tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post1834044904839424461..comments2024-03-25T09:03:39.020-07:00Comments on The Uncrushable Jersey Dress: Pour yourself a cuppa and pull up a chair...Betty Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16446092401692468002noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-81536654815238245932013-07-08T13:51:24.372-07:002013-07-08T13:51:24.372-07:00I've been off the internet for a bit (darn you...I've been off the internet for a bit (darn you, Candy Crush!) so only just saw this. Hugs from me, too. Hope the last month has been improving.Betty Carolinehttp://www.lifeunfocused.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-16417297995821805182013-06-19T13:02:31.656-07:002013-06-19T13:02:31.656-07:00The world is your oyster!The world is your oyster!Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-50758987160006641272013-06-18T14:30:00.336-07:002013-06-18T14:30:00.336-07:00Bravo, BvdB, bravo!
Mijnheer LC retired in 2004, ...Bravo, BvdB, bravo!<br /><br />Mijnheer LC retired in 2004, Mevrouw LC retired in 2005. His contract was "descoped" thanks to sequestration -- but with two retirement checks, we can't complain too much. However, his job hunt had resulted in both of us having a good handle on where to look in the current economy. DHS is hiring! Contractors and Federal civilians!Army Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07304515646286184989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-5915352570108229972013-06-18T11:36:37.063-07:002013-06-18T11:36:37.063-07:00Betty van den Betsy -- You are more than welcome t...Betty van den Betsy -- You are more than welcome to come stay with us for a while. (All the mod cons, plus a pool, plus the peace & quiet of a thatched cottage on the Fens, etc., etc.) Just say the word--Betty Ross and I would love to have you!Magdalenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11551590278859598110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-91859047797073728302013-06-17T23:02:30.133-07:002013-06-17T23:02:30.133-07:00Oh my. I'm sorry to hear the bad news, Betty v...Oh my. I'm sorry to hear the bad news, Betty van den Betsy! It stinks to high heaven that he would say that to you. Hugs to you from Texas.<br /><br />Betty AnoninTX<br /><br />PS Road trip to Texas in September for our tea Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-57494586701865669222013-06-17T18:51:00.125-07:002013-06-17T18:51:00.125-07:00And did I mention that you are all incomparably lo...And did I mention that you are all incomparably lovely in your kind wishes? I didn't?! Well, then I do so now. It is actually a magnificent bit of deck clearing, and I have a lovely feeling of lightness as I keep thinking, "I can do <i>anything</i>! <i>Anything</i> I want!"<br /><br />Road trip!!Betty van den Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05462647734423787992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-30446133463802923332013-06-17T18:47:30.954-07:002013-06-17T18:47:30.954-07:00I'm actually perfectly happy to allow him to l...I'm actually perfectly happy to allow him to live, wallowing in regret until the end of his days. The dope. What he actually said was, "I'm no longer sure whether I'm better off with you than without you, and I think we should have a trial separation so I can decide." To which deranged piece of blathering I replied, "Well, I know I don't want the putative love of my life to be a man who can't decide whether he loves me, so let's just do the separation part, and skip the trial."<br /><br />Army Betty, did the L.C. retire? In *this* gov't contracting environment?!? Thank him for his service, please.Betty van den Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05462647734423787992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-26043219210779512412013-06-17T16:12:43.822-07:002013-06-17T16:12:43.822-07:00Touche, B von S......I share in your hope!
Touche, B von S......I share in your hope!<br />Army Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07304515646286184989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-24491388450152056972013-06-17T15:35:01.926-07:002013-06-17T15:35:01.926-07:00Would it be very, very, wrong of me to hope he boa...Would it be very, very, wrong of me to hope he boards a (doomed) plane to South America? Grrrr.<br /><br />B von S<br /><br />Sisterly hugs from me, too.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-90484312933963874252013-06-17T14:56:13.668-07:002013-06-17T14:56:13.668-07:00Oh, dear, when it rains it pours!
