tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31119225.post398635575603934464..comments2024-02-26T15:58:56.816+00:00Comments on The 3Rs - Reading, Ranting & Recipes: herschelianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17414522582684680371noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31119225.post-28480241044272512007-09-03T15:13:00.000+01:002007-09-03T15:13:00.000+01:00Re the Rant:I wonder if these companies take any a...Re the Rant:<BR/><BR/>I wonder if these companies take any account of the bad publicity such behaviour affords?<BR/><BR/>I will not be touching L&G with a bargepole. Ever.<BR/><BR/>That poor man has enough to be coping with, without having to drag his case to the insurance ombudsman.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31119225.post-18270527053733029442007-09-03T14:26:00.000+01:002007-09-03T14:26:00.000+01:00Charlotte: Bit of trivia - T.S.Eliot called his do...Charlotte: Bit of trivia - T.S.Eliot called his dog Noilly Prat - but whether he pronounced it a la francais 'Nooli Pra' or as I have heard it pronounce "'n oily pratt", I cannot say!<BR/><BR/>Anon: I'm so impressed with your self discipline! Specially after Amarula and champers at the Spa!herschelianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17414522582684680371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31119225.post-8703858385584169102007-09-03T09:08:00.000+01:002007-09-03T09:08:00.000+01:00I AM (was?) a Douglas Kennedy fan and was so excit...I AM (was?) a Douglas Kennedy fan and was so excited to find his latest book at Heathrow in May just before I returned to SA. WHAT a disappointment! I felt cheated! It was so bizarre - I really think he has lost the plot! And still no pasta for me...! the kilos are coming off slowly!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31119225.post-36133760818129410452007-09-01T19:38:00.000+01:002007-09-01T19:38:00.000+01:00I read a couple of Douglas Kennedy's books while o...I read a couple of Douglas Kennedy's books while on holiday, and I think they are great beach reads. However, he does seem to specialise in getting his characters into seemingly IMPOSSIBLE situations from which they escape at the last second. Just a little of the scriptwriter in there, no? Or perhaps aiming for a novel-to-movie? I think his books are fun but very, very Hollywoodesque.<BR/><BR/>That recipe looks gorgeous. I need to get me some Noilly Prat.Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14976147051582732043noreply@blogger.com