tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post3287416824238970056..comments2024-03-28T02:54:46.537-04:00Comments on The TOF Spot: TOF and the SidewalkTheOFloinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-25126533107384523502015-06-19T20:55:01.677-04:002015-06-19T20:55:01.677-04:00I finally got a chance to read this. My sympathies...I finally got a chance to read this. My sympathies to TOF, and my wishes for a speedy recovery.Stevo Darklyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17619713705165612080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-48579361856890328162015-06-18T06:42:01.770-04:002015-06-18T06:42:01.770-04:00I suppose you feel more inclined to talk of the pe...I suppose you feel more inclined to talk of the pepper pot - is it anything like the pepper soup of Lloyd Alexander fame?Hans Georg Lundahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01055583255516264955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-29287086311421336452015-06-15T13:53:47.268-04:002015-06-15T13:53:47.268-04:00Reminds me of C.S. Lewis' observation -- can&#...Reminds me of C.S. Lewis' observation -- can't quite remember where -- that if, while walking on slippery pavement, one neglects God's Law of Prudence, one suddenly finds oneself obeying God's Law of Gravitation.<br /><br />Thanks be to God, you were spared the dreaded Distal Radial Fracture, which all too often results from such curbal ambushes!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-3621790719970416382015-06-15T09:47:45.705-04:002015-06-15T09:47:45.705-04:00Can't be. Wizards have the kerb retract level ...Can't be. Wizards have the kerb retract level with the parking surface, then rise to a level even with the diner floor when the wizard steps onto them, thus avoiding facio-cementitious interactions.<br /><br />Hmmm, I've been nursing my own version of a rule-of-thumb for life, along the lines of, "If you find yourself trapped in a physics experiment, have mass on your side." Your version of the experiment appears to be a bad data point.<br /><br />Of course, there is a spiritual corollary, which is "If you find yourself trapped in a spiritual experiment, have the Mass on your side." Which I think admits of fewer exceptions.thefederalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17514099991587503764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-23231528557887015722015-06-15T09:47:13.731-04:002015-06-15T09:47:13.731-04:00Can't be. Wizards have the kerb retract level ...Can't be. Wizards have the kerb retract level with the parking surface, then rise to a level even with the diner floor when the wizard steps onto them, thus avoiding facio-cementitious interactions.<br /><br />Hmmm, I've been nursing my own version of a rule-of-thumb for life, along the lines of, "If you find yourself trapped in a physics experiment, have mass on your side." Your version of the experiment appears to be a bad data point.<br /><br />Of course, there is a spiritual corollary, which is "If you find yourself trapped in a spiritual experiment, have the Mass on your side." Which I think admits of fewer exceptions.thefederalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17514099991587503764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-1355674469365096342015-06-14T15:39:01.007-04:002015-06-14T15:39:01.007-04:00This is incredible. You've told the story of *...This is incredible. You've told the story of *falling down on the sidewalk* and made it fascinating.<br /><br />Are you a wizard?Edward Isaacshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15178867205047028725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-30334017273254762132015-06-14T00:38:45.665-04:002015-06-14T00:38:45.665-04:00So sorry, glad no worse befell you, get well! So sorry, glad no worse befell you, get well! Joseph Moorehttp://yardsaleofthemind.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-82587918321040216742015-06-13T19:44:38.093-04:002015-06-13T19:44:38.093-04:00Glad to hear that you've survived your encount...Glad to hear that you've survived your encounter with asphaltum. My wife performed much the same injury a year or so ago, with a worse outcome.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16638030718029760972noreply@blogger.com