Comment from barbara.wilkey

Excellent

Thank you for re-posting. Again, I am sorry I missed the first posting. My loss.

Of course, there was still the old Duplicators - both ink and spirit machines used in the offices of the day. (At my first teaching job, I somehow started this thing on fire.)

 Comment Written 01-Sep-2022

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reply by the author on 01-Sep-2022

Wow, the spirit duplicator huh...it used Metho I think? Thanks for coming by.

reply by the author on 02-Sep-2022

Hey was the 4.5 rating a mistake or?

reply by barbara.wilkey on 02-Sep-2022

Mistake, I'm sorry. I've fixed it.

reply by the author on 02-Sep-2022

Thanks for the "fix" Sis. God Bless.

Comment from Teri7

Excellent

This is very interesting what you have penned. I bet it was a lot different back then with photocopying and stuff. You used very good descriptive words letting us know how things were in your life then. Thank you for sharing. Blessings, Teri

 Comment Written 31-Aug-2022

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reply by the author on 01-Sep-2022

Thanks, Sis, I think you know I have been bowed down with depression and writer's block and COVID and rain and train strikes. Just getting these old guys out for an airing and using up some funny money. I plan on a new ramble and new poems soon. Lord Bless.

Comment from Sally Law

Excellent

A wonderful account of your life and so detailed. And here I thought I had a good memory. It's sounds like You we're good at everything, (and now too) even if you weren't appreciated. I have had many jobs and worn many hats.

I know for a fact you're a great copy editor! Keep at it and thanks for sharing your writing gift. Sending you and yours my very best,
Sal XO

 Comment Written 31-Aug-2022

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reply by the author on 31-Aug-2022

Thanks Sally, more of these coming for reward soon.

Comment from judiverse

Excellent

Sometimes those jobs don't turn out to be what you expected. It's a good thing you caught the sleep apnea. It can cause serious problems. Mothers try to be helpful, but sometimes their efforts may not be for the good. Glad to hear from you. I haven't heard from you for a while. I hope you are doing well. In the sentence "However, at York Air I was probably nodding off at York Air" drop the last "at York Air." judi

 Comment Written 31-Aug-2022

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reply by the author on 31-Aug-2022

Thanks, Judi, good hearing from you. I have suffered severe depression and writers' block together with COVID etc I do plan on another Ramble and a poem or two real soon.

reply by judiverse on 01-Sep-2022

You're welcome. I'm sorry to hear about your health problems. COVID has made times difficult for many of us. I've been fortunate not to have contracted it yet. I hope your wife is doing well. Best of luck to you, and don't let writer's block get you down. Just look around you and you'll find ideas. judi

Comment from Barb Hensongispsaca

Excellent

I bet that was a heartache for your mom after planning so long. Yes back then, machines were nothing like today and we forget that. Excellent write and thank you for telling me about the 'lost' chapter

Took another hard look and all I found was

use our instead of your machines in the --third paragraph

also third --you have 'photograph"--different parenthesis

fourth paragraph, second sentence, needs to be complete...subject and verb

seventh paragraph don't need comma 'school two years...'

eighth-- apnea

paragraph eight is just a little confusing

I hope this helps

 Comment Written 10-Mar-2017

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reply by the author on 10-Mar-2017

Thanks very much for taking the time to drop by. Someone said I have some errors in here will look later.

Comment from MelB

Excellent

Hi Geoff, a very good chapter. Always nice to have a job closer to home. My husband has sleep apnea too, but only when on his back.

 Comment Written 09-Mar-2017

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reply by the author on 09-Mar-2017

Thanks, Sis, that's interesting. IN this chapter you saw how it was many years after the Sleep Apnoea was detected...actually, it was not discovered till about 1988 or 89. We talk about it more, later. I had another reviewer claiming there were some errors I have not gone in to look at it again. I think a lot is a misunderstanding of how I speak and our spelling. They marked me down for some weird reason too.

reply by MelB on 09-Mar-2017

It probably was a misunderstanding.

Comment from Mustang Patty

Good

It sounds like you had a very busy working life. You are right, the technology and copying was much different back in the good old days! I did find a few spelling errors, and grammatical errors as well. A suggestion is to read the piece out loud so you can catch the missing words, along with wrong word usage. Thank you for sharing,
~patty~

 Comment Written 09-Mar-2017

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reply by the author on 09-Mar-2017

I will check it Patty. What area are you? Remember I am in Australia so we may spell or say some things different. But I will check. Hopefully that rating can come up if I get you back later. This is a next to final edit before I get this book published.

Comment from GracieAnn

Excellent

Sankey, this is another good one as you include the scriptural lines to expose truth to the reader. Good language use. :0 GracieAnn

 Comment Written 02-Oct-2014

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reply by the author on 02-Oct-2014

Thanks Sis good to know you are spoken to . Stick around as I said in l;ast review and much appreciate your time.

Comment from royowen

Excellent

I enjoyed you're write today Geoff, I guess with a lot of your health problems, one could describe you as a " creaking gate"! The Lord in your life appears to be absolutely essential for peace of mind