tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12550587.comments2023-11-05T07:35:30.331+00:00Dead InterestingMargaret Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01493624466366591603noreply@blogger.comBlogger313125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12550587.post-28232076371210915462022-09-08T22:28:52.158+01:002022-09-08T22:28:52.158+01:00An odd place to comment on the death of The Queen ...An odd place to comment on the death of The Queen today, 8th September 2022, but have published it, though I doubt it'll be read by many, if any.<br />Thank you Miss Wardle.Margaret Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01493624466366591603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12550587.post-1716863008986341732022-09-08T20:23:43.441+01:002022-09-08T20:23:43.441+01:00With grateful admiration to our Majesty, late Quee...With grateful admiration to our Majesty, late Queen II of England. Thank you. You gave us the promise of your Royal devotion, may it be long or short. There's much people can learn from such devotion, steadfastness and honour. I thank you for your dedication to us all. Sending Love and Pursuing Peace. Miss S Wardle & Family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12550587.post-78113988342071312882021-09-28T11:10:31.370+01:002021-09-28T11:10:31.370+01:00Reality has not always been kind to me, but I refu...Reality has not always been kind to me, but I refuse to be scared of it. I can't be having with euphemisms for death, not at my time of life. Not unless they're funny.latsothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12416425323815902310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12550587.post-61285858203344242942021-09-13T17:45:14.666+01:002021-09-13T17:45:14.666+01:00Losing your life seems exceptionally careless.Losing your life seems exceptionally careless.Margaret Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01493624466366591603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12550587.post-3524318229589228872021-08-17T11:14:15.718+01:002021-08-17T11:14:15.718+01:00I find "lost her life" especially jarrin...I find "lost her life" especially jarring. I understand that it's (often) supposed to signify that a death was unexpected or unexplained or somehow particularly senseless, but that's the problem; it implies that there is some sort of natural order that this particular death was in violation of. Neither of which is true, of course.<br /><br />The other, more practical, problem I have with the phrase is that I find it inappropriately funny. I find I want to laugh at the overly dramatic sound of it.latsothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12416425323815902310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12550587.post-87438243646437713682021-05-15T19:07:17.562+01:002021-05-15T19:07:17.562+01:00Like you, I have had to answer this question many ...Like you, I have had to answer this question many times. Being interested in your trade and wanting to know more about is not considered 'strange' in other lines of work.<br /><br />People have been doing this work for some millennia...!Simon Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08593283402331353213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12550587.post-34915364308755634012021-05-15T18:04:34.200+01:002021-05-15T18:04:34.200+01:00I'd expect you to agree Simon, as a fellow cel...I'd expect you to agree Simon, as a fellow celebrant. I loved it too.Margaret Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01493624466366591603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12550587.post-31913684905180777182021-05-15T17:41:42.749+01:002021-05-15T17:41:42.749+01:00Not morbid at all. A counter argument is that: I h...Not morbid at all. A counter argument is that: I have no understanding, or interest, in football - but I do not criticise those who are or play the game.<br /><br />What do people say of those who fight fires and enjoy their work? Firemen say that a 'good' fire is one with lots of flames and little smoke. What do they say of those who enjoy being nurses/doctors/paramedics? A surgeon who enjoys cutting into a living body to fix something?<br /><br />I do not want to do any of those things and I could not do them. But I can meet bereaved families and help take care of that person's memory.<br /><br />I help to 'send' the deceased on their way out of the living family and send the bereaved back into the world of the living. I love my work.Simon Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08593283402331353213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12550587.post-74043152310548975112021-04-21T20:26:07.678+01:002021-04-21T20:26:07.678+01:00Read your council's instructions. Plant waste ...Read your council's instructions. Plant waste only. In one of the Scandinavian countries (I forget which, but it's mentioned in another post) they've developed a way to reduce a corpse into compostable granules, like coffee grounds, and some Americans are trying another method - https://www.sciencenews.org/article/turning-human-bodies-into-compost-works-small-trial-suggests<br />I'm imagining the binmens' reaction to finding you...Margaret Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01493624466366591603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12550587.post-71053576153100260542021-04-21T17:43:16.825+01:002021-04-21T17:43:16.825+01:00An interesting post, I've told the kids if I&#...An interesting post, I've told the kids if I'm thin enough my limbs can go in the brown bin for composting. It says limbs up to 100m wide in the Council leaflet, so that leaves a torso and head for a bargain cut price funeral. Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07377641711760491405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12550587.post-83808540806422969252021-02-24T16:48:20.317+00:002021-02-24T16:48:20.317+00:00You're right, it is a totally different style,...You're right, it is a totally different style, but we're different. For example, "The expansive, 21st century self tells me there has to be space and time in this world for another kind of woman, beyond biology". I disagree. There are very many kinds of women but there's no "beyond biology". Both men and women have demonstrated for millennia that social mores are constantly changing, and that we can ignore them. We don't have to subscribe to the quasi-liberating ideology of transgenderism to do that. It's anything but liberating. Our biology is immutable. Self-expression is different, and while some people spend an inordinate amount of time and effort imitating others, or pretending to be what they're not, a majority are content to simply be, their personalities formed by their experiences and interests, involving no effort whatsoever.Margaret Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01493624466366591603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12550587.post-9576790076492113672021-02-24T16:28:19.968+00:002021-02-24T16:28:19.968+00:00You're very welcome Helen.You're very welcome Helen.Margaret Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01493624466366591603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12550587.post-11602526607971738522021-02-24T16:27:45.400+00:002021-02-24T16:27:45.400+00:00Not sure what you mean, but if you're referrin...Not sure what you mean, but if you're referring to criticism of Israel, its military and the illegal settlers' treatment of Arab civilians, that's not antisemitic. It's about human rights.Margaret Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01493624466366591603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12550587.post-47182149780762356242021-02-24T14:12:47.141+00:002021-02-24T14:12:47.141+00:00Dear Margaret,
Have just left a tweet reply then n...Dear Margaret,<br />Have just left a tweet reply then noticed the 'dead interesting' bit, which I look forward to exploring. Read about the transgender 'twitter storm' in the article of February 13 and was intrigued by your 'part' in it. I began my own website on life after 70 in 2015 and one post (32) of 2018, The Other Woman, might appeal to you - though in a very different style. <br />Tessa<br /><br />pensionista.co.uk<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17091639095190680340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12550587.post-10003257285617772592021-02-03T08:27:14.311+00:002021-02-03T08:27:14.311+00:00Pleased to meet you
MargaretPleased to meet you <br />MargaretImogenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04599603624754204814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12550587.post-22418054894115133202021-02-02T17:17:45.693+00:002021-02-02T17:17:45.693+00:00Have requested a follow on Twitter, through the I...Have requested a follow on Twitter, through the Innocent drinks debacle. You were totally correct.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06503725480825564032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12550587.post-80889926563245398472021-01-30T21:43:16.376+00:002021-01-30T21:43:16.376+00:00I can't believe you favourably retweeted known...I can't believe you favourably retweeted known anti-Semites. It makes me wonder if people aren't wrong to condemn you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12550587.post-70590399987561078592021-01-29T16:08:39.609+00:002021-01-29T16:08:39.609+00:00Great post came by your account through the innoce...Great post came by your account through the innocent drink issue. Glad I didkidofyesterdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14719548054712288115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12550587.post-66965437376998681002020-01-15T10:23:54.683+00:002020-01-15T10:23:54.683+00:00That's good.That's good.Margaret Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01493624466366591603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12550587.post-28158941685862855502020-01-14T23:09:09.526+00:002020-01-14T23:09:09.526+00:00Still comforting, Margaret. Even 3 + years on xxxStill comforting, Margaret. Even 3 + years on xxxWendy Mallashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05206286491715198530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12550587.post-21406814652351429042019-10-08T22:39:04.802+01:002019-10-08T22:39:04.802+01:00Since I wrote this I've become much more inter...Since I wrote this I've become much more interested in transgenderism, and more well-informed. One of the issues associated with it is how those who promote it among children, primarily the UK pressure group Mermaids, encourage parents to take their children along the puberty-blockers and hormone route by telling them that there's a high risk of suicide if they don't. This is not true. In fact, their children are more likely to feel suicidal after they've transitioned and realise that they've made a mistake.Margaret Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01493624466366591603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12550587.post-13496406453188874882019-10-02T13:33:07.114+01:002019-10-02T13:33:07.114+01:00It was taken no further, thanks.It was taken no further, thanks.Margaret Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01493624466366591603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12550587.post-39838150805379153732019-10-02T13:32:04.821+01:002019-10-02T13:32:04.821+01:00Thank you.Thank you.Margaret Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01493624466366591603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12550587.post-31693504644821361142019-10-02T13:30:55.505+01:002019-10-02T13:30:55.505+01:00Thank you, but, unlike other police forces, Suffol...Thank you, but, unlike other police forces, Suffolk Police have recognised that the phone call was a mistake and apologised. See later post.Margaret Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01493624466366591603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12550587.post-10530723146521091742019-08-05T18:18:22.145+01:002019-08-05T18:18:22.145+01:00As well as a revulsion for the desecration of the ...As well as a revulsion for the desecration of the grave, people were fearful of not reaching the afterlife in their entirety, and it was commonplace for amputees to have their limb buried in the graveyard until death reunited them.<br /><br />"There was a repugnance for dissection, and this was a block to anatomical research," says Adams. "But people also believed that you wouldn’t go to heaven ‘whole’ - it was the idea of the entire self appearing whole before the maker."<br /><br />https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle-2-15039/unearthing-the-city-s-original-bodysnatchers-1-844759Margaret Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01493624466366591603noreply@blogger.com