In the World of...Oh, dear, when it rains it pours!<br /><br />In the World of Betty, such a confluence of events results in An Opportunity To Create A New Much Much Better Life. The Leutnant-Kolonel is also new to the local job market (which he's been calling Carousel after Logan's Run), however my rolodex of Former Contracting Students and weekly analysis of Which Federal Agencies Can Still Afford To Send Their Employees To Contracting Class is getting him some very promising leads. Let us put my rolodex to work for you in search of opportunities much more appealing than being a school nurse in the north of England, sewing curtains and tapestries in a Grand Yet Flammable House attic, or crossing to the other side of the baize door! Will email you directly.<br /><br />Toasting your brilliant future a I type!Army Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07304515646286184989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-36131114831601456342013-06-17T14:43:48.264-07:002013-06-17T14:43:48.264-07:00More sisterly Betty hugs from me too, Betty van de...More sisterly Betty hugs from me too, Betty van den Betsy! We find yourself terribly charming and can't imagine anyone thinking otherwise. Really, Really, all our love and, if you should find yourself in need of sedate grey superfine wool to grizzle into, I hope you get it.Keirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12334172370385784966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-72298593638197628882013-06-17T13:40:01.962-07:002013-06-17T13:40:01.962-07:00Dearest Betty van den Betsy, and here I was wonder...Dearest Betty van den Betsy, and here I was wondering why you were so quiet of late, I was getting "that worried". I would go easy on the sherry, we don't want you to develop a headache. Ah, but the chocolate may not only improve your mood but be actually good for your health (60% cocoa or darker, about 30 grams/an ounce a day.) Wish I could send you a <a href="http://www.rausch-schokolade.com/" rel="nofollow">box</a> right now through the ether. Sisterly Betty hugs from me too!Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-31544885136626812072013-06-17T11:40:49.165-07:002013-06-17T11:40:49.165-07:00Betty Barbara here--
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. ...Betty Barbara here--<br /><br />Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. Sisterly Betty hugs to you, Betty van den Betsy!!Barb in Marylandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374278685536530837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-37793384570924285592013-06-17T09:32:17.108-07:002013-06-17T09:32:17.108-07:00Oh, Army Betty. How I adore you! Thanks ever so ...Oh, Army Betty. How I adore you! Thanks ever so for the offer of my own bottle of proper sherry. As the Jonkheer has recently decided that ten years with me is about 1.5 months too many (and so pulled the plug on our relationship at nine years, ten-and-one-half months) and my employer has recently decided that with revenue reduced thanks to sequestration they can do without me, I could use a sherry. Or six. And about a pound and a half of Belgian chocolate. Or <a href="http://www.patisseriepompadour.com/index.php?pg=home&pid=1&welkom=0&lan=1" rel="nofollow">Dutch chocolate</a>, which I've always found wonderful. Betty van den Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05462647734423787992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-52969008614452596362013-06-13T03:30:36.767-07:002013-06-13T03:30:36.767-07:00Thank you so much! The last is especially good.Thank you so much! The last is especially good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-45741243425335853162013-06-10T12:16:17.679-07:002013-06-10T12:16:17.679-07:00Want to hear the difference between Dutch and Flem...Want to hear the difference between Dutch and Flemish? The languages in a „regular“ accent, the way you would be taught at school, taking a course. Because, as you can immagine there are all kinds of different accents, regiolects, same as in English. I found these on YouTube and I think the girls are delightful.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdGuHBdaccA" rel="nofollow"> dutchfornoobs Learn Dutch – Introducing yourself</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uAAniqFFhQ" rel="nofollow"> Flemish for Dummies 1</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTKyQNRY-fY" rel="nofollow"> Flemish for Dummies 2: introducing yourself</a><br /><br />And I just love this clip. This is sooo well done.<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgiDZvYZyMQ" rel="nofollow"> Easy Dutch Episode 1 – Best of Basic Phrases</a><br /><br />Betty AnonymousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-10435629348946477912013-06-10T09:25:11.844-07:002013-06-10T09:25:11.844-07:00Opinions of 30 years ago. That explains it. Sister...Opinions of 30 years ago. That explains it. <a href="http://everyneelsthing.blogspot.de/2012/04/reprise-sister-peters-in-amsterdam.html" rel="nofollow"><i><b>Sister Peters in Amsterdam</b></i></a>, first published in 1969, <i>(How many years ago was that, class? Get out your pencils and do some rather inaccurate sums on the back of an old envelope.)</i> contains both the <b>Belgium Question</b> and the <a href="http://books.google.de/books?id=HZIaKb-qwBYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:sister+intitle:peters+intitle:in+intitle:amsterdam+inauthor:neels+inauthor:betty&hl=de&sa=X&ei=wu61UbS0BoiEhQfwwYDYAw&ved=0CDoQuwUwAA#v=onepage&q=red%20hair&f=false" rel="nofollow"><b>dislike</b></a> <a href="http://everyneelsthing.blogspot.de/2010/07/sister-peters-in.html?showComment=1295901427722#c2528582165326891534" rel="nofollow"><b>of red hair</b></a>.<br /><i>She was disappointed in Belgium; it looked untidy and faintly neglected after the neat houses and gardens of Holland.</i><br /><br />But wait, dear Belgian Bettys, all is not lost, the Great Betty then continued to say something <b>complimentary</b> of your country, contrary to some Bettys' beliefs she had something good to say. Yea!