tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post4834004447927831333..comments2023-07-23T14:10:14.460+02:00Comments on Shall we talk?: Killing one's timeFloconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-41025550951667940602011-02-05T13:04:05.450+01:002011-02-05T13:04:05.450+01:00Drearily,
SemperFidelis
ha! ☺
I'm enjoying ...<i>Drearily, <br />SemperFidelis </i><br />ha! ☺<br /><br />I'm enjoying the exchange of ideas between you two. (Flocon and SemperFi)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-69972111293543946432011-02-05T12:39:49.208+01:002011-02-05T12:39:49.208+01:00Votre objection concernant l'absence de libre ...Votre objection concernant l'absence de libre arbitre qui nous empêcherait de porter une appréciation morale sur les manifestants égyptiens est intéressante mais trouve immédiatement sa réponse.<br /><br />Nos concepts moraux sont ceux qui nous ont été enseignés par les sociétés dans lesquelles nous vivons.<br /><br />Ce ne sont pas les individus qui acquièrent tout seuls la notion de ce qui Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-16872536262069132812011-02-05T12:27:17.969+01:002011-02-05T12:27:17.969+01:00SemperFidelis,
Thanks for your interest in this l...SemperFidelis,<br /><br />Thanks for your interest in this little blog of mine.<br /><br /><i>"I am always grateful when anyone finds the time and has the interest to respond."</i><br /><br />That is why this blog bears the name <b>Shall We Talk?</b><br /><br />I, for one, am equally grateful to people who are magnanimous enough to show some interest in my little posts.<br /><br />As Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-64279260515167144772011-02-05T02:26:00.979+01:002011-02-05T02:26:00.979+01:00Flocon: It is certainly true that these discussio...Flocon: It is certainly true that these discussions are, for some readers, gray, dismal and dreary. I find them invigorating, but accept without reservation that others may not be interested. I am always grateful when anyone finds the time and has the interest to respond.<br /><br />//Answer: Simpy because it's due to my nature which I'm not responsible of, although I'm accountableAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-62190804244515106142011-02-02T18:15:54.307+01:002011-02-02T18:15:54.307+01:00Flocon,
The categories must be in French because ...Flocon,<br /><br />The categories must be in French because you are in France. Someone in Spain would no doubt read the categories in Spanish. Just as someone in Mesilla sees a Cézanne celebration on Google, while someone in Paris does not.<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Underground_(weather_service)" rel="nofollow">According to your friend</a><br /><br /><i>Based in AnnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-63231483663558759452011-02-02T17:54:34.361+01:002011-02-02T17:54:34.361+01:00"My existence at this very moment is f a b u ...<i>"My existence at this very moment is <b>f a b u l o u s !!</b></i><br /><br />Well... I'm glad for you about that and even if I'm not that exhilarated I nonetheless enjoy my day :-D<br /><br />The temperature is colder in Las Cruces (-11°C) than in Paris (-4°C this morning)<br /><br />The link you give leads to <a href="http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.aspFloconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-1858380105810960472011-02-02T15:06:00.000+01:002011-02-02T15:06:00.000+01:00My existence at this very moment is f a b u l o u ...My existence at this very moment is <b>f a b u l o u s</b> !! It snowed overnight!!! The batteries for my camera died, but <a href="http://www.wunderground.com/webcams/klar47/1/show.html" rel="nofollow">here is a webcam</a> from someone else who lives west of Las Cruces.<br /><br />☺ ☺ ☺Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-91264789729095933622011-02-02T14:51:35.830+01:002011-02-02T14:51:35.830+01:00Think of it, I don't know why I wrote that pos...Think of it, I don't know why I wrote that post in English save maybe to please SemperFidelis...<br /><br />If there seems to be discrepancies between the post that I wrote and the way we consider our respective lives and those of others, it probably stems from the misreading of said post I'm afraid.<br /><br />The quote SemperFidelis chose (<i>"life in its very essence means pain Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-8711122324349808232011-02-02T13:49:13.723+01:002011-02-02T13:49:13.723+01:00Shall We talk has a limited audience to say the le...<i>Shall We talk has a limited audience to say the least..</i><br /><br />Semperfi was probably curious why the people who did comment on this thread (Anijo, Merbel and Ned) didn't address the topic.<br /><br />I live a happy and content life at the moment and yet I have had many dolorous times in recent years.<br /><br /><i>What if a day, or a month, or a yeare<br />Crown thy delights with aAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-28834026904711734292011-02-02T11:44:12.205+01:002011-02-02T11:44:12.205+01:00"yet he does not act as if all was ultimately...<i>"yet he does not act as if all was ultimately determined by forces beyond our control, and that we lack free will, or even the ability to perceive reality"</i><br /><br />I realize I have answered that part in my first reply.<br /><br />I have no free will and I am determined by forces beyond my control.<br /><br />My only "liberty" is to be aware of this state of affairs Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-38361018372277469342011-02-02T11:31:40.134+01:002011-02-02T11:31:40.134+01:00And now I'll try to answer more specificaly to...And now I'll try to answer more specificaly to the different points in your comment.<br /><br /><i>"I was at first surprised that such a dolorous view of life drew no objections."</i><br /><br /><b>Shall We talk</b> has a limited audience to say the least...