9 responses to “Tales of the City #6”
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Thank you for introducing the word “stoor” to those of us in the non-Scottish world.
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Have you been glowing again?
Honestly, I think that it really says something great when they know, even if in a setting where they might not know!
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I agree! As daughter of a C of S one, I’ve spent time in the company of more than my fair share. Some have ‘the aura’ and some, most definitely do not…..
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Did we know that the Norwegian for vacuum cleaner is “stoorsooker”?
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Huge compliment.
And any time you want to come here and be calm at workmen, feel free. Then I can be free to go somewhere quiet and just lose it, as I have been longing to do for some weeks …
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@PamB – we didn’t, but we are delighted.
@Rosemary – thanks but no thanks. Being calm at someone else’s workmen is surely too much for anyone.
@Ruth – the day I was ordained, the wife of a bishop told me my aura was golden. She saw them regularly.
@Hermano David – You couldn’t see the glow for the dust.
@Ritualist Robert – happy to be of service. It is the perfect word for what is produced when you mess with chimneys.
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@PamB – delighted indeed!
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You couldn’t see the glow for the dust.
It is obvious that the VDW could. Good on yer.
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What I now need is somebody to come back and be very very UNcalm at a joiner. Very very unclam indeed – new floor ends two foot short of the wall, and yes, there WAS enough wood. And good neighbour/joiner is hors de combat following a RTA.
Or you could try coming and being very calm at me, if your nerve is good enough.
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