tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post373426061035549878..comments2024-03-27T07:18:58.033+00:00Comments on Frances Garrood: V is for ValueFrances Garroodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-46522610321277354992012-04-26T18:54:18.228+01:002012-04-26T18:54:18.228+01:00Maggie, I waste too much time blogging, but I do h...Maggie, I waste too much time blogging, but I do have a motive other than just enjoying it ( which I do.). I have a new book coming out soon, and like all writers, I need all the friends I can get! The A to Z thing is actually quite fun ( I did it last year) , as is the weekly Magpie challenge, as is....You get my drift!Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-69565199720910247682012-04-26T15:57:20.816+01:002012-04-26T15:57:20.816+01:00I don't seem to be able to reply to your reply...I don't seem to be able to reply to your reply so here's a new one. I gave up my blog, reluctantly. But I wasn't writing, and that was the whole point. It was too easy to get involved in all the tagging and awarding, so I chickened out. Maybe one day. You have done amazingly well with your A-Z challenge. Well done.Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15938216505505274248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-50747405607046801622012-04-25T22:57:22.268+01:002012-04-25T22:57:22.268+01:00Thanks for the comment, Susan, and thanks too,for ...Thanks for the comment, Susan, and thanks too,for joining!Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-47851620110674281542012-04-25T22:56:20.278+01:002012-04-25T22:56:20.278+01:00Sadly, people are prepared to pay huge sums for th...Sadly, people are prepared to pay huge sums for the oddest things!Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-70979770483207238432012-04-25T22:55:12.355+01:002012-04-25T22:55:12.355+01:00And you can't eat paintings or footballers...And you can't eat paintings or footballers...Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-6409007814048411162012-04-25T22:53:54.542+01:002012-04-25T22:53:54.542+01:00Actually, I think this is easier, Maggie. BTW what...Actually, I think this is easier, Maggie. BTW what's happened to your blog?Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-90958395560213558462012-04-25T22:52:12.387+01:002012-04-25T22:52:12.387+01:00GB, you and I are in completely agreement!GB, you and I are in completely agreement!Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-26586330135162294822012-04-25T22:47:48.130+01:002012-04-25T22:47:48.130+01:00Titch says he's glad someone appreciates him. ...Titch says he's glad someone appreciates him. As for art, I quite agree. Sometimes I think I'd do much betters painting coloured squares than writing novels...Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-15008464694793323062012-04-25T20:22:59.104+01:002012-04-25T20:22:59.104+01:00Great post subject. Here in the U.S. we have numer...Great post subject. Here in the U.S. we have numerous TV shows regarding the valuation of antiques and various items found in storage lockers, brought into pawn shops, and found by so-called "pickers", who travel around the country looking for stuff to buy and re-sell. With straight faces, these people look at a piece of rusted broken-down tidbits, and declare them to be worth a small fortune. I always wonder the same thing: to WHOM?<br /><br />Anyway, nice to meet you. I stopped by on a quick fly-by with the A-Z, and like your blog so much, I'm leaving as your newest follower. Nice to meet ya.Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-83505956066561809412012-04-25T15:30:32.432+01:002012-04-25T15:30:32.432+01:00It always annoys me when people (usually salesmen ...It always annoys me when people (usually salesmen or advertisers) tell me that they're offering something that is worth X amount. What they're really giving me is the cost. It's only worth X if I actually want it. (Usually I don't).Keith Havershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05133563220362208820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-19928244589115803402012-04-25T14:36:55.997+01:002012-04-25T14:36:55.997+01:00You've hit the nail on the head again. Yuk to ...You've hit the nail on the head again. Yuk to the knickers (queenly or not). We're always complaining about the value given to paintings and footballers, among other things.Rosemary Gemmellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09311840205603508422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-65769535460631044072012-04-25T14:19:04.836+01:002012-04-25T14:19:04.836+01:00By the way, I certainly didn't write my previo...By the way, I certainly didn't write my previous comment at 06.17AM!!!Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15938216505505274248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-61123874795346842372012-04-25T14:17:55.179+01:002012-04-25T14:17:55.179+01:00Laugh out loud funny, as usual.
This comment pag...Laugh out loud funny, as usual. <br /><br />This comment page has a new look! I think it means you can reply to each individual comment instead of all in one block. More work for the blogger I think.Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15938216505505274248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-39008962388214369642012-04-25T12:52:07.022+01:002012-04-25T12:52:07.022+01:00Meike has hit the nail fair and square on the head...Meike has hit the nail fair and square on the head. I could tell stories about art and its 'value' so I could. In fact I'll try and do a post one day ('one day' - I despair when I use that term) on the subject of art and value and vested interests.<br /><br />You are so right about footballers and their obscene earnings. If I were to mention that an oncologist attempting to cure cancer was paid very substantially (but at less per month than the pay of a premier league footballer) people would jib at his remuneration. Yet a footballer appeals to the masses so is lauded.<br /><br />It's a funny old world.GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-43291009449413257392012-04-25T12:38:12.174+01:002012-04-25T12:38:12.174+01:00You could tell Titch that his value is so high and...You could tell Titch that his value is so high and of a nature that can not be expressed in monetary terms anyway, and therefore, the person who offered that measly sum simply didn't know how else to express their wish to be allowed near him.<br /><br />As for art - well, I am one of those conservative people (when it comes to art, at least) who often suspect that a lot of what is supposed to be modern art is actually a piss-take, and the "artist" (it is an art to draw people's money out of their pockets, true enough) has a good laugh on the expense of those who stand in front of their works, putting on their artsy, knowledgeable and sophisticated faces and look down on mere mortals such as myself who can't see the point in a blue square painted on the wall being worth millions.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.com