Comments on: An On Time Arrival; A Departure Indefinitely Postponed. http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/20/an-on-time-arrival-a-departure-indefinitely-postponed/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:56:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ophelia Benson http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/20/an-on-time-arrival-a-departure-indefinitely-postponed/comment-page-1/#comment-172895 Ophelia Benson Sun, 24 Sep 2006 17:15:50 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/20/an-on-time-arrival-a-departure-indefinitely-postponed/#comment-172895 Ouch. Hope the "fair amount of pain" is a thing of the past now, Harry. Ouch. Hope the “fair amount of pain” is a thing of the past now, Harry.

]]> By: harry b http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/20/an-on-time-arrival-a-departure-indefinitely-postponed/comment-page-1/#comment-172854 harry b Sat, 23 Sep 2006 17:39:29 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/20/an-on-time-arrival-a-departure-indefinitely-postponed/#comment-172854 Thanks everyone for such nice thoughts. Everything is going well, and they're coming home from the hospital tomorrow. My only med is allopurinal (which everyone else who takes it knows what its for) and I'm ok on the interactions with grapefruit juice. I do, however, now have a bloody cold! Clement was the trade off for Oliver. Britain's greatest peace time prime-minister, and also a thoroughly decent man. Hope the lad achieves the latter, but not the former. I'm not sure I dare say this, but Reginald jsut doesn't have those associations for me: http://www.onthebusesfanclub.co.uk/newsite/reg_varney.htm Thanks everyone for such nice thoughts. Everything is going well, and they’re coming home from the hospital tomorrow.

My only med is allopurinal (which everyone else who takes it knows what its for) and I’m ok on the interactions with grapefruit juice. I do, however, now have a bloody cold!

Clement was the trade off for Oliver. Britain’s greatest peace time prime-minister, and also a thoroughly decent man. Hope the lad achieves the latter, but not the former.

I’m not sure I dare say this, but Reginald jsut doesn’t have those associations for me:

http://www.onthebusesfanclub.co.uk/newsite/reg_varney.htm

]]> By: jayann http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/20/an-on-time-arrival-a-departure-indefinitely-postponed/comment-page-1/#comment-172796 jayann Fri, 22 Sep 2006 16:13:43 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/20/an-on-time-arrival-a-departure-indefinitely-postponed/#comment-172796 "Break" = "brake"! Fortunately. “Break” = “brake”! Fortunately.

]]> By: jayann http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/20/an-on-time-arrival-a-departure-indefinitely-postponed/comment-page-1/#comment-172794 jayann Fri, 22 Sep 2006 16:12:45 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/20/an-on-time-arrival-a-departure-indefinitely-postponed/#comment-172794 So people ignored your escape from death... let me empathise with you in your moments before you knew you'd be OK. I still remember seeing the motorcyclist smashing his way to death through the bonnet of our old car. Our driver did what you did: steady on, no swerve, break, or at least one of us would have been dead. But bloody hell, it was awful. So, double congratulations. I think grapefruit juice only interacts with SSRIs (Zoloft is the name I have, but I think it applies to all of them), still, check it out. So people ignored your escape from death… let me empathise with you in your moments before you knew you’d be OK. I still remember seeing the motorcyclist smashing his way to death through the bonnet of our old car. Our driver did what you did: steady on, no swerve, break, or at least one of us would have been dead. But bloody hell, it was awful. So, double congratulations.

I think grapefruit juice only interacts with SSRIs (Zoloft is the name I have, but I think it applies to all of them), still, check it out.

]]> By: JR http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/20/an-on-time-arrival-a-departure-indefinitely-postponed/comment-page-1/#comment-172783 JR Fri, 22 Sep 2006 14:13:18 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/20/an-on-time-arrival-a-departure-indefinitely-postponed/#comment-172783 Oliver is a very fine trans-Atlantic name. What I don't understand is how you persuaded your wife to accept Clement. It doesn't quite have the silly-walks implication of Reginald, but it's certainly more Foreign Office than, say Adrian, which you tell us she nixed. Congratulations to you and the entire Brighouse-Mothersname clan. Oliver is a very fine trans-Atlantic name. What I don’t understand is how you persuaded your wife to accept Clement. It doesn’t quite have the silly-walks implication of Reginald, but it’s certainly more Foreign Office than, say Adrian, which you tell us she nixed. Congratulations to you and the entire Brighouse-Mothersname clan.

