tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492804663825542953.post305175157747424805..comments2024-01-13T19:12:51.808+01:00Comments on Abigale's Airings: ObserVation: Getting ready to go outAbigale's Airingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10969935988651312500noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492804663825542953.post-78618841416437251202015-08-24T21:27:34.134+02:002015-08-24T21:27:34.134+02:00Hi Susie, I was going to answer here your question...Hi Susie, I was going to answer here your question to how Mrs.A reacted to my turn around. But I realised it was going to take a little longer and one thing lead to another, so it has ended up as a post! <br />Just for you!.<br />[Ed: and the rest of the world.]<br />Ok, if you say so. Abigale's Airingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10969935988651312500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492804663825542953.post-21104144005420718922015-08-21T20:41:38.127+02:002015-08-21T20:41:38.127+02:00I never tackled LISP. I shied away when I saw the ...I never tackled LISP. I shied away when I saw the acronym unpacked as Lots of Infuriatingly Stupid Parentheses. But, yes, I'm a programmer for my sins (it keeps Susie in shoes.. just.) <br /><br />How did Mrs A react to your sudden critical appraisal of her outfits after years of monosyllabic grunting? I still have to bite my tongue sometimes when I'm really tempted to say something like "that's a nice frock she's wearing". SusieJayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01038616807347585413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492804663825542953.post-32315635666986038982015-08-20T15:36:59.707+02:002015-08-20T15:36:59.707+02:00To your hiding your stuff, I'll get back to yo...To your hiding your stuff, I'll get back to you, somewhere else.<br />Abi.Abigale's Airingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10969935988651312500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492804663825542953.post-69494250437617701132015-08-20T15:34:18.588+02:002015-08-20T15:34:18.588+02:00Hi Susie
Do I hear a programmer here? When write l...Hi Susie<br />Do I hear a programmer here? When write letters to friends I would, as with the blog go off at tangents. Depending on how much I would stray from the straight and narrow, as with Pilgrim I would get hopelessly lost and spend ages backtracking. As I couldn’t really stop this, I decided before going off track, I would add an open bracket each time then adding a close bracket when I thought I was finished, sometimes I forgot. <br />Of course this still got out of hand with brackets sprinkled all over the place and trying like mad to match pairs. I then decided to bring another visual component into the mix and started to indent the start of each ‘subroutine’ text. I ended up with a structure similar to the Lisp programming language. <br />(I was playing around with at the time, <br /> (I take it that’s where I got it from).<br /> (I was also into Smalltalk and other Actor languages.<br /> (It shows how old I am.)<br /> (And by the way, here is an example of calculating factorials in Lisp.)))<br /><br />(defun factorial (N)<br /> "Compute the factorial of N."<br /> (if (= N 1)<br /> 1<br /> (* N (factorial (- N 1)))))<br /><br />Now that I have Ed to keep me in check, I don’t need the brackets.<br />[Ed: and boy do you need checking!]<br />See, what did I say..Abigale's Airingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10969935988651312500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492804663825542953.post-90818364398272422272015-08-19T21:29:23.554+02:002015-08-19T21:29:23.554+02:00You may have hit something there. Is my propensity...You may have hit something there. Is my propensity to infinitely nested sub clauses and parentheses due to a love of Austen and Sterne or more to 30 years of writing subroutines?<br /><br />I have to keep Susie's things hidden away too, or at least out of sight. Since Susie time is limited to about once every 2-3 weeks, I tend buy more stuff faster than she gets to wear it, and there is stuff stashed in hidden corners all around the house. I am somewhat nervous about L taking it on herself to surprise me by redecorating the bedroom or spare room one day and emptying out the closet in preparation. It was a near thing with her needing to call a plumber recently and shifting the stuff in the back of the airing cupboard.SusieJayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01038616807347585413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492804663825542953.post-85545836474759429452015-03-29T09:54:39.906+02:002015-03-29T09:54:39.906+02:00Hi Amy! I can understand that choosing what to wea...Hi Amy! I can understand that choosing what to wear is part of the experience, but you can see it all at once (as in the picture), I can't. I have started to clear up in the cellar (own idea, could hardly move about!) and found 2 white lace tops I had totally forgotten! Would love to have all my known (and to be found again) clothes and heels in one place. <br />A girl can dream... <br />Sorry have to go, just seen a mint top on-line I need! {click} yes!! <br />oh well, wonder when I have a chance to wear it.. <br />thanks for the comment <br />bye bye Abi xxxAbigale's Airingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10969935988651312500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492804663825542953.post-71846152903486827442015-03-25T03:29:19.372+01:002015-03-25T03:29:19.372+01:00Abi, I enjoyed this post! I can relate to the time...Abi, I enjoyed this post! I can relate to the time spent trying to find my items and then what seems like an eternity trying to decide what to wear! (That picture with the girl in the closet is so applicable...nice choice!) I used to have very little in clothing, so the choices were necessarily easy. Now flash to today and I have enough clothes and shoes that it makes me spin like a top! Now I have to decide in the general category of Dress or Skirt. What color, what shoes, what hose, what hair piece, and it just is so difficult to be happy with any one choice. Although I have better than the 3% time block, it doesn't matter, trying to decide what to where is the one time consuming constant. Maybe that is really part of the entire experience and we should appreciate that we have that choice or choices to make. So consider the act of trying to find what to wear part of the experience and it may help you feel like you get more in that 3% time slot! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12174209829651868588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492804663825542953.post-23712825485419758102015-03-11T07:37:54.679+01:002015-03-11T07:37:54.679+01:00Thanks Jo, will do, xxThanks Jo, will do, xxAbigale's Airingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10969935988651312500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492804663825542953.post-79285653003626232432015-03-10T23:33:40.978+01:002015-03-10T23:33:40.978+01:00Abi glad you posted this and see what she goes thr...Abi glad you posted this and see what she goes through from dressing up. Keep up the great job my love. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07931538140733741718noreply@blogger.com