tag:sillysocks.blog.co.uk,2009-11-23:/MokoFeed2009-11-23T21:47:33+01:00tag:sillysocks.blog.co.uk,2009-01-09:/2009/01/09/more-blog-paranoia-5350740/#c8758554deleted user2009-01-09T22:29:45+01:002009-01-09T22:29:45+01:00Small enclave of common ground for you and me, Micky then - I also want it to STOP.tag:sillysocks.blog.co.uk,2008-12-29:/2008/12/29/where-were-we-are-we-are-we-going-to-be-5291642/#c8654175deleted user2008-12-29T11:22:28+01:002008-12-29T11:22:28+01:00LOL about the old editor! :D<br> Welcome back, Micky. Till the next time (probably in 2010) you may consider calling yourself SillyTie instead of SillySocks. Just a suggestion. Sleep on it ;)<br> and merry Christmas!tag:sillysocks.blog.co.uk,2008-11-09:/2006/10/06/what_do_you_teach_your_children_about_li~1195259/#c8220476deleted user2008-11-09T23:29:33+01:002008-11-09T23:29:33+01:00Um... happy birthday, Silly Sock Man!tag:sillysocks.blog.co.uk,2006-10-07:/2006/10/06/what_do_you_teach_your_children_about_li~1195259/#c1866272lyndlj2006-10-07T23:41:39+02:002006-10-07T23:41:39+02:00You look for a perfection that does not exist.<br> The only thing to do is to teach your children the best you can, values, inependance and a sense of worth, as I said before. You are the guide and the teacher, they are put in your care so that you can do the best you can, the rest is up to them.tag:sillysocks.blog.co.uk,2006-10-07:/2006/10/06/what_do_you_teach_your_children_about_li~1195259/#c1865151MickyD2006-10-07T21:13:43+02:002006-10-07T21:13:43+02:00What I am saying is that we need a society that actively promotes virtues as valuestag:sillysocks.blog.co.uk,2006-10-07:/2006/10/06/what_do_you_teach_your_children_about_li~1195259/#c1861785Flatlander2006-10-07T10:36:45+02:002006-10-07T10:36:45+02:00Spot on!tag:sillysocks.blog.co.uk,2006-10-06:/2006/10/06/what_do_you_teach_your_children_about_li~1195259/#c1859824lyndlj2006-10-06T22:06:14+02:002006-10-06T22:06:14+02:00Why does your child have to have a role model? Does that not make them walk in the shadow of someone else?<br> Your child/ren will pick its/their own heroes.<br> What you have to do is try to teach them values and independance, give them love and security and the rest will come naturally.tag:sillysocks.blog.co.uk,2006-09-16:/2006/09/08/what_s_your_blog_worth_beware_of_satan_s~1109415/#c1722452MickyD2006-09-16T22:46:42+02:002006-09-16T22:46:42+02:00Thank you, friend - even if i bore you<br> I like the unpolished bit - it smacks of hidden brilliance , like in a diamond. I need to be harder!tag:sillysocks.blog.co.uk,2006-09-15:/2006/09/08/what_s_your_blog_worth_beware_of_satan_s~1109415/#c1717546abe2006-09-15T22:00:52+02:002006-09-15T22:00:52+02:00ok<br> I admit<br> I;m boredtag:sillysocks.blog.co.uk,2006-09-15:/2006/09/08/what_s_your_blog_worth_beware_of_satan_s~1109415/#c1717535ABE2006-09-15T21:59:40+02:002006-09-15T21:59:40+02:00Ohhh, and one more thing <br> (I'm beginning to feel like Colombo)<br> but I need to attest to the fact that you ARE un-Polish-edtag:sillysocks.blog.co.uk,2006-09-15:/2006/09/08/what_s_your_blog_worth_beware_of_satan_s~1109415/#c1717523ABE2006-09-15T21:57:26+02:002006-09-15T21:57:26+02:00I'm not finished. <br> YOU have 4 friends, not 3. ANd no amount of "vade retro" exorcism will get rid of me :Dtag:sillysocks.blog.co.uk,2006-09-15:/2006/09/08/what_s_your_blog_worth_beware_of_satan_s~1109415/#c1717511abe2006-09-15T21:55:38+02:002006-09-15T21:55:38+02:00Bubbly cheeks would denote collagen.<br> Immobilised face in the likeness of a partially paralysed porcelain doll would mean botox (think K Minogue)<br> Petrifying face with a permanent expression of surprise or horror would point to a face lift (think the Cat Woman).<br> <br> Red nose and puffed eyes would indicate a bout of flu (that'd be me!!)<br> tag:sillysocks.blog.co.uk,2006-09-08:/2006/09/08/what_s_your_blog_worth_beware_of_satan_s~1109415/#c1673140MickyD2006-09-08T22:21:15+02:002006-09-08T22:21:15+02:00This me commenting on what I wrote - I am ugly & have no hope of vanity being an issue, so maybe it's easier to take the high ground : )tag:sillysocks.blog.co.uk,2006-09-06:/2006/09/01/new_life~1089736/#c1660374ABE-unlimited2006-09-06T22:00:42+02:002006-09-06T22:00:42+02:00You see what that nasty decaying piece of mud covered in ferny weeds can do to a human spirit! <br> I strongly recommend you swap it for this little piece of clay, equally decaying but doing it in style!