Comments on: Contemplating Rita http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/01/15/4191/ A Church of Ireland Rector in rural Leinster Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:59:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ian Poulton http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/01/15/4191/comment-page-1/#comment-3137 Ian Poulton Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:35:02 +0000 http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/01/15/4191/#comment-3137 I found the version of Country Roads sung in the bar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWshDDlaThs Lively stuff. I found the version of Country Roads sung in the bar:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWshDDlaThs

Lively stuff.

]]> By: Ian Poulton http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/01/15/4191/comment-page-1/#comment-3057 Ian Poulton Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:18:36 +0000 http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/01/15/4191/#comment-3057 I'd never heard it before. It's a reverse of Sarstedt's 'Where do you go to my lovely?' where her high class life cannot take away the memories of being poor. It has never been a conscious decision, but Church of Ireland stipends are around the level of the average industrial wage in Ireland - it keeps a firm sense of reality. I’d never heard it before. It’s a reverse of Sarstedt’s ‘Where do you go to my lovely?’ where her high class life cannot take away the memories of being poor.

It has never been a conscious decision, but Church of Ireland stipends are around the level of the average industrial wage in Ireland – it keeps a firm sense of reality.

]]> By: bette http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/01/15/4191/comment-page-1/#comment-3054 bette Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:24:44 +0000 http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/01/15/4191/#comment-3054 I was just listening to Pulp - Common People - made this blog come to mind... I was just listening to Pulp – Common People – made this blog come to mind…

]]> By: Ian Poulton http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/01/15/4191/comment-page-1/#comment-2979 Ian Poulton Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:34:23 +0000 http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/01/15/4191/#comment-2979 I'm not sure. I thought this an 'Educating Rita' moment! and then I thought, 'I've got some difficult stuff to sort out when I go home', and then I thought, 'I've had a great day out with four people from Ulster, whom I had never met before this week and I'm not going to let anything spoil the moment!' (Thank you to Ernie and Laura and Alan and Lynn for a great day's craic) I’m not sure.

I thought this an ‘Educating Rita’ moment!

and then I thought, ‘I’ve got some difficult stuff to sort out when I go home’,

and then I thought, ‘I’ve had a great day out with four people from Ulster, whom I had never met before this week and I’m not going to let anything spoil the moment!’

(Thank you to Ernie and Laura and Alan and Lynn for a great day’s craic)

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/01/15/4191/comment-page-1/#comment-2977 Grannymar Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:39:10 +0000 http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/01/15/4191/#comment-2977 Ian, When you were sitting in that Bar in Austria, what were your dreams for Monday morning? Ian,
When you were sitting in that Bar in Austria, what were your dreams for Monday morning?

]]> By: bette http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/01/15/4191/comment-page-1/#comment-2976 bette Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:32:10 +0000 http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/01/15/4191/#comment-2976 I studied Educating Rita at A-level, I was 29. I studied Educating Rita at A-level, I was 29.

]]> By: Les Plant http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/01/15/4191/comment-page-1/#comment-2975 Les Plant Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:17:06 +0000 http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/01/15/4191/#comment-2975 Contentment feels good........Happiness? people would think I had wind if I smiled!!!! Contentment feels good……..Happiness? people would think I had wind if I smiled!!!!

]]> By: Baino http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/01/15/4191/comment-page-1/#comment-2972 Baino Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:48:22 +0000 http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/01/15/4191/#comment-2972 Oh I think you're a little maudlin yourself today Ian. Who wouldn't lament the end of a week in Austria . . .I think 'contentment' is a worthy aim, Happiness is too elusive . . .I am truly happy on the weekend! Oh I think you’re a little maudlin yourself today Ian. Who wouldn’t lament the end of a week in Austria . . .I think ‘contentment’ is a worthy aim, Happiness is too elusive . . .I am truly happy on the weekend!

]]> By: Les Plant http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/01/15/4191/comment-page-1/#comment-2969 Les Plant Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:19:04 +0000 http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/01/15/4191/#comment-2969 Perhaps if people didn't strive for bigger and better all the time and just lived with the perfectly good model until it wore out, then perhaps they would be happier,,,,,,,A Land Rover Discovery 4 is very nice but I am quite contented with my Discovery 1, at least its simple mechanics not plug it into a computer..much more fun to be able to tinker with..... Perhaps if people didn’t strive for bigger and better all the time and just lived with the perfectly good model until it wore out, then perhaps they would be happier,,,,,,,A Land Rover Discovery 4 is very nice but I am quite contented with my Discovery 1, at least its simple mechanics not plug it into a computer..much more fun to be able to tinker with…..

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