I have been told I was ratty here today.
I have been ratty today.
We had real IT difficulties yesterday, now resolved, but that was stressful.
Then, today, other issues, not related in any way to this blog, caused a lot of stress.
If that showed, I apologise. I am human. I can get ratty. I can only say sorry.
I will try harder tomorrow.
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I wouldn’t worry too much! Everyone has a bad day from time to time. I’ve learned a helluva lot from you. Not all of it sticks in my brain, but gradually I’m beginning to learn more about how money works. I’m very grateful, and I’m sure the majority of people here are too. Best wishes to you from Liverpool. (Hopefully will be in Wales soon, maybe even tomorrow – we’ll see how it goes!)
Enjoy the Llyn Peninsula.
I told you once before. Everyone is entitled to be a grumpy old git sometimes. Apologies are absolutely not needed.
Go well.
Git? 🙂
@ Richard,
I’ve been called worse.
I’m Scottish though, what may be perceived as insults elsewhere are terms of endearment here.
‘Git’? Yes! Certainly. Very occasionally evident. Also held in affection.
‘Apologies not needed’. Perhaps, but appreciated none the less.
As I connect with your blog almost every morning (It’s just gone 5 am), I have a strong sense of belonging to ‘the RM blog community’ and I have neither met nor spoken to a single one of you.
It’s weird, isn’t it.
I soemtimes wonder how we’d all get on if we met each other face to face?
And no, I am not planning an event.
Unless it is on-line.
Can I disagree with both you and Cyndy …….
– Yes we all get grumpy.
– But I think when we realise it, we should acknowledge it, and apologise to those that it might have upset. We’re not really entitled to it. We can recognise that we are human.
– And a grumpy person realising they’ve been grumpy is also key to others’ willingness/ability to get over any upset quickly.
So …. What’s for breakfast?
I was once press ganged as a stoker in the Merchant Navy so learnt a number of synonyms for ‘Oh Dear it isnt working’
I suggest a copy of Rogers Profanisaurus and frequent references to its existence even if you dont quote the contents
🙂
The family heard some of its contents…
Richard Murphy. Grumpy? Surely not!
I still fondly remember our one meeting, Richard, all those years ago now. You were exactly as expected. A man of passion, commitment and belief, with moral and ethical standing to match. In my periods of deep depression – which sadly have been more frequent in recent years – I’ve always come to your blog for some sanity and salvation, even if I wasn’t well enough to comment. So, as far as I’m concerned be grumpy. It simply makes reading your stuff all the more memorable, worthwhile – and yes, hard hitting when necessary – which is pretty frequent now the 2020s are turning out to be one big mess.
Go well 🙂
Many thanks Ivan.
We should do that again.
I’ve been meaning to have a day out in Ely for several summers now, but not ever found the time. Perhaps later in September if that suits you?
Yes…
Anyone who writes an apology on line like that can be forgiven if there was anything to forgive.
I.T. issues eh? The worst – I get them at work just when you don’t need them and I have heard of people trashing their laptops in frustration. I.T. reels you in, makes you dependent and the lets you down. It’s almost like becoming dependent on drugs.
It took me three hours to work on 3 minutes of video it failed so often…
We have got it fixed, but it was maddening
“I have been told I was ratty here today.
I have been ratty today.”
Ratty is very much in vogue. Be as ratty as you want to be!
Watch “Tales of the river bank” Search the web. It will come up, from my childhood.