]]> By: eweininger http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/20/an-on-time-arrival-a-departure-indefinitely-postponed/comment-page-1/#comment-172782 eweininger Fri, 22 Sep 2006 14:01:12 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/20/an-on-time-arrival-a-departure-indefinitely-postponed/#comment-172782 More congrats! More congrats!

]]> By: Laura http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/20/an-on-time-arrival-a-departure-indefinitely-postponed/comment-page-1/#comment-172748 Laura Fri, 22 Sep 2006 02:26:53 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/20/an-on-time-arrival-a-departure-indefinitely-postponed/#comment-172748 Oh, Harry. I'm so happy for you and your family. You know, I do love those babies. Hugs from me and our gang in New Jersey. Oh, Harry. I’m so happy for you and your family. You know, I do love those babies. Hugs from me and our gang in New Jersey.

]]> By: vivian http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/20/an-on-time-arrival-a-departure-indefinitely-postponed/comment-page-1/#comment-172743 vivian Fri, 22 Sep 2006 01:17:48 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/20/an-on-time-arrival-a-departure-indefinitely-postponed/#comment-172743 Welcome to the world Oliver Clement and congratulations Harry and family. Very glad to know your reflexes are at least as good as your risk-aversion. Best news of the day, by a long shot. Welcome to the world Oliver Clement and congratulations Harry and family. Very glad to know your reflexes are at least as good as your risk-aversion. Best news of the day, by a long shot.

]]> By: Tom http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/20/an-on-time-arrival-a-departure-indefinitely-postponed/comment-page-1/#comment-172731 Tom Thu, 21 Sep 2006 20:59:29 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/20/an-on-time-arrival-a-departure-indefinitely-postponed/#comment-172731 Congratulations Harry. I can't imagine anything better than Bluebottle in full flow as an appropriately silly way of celebrating. Congratulations Harry.

I can’t imagine anything better than Bluebottle in full flow as an appropriately silly way of celebrating.

]]> By: SamChevre http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/20/an-on-time-arrival-a-departure-indefinitely-postponed/comment-page-1/#comment-172730 SamChevre Thu, 21 Sep 2006 20:54:18 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/20/an-on-time-arrival-a-departure-indefinitely-postponed/#comment-172730 Congratulations! Babies are just generally wonderful. Congratulations!

Babies are just generally wonderful.

]]> By: dave heasman http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/20/an-on-time-arrival-a-departure-indefinitely-postponed/comment-page-1/#comment-172711 dave heasman Thu, 21 Sep 2006 17:20:01 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/20/an-on-time-arrival-a-departure-indefinitely-postponed/#comment-172711 Ajay, meet - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Plunkett Ajay, meet –
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Plunkett

]]> By: Tom Hurka http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/20/an-on-time-arrival-a-departure-indefinitely-postponed/comment-page-1/#comment-172706 Tom Hurka Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:51:45 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/20/an-on-time-arrival-a-departure-indefinitely-postponed/#comment-172706 Congrats! Congrats!

]]> By: kid bitzer http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/20/an-on-time-arrival-a-departure-indefinitely-postponed/comment-page-1/#comment-172698 kid bitzer Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:01:35 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/20/an-on-time-arrival-a-departure-indefinitely-postponed/#comment-172698 excellent news, and congratulations. But skip the grapefruit juice if you are taking any prescription meds--it has hellacious potentiation effects with a wide range of odd things. (maybe not the ones you're taking. Okay, so look it up before you drink.) excellent news, and congratulations.

But skip the grapefruit juice if you are taking any prescription meds—it has hellacious potentiation effects with a wide range of odd things.

(maybe not the ones you’re taking. Okay, so look it up before you drink.)

]]> By: Ben http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/20/an-on-time-arrival-a-departure-indefinitely-postponed/comment-page-1/#comment-172693 Ben Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:27:25 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/20/an-on-time-arrival-a-departure-indefinitely-postponed/#comment-172693 Congratulations - both on the birth (probably more the mother's part) and for getting Clement in there, if not Reginald. Congratulations – both on the birth (probably more the mother’s part) and for getting Clement in there, if not Reginald.

]]> By: Daniel http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/20/an-on-time-arrival-a-departure-indefinitely-postponed/comment-page-1/#comment-172690 Daniel Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:07:29 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/09/20/an-on-time-arrival-a-departure-indefinitely-postponed/#comment-172690 I can't believe you caved on "Reginald". Congrats, buddy. I can’t believe you caved on “Reginald”. Congrats, buddy.

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