tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post9188233425867778163..comments2024-03-25T09:03:39.020-07:00Comments on The Uncrushable Jersey Dress: A Secret Infatuation - RepriseBetty Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16446092401692468002noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-65132730974420364442012-07-22T12:35:25.193-07:002012-07-22T12:35:25.193-07:00Of course -- I'd forgotten all about the NHS! ...Of course -- I'd forgotten all about the NHS! Thanks!<br /><br />On a waiting list to get this one from the Arlington library.....suspect there are other "lurkers" in my part of the world, the Review of the Week book is almost always checked out by the time I get there. With any luck, my British Army neighbors (exchange officer at the Pentagon) will have returned from home leave by the time I've got it, very much look forward to their take on the story (wife is a Betty fan, too).Army Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07304515646286184989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-49143646147483794462012-07-22T11:37:24.736-07:002012-07-22T11:37:24.736-07:00I have A Secret Infatuation on my screen, look at ...I have <i>A Secret Infatuation</i> on my screen, look at the "globe thingy" aka Conquering the World widget and see somebody from Sarajevo, Federation of <b>Bosnia</b> and Herzegovina. Cool.Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-23499669526905661492012-07-19T12:28:22.070-07:002012-07-19T12:28:22.070-07:00Mr Rijnma ter Salis – heart surgeon in Groningen....Mr Rijnma ter Salis – heart surgeon in Groningen. – Why?<br /><i>Mr Rijnma ter Salis came back four days later, performed a complicated <b>open heart operation</b> which took hours, thanked her briefly and disappeared again.<br /><br />There were, of necessity, a number of people there; the <b>heart-lung machine</b> needed skilled handling but Eugenie, concentrating on her instrument trolley, remained unfussed.</i><br /><br />The Great Betty knew her facts. At the Academisch Ziekenhuis Groningen (since 2005 UMCG Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen) Jan Homan van der Heide built a heart-lung machine. With this machine the first open heart surgery in the Netherlands was performed on 8 May, 1957.Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-54454185694278026752012-07-14T13:24:44.750-07:002012-07-14T13:24:44.750-07:00Forgot the creamed potatoes.Forgot the <a href="http://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=%22creamed+potatoes%22+inauthor:neels+inauthor:betty&num=100" rel="nofollow"><b>creamed potatoes</b></a>.Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-88626304732498977502012-07-14T13:21:00.711-07:002012-07-14T13:21:00.711-07:00In defence of Anonymous (Which Anonymous are you? ...In defence of Anonymous (Which Anonymous are you? A new one or an old one who forgot to sign her name?), I have to say that the <b>infamous sausage/spinach dinner</b> was not a meal at the hospital canteen but <b>home cooked</b> by Eugenie's landlady. <b>However</b>, in defense of Betty van den Betsy, I have to say Mrs Brewer seems to have been an <b>uninspired cook</b>. Now, if it had been <a href="http://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=%22tiny+new+potatoes%22+inauthor:neels+inauthor:betty&num=100#hl=en&tbm=bks&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22creamed+spinach%22+inauthor:neels+inauthor%3Abetty&oq=%22creamed+spinach%22+inauthor:neels+inauthor%3Abetty&gs_l=serp.3...92332.98182.1.98757.15.15.0.0.0.0.150.2179.0j15.15.0...0.0...1c.qLftK9BlEJY&psj=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=2bb13ff91a31e3ba&biw=1024&bih=584" rel="nofollow"><b>creamed spinach</b></a> and <a href="http://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=%22tiny+new+potatoes%22+inauthor:neels+inauthor:betty&num=100" rel="nofollow"><b>tiny new potatoes</b></a>... We all know how fond the Great Betty was of tiny new potatoes.<br /><a href="http://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=%22prunes+and+custard%22+inauthor:neels+inauthor:betty&num=100" rel="nofollow"><b>Prunes and custard</b></a> don't ever get praised in the Neels canon, they are consumed quite often though. Unless they just get pushed round the plate. They can be quite tasty if the prunes are really good. Even if made with Bird's custard. There is nothing wrong with Bird's custard, by the way, made with whole milk, of course. But if you stir the prunes round and round in the custard it is bound to look a an unappetising mess. Especially, if you are not fond of stewed prunes in the first place.Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-83994702570052586572012-07-14T01:04:58.112-07:002012-07-14T01:04:58.112-07:00This one's a enjoyable read for me. It's ...This one's a enjoyable read for me. It's not a top 20, but I always enjoy it. I call it the Bosnia bucket book. I finished it up earlier this week, and now I'm reading Midnight Sun's Magic! Both of these (along with Ring in a Teacup)were totally random Kindle purchases. I bought them not knowing the reviews were upcoming.<br /><br />But... here's my reason for posting this. The Kindle. I also bought (weeks ago) The Mistletoe Kiss and Only by Chance. Both of these are *riddled* with incorrect words. Only by Chance is the worst. For example, on the last page of Only by Chance, Adam tells Henrietta "we may have met only by chance, but it is clearly meant that we should meet and love and marry." But in the Kindle book is says "meet and love and many." I also noticed there were a few formatting errors. I remember in The Mistletoe Kiss, they were playing "tig" instead of tag. I also saw errors in another book, but I can't remember which one is for sure. I think it was The Right Kind of Girl, but I'm not positive. Three for sure. Is this Amazon's fault? Harlequin's? I was going to buy Dearest Mary Jane, but on the Amazon description it says it is not available because the item is under review because customers said there is a problem. Should I contact Amazon about these books? Has anyone ever seen this in other Betty books? Other authors? I've purchased 17 Kindle Betty books. I'm new to this Kindle biz so I'm just wondering if I should contact Amazon or Harlequin or what.<br /><br />Sorry for the long post. Please forgive any typing errors in it! ha Pot kettle. The portly one is in my lap and is helping me. Actually, she's trying to pull off the buttons on my nightshirt. Perhaps Amazon has chubby cats who help also.<br /><br />Betty AnoninTXAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-18772002249311028892012-07-13T13:29:50.820-07:002012-07-13T13:29:50.820-07:00Dear Betty Mary, Secret, Secret, who's Secret?...Dear Betty Mary, <i>Secret, Secret, who's Secret?</i> <br />Eugenie knew instantaneously that she wanted to marry Mr Rijnma ter Salis = instant Infatuation. <br />She asks / he tells - he is engaged to be married = off limits. So she wants to keep her feelings a Secret <b>from him</b>.Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-1640994790219136062012-07-13T08:57:33.570-07:002012-07-13T08:57:33.570-07:00Hands up who's with me in wanting more on the ...Hands up who's with me in wanting more on the Ohio-Turnpike Rest Stop of Love?Betty van den Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05462647734423787992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-54406214701323021222012-07-13T08:56:32.603-07:002012-07-13T08:56:32.603-07:00I'm afraid that for Betty's hospital-encag...I'm afraid that for Betty's hospital-encaged heroines, the comfort menu is neither gastro-pub nor retro-chic, but mass-produced hospital-institutional cafeteria cheap 'n' filling food. So the potatoes are boiled, with a side of margarine, the spinach is from a tin, the sausages are best not inquired into too closely, and the pudding is watery, reconstituted prunes and custard made by mixing skim milk with an egg-free powder, a la <a href="http://www.thekitchn.com/what-can-i-do-with-birds-custa-128735" rel="nofollow">Bird's infamous custard</a>.<br /><br />It is only at home, or occasionally at a swank restaurant or homey village pub, that we get marvelous menus featuring cream and fresh veg, hand-whipped potatoes with lumps of country butter, plump joints and nothing from a tin.Betty van den Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05462647734423787992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-25603415705330930382012-07-12T17:34:18.806-07:002012-07-12T17:34:18.806-07:00In defence of sausages, spinach and potatoes and p...In defence of sausages, spinach and potatoes and prunes and custard... Great Betty knew her comfort food. The potatoes would be mashed (with butter/cream and pepper). The spinach may or may not contain lardons of bacon. The sausages are not to be confused with hotdog-style sausages from continental Europe. Great Betty is thinking of English sausages with flavourings herb such as Lincolnshire or Cumberland sausages. Or pork and apple. Or lamb and mint. Or beef/horseradish. She forgot to mention the gravy and condiments. The prunes and custard are dessert but Great Betty would want it to be home-made vanilla cream custard. The plums-turned-prunes can be home-made and feature