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Toe in the Water

by Beholden

Rated: 13+ · Book · Experience · #2223922

A tentative blog to test the temperature.

Ten years ago I was writing several blogs on various subjects - F1 motor racing, Music, Classic Cars, Great Romances and, most crushingly, a personal journal that included my thoughts on America, memories of England and Africa, opinion, humour, writing and anything else that occurred. It all became too much (I was attempting to update the journal every day) and I collapsed, exhausted and thoroughly disillusioned in the end.

So this blog is indeed a Toe in the Water, a place to document my thoughts in and on WdC but with a determination not to get sucked into the blog whirlpool ever again. Here's hoping.

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ßlυҽყҽʐ

about 5 hours ago
In response to "A Change of Mind"

Oh yeah, some great musicians there! I remember skipping band class, smoking my first cigarette in some kid's car in the school parking lot and listening to Dire Straits for the first time on eight track tape.

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Ned

about 5 hours ago
In response to "A Change of Mind"

I'm still wild for Sultans of Swing, it's the first song of theirs that I heard and it drove me to go out and read the album. Yeah, I read it first because all the lyrics were printed on the jacket. Then I bought the album.

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Beholden

about 5 hours ago
In response to "A Change of Mind"

I never saw them live (my score on that count is precisely one - the Byrds, years after their heyday). But YouTube allows me to see what it was like.

S 🤦

about 6 hours ago
In response to "A Change of Mind"

I saw Dire Straits in 1986. They played Footy Park, I was 15 and in year 11 at high school, and I went with two mates and one of their older brothers.

That was the night I fell in love with their 'Romeo And Juliet'. Just phenomenal.

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Beholden

about 23 hours ago
In response to "Both Sides of the Pond"

No one said that freedom was free. And it's not, whichever side of the pond you look at.

W.D.Wilcox

about 23 hours ago
In response to "Both Sides of the Pond"

The excessive cost for *cough* health care here outweighs any *coughs* benefits. It's freedom at a price.

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tj wanderlust-words-in-motion

Jun 18, 2025 at 7:21pm
In response to "Another Gripe"

I've known some who cheat who, after getting caught cheating, run off like a cheetah.

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Beholden

Jun 18, 2025 at 4:32pm
In response to "Another Gripe"

Too late - it's done!

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Amethyst Angel 🌈

Jun 18, 2025 at 3:54pm
In response to "Another Gripe"

Oh gosh, read it tomorrow then, it’s 2k words. I don’t need instant gratification.

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Beholden

Jun 18, 2025 at 3:51pm
In response to "Another Gripe"

Amethyst Angel 🌈

Just an old man's gripe about how things have changed, Amethyst. But sertainly, I'll read your story. Just hope it isn't too long - I'm tired. LOL

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December 1, 2023 at 7:27am

#1060377

The Lightness of Being Right

The Lightness of Being Right

Even when Andrea and I argue, it turns out we're both right. I used the word "obfusticate" and she said, "Don't you mean 'obfuscate'?" Google says they're both valid.

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