tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11783188.post1699745420424645504..comments2023-06-06T18:12:22.562+02:00Comments on The Cats Tripe: I'd never even heard of this book...Catofstripeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08626451503696948747noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11783188.post-29996074796376419532008-08-18T17:16:00.000+02:002008-08-18T17:16:00.000+02:00Yes, I would be quite happy if the inference were ...Yes, I would be quite happy if the inference were merely that I have a large vocabulary and retain a lot of information. Sadly, I think it also infers the know-it-all, long-winded and boring aspects. <BR/><BR/>Despite which, I'm also finding it more and more difficult to keep the old thought train on the rails these days! :) <BR/><BR/>Ah, I keep meaning to read One Hundred Years of Solitude, but never quite seem to get around to it. It was because a Venezuelan friend was reading that (clearly enthused and passionately explaining its significance to me), many years ago, that I'd even heard of Gabriel García Márquez and also Love in the Time of Cholera. And, of course, after so many years in the Canary Islands, whose history and that of those two countries are so intrinsically linked.Pamela Stockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03355260804155394484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11783188.post-7397589113216996832008-08-17T11:29:00.000+02:002008-08-17T11:29:00.000+02:00Hi Pamela,I'd be rather flattered to be compared t...Hi Pamela,<BR/><BR/>I'd be rather flattered to be compared to a dictionary as my mental faculties are fading fast. <BR/><BR/>I've read <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Hundred_Years_of_Solitude" REL="nofollow">"One Hundred Years of Solitude"</A> quite recently and enjoyed it so maybe I should try "Love in the time of Cholera" as it probably would match my age and disposition rather well.Catofstripeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08626451503696948747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11783188.post-61568998473723498372008-08-17T01:47:00.000+02:002008-08-17T01:47:00.000+02:00I'd heard of this book, though I'll admit I haven'...I'd heard of this book, though I'll admit I haven't read it and I rather prefer your result to <A HREF="http://pamelaheywood.com/wordpress/2008/08/17/sunday-silliness-on-the-perils-of-longwindedness/" REL="nofollow">my own</A>! :)Pamela Stockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03355260804155394484noreply@blogger.com