<br> !5km would be about 8-9 miles?tag:sillysocks.blog.co.uk,2006-09-03:/2006/09/01/new_life~1089736/#c1640022akerman2006-09-03T22:08:36+02:002006-09-03T22:08:36+02:00MickyD, please can you translate kms into old money, we still like our miles over here?!<br> Paul<br> <br> Do you have a suitable pair of socks for riding the aforementioned peddled cycle? Do they have to be good and strong, so you can tuck your trousers bottoms into them? I could never afford cycle clips so had to make do with the above.tag:sillysocks.blog.co.uk,2006-08-27:/2006/07/29/you_are_being_watched_as_you_blog~998927/#c1595763ABE-unlimited2006-08-27T22:17:19+02:002006-08-27T22:17:19+02:00Ha ha! Bril! Micky, you're scaring me! You're such a rebel without a cause that next time you get on a plane, you may arise suspicions of your fellow-flyers... just that look on defiance and a two day stubble could unsettle people, you know ;) It cracked me up!tag:sillysocks.blog.co.uk,2006-08-25:/2006/07/29/you_are_being_watched_as_you_blog~998927/#c1587076akerman2006-08-25T22:09:10+02:002006-08-25T22:09:10+02:00Hi there<br> <br> Ditto to above.<br> <br> addition to tie subject - Here we are trying to stop all our offspring trying to wear the darn things at school etc etc, and my son has just started at Grammar (or is it Grammer) school, and has to wear a business suit and tie..... poor thing<br> <br> If the comment above is refering to someone close to home, the reason i've been silent, is recently a storm decided to take out it's revenge on my hard drive, hence no computer for three weeks, as for the weeks prior to that - I have no excuss.<br> <br> Paultag:sillysocks.blog.co.uk,2006-08-20:/2006/07/29/you_are_being_watched_as_you_blog~998927/#c1557380Flatlander2006-08-20T19:55:16+02:002006-08-20T19:55:16+02:00Good stuff, tag:sillysocks.blog.co.uk,2006-07-15:/2006/07/15/flying_dutchmen~962349/#c1377229Anna aka ABE2006-07-15T23:55:08+02:002006-07-15T23:55:08+02:00We are related souls for some reason, Micky. I know how you feel even when you don't agree with me. Because even then you are still quite an idealist. tag:sillysocks.blog.co.uk,2006-07-15:/2006/07/15/flying_dutchmen~962349/#c1377211MickyD2006-07-15T23:49:26+02:002006-07-15T23:49:26+02:00Hey Abe<br> You make me feel good, knowing you are there & your comments are the same as when I last whinged about my lack of tether!<br> Yess! It is all inside me...tag:sillysocks.blog.co.uk,2006-07-15:/2006/07/15/flying_dutchmen~962349/#c1377187Anna aka ABE2006-07-15T23:41:03+02:002006-07-15T23:41:03+02:00It's not about citizenships, Micky, it's about finding your place under the sun, a place where you belong. Like you, I was born in one country, lived in another, then in yet another one, then another one and now I returned to the country where I am neither citizen nor do I aspire to be one, but I feel at home. Maybe, I am a throwback to that English legionnaire, several generations back in time, who came to Poland to serve a foreign king for money, and built a home there. It doesn't matter. All I learned is that you can't escape anything or find anything by moving countries. It's all inside you. tag:sillysocks.blog.co.uk,2006-07-06:/2006/06/23/resurgence_of_silly_sock_philosophy_etc~906557/#c13331192006-07-06T21:47:28+02:002006-07-06T21:47:28+02:00Micky,<br> You must be the smiling gentleman I bumped into in One Tree Hill. It is amazing to revisit your homeland, it will charge you for years to come and you'll breathe relief again. Naturally, on such a high All Blacks are bound to win the Cup, or maybe even Springboks?! That'd the day when James Small winked to me at the Victory Parade in Jo'burg in '95.<br> The hell with George Bush, and I do like Mr Mandela too.tag:sillysocks.blog.co.uk,2006-06-30:/2006/06/23/resurgence_of_silly_sock_philosophy_etc~906557/#c1305464akerman2006-06-30T21:09:20+02:002006-06-30T21:09:20+02:00Micky<br> <br> What a pleasant surprise to find you still in the land of splogging, I have to admit that I did wonder if you had been abducted by silly sock aliens!<br> <br> I have not been as active as I had been in the past, it was hard then but recently it's been harder to summon up the mental energy to write, I just about managed 380 words for the Parish Magazine.<br> <br> Perhaps an email to Prime Minister Bush and President Blair, to see if they ever wear silly or odd socks, would do something to prompt politicians the world over to; 'look on the Bright side of Life' and instead of attacking this country or that, stop and think ..... I'll put an odd pair of socks on.