tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post8440112872279516156..comments2024-03-29T00:37:50.677+00:00Comments on A Yorkshire Memoir: New Month Old Post: M Dunham Are CrapTasker Dunhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-5910889013100715182021-02-05T09:42:30.149+00:002021-02-05T09:42:30.149+00:00I could hear my aunt's voice as I wrote the en...I could hear my aunt's voice as I wrote the ending. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-20620263028834482052021-02-05T09:13:39.697+00:002021-02-05T09:13:39.697+00:00An old one but a good one!An old one but a good one!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12165688485434172060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-58450004874311952392020-06-05T08:57:43.430+01:002020-06-05T08:57:43.430+01:00He crops up again in 'Be Prepared' - https...He crops up again in 'Be Prepared' - https://www.taskerdunham.com/2016/11/be-prepared.html I could do that as a New Month Old Post later. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-14518578485971700512020-06-04T14:38:34.904+01:002020-06-04T14:38:34.904+01:00I just notice him cropping up in your writings. Th...I just notice him cropping up in your writings. That's all. I guess I am lucky because I was never a victim of bullies. Equally, I was never a bully myself but having been a teacher for so many years I am very aware of how much bullying can adversely affect people's lives.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-68282995845593079292020-06-04T10:22:06.242+01:002020-06-04T10:22:06.242+01:00Thank you. I've always wanted to drive a steam...Thank you. I've always wanted to drive a steam roller. Now, why is it you are so fascinated by Geoffrey Bullard? Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-36661965424943121392020-06-03T23:43:30.880+01:002020-06-03T23:43:30.880+01:00Close your eyes and breathe deeply. Yes. That'...Close your eyes and breathe deeply. Yes. That's it. In and out. Now I want you to imagine a steam roller - the sort they used to use to flatten tarmac. And I want you to see the driver. It is you. You are driving the steam roller and there's Geoffrey Bullard standing in the street looking the other way. Breathe deeply. You are going to drive the steam roller over him. Accelerate. That's it, Bullard has been flattened. It's over. He can't bully you any more. He's gone.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-7716858555996770812020-06-03T22:54:02.974+01:002020-06-03T22:54:02.974+01:00How could I forget? How could I forget? Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-47648003656793162242020-06-03T22:43:41.611+01:002020-06-03T22:43:41.611+01:00Very evocative of times past. An enjoyable read. I...Very evocative of times past. An enjoyable read. It's not too late for you to receive professional counselling in relation to the psychological injuries caused by the menacing Geoffrey Bullard who has clearly cast a shadow over your dreams.<br /><br />"So Mr Dunham...or may I call you Tasker? Can you remember when you first met Geoffrey Bullard?"Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-57453777244684647822020-06-03T20:16:06.964+01:002020-06-03T20:16:06.964+01:00I think I can remember it clearly because I felt I...I think I can remember it clearly because I felt I was being unfairly treated - I had no idea that I was being so insulting!Share my Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08817611851604816123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-17271205031640901862020-06-03T18:10:06.217+01:002020-06-03T18:10:06.217+01:00Quite right! "Go to bed and think about what ...Quite right! "Go to bed and think about what you said." I hope you were thoroughly ashamed of yourself. We forget how unacceptable even calling someone a cow was. What a difference now. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-7438103193782301702020-06-03T17:43:59.941+01:002020-06-03T17:43:59.941+01:00What a great video to have, although I note the &#...What a great video to have, although I note the 'teams' are not well balanced! <br />There wasn't any swearing that I remember in our house growing up, but the expressions, 'a pile of shit' and 'a load of crap' were well understood although never used by us children. I once called someone a cow, having heard it used elsewhere, and was sent straight to bed!Share my Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08817611851604816123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-56665954682983902162020-06-02T15:58:48.573+01:002020-06-02T15:58:48.573+01:00The differences between memoir and autobiography a...The differences between memoir and autobiography are liberating. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-60141002985132812342020-06-02T15:18:31.758+01:002020-06-02T15:18:31.758+01:00Very enjoyable read. Your fantasies were very intr...Very enjoyable read. Your fantasies were very intricate and precise, eh?Enda Sheppardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07692959874894308515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-7549916135175317582020-06-02T09:38:04.964+01:002020-06-02T09:38:04.964+01:00Thanks. I'm embarrassed to say that is indeed ...Thanks. I'm embarrassed to say that is indeed me. It was originally on standard 8 cine film. I did enjoy writing this, and it went through quite a lot of revisions. Perhaps we do all have our own family words. I remember once being on a bus where a mother kept asking her toddler whether he had "cacked" his pants. