Comments on: The Need for Reinvention http://reluctantmemsahib.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/the-need-for-reinvention/ the diary of wife, mother and failed domestic goddess in Africa Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:33:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Iota http://reluctantmemsahib.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/the-need-for-reinvention/#comment-2704 Iota Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:59:50 +0000 http://reluctantmemsahib.wordpress.com/?p=395#comment-2704 Re your comment to Lulu: How did Livingstone manage without a pedicure? His feet must have been pretty sore by the time he'd got to Outpost. Re your comment to Lulu: How did Livingstone manage without a pedicure? His feet must have been pretty sore by the time he’d got to Outpost.

]]> By: reluctantmemsahib http://reluctantmemsahib.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/the-need-for-reinvention/#comment-2703 reluctantmemsahib Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:54:33 +0000 http://reluctantmemsahib.wordpress.com/?p=395#comment-2703 hello lulu c; tanzania. in the deepest darkest part of. really is: livingstone's old hangout, far far away from capuccinos and pedicures and shops and ... well most things really. thanks for dropping by. off to read you now ... nutty: yup. always the quiet ones ...! hello lulu c; tanzania. in the deepest darkest part of. really is: livingstone’s old hangout, far far away from capuccinos and pedicures and shops and … well most things really. thanks for dropping by. off to read you now …

nutty: yup. always the quiet ones …!

]]> By: lulu campbell http://reluctantmemsahib.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/the-need-for-reinvention/#comment-2702 lulu campbell Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:16:09 +0000 http://reluctantmemsahib.wordpress.com/?p=395#comment-2702 Ps bloody hell you have the longest http address in the world! Ps bloody hell you have the longest http address in the world!

]]> By: nuttycow http://reluctantmemsahib.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/the-need-for-reinvention/#comment-2701 nuttycow Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:13:15 +0000 http://reluctantmemsahib.wordpress.com/?p=395#comment-2701 Re: burlesque... good guess I suppose ;) it's always the quiet ones! Re: burlesque… good guess I suppose ;) it’s always the quiet ones!

]]> By: lulu campbell http://reluctantmemsahib.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/the-need-for-reinvention/#comment-2700 lulu campbell Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:12:45 +0000 http://reluctantmemsahib.wordpress.com/?p=395#comment-2700 Hi, Just thought I'd pop in - where abouts in Africa are you? I used to live there a million years ago. I've been hearing about you from a few other bloggers - there are always going to be people in life who make you feel inferior - I feel sorry for them because they will never know how lovely it is to connect with lots of different people in life. Hi, Just thought I’d pop in - where abouts in Africa are you? I used to live there a million years ago. I’ve been hearing about you from a few other bloggers - there are always going to be people in life who make you feel inferior - I feel sorry for them because they will never know how lovely it is to connect with lots of different people in life.

]]> By: reluctantmemsahib http://reluctantmemsahib.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/the-need-for-reinvention/#comment-2699 reluctantmemsahib Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:13:57 +0000 http://reluctantmemsahib.wordpress.com/?p=395#comment-2699 Thanks all. Irene: I like the human being thing. It'd probably confirm Outpost had driven me nuts but who cares. Roberta: you're too kind. I'm really very ordinary. Just a sometimes rather extraordinary life. Not that everybody would agree, though. Mr Sherman: I expect so - unfamiliar with this blog - if not she will at least learn more about what I do. And think! daisyfae: good point, re the celeb thing and you're right, it would drive her nuts Mom: wish you could, pop into watering hole, you'd make for infinitely more interesting female company than that I've just endured! foxhollow: God. Sorry about the vino. I'm a bit like that. Actually I'm very like that. Tash: alas I fear this one might be back ... Ann: thank you. Don't always live life to full. But perhaps pretending I do when I write counts a little? As good intentions at least? Thank you TR. Expatmum: think she might be potential for a bit ... nutty: absolutely love burlesque dancer, love it. how did you guess? Kathleen: ordinary life in tropic exotic. my geography make me much more interesting than I really am. Tom: you're right: silly, but we do. Iota: I loved the story about your uncle. I agree: wish I had the same talent for porkie pies. Matchmaking service idea simply brilliant. Would be entertaining whilst in the making and matches might suit more than just the men: I might benefit from some decent female company in outpost. Thanks all.

Irene: I like the human being thing. It’d probably confirm Outpost had driven me nuts but who cares.

