The final clause of that sentence should be clipped - pause, resume - I
mean it should read 'as not only is his home remote but he keeps going out
for walks.'. For some reason even thinking of Mr Patterdale has a strange
effect on one's speech: people tend to address him in such simple verb
forms.
On 27 September 2012 08:19, David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> Well Patrick I need to speak to my agent, Monty Patterdale, first. He
> lives out in the country and can be a bit, I don't know, 'dogged' in his
> approach, you know, resistant to things. He doesn't like the telephone or
> the postman very much either, so you have to speak to him in person, which
> can be hard, as not only his home remote but he keeps go out for walks.
>
>
> On 26 September 2012 15:34, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]
> > wrote:
>
>> But do we believe him --where is the evidence?-we his admirers are not
>> invited to share :-(
>> P thank you very much :-)
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>> Behalf Of David Bircumshaw
>> Sent: 26 September 2012 13:08
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: it's wednesday snap day!!
>>
>> I've been writing new stuff almost daily for the last two months, Patrick,
>> thank you very much.
>>
>> On 26 September 2012 11:50, Patrick McManus
>> <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>>
>> > So wake up call sleepy heads
>> >
>> > here you all are blathering, whimpering ,simpering on about all sorts
>> > of toady boring dead old poetry stuff!!
>> >
>> > but where is the reality the magic that of pen to paper??----- the
>> > SNAPS PROJECT NEEDS YOU!!
>> >
>> > Even David B or Finns or Ozzers even Americans, Canadians !!
>> >
>> > Patric k Snapper
>> >
>> > Ps I can't do this on my own (or can I?-yes! no problem
>> >
>>
>>
>>
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>
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> --
> David Joseph Bircumshaw
>
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> http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
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> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw
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David Joseph Bircumshaw
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Website and A Chide's Alphabet
http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw
twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave
blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/
Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.com
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