plum brandy or calvados. This type of retro-food is back in fashion in London. Not ick. Often no longer cheap, either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-71373512282480890142012-07-12T17:17:46.640-07:002012-07-12T17:17:46.640-07:00Army Betty asks how our UK/euro civilian medics go...Army Betty asks how our UK/euro civilian medics got to go to Bosnia? National Health Service doctors and nurses get to fly med evac services to Afghan'n (according to a BBC documentary I saw) so perhaps they were doign that back in the Bosnian war too. With national health, all your best surgeons and nurses are government employees (so that they can work in the big teaching/research hospitals) and it is easy to "lend" them to the army for short stints. But you'd think they'd be reservists (Territorial Army in UK jargon).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-89553610613163491152012-07-12T09:12:02.523-07:002012-07-12T09:12:02.523-07:00AH-duh-rick
uh as the a in "get a brick"...<b>AH</b>-duh-rick<br /><i>uh</i> as the <i>a</i> in "get a brick"Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-23700732173646239772012-07-12T09:04:03.627-07:002012-07-12T09:04:03.627-07:00Bare feet? – Poor Eugenie!
'Your feet are wet,...<b>Bare feet? – Poor Eugenie!</b><br />'Your feet are wet,' observed Mr Rijnma ter Salis. '<b>Take off your sandals</b>. Mientje will dry them.' <b>She did as she was told</b> and put a hand to her hair. 'Never mind that, come and have some coffee.' He turned as he spoke, and a tall, ...<br />(page 112 in my copy)<br />Poor Eugenie had to meet "the enemy" in her bare (or stockinged) feet. And then she left the RDD’s house without ever putting her sandals back on! And took the bus to Heiligerlee. <a href="http://www.webklik.nl/user_files/2010_02/106381/Heiligerlee-Klokkengieterij_Luchtfoto.jpg" rel="nofollow"><b>'They make bells there, did you know? Send them all over the world.</b>'</a><br />(These days a bellfounding museum: www.klokkengieterijmuseum.nl/)Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-64989553457143612102012-07-12T08:24:20.326-07:002012-07-12T08:24:20.326-07:00Yeah, would have been way better than leaning into...Yeah, would have been <b>way better</b> than leaning into the car and dumping the steak and sausages into the Veronica's lap.Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-80156866686559433312012-07-11T21:00:58.339-07:002012-07-11T21:00:58.339-07:00Got this one read. Hmmm, liked it in parts but the...Got this one read. Hmmm, liked it in parts but the ending just took sooooo long. If you think proposing on a bucket is a nice place to propose, you'd of love the<i> Rest-Stop in the car on the Ohio Turnpike</i> that said <b>"Ask her here!"</b> to Prof VdeP. <br /><br />Too many temp jobs and almost suiters to keep track of. I did not enjoy having to look back for the names of the two stealth suiters 1. Dr. who? Isn't he married? Why did <i>HE</i> take her out? No good reason given...) 2. Young boring Dr. doing the duty museum duty. Did Betty throw them in to confuse us. It worked on me.<br /><br />And although I have no problem with the title per se, it seemed like an ironic choice. I'm thinking Secret, Secret, who's got the Secret? She knows, Mom knows, He knows, Dad figures it out before the end which is astounding for a Betty father. Just about everyone knows that she's got it bad for Adaturk, Asterick, let me look it up, oh, Aderick. And how are we saying that. A derrick (oil pumper) Add a rick (shaw). A dirk (little dagger). <br />So maybe that's the secret. <br />Help Request: The Betty Anonymous with the dutch videos, can we get some Aderick sound bites?BettyMaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12676458096380002508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-36453472053529224652012-07-11T20:27:11.857-07:002012-07-11T20:27:11.857-07:00This Bosnia veteran MUST acquire and read this one...This Bosnia veteran MUST acquire and read this one right away! Can't wait to see how The Great Betty describes Bosnia. Also wondering how a civilian doctor and nurse ended up with uniforms and blue helmets and the requisite country clearance to enter Bosnia under UN auspices -- oh, wait, I forgot the axiom of RDDs: Rules are for Other People. I salute Betty Debbie -- yes, a blue helmet DOES scream "aim here", which is why Americans don't wear them!Army Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07304515646286184989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-63644618894978160192012-07-11T14:54:17.255-07:002012-07-11T14:54:17.255-07:00Should have known it was too good to be true.
