tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post8058009256717590968..comments2023-11-03T09:36:19.479+00:00Comments on THE GHOST OF ELECTRICITY: Reasons To Be Cheerful - # 3davyhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09704293846638226252noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-80644197660244397272012-01-10T12:37:34.288+00:002012-01-10T12:37:34.288+00:00I smiled at a woman on the train once and now when...I smiled at a woman on the train once and now when she sees me on their she comes to sit next to me to chat. She's about 50 wears a fur coat and leopardskin print clothes, with an Ang from Eastenders hairdo and way too much cleavage. Full on Bristol accent and doesnt stop talking. That's what a random smile gets you. I don't smile anymore.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05163017415448622471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-13387867189915876052012-01-09T21:38:38.695+00:002012-01-09T21:38:38.695+00:00You take it down ant, we're all with you.You take it down ant, we're all with you.davyhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09704293846638226252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-80365564460459820832012-01-09T20:12:30.244+00:002012-01-09T20:12:30.244+00:00i'm from a place called Finglas in dublin - ve...i'm from a place called Finglas in dublin - very rough. keep head down, don't smile or wave or say alright.<br />now i live in skerries - small town, folks nearly cross the street to say hello. it can fell like being groped but in a satisfying way. more in an older baby sitter way than a dirty uncle. <br />my Ma sez that Skerries is 'very residential' cos of the way folks say hello.<br />but the random smile/nod is cool.<br /><br />i'm assuming you didn't intend it to sink to this Daveantonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-90635563510369540352012-01-09T19:14:33.656+00:002012-01-09T19:14:33.656+00:00There's seemingly a Care In The Community elem...There's seemingly a Care In The Community element when I smile at folk.<br /><br />I try most days. <br /><br />I think we do talk to folk more as we get older. (Well maybe that's just me?) I suspect it's cos our need to give a shit diminishes - and there's less likelihood of there being an ulterior motive. <br /><br />Adam's father had it right. Mind, if I offered a large courgette to a stranger on the 5:15 I'd likely get a slap.dickvandykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13590436106154960912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-55422640999114963532012-01-09T17:19:15.157+00:002012-01-09T17:19:15.157+00:00i could cough at you if you like. it's much th...i could cough at you if you like. it's much the same...<br /><br />my every trip out round these here streets is a ooooh hello dear you alright g'morning nodding winking waving and smiles all the way. well done lovely soho. still never raised even a flicker of recognition in the blue posts mind.<br />the suprise smile is indeed the most lovely thing<br />xally.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00785337830247364400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-79127789060408481762012-01-09T17:02:18.288+00:002012-01-09T17:02:18.288+00:00Another reason to be cheerful, govt says you only ...Another reason to be cheerful, govt says you only need tolay off it for 2 days a week, a doctor friend of mine told me 3 days, i think I will go with the govt on this onedrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12469084438125548989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-51414139685550187152012-01-09T16:45:03.983+00:002012-01-09T16:45:03.983+00:00There's also the traffic light thing- you pull...There's also the traffic light thing- you pull up at a red light, a car pulls up alongside and you both look at each other at the same time and then instantly look away. Always freaks me out a bit.<br /><br />Word veri- unoyingSwiss Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13119322217065850020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-74077180859421507322012-01-09T16:39:44.734+00:002012-01-09T16:39:44.734+00:00Animal magnetism.Animal magnetism.davyhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09704293846638226252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-43847901441311310172012-01-09T16:38:17.988+00:002012-01-09T16:38:17.988+00:00They were deffo just smiling at the strange manThey were deffo just smiling at the strange mandrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12469084438125548989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-30353975242800564282012-01-09T16:38:03.686+00:002012-01-09T16:38:03.686+00:00Yes, I think it's exactly because a smile from...Yes, I think it's exactly <em>because</em> a smile from a stranger is so rare in a big city that it's so lovely when it happens. <br /><br />All of that ritual hello-ing to everyone you pass business they're big on in the country is an entirely different thing.davyhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09704293846638226252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-79968956053642978142012-01-09T16:30:11.897+00:002012-01-09T16:30:11.897+00:00When we were en Francais dans le summer I was stru...When we were en Francais dans le summer I was struck by how everyone would say Bonjour or Bon soir. I tried to keep this up, saying hello t people on the way to the corner shop etc. For about a week.Swiss Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13119322217065850020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-26999253855628512812012-01-09T15:18:59.135+00:002012-01-09T15:18:59.135+00:00Remember when you were a kid being winked at by ol...Remember when you were a kid being winked at by old men in the street? Usually with a chirpy "Alright son?"<br /><br />Probably get arrested for doing that now.londonleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08431179744928331353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-13591935803463685362012-01-09T14:18:43.384+00:002012-01-09T14:18:43.384+00:00My Dad, a london boy for most of his life, not onl...My Dad, a london boy for most of his life, not only smiled and said 'hello' but would start conversations and, to my eternal shame when I was in the sixth form, used to walk home from the allotment with a basket of veg and offer bits of it to people as he passed them by.<br /><br />I am becoming my father although I don't think I'll ever reach stage 3.<br /><br />There are people I see on the train every day who I always say hello to if I see them anywhere else, but we're content not even acknowledging each other on the train. Odd.adamhttp://www.pretendinglifeislikeasong.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-77242952845841562752012-01-09T14:14:48.292+00:002012-01-09T14:14:48.292+00:00That's going too far.That's going too far.davyhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09704293846638226252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-19533189153318610622012-01-09T14:08:21.878+00:002012-01-09T14:08:21.878+00:00Definitely another reason to be cheerful.
I'm...Definitely another reason to be cheerful.<br /><br />I'm a smalltown/village gal..not only do I smile..I say hello.<br /><br />*smiles*Milliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538637438852911304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-84273227517359492282012-01-09T14:07:47.368+00:002012-01-09T14:07:47.368+00:00Yeah babyYeah babydavyhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09704293846638226252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-60284311672627389162012-01-09T13:59:20.651+00:002012-01-09T13:59:20.651+00:00I love it when that happens, and I do try to smile...I love it when that happens, and I do try to smile at strangers... hopefully not in a creepy way... <br /><br />There's a nice Zen question about this: you're walking along, and see somebody coming the other way. You smile at them, and they smile in return. Where does their smile come from?Marktechnoreply@blogger.com