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-23634828915299011622020-06-01T23:28:54.246+01:002020-06-01T23:28:54.246+01:00I love this post and I love the video! So you are ...I love this post and I love the video! So you are the older, taller boy in the video? It must be such a fun memory for you to watch. I also did not know the name "baba" but I find many different families and generations have a variety of such names. It can be fun to remember parts of our childhood and you certainly have a wonderful talent in writing about it!Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17738727252267659979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-13887518732757504932020-06-01T21:30:04.302+01:002020-06-01T21:30:04.302+01:00It could have been 1965 on reflection. But it was...It could have been 1965 on reflection. But it was definitely around about that time. I can still feel the moment now. I wanted the floor to swallow me up but I also wanted to look cool like I didn't care. Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-62097710049742444932020-06-01T21:10:27.713+01:002020-06-01T21:10:27.713+01:00Glad to have amused. I can see that collectives ar...Glad to have amused. I can see that collectives are right up your linguistic street. I don't know about casinos. As mentioned above, I am reading The Catcher in the Rye which uses it numerous times. I would say the U.S. "is" - perhaps Margaret Thatcher still thought of it/them as colonies! Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-6592497596561968252020-06-01T21:04:02.651+01:002020-06-01T21:04:02.651+01:00As with the word my kids now use instead of crap, ...As with the word my kids now use instead of crap, as replied to Rachel, above. See - I don't even want to write it again, yet they would think nothing of it. I think it sounds awful. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-83367503842387700602020-06-01T21:02:32.604+01:002020-06-01T21:02:32.604+01:00"the room fell silent" - I can imagine i..."the room fell silent" - I can imagine it exactly - wonderful. And even as late as 1967! I say it quite often at home now, but I hate it when the kids use 'shit' in exactly the same way, without any sense of vulgarity. Another word I thought cool, which I picked up around the same time was "thick". I used it to describe someone who was awkward and realised immediately from others' reactions that I'd used it wrongly because the lad in question was actually very clever. It was me who was thick. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-33281453056219937122020-06-01T20:52:01.875+01:002020-06-01T20:52:01.875+01:00It was considered extremely vulgar in my circles a...It was considered extremely vulgar in my circles around 1960. I understand it's a middle English word (although some say it refers to the inventor of the flushing toilet), but I don't know when it began to be used to mean bad or poor. I', currently reading The Catcher in the Rye (1951) and it appears numerous times in that sense. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-39545752166488150402020-06-01T20:46:49.996+01:002020-06-01T20:46:49.996+01:00Well, that's what happens to proper footballer...Well, that's what happens to proper footballers.Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-53653862693342884512020-06-01T20:46:11.804+01:002020-06-01T20:46:11.804+01:00I'm beginning to think the word was confined t...I'm beginning to think the word was confined to my family. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-23995009973754908772020-06-01T20:45:27.144+01:002020-06-01T20:45:27.144+01:00I used my thumb nail to mark each one of a whole l...I used my thumb nail to mark each one of a whole line of tiny embossed dots in the wall paper. It took me weeks and they never noticed. But it was obvious it was me who had written in crayon on the garage.Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-55179751757601405882020-06-01T18:30:46.796+01:002020-06-01T18:30:46.796+01:00gendergenderrhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-46175439951986888062020-06-01T18:24:20.876+01:002020-06-01T18:24:20.876+01:00I absolutely loved this post, Tasker. I laughed o...I absolutely loved this post, Tasker. I laughed out loud at the sentence, "T Dunham were of course the best team by far."<br /><br />Crap is only mildly scatalogical in the U.S. these days. And what about the game in casinos called craps? Do you have it/them over there?<br /><br />Speaking of the U.S., collectives are different on your side and our side of the pond. Margaret Thatcher was always saying "The United States are..." which jolted our sensibilities as we always say "The United States is..." but person is not as troublesome as gende was to President Lyndon Johnson who once announced, "Uncle Sam will keep her word."rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.com