24 of those 50 films much to...I’ve actually watched 24 of those 50 films much to my surprise (assuming we’re looking at the same list) but I can’t say I agree with all the choices. Where was <i>Let the Right one In</i>? Or <i>The Dark Knight</i>? Or <i>Atonement</i>? Or <i>Children of Men</i>? Or <i>The History Boys</i>? Or <i>Snow Cake</i>? Or <i>The Hours</i>? Or <i>Ghost World</i>? Or <i>In the Bedroom</i>? Or <i>Requiem for a Dream</i>? Or even <i>Star Trek</i> for God’s sake? Films are so subjective. Ask me tomorrow and I could list a dozen more once I’ve had a chance to think about it.<br /><br />From last year the one thing, a bit like <i>Battlestar Galactica</i>, was the remake of <i>The Prisoner</i>, which I make no apologies for downloading off the Internet. I’ll happily watch it again when it comes on TV here. It’s the kind of show, much like the original, that requires multiple viewings. Considering how much I was expecting it to fall flat on its face it most certainly did not. It’s its own thing but it works very well indeed, very well.<br /><br />I expect for many the pairing of McKellen and Stewart in <i>Waiting for Godot</i> would be a highlight in much the same way as Pinter’s version of <i>Krapp</i> was in 2006.<br /><br />If I can make a personal observation you seem much happier these days. Your leap of faith worked out well. You could have fallen flat on your face but I’m glad you didn’t. Money isn’t everything. I don’t miss the job I left three years ago. It had come to define me and I really didn’t much care for the me I had become. The me I am just now is not my ideal but we’re getting there. Turning one’s life round is a difficult thing especially when you end up going against the flow.<br /><br />Happy 2010 when it comes.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-74962710241607492892009-12-31T10:36:57.883+00:002009-12-31T10:36:57.883+00:00very good piece, I'd totally forgotten about L...very good piece, I'd totally forgotten about Lymeswold... the Sinclair C5 of the cheese world, I still have very vivid memories of the triumphant news reports......Grey Areahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18240869670530738753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-28368605331050651492009-12-31T09:55:50.422+00:002009-12-31T09:55:50.422+00:00Thanks Lucy. I wish you a very Happy New Year.Thanks Lucy. I wish you a very Happy New Year.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.com