tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post6231675835679247332..comments2024-03-13T07:34:24.149+00:00Comments on The Age of Uncertainty: Love in a Cold ClimateSteerforthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-74362785040803015932012-01-24T12:17:22.667+00:002012-01-24T12:17:22.667+00:00Yep, that's me to a tee!
Laura, she of the re...Yep, that's me to a tee!<br /><br />Laura, she of the red hair.The Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-24130831530026538792012-01-21T23:38:53.185+00:002012-01-21T23:38:53.185+00:00Mmm...they should warm you up.Mmm...they should warm you up.Gardener in the Distancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14478393904059307841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-36053404386417682792012-01-20T20:09:09.528+00:002012-01-20T20:09:09.528+00:00i love those awful racy pulp paperbacks! I have a ...i love those awful racy pulp paperbacks! I have a bunch of them. This one has the best premise, I think: <b>"A shocking novel that reveals the spreading practice of wife-lending"</b>. <br /><br />http://i39.tinypic.com/qquwhs.jpg<br /><br />and the strapline is excellent:<br /><br />"She was beautiful, seductive, desirable ... she was up for loan if the price was right. <i>The lender was her husband!</i>"Biscuithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09943228742048113256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-88193122157598424412012-01-20T12:57:18.796+00:002012-01-20T12:57:18.796+00:00Wonderful stuff. Am I the only one wondering why t...Wonderful stuff. Am I the only one wondering why the naked redhead is a brunette?PearlFoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01801099750614747277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-81256428331138112812012-01-20T11:14:19.485+00:002012-01-20T11:14:19.485+00:00The space one reminds me of Raquel Welch in Fantas...The space one reminds me of Raquel Welch in Fantastic Voyage! She was clad in a silver jumpsuit with big hair in that.Annabel (gaskella)http://gaskella.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-70020940743712002412012-01-20T10:06:58.104+00:002012-01-20T10:06:58.104+00:00Is it wrong to want to read those books?Is it wrong to want to read those books?Sam Jordisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847113158131387947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-56117032477248534862012-01-20T09:10:44.848+00:002012-01-20T09:10:44.848+00:00Kim - Yes, it is much milder here - I'm just n...Kim - Yes, it is much milder here - I'm just not used to working in places where the ice is <i>inside</i> the building. My grandfather, who fought in the trenches and worked in all weathers, would have laughed at me.<br /><br />zmkc - I think you're right. It's a very poor translation of that well known maxim: <i>Et ad omnem hominem in lecto disrobe.</i><br /><br />Nell - I'd be surprised if anyone remembers these titles. I must have looked at thousands of paperbacks over the last few years and I've never come across them before.<br /><br />Richmonde - I think you have a point - my mother-in-law followed that very path, from being a 1950s lacrosse-playing boarding school girl to a 1960s frequenter of Soho pubs!<br /><br />Sarah - I worked with a former 1960s air hostess and I remember hearing some horrifying anecdotes about former WW2 RAF pilots who were usually drunk before taking off. As far as sexual shenanigans went, she didn't tell and I didn't ask.<br /><br />Martin - That reminds me of my missionary aunt who, when we were watching television, announced "She's got a lot of spunk in her!" Being a teenage boy, I saw sexual innuendos everywhere and sat silently sniggering.<br /><br />Brett - The era of <i>Mad Men</i> may seem like another age, but the boardroom is still predominantly male. I don't think things have changed as much as some would have us believe.<br /><br />Kylie - I've just visited your blog. Is that beautiful room at the top yours?Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-15437783226432826592012-01-20T03:40:39.343+00:002012-01-20T03:40:39.343+00:00It's -12C here in Michigan - it has GOT to be ...It's -12C here in Michigan - it has GOT to be warmer in the UK! Love the covers - I inherited a number of old 'pulp' paperbacks when my grandfather passed away...it was a golden era....magiciansgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03381303565184561031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-60006059332055210012012-01-19T20:06:52.571+00:002012-01-19T20:06:52.571+00:00I thought mottoes were supposed to be pithy - but ...I thought mottoes were supposed to be pithy - but I suppose the Naked Redhead's is a translation from the ancestral Latinzmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-57794095322444213552012-01-19T14:24:10.583+00:002012-01-19T14:24:10.583+00:00I do remember this type of cover being around when...I do remember this type of cover being around when I was, of course, young and impressionable, though not these particuar titles I hasten to add. The contrast with the plucky young lady in the last one is remakable.Little Nellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862657943846727987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-65852995457536783482012-01-19T09:29:47.862+00:002012-01-19T09:29:47.862+00:00Great art, especially on the stewardesses! Odd tha...Great art, especially on the stewardesses! Odd that an art nouveau typeface was "modern". Miss Pluck was an earlier role model: sporty, practical, sexless, sensible - no wonder girls became air stewardesses.Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-81421238280479648652012-01-19T08:10:11.120+00:002012-01-19T08:10:11.120+00:00Those stories of air hostesses are not far off if ...Those stories of air hostesses are not far off if what I've heard from the father of one is to be believed!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195684182481935384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-35818207058152527662012-01-19T06:53:19.418+00:002012-01-19T06:53:19.418+00:00Great post, Steerforth. I've missed the 'i...Great post, Steerforth. I've missed the 'interesting' covers. The last title seems so much at odds with the rest. Perhaps if it was written today, it would be called 'Lots of Waxing'?<br /><br />Strangely, the WV is oxyspoopMartinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-11005410543539765542012-01-19T04:51:45.892+00:002012-01-19T04:51:45.892+00:00Interesting musings. I wonder if the naked redhea...Interesting musings. I wonder if the naked redhead did not in fact become "Miss Pluck", with her mannish clothes and her motorcycle.<br /><br />I came of age in the '70's, and I witnessed the rise of feminism. Yes, in short, women began to demand respect and equality. Think of Jane Fonda: from "Barbarella" to "Nine to Five". Our recently retired library director had been a stewardess.<br /><br />It's been interesting to see the fascination with recreations of that era in the TV series, "Mad Men" and "Pan Am". It seems like another world now.Bretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09389916070547430075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-10262580023937720882012-01-19T04:22:50.792+00:002012-01-19T04:22:50.792+00:00Hilarious!Hilarious!Kyliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10258543009688502584noreply@blogger.com