tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post8215557431782394570..comments2024-03-25T09:03:39.020-07:00Comments on The Uncrushable Jersey Dress: The Doubtful Marriage - RepriseBetty Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16446092401692468002noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-77162042120997806402016-08-15T12:34:18.577-07:002016-08-15T12:34:18.577-07:00Menkemaborg Castle - sounds familiar? Of course! B...Menkemaborg Castle - sounds familiar? Of course! Because<br /><i>in Tangled Autumn (1971), Sappha Devenish and Rolf van Duyren visit Uithuizen in the Netherlands, Betty von Susie’s family’s ancestral homeland. That’s right: Uithuizen! In the Netherlands! Where <b>Betty von Susie</b>’s ancestors lived! They look around Menkemaborg Castle in UITHUIZEN. Uithuizen, Uithuizen, Uithuizen.</i> <br />Quote from Betty van den Betsy's post: <a href="http://everyneelsthing.blogspot.de/2012/09/betty-by-numbers-touring-rest-of-world.html" rel="nofollow">Betty by the Numbers: Touring the Rest of the World</a><br /><br />Rolf and Sappha ate pancakes, too, at the castle, <i>spek pannekoeken</i> with syrup.Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-28787423906077395742016-08-15T12:16:09.938-07:002016-08-15T12:16:09.938-07:00Rauwerd drove her north to the Frisian Lakes, gave...<i>Rauwerd drove her north to the Frisian Lakes, gave her coffee in Sneek, allowed her half an hour in which to glimpse the little town, then went on to Leeuwarden and north to the coast of Groningen. Here they lunched off <b>enormous pancakes</b> at <b><b>Menkemaborg¹ Castle</b></b>, after exploring its interior. They returned along country roads, narrow and often built in brick, but affording Matilda a good look at rural Holland.</i><br /><br />¹ typo in the book: Nenkemaborg<br /><br />Food: <b>enormous pancakes</b>Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-88647284383801846882013-12-19T09:37:22.842-08:002013-12-19T09:37:22.842-08:00This is very, very similar to The Convenient Wife ...This is very, very similar to The Convenient Wife . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-15962720933140665442012-03-21T14:40:42.464-07:002012-03-21T14:40:42.464-07:00Were there Bombs in the Netherlands in the 1980s? ...Were there <b>Bombs in the Netherlands in the 1980s</b>? Yes!<br />25 March 1984 - FC Groningen - Ajax (soccer game)<br />09 Jan 1983 - Ajax - Fc Den Haag, 2 bombs (during a soccer game)<br />18 May 1986 The <i>Rood Revolutionair Front</i> (Red Revolutionary Front, against nuclear power) placed a bomb at the head office of Neratoom in Den Haag. - The bomb was deactivated.<br />Betty AnonymousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-17263711631548991282012-03-06T18:57:01.510-08:002012-03-06T18:57:01.510-08:00Thank you, Betties.
Betty FrancescaThank you, Betties. <br /><br />Betty FrancescaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-72496272104874815872012-03-06T12:28:29.245-08:002012-03-06T12:28:29.245-08:00Lovely pictures. I love the tweedy show! I am wear...Lovely pictures. I love the tweedy show! I am wearing a "well-worn" Harris tweed blazer, "now in its tenth year", as we speak, <i>er</i>, write. <br /><b>...</b><i>Francesca in a well-worn Burberry, now in its tenth year, </i><b>...</b><br /><b>Two for the Heart</b>, page 14<br />I like the moss green and the brown tweed suit. Very Betty!<br />Betty AnonymousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-46851699800086969542012-03-06T09:34:27.894-08:002012-03-06T09:34:27.894-08:00Love that emerald number on Laura Dern!Love that emerald number on Laura Dern!Keirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10802633046486840052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-84950542939443823182012-03-06T07:29:21.251-08:002012-03-06T07:29:21.251-08:00No question no RDD had washboard abs, or a six-pac...No question no RDD had washboard abs, or a six-pack, or whatever other euphemism you care to mention. (A friend online is working out with this guy: <a href="http://www.fitnessprofessor.com/" rel="nofollow">Andy, the Fitness Professor</a>. I gather he really looks like this in real life.<br /><br />At the same time, no RDD was fat or even soft around the middle. They were fit, and I bet they looked good, if not "ripped."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-46695100718796749862012-03-05T22:46:54.122-08:002012-03-05T22:46:54.122-08:00Or.
They didn't work out in those days (BN ti...Or. <br />They didn't work out in those days (BN time). <br /><br />So they were not as attractive. And if a man did have abs, he was a boxer! And where in BN-dom do you ever hear of a RDD working out?????<br /><br />Betty FrancescaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-10103671849169076582012-03-05T22:44:44.740-08:002012-03-05T22:44:44.740-08:00I have pinned several pics for this book! Enjoy!
...I have pinned several pics for this book! Enjoy!<br /><br />http://pinterest.com/comfortdiva/the-doubtful-marriage-by-betty-neels/<br /><br />Betty FrancescaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-82570752575242323252012-03-05T20:10:22.685-08:002012-03-05T20:10:22.685-08:00Yes, but the books are all written, pretty much en...Yes, but the books are all written, pretty much entirely, from the heroine's point of view. So we have to deduce what he's looking at, but she's noticing all kinds of things. <br /><br />Just, strangely, not his abs.<br /><br />Actually, I think it's a combination of time (one didn't notice abs as much in the 70s) and culture (at least in England, one didn't). Too close to *cough* other things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-45605030925999160702012-03-05T15:39:53.080-08:002012-03-05T15:39:53.080-08:00I think you're supposed to assume the abs if t...I think you're supposed to assume the abs if the hero is in bathing attire or oil-stained shorts - Mrs. Neels never says the heroine has an attractive derriere, but any time he walks in as she's backing out from under the dresser where the baby's pacifier landed, you know what he's looking at...Betty van den Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05462647734423787992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-74185122039723424722012-03-05T11:58:51.820-08:002012-03-05T11:58:51.820-08:00The ABS! (No, not the anti-lock braking system. Th...The ABS! (No, not the anti-lock braking system. The "other" abs.)<br /><br />Of course. The heroine never notices his abs. Shoulders, height, bulk, hair, beaky nose, etc. But never his abs.<br /><br />I feel cheated somehow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-79519762122506344842012-03-05T09:37:52.295-08:002012-03-05T09:37:52.295-08:00The New York Times Sunday mag has a weekly feature...<i>The New York Times</i> Sunday mag has a weekly feature called "The Meh List," with the explanation, "Not hot. Not not. Just meh." That is <i>The Doubtful Marriage</i> for me. Perfectly adequate, perfectly competent template for a MOC story. Hate the disorienting unreal plot twist of perfectly-nice uncle being a jerk from the grave; love touring the canary islands; nothing else stands out much. Meh.Betty van den Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05462647734423787992noreply@blogger.com