<br /><br /><a href="http://books.google.de/books?id=HZIaKb-qwBYC&pg=PT101&dq=%22bruges+it+looked+delightful%22+intitle:sister+intitle:peters+intitle:in+intitle:amsterdam+inauthor:neels+inauthor:betty&hl=de&sa=X&ei=Bua1Ua-wDcy1hAe1xYCAAg&ved=0CDoQuwUwAA" rel="nofollow"><i> It was a pity that there was no time to stop at</i></a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruges" rel="nofollow"><b><i>Bruges</i></b></a>; <i><b>it looked delightful</b>, but the professor drove straight through the town ...</i><br /><br />In <a href="http://everyneelsthing.blogspot.de/2011/04/hilltop-tryst-1989.html" rel="nofollow"><i>Hilltop Tryst</i></a>, Beatrice and Oliver and his secretary Ethel spend more than twenty-four hours in <a href="http://books.google.de/books?id=VFje0kibX54C&pg=PT129&dq=brussels+%22in+the+centre+of+the+city%22+intitle:hilltop+intitle:tryst+inauthor:neels+inauthor:betty&hl=de&sa=X&ei=fPO1Udv5H42IhQeO94GoCw&ved=0CDoQuwUwAA" rel="nofollow">Brussels</a>. And not even a hint of a negative word about Belgium. (By the by, this Beatrice must be the most a-typical Betty heroine, for what does she do in Brussels, that European capital steeped in history (and politics)? The morning she spends shopping, yes, <b>shopping</b>, "buying very little" (choclates for her sisters, a tie for her father, a brooch for her mother) and prettying herself up for lunch with Oliver. But wait, it gets even better. How does she spend her one and only afternoon in Bruxelles? Huh? Packing her things, having tea in her room and a leisurely bath. In <a href="http://www.google.de/search?q=brussels&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=DvW1UcCyF5OIhQf-rIA4&ved=0CGIQsAQ&biw=1366&bih=605" rel="nofollow"><b>Brussels</b></a>! Huh? What? Are you daft, girl? Oliver said to make the most of it and that's the best you can do? Not a single church, not a single hour at a museum, not even a single look at the manneken?)Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-48111423383555376702013-06-08T14:26:17.491-07:002013-06-08T14:26:17.491-07:00Cities in Canada, England, Ireland, Holland, Switz...Cities in Canada, England, Ireland, Holland, Switzerland, and Germany all looked amazingly clean to me.<br /><br />Cities in Belgium, Italy, and Hungary looked normal to me.<br /><br />Paris looked like New York, from a cleanliness perspective. Dingy but not horrifying.<br /><br />I'll refrain from comment on the other countries I've visited....<br /><br />My neighbors were very clear they were talking about cultural opinions of 30 years ago, which are fading away year by year. They were also reluctant to voice them until plied with generous amounts of alcohol.Army Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07304515646286184989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-71807200201369960752013-06-07T13:28:09.889-07:002013-06-07T13:28:09.889-07:00Muddy waters. I wonder how our Belgian Bettys feel...Muddy waters. I wonder how our Belgian Bettys feel about "the Belgian Question".<br /> <br /><b>Dear Belgian Bettys</b><br />Please tell us how you feel about these prejudices.<br /><br />And, Bettys in the United States, did you know that when Americans come to Canada they are impressed because the cities are so clean...<br /><br />Muddy waters.Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-60676895181594076952013-06-07T08:12:02.629-07:002013-06-07T08:12:02.629-07:00I asked Betty Henry and Betty Ross about Brighton....I asked Betty Henry and Betty Ross about Brighton. It used to be the place you took a woman for an illicit weekend, so yes, it had that reputation. This would be in the 50s and 60s, I believe. At some point even the British eased up on the notion of the illicit weekend, so now Brighton is just a seaside tourist destination, but it definitely had that reputation in my lifetime.Magdalenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11551590278859598110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-70906167127520030362013-06-06T17:23:55.132-07:002013-06-06T17:23:55.132-07:00Just great and those puzzling questions answered!!...Just great and those puzzling questions answered!!! Personally, I'm still struggling with what the Great Betty means by curvy. As in Olivias being tall and ample. Would that be like "Joan" in Mad Men, if anyone watches that??Ilanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03300942046140361809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-71574481154910167012013-06-06T15:23:24.476-07:002013-06-06T15:23:24.476-07:00Ask the Brit Betty if Brighton really does have th...Ask the Brit Betty if Brighton really does have that terrible reputation! Also, what's the current reputation of Dam Square? Is crossing that in sensible court shoes with a guide book at hand still likely to earn you an accosting?Keirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10802633046486840052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-19381149940924913912013-06-06T15:02:39.809-07:002013-06-06T15:02:39.809-07:00Betty Keira, I will certainly ask. I am to teach ...Betty Keira, I will certainly ask. I am to teach my neighbors how to make a proper margarita next week. Any other questions from any other Bettys?Army Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07304515646286184989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-59912145822989166052013-06-06T14:53:43.520-07:002013-06-06T14:53:43.520-07:00Betty Barbara:
Thanks for recognizing me despite m...Betty Barbara:<br />Thanks for recognizing me despite my failure to sign my email properly -- due to the aftereffects of Way Too Much Sherry.Army Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07304515646286184989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-23642358926027657422013-06-06T14:24:01.380-07:002013-06-06T14:24:01.380-07:00Betty Barbara here--
Oh Army Betty! You have outdo...Betty Barbara here--<br />Oh Army Betty! You have outdone yourself in the service of Bettyhood. You got an answer to 'the Belgian Question'!! Thank you.<br />Thank you.Barb in Marylandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374278685536530837noreply@blogger.com