tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post8433186657061432698..comments2024-03-28T11:30:46.101-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: HarrogateOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-545148412612253222010-07-25T16:42:38.117-04:002010-07-25T16:42:38.117-04:00Thanks Stan, for bailing me out. Apologies once ag...Thanks Stan, for bailing me out. Apologies once again. Still can't work out whether it was a Blogger problem or the notoriously temperamental Wifi connection at the Crown Hotel.<br /><br />Thanks also beth and Michele. Melrose Plant must have the constitution of a concrete elephant. Thanks for clearing up the 'Peculier' problem too, Beth.<br /><br />Michele, yes, one panel I went to sparked a lot of thought so I'll blog about it next week.Dan Waddellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04320741202757960766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-22595432020867819722010-07-24T09:46:46.157-04:002010-07-24T09:46:46.157-04:00Oh, fantastic. Hope you're having a grand tim...Oh, fantastic. Hope you're having a grand time. And published authors should always be fans--why else keep writing the genre?<br /><br />Thanks for the history. I had read of her disappearance, but didn't know the Doyle or the Harrogate details.<br /><br />Hope you'll write of the conference next week.<br /><br />Love Beth's added knowledge, as always.<br /><br />Michele<br /><a href="http://southerncitymysteries.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">SouthernCityMysteries</a>JournoMichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11170364981958685438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-3388129187172612852010-07-23T12:42:31.899-04:002010-07-23T12:42:31.899-04:00Dan - Martha Grimes should get some kind of award/...Dan - Martha Grimes should get some kind of award/reward for her endorsements of Old Peculiar over the course of her 22 Richard Jury books. Melrose Plant orders Old Peculier, it seems, in every pub he enters. <br /><br />Naturally, I had to look it up. According to a review on the Yahoo Search list, Old Peculier is the cause of "falling down syndrome." <br /><br />"Don't mess with it; treat it with the respect it deserves because I'm talking ABV 5.7% OG 1057 STRONG. If you suddenly find that the opposite wall of the pub has sprouted light fixtures, you have fallen over backwards. This is a reasonable indication of overindulgence, and should be taken as a sign to go home. You can, after all, do it all over again tomorrow."<br /><br />How then is Plant of any use to Jury?<br /><br />(I also discovered that the spelling, "peculier", is from an old Norman-French word meaning "particular", rather than strange).<br /><br />I always love the opportunity to add to my fund of absolutely useless knowledge.<br /><br />BethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com