B v...Should have known it was too good to be true.<br /><br />B von SAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-82613321487027521312012-07-11T13:17:39.483-07:002012-07-11T13:17:39.483-07:00Sadly, no.Sadly, no.Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-71022889978312956602012-07-11T13:16:28.075-07:002012-07-11T13:16:28.075-07:00Food:
Two or three of the sisters had asked her to...<b>Food:</b><br /><i>Two or three of the sisters had asked her to go with them to an evening concert and she had accepted gladly. The concert was in one of the churches, and when it was over they went on to a restaurant on the Sluiskade and had supper: <b>smoked eel on buttered toast</b> and then <b>pannenkoeken</b> — pancakes thick <b>with crisp bacon and</b> served with <b>syrup</b>, washed down with several cups of coffee.</i>Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-61865361076634717542012-07-11T13:05:07.210-07:002012-07-11T13:05:07.210-07:00Well that's not as much fun. ;0)Well that's not as much fun. ;0)Keirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10802633046486840052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-48323937058113558542012-07-11T13:04:11.913-07:002012-07-11T13:04:11.913-07:00She wriggled her splendid person past the driver&#...<i>She wriggled her splendid person past the driver's seat without more ado. Only when she was settled did she say, 'Is it a Rolls or a Bentley?' 'A Bentley.' He had got in beside her and she turned to look at him under the car's light.</i><br />Betty van den clearing the shocking fog of somebetty's imagination AnonymousBetty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-53403530312897545692012-07-11T12:55:35.329-07:002012-07-11T12:55:35.329-07:00Goofy look on her face. My cover is quite ugly bec...Goofy look on her face. My cover is quite ugly because the picture is framed by a yucky greenish colour.<br />Re.: <i>Is that heroine wearing tassels and appliques on her beige (!) windcheater?</i><br />No, no tassels. She is wearing a scarf under/around the collar of her "<i>short showerproof jacket</i>".<br /><br />And she is <b>Beatrice</b> on the cover of <a href="http://i3.squidoocdn.com/resize/squidoo_images/250/draft_lens12060191module109809221photo_1278809921hr_3071.jpg" rel="nofollow"><b>Hilltop Tryst</b></a>.Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-63869297207286088262012-07-10T22:42:48.211-07:002012-07-10T22:42:48.211-07:00The fog on the moor of my imagination is much to t...The fog on the moor of my imagination is much to thick for him to safely get out of the car (and not get instantly lost). She scoots over him in my Neels and he is thrust in a pother of confusion trying to avoid all her curves!<br /><br />Welcome Betty Miglet! May you cast your lurking days away!Keirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10802633046486840052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-58583078133735214582012-07-10T18:44:25.908-07:002012-07-10T18:44:25.908-07:00Betty Barbara here--
with the common sense version...Betty Barbara here--<br />with the common sense version of Eugenie getting into the car--he steps out, she "slides across", he gets back in. However, picturing her climb over him with the steering wheel in the way, is certainly more exciting.<br /><br />Welcome Betty Miglet!Barb in Marylandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374278685536530837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-13601771673995134552012-07-10T18:22:03.854-07:002012-07-10T18:22:03.854-07:00She looks like a chicken with wryneck.
B von SShe looks like a chicken with wryneck.<br /><br />B von SAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com