<br> <br> Cheers for now, good to see you back<br> <br> Paul tag:sillysocks.blog.co.uk,2006-02-28:/2006/02/11/ex_africa_i_don_t_think_so~555565/#c7534502006-02-28T03:45:09+01:002006-02-28T03:45:09+01:00Clear identity? Ha ha ha... traditionalism is dead. Now you're a cosmpolitan sorta fela. We all are.tag:sillysocks.blog.co.uk,2006-02-13:/2006/01/14/get_real_aamp_toughen_up~471284/#c686521MickyD2006-02-13T08:00:20+01:002006-02-13T08:00:20+01:00Och aye neil E mac! I'm no relation to the Fynn fellow who puts you to sleep. I thought Cape Bretons were French speaking. m'sieur?<br> What worries me about Dubya & his approach to the world is that most Yanks (or at least a majority) support him. He is their face & attitude - it's frightening.<br> I have blogged & feel better now! tag:sillysocks.blog.co.uk,2006-02-12:/2006/02/11/ex_africa_i_don_t_think_so~555565/#c6827892006-02-12T00:22:56+01:002006-02-12T00:22:56+01:00Hiya Mickey...My eyes perked up at the African diaspora thing! I was brought up in Namibia (ex German colony) got married in Jo'burg SA and had my wedding celebrations in Swaziland many many moons ago. Been in the UK for since 1990, hubby wanted to come home. My family and the 'extendeds' are scattered just as far and wide as yours and frankly I gave up worrying where and who and how. At least you know that you would go HOME when (note not IF)you win the lottery. I went back only twice since I'm here and I just didnt feel at home. sad huh.tag:sillysocks.blog.co.uk,2006-02-11:/2006/01/14/get_real_aamp_toughen_up~471284/#c680935neilemac2006-02-11T14:27:58+01:002006-02-11T14:27:58+01:00Hey Mickey D, your name sounds like a character from Cape Breton Island. Anywho, I like the sound of your off beat rant and believe you would make a good fit with the rest of the collective electics in my blog <a href="http://neilemacviewblog.ca/main/">neilEmac view</a>.<br> <br> And yes, the voyager, prophet and philospher were right to travel in their minds or on the high seas but I agree with Abe that GW Bush shouldn't have been let out of the gate. Most people with his moronic ideas spend their days in asylums hidden away from the norm, n'est pas? Or, at least, should. 88|<br> <br> I knew a psychopath with similar facial and verbal actions as Dubya; he fell through a crack in our Canadian social safety net, chopped of an ear of a mentally challenged man he lured into his basement apartment, threw another older man down the basement stairs leading to his pad, was eventually nabbed by poilice and is now doing life for murder. >:-[ <br> <br> Yes, Bush should have stayed on his ranch and not stepped into the Presidential race in the first place. He's made a complete mess of any positve American influence that existed before his tenure. I'm not surprised at the growing animosity toward him and his globe-trotting, war-mongering, resource-robbing lying cabal. Megalomania comes to mind.|-|<br> <br> Your turn, Mickey D. like Abe-unLtd said, "...exert yourself blogging! Pull those socks up and get down to it." Write on!<br> <br> neil E mac :>>tag:sillysocks.blog.co.uk,2006-02-11:/2006/01/14/get_real_aamp_toughen_up~471284/#c6801892006-02-11T08:56:37+01:002006-02-11T08:56:37+01:00Hey Mickey, can't say you exert yourself blogging! Pull those socks up and get down to it :)<br> tag:sillysocks.blog.co.uk,2006-01-21:/2006/01/14/get_real_aamp_toughen_up~471284/#c585577akerman2006-01-21T10:44:25+01:002006-01-21T10:44:25+01:00Hic new year MickyD, (and ABEUnLtd) Have been trying to understanding your reactions with some relevance to my present problems (see blog re Changing Duvets)and have come up with the answers to my problems. Either I should mix up a chemical solution to destroy all duvets with in the house, so peace would rain forever, OR, partake of a chemical reaction (with ice and slice) so it would numb the pain of changing the darn things, but most surely we should send, come the glourious day, the inventor of neck tie and duvets to the guilotene. Either way I should not whing or lay blame, but enoy the possibility of the reintroduction of sheets and blankets and eider downs - how civilsed.....<br> <br> (Your first line is great, thanks for the encouragment)<br> <br> Paul tag:sillysocks.blog.co.uk,2006-01-18:/2006/01/14/get_real_aamp_toughen_up~471284/#c5757282006-01-18T23:28:55+01:002006-01-18T23:28:55+01:00Mixing is good. Exchanging ideas is good. Chemical reactions are also good as long as they don't lead to those atomic chain reaction that are irreversible.<br> <br> So yes Marco Polo shouldn't have stayed at home but GW Bush and all other crusaders bloody well should! ;)