tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020257.post112852591923056475..comments2023-08-12T09:27:36.998+01:00Comments on Mad Baggage: Ruby Van WinkleCherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02646936995485109020noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020257.post-1128661560220357602005-10-07T06:06:00.000+01:002005-10-07T06:06:00.000+01:00Very interesting & very well told. Most of all tho...Very interesting & very well told. Most of all though, so very true. It sadly brings to mind the saying, "A woman's work is never done."janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16516413877078827053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020257.post-1128644018901121122005-10-07T01:13:00.000+01:002005-10-07T01:13:00.000+01:00What happened? You're supposed to "update" not "d...What happened? You're supposed to "update" not "downdate" you silly. Did you pull a post, or am I hallucinating again?Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07802695378617927299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020257.post-1128615750436426182005-10-06T17:22:00.000+01:002005-10-06T17:22:00.000+01:00I think Ruby should have ripped Rip a new one. And...I think Ruby should have ripped Rip a new one. And then kindly asked him to watch the kids while she napped.<BR/><BR/>smiles,<BR/>Liz"ME" Liz Strausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10711283307459944821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020257.post-1128549214438950742005-10-05T22:53:00.000+01:002005-10-05T22:53:00.000+01:00YES WE DO!!!Poor Ruby, she must not have had the m...YES WE DO!!!<BR/><BR/>Poor Ruby, she must not have had the mid life awakening that most of us seem to be having right now, as I type. Some sooner, some later. <BR/><BR/>I think personally I woke up at thirty eight, when my grand mother died. It, however took me two more years to do anything about it, and then, I got myself a divorce. The very best thing I have ever done for ME. <BR/><BR/>fineartisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03004913358409783650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020257.post-1128542266049440262005-10-05T20:57:00.000+01:002005-10-05T20:57:00.000+01:00Zilla - it seems we crossed in the posting, haha.R...Zilla - it seems we crossed in the posting, haha.<BR/>Really glad it made you so thoughtful.<BR/>We all look at life through sealed glass, some days. Don't we?Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02646936995485109020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020257.post-1128538164440126712005-10-05T19:49:00.000+01:002005-10-05T19:49:00.000+01:00Dear DorisAll my own creation; I wrote it. Ruby - ...Dear Doris<BR/>All my own creation; I wrote it. Ruby - if you mean did I really write it about Ruby - thats what it says.<BR/>Sorry your balls are in the air dear - mine were removed at birth, it seems, and are reportedly in a jar behind the clock on my granny's mantelpiece.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02646936995485109020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020257.post-1128537985980795052005-10-05T19:46:00.000+01:002005-10-05T19:46:00.000+01:00Cheryl,I was flummoxed at the first read-through, ...Cheryl,<BR/><BR/>I was flummoxed at the first read-through, not because I didn't understand the tale, but because I could not guess your current state of mind or your intentions for posting it. <BR/><BR/>I didn't want to think you are feeling regretful today, although I suppose all of us have days when we feel that way.<BR/><BR/>I remembered Lori's post about the life-long teacher who didn't Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07802695378617927299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020257.post-1128534635754023222005-10-05T18:50:00.000+01:002005-10-05T18:50:00.000+01:00There's a moral there, isn't there? And I think I'...There's a moral there, isn't there? And I think I'm partly living it! Though I reckon I have now got a bloke who thinks about these things and shares lifes burdens it is certainly a picture of a typical female's life in servitude.<BR/><BR/>Maybe that's why I decided I needed to start living now and to do something about the frumpy feelings.... no point waiting.<BR/><BR/>By the way - did you writeDorishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14073379610501763461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020257.post-1128531337179019232005-10-05T17:55:00.000+01:002005-10-05T17:55:00.000+01:00Better ask her that.I suspect her reply would be s...Better ask her that.<BR/>I suspect her reply would be something along the lines of "How the bloody hell should I know; never got there to find out."<BR/><BR/>Ey, eck, better out than in, as they say, and tomorrow is another day :-)<BR/><BR/>Thanks!Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02646936995485109020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020257.post-1128531164346810582005-10-05T17:52:00.000+01:002005-10-05T17:52:00.000+01:00That's a very sad story Cheryl. Couldn't you do on...That's a very sad story Cheryl. Couldn't you do one with an alternative ending? Sounds to me like Ruby's achieved a hell of a lot. She may not have gone clubbing in Ibiza, gambling in Vegas or exotic dancing in Soho but then I'm not sure she'd find those pursuits very meaningful.Milt Bogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10104084875129575097noreply@blogger.com