Roberta: you’re too kind. I’m really very ordinary. Just a sometimes rather extraordinary life. Not that everybody would agree, though.

Mr Sherman: I expect so - unfamiliar with this blog - if not she will at least learn more about what I do. And think!

daisyfae: good point, re the celeb thing and you’re right, it would drive her nuts

Mom: wish you could, pop into watering hole, you’d make for infinitely more interesting female company than that I’ve just endured!

foxhollow: God. Sorry about the vino. I’m a bit like that. Actually I’m very like that.

Tash: alas I fear this one might be back …

Ann: thank you. Don’t always live life to full. But perhaps pretending I do when I write counts a little? As good intentions at least?

Thank you TR.

Expatmum: think she might be potential for a bit …

nutty: absolutely love burlesque dancer, love it. how did you guess?

Kathleen: ordinary life in tropic exotic. my geography make me much more interesting than I really am.

Tom: you’re right: silly, but we do.

Iota: I loved the story about your uncle. I agree: wish I had the same talent for porkie pies. Matchmaking service idea simply brilliant. Would be entertaining whilst in the making and matches might suit more than just the men: I might benefit from some decent female company in outpost.

]]> By: Iota http://reluctantmemsahib.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/the-need-for-reinvention/#comment-2698 Iota Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:25:29 +0000 http://reluctantmemsahib.wordpress.com/?p=395#comment-2698 It's so tempting, that 'oooh, shall I make it all up?' feeling, isn't it? But very few of us really do so (at least I'm assuming...) My uncle is a shameless and very good fibber, and when doing National Service, gave a lecture on medieval French music (about which he knew nothing), and pretended in a job interview that his hobby was mountaineering in the more challenging Himalayan peaks. I wish I'd inherited that gene, but I didn't. I'm with everyone else. You don't need to invent a fictional persona - look how interesting we all find your real one. Couldn't you set up a matchmaking service? You could vet potential women for their suitability for Outpost life, and save the men all that wasted time. It’s so tempting, that ‘oooh, shall I make it all up?’ feeling, isn’t it? But very few of us really do so (at least I’m assuming… ;) My uncle is a shameless and very good fibber, and when doing National Service, gave a lecture on medieval French music (about which he knew nothing), and pretended in a job interview that his hobby was mountaineering in the more challenging Himalayan peaks. I wish I’d inherited that gene, but I didn’t.

I’m with everyone else. You don’t need to invent a fictional persona - look how interesting we all find your real one.

Couldn’t you set up a matchmaking service? You could vet potential women for their suitability for Outpost life, and save the men all that wasted time.

]]> By: Tom http://reluctantmemsahib.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/the-need-for-reinvention/#comment-2697 Tom Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:10:41 +0000 http://reluctantmemsahib.wordpress.com/?p=395#comment-2697 I don't know why we care about what some doofus or jagoff thinks about us or our life. It may be the most fleeting of feelings, but it does happen to us all. I don’t know why we care about what some doofus or jagoff thinks about us or our life. It may be the most fleeting of feelings, but it does happen to us all.

]]> By: Kathleen http://reluctantmemsahib.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/the-need-for-reinvention/#comment-2695 Kathleen Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:20:12 +0000 http://reluctantmemsahib.wordpress.com/?p=395#comment-2695 Ha! I like "nuttycow's" suggestion on being a burlesque dancer! From my point of view you live a very exotic life. Ha! I like “nuttycow’s” suggestion on being a burlesque dancer! From my point of view you live a very exotic life.

]]> By: nuttycow http://reluctantmemsahib.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/the-need-for-reinvention/#comment-2685 nuttycow Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:33:21 +0000 http://reluctantmemsahib.wordpress.com/?p=395#comment-2685 Anyone who talks about herself and her "amazing and eclectic circle of really interesting people in Dar" so much obviously is making up for inadequacies (much like the purported man in big car). I am with you on one thing though - sometimes, when you meet new people, it's nice to make up things and just see how far you can push it. "What do I do? Well, by day I'm an accountant but every Friday night I'm a burlesque dancer" or similar). Anyone who talks about herself and her “amazing and eclectic circle of really interesting people in Dar” so much obviously is making up for inadequacies (much like the purported man in big car).

I am with you on one thing though - sometimes, when you meet new people, it’s nice to make up things and just see how far you can push it. “What do I do? Well, by day I’m an accountant but every Friday night I’m a burlesque dancer” or similar).

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