<br /><br /><i>"My observations of many men and women who appear to lead satisfying and, dare I say it, happy lives lead Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-79906178753157202572011-02-02T10:57:02.105+01:002011-02-02T10:57:02.105+01:00Thanks for your question SemperFidelis, one which ...Thanks for your question SemperFidelis, one which offers me the opportunity to clarify some points. <br /><br />You had me read the post again and yes, it's very Schopenhauerian in its tone, no doubt about it.<br /><br /><i>"Why bother?"</i> do you ask and I understand you're adressing me.<br /><br />Answer: Simpy because it's due to my nature which I'm not responsible Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-46261712478499509332011-02-02T04:42:49.724+01:002011-02-02T04:42:49.724+01:00//...life in its very essence means pain and suffe...//...life in its very essence means pain and suffering.//<br /><br />I was at first surprised that such a dolorous view of life drew no objections. My observations of many men and women who appear to lead satisfying and, dare I say it, happy lives lead me to question this evaluation of the human condition. <br /><br /> But, on reflection, I understand that one who accepts Schopenhauer's Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-5299734361913537662011-01-13T13:47:59.255+01:002011-01-13T13:47:59.255+01:00jeapardy = jeu parti
Thanks Flocon. I didn't k...jeapardy = jeu parti<br />Thanks Flocon. I didn't know that.<br /><br />Et un grand merci à Christine !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-3880985532773524262011-01-13T13:10:28.021+01:002011-01-13T13:10:28.021+01:00Pour vous, c'est gratuit! Parce que c'est ...Pour vous, c'est gratuit! Parce que c'est vous, hein!Christinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-31066007320300722242011-01-13T12:56:57.023+01:002011-01-13T12:56:57.023+01:00Merci docteur... Combien vous dois-je?Merci docteur... Combien vous dois-je?Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-67952362697641666882011-01-13T12:43:14.986+01:002011-01-13T12:43:14.986+01:00Cela s'appelle des hallucinations auditives......Cela s'appelle des hallucinations auditives...Christinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-27136380801158175992011-01-12T16:24:08.475+01:002011-01-12T16:24:08.475+01:00Je ne connaissais pas Mondegreen ni Sylvia Wright....Je ne connaissais pas Mondegreen ni Sylvia Wright.<br /><br />I had to look at <a href="http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~wilkins/writing/Resources/essays/mondegreens.html" rel="nofollow">this site</a>.<br /><br />Funny that <i>"And laid him on the green"</i> morphed into Lady Mondegreen...<br /><br />Je ne vois pas quel mot en français pourrait correspondre. Il faudra demander à Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-24299897587962326242011-01-11T23:48:49.282+01:002011-01-11T23:48:49.282+01:00Oh yes, it is.
Good to know. Bon à savoir.
J...<i>Oh yes, it is.</i><br /><br />Good to know. Bon à savoir. <br /><br />J'ai cru que c'était peut-être comme <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_entendre" rel="nofollow">"double entendre" </a>qui est utilsé en anglais différemment qu'en français. C'est pas un Zeugma, mais un jeu de mots tout de même. En français je crois qu'on dit simplement <a href="http:/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-44156206427649817442011-01-11T21:57:36.689+01:002011-01-11T21:57:36.689+01:00Touché!
Funny how your web page doesn't menti...<b>Touché!</b><br /><br />Funny how your web page doesn't mention it's a French word and that it's stil very much in use in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fencing" rel="nofollow">fencing</a> (8 occurences in the English wiki page).<br /><br /><i>"Je crois que bien que c'est un mot français, il n'est pas utilisé en français pour cette raison."</i><br /><br />OhFloconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-74839578396453311902011-01-11T19:23:37.807+01:002011-01-11T19:23:37.807+01:00Do I detect a generalisation here? ;-)
touché
Je...<i>Do I detect a generalisation here? ;-)</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.internetslang.com/TOUCHE.asp" rel="nofollow">touché</a><br /><br />Je crois que bien que c'est un mot français, il n'est pas utilisé en français pour cette raison.<br /><br />You're right, the English one not so much...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-56282791377133149632011-01-11T19:13:00.585+01:002011-01-11T19:13:00.585+01:00A couple of years ago, Le Monde offered various bo...A couple of years ago, Le Monde offered various books about art with your buying the edition. There were classic painters of different centuries and one of the books was dedicated to Edward Hopper.Ned Luddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00599196155953996432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-48261493070358450762011-01-11T18:04:17.821+01:002011-01-11T18:04:17.821+01:00"Alors les français connaisent Edward Hopper?...<i>"Alors les français connaisent Edward Hopper?"</i><br /><br />Les Français... Hmmm... Do I detect a generalisation here? ;-)<br /><br />So much so that <a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Hopper" rel="nofollow">his article</a> on Wiki is a golden one. The English article isn't.Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-77391802363160673112011-01-11T15:00:02.378+01:002011-01-11T15:00:02.378+01:00Alors les français connaisent Edward Hopper? Je co...Alors les français connaisent Edward Hopper? Je connais bien ses peintures, mais je n'avais jamais vu celui ci.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-49324567416210210252011-01-11T14:48:54.199+01:002011-01-11T14:48:54.199+01:00Hopper?
Je crois bien que oui...
Je viens de trava...Hopper?<br />Je crois bien que oui...<br />Je viens de travailler un de ses tableaux avec mes élèves!merbelnoreply@blogger.com