tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808596250801819029.post7589902799425773594..comments2023-10-29T10:12:23.088+00:00Comments on ...The Slightly Eccentric Diary of Rob Z Tobor...: The sun never sets on the British Empire ....... Much.Rob Z Toborhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03570498194207996145noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808596250801819029.post-43159567833553212342012-07-06T03:31:40.374+01:002012-07-06T03:31:40.374+01:00Thanks for the answer Rob. Your description of peo...Thanks for the answer Rob. Your description of people doing things themselves reminded me of Uncle Podger trying to hang a picture.:)neerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01986509319841061021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808596250801819029.post-40822680892437127602012-07-05T23:05:23.987+01:002012-07-05T23:05:23.987+01:00I will think of this a great honour. To know that ...I will think of this a great honour. To know that somewhere thousands of miles away a pineapple plant might grow and prosper that is called Rob...<br /><br /> I will have to reciprocate I will consider making a cardboard robot called Mr ESB. It will not be large as I have much to do, but I will try and make it knowledgeable in the ways of pineapples..Rob Z Toborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03570498194207996145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808596250801819029.post-48282942433170000542012-07-05T21:47:19.316+01:002012-07-05T21:47:19.316+01:00I am deeply sorry that a pineapple has not worked ...I am deeply sorry that a pineapple has not worked for you. They work for me about over half the time, and they take several months to do anything noticeable. I wiLL name my neXt pineapple plant 'Rob' in your honor.esbbostonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09946279220170973147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808596250801819029.post-87757499021964976902012-07-05T19:11:44.588+01:002012-07-05T19:11:44.588+01:00Well Mr ESB I think you might be confusing the say...Well Mr ESB I think you might be confusing the saying 'An Englishman's X wants his castle and the dog'.<br /><br />I have had no luck with pineapples I think by the time they get to the UK they are past their best so the top is already all dried out. On the bright side though our grapes in the greenhouse are looking good (so far).Rob Z Toborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03570498194207996145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808596250801819029.post-7347935920296316712012-07-05T19:05:49.392+01:002012-07-05T19:05:49.392+01:00We do like to share rain if we can in Britain. We ...We do like to share rain if we can in Britain. We are on storm alert tomorrow which is not idea for the middle of summer. So it could get interesting..Rob Z Toborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03570498194207996145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808596250801819029.post-5802290076509600922012-07-05T17:58:58.543+01:002012-07-05T17:58:58.543+01:00Thanks for the thought to share your ran. We got ...Thanks for the thought to share your ran. We got some of it today!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09840472612308245156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808596250801819029.post-53550929209414033682012-07-05T12:14:36.719+01:002012-07-05T12:14:36.719+01:00Is there another saying, "An Englishman's...Is there another saying, "An Englishman's castle is his X" and what would X be? Perhaps it could be that French name that sounds like ver-sigh. "An Englishman's castle is his Versailles". I would think you might have to be versatile with tile to build your own Versailles. The sun is just beginning to rise here so I should go outside and enjoy the morning, working with the grapes and pineapples and improving the lawn. My saying to Cooper is, "Do you want to go outside and meet the morning?" - he is always very happy when I say these words.esbbostonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09946279220170973147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808596250801819029.post-43351113405473921532012-07-05T10:58:41.138+01:002012-07-05T10:58:41.138+01:00our homes.... sorry my typing is rubbishour homes.... sorry my typing is rubbishRob Z Toborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03570498194207996145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808596250801819029.post-46560123691792476442012-07-05T10:57:41.790+01:002012-07-05T10:57:41.790+01:00Sadly the rain always rains where it is raining. I...Sadly the rain always rains where it is raining. It is to do with the Gulf Stream, the key word there being stream implying some sort of water....Rob Z Toborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03570498194207996145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808596250801819029.post-27400119011570093272012-07-05T10:55:09.512+01:002012-07-05T10:55:09.512+01:00DIY stands for Do it Yourself, in the UK there are...DIY stands for Do it Yourself, in the UK there are many large DIY stores where people buy wood screws garden stuff lights, glue, things for the Kitchen tools and floor tiles... A huge range of products in fact. <br /><br />Us British then spend much time doing up are homes at weekends and evenings. We also have lots of accidents as most are not good at DIY and fall of ladders cut through electrical cables or stab ourselves with tools like screwdrivers. But it is a sort of British obsession like the old saying 'An Englishman's home is his castle'.Rob Z Toborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03570498194207996145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808596250801819029.post-127449639260822902012-07-05T03:01:12.059+01:002012-07-05T03:01:12.059+01:00A refreshingly different post for the fourth of Ju...A refreshingly different post for the fourth of July.<br /><br />BTW, what is DIY?neerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01986509319841061021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808596250801819029.post-20437665966069544912012-07-04T22:55:32.586+01:002012-07-04T22:55:32.586+01:00If you are speaking of the British Empire of the p...If you are speaking of the British Empire of the past, then its stiLL true, the sun is always shining on some portion of it, the empire at its greatest extent. It is somewhat analagous to thinking about the Roman Empire.esbbostonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09946279220170973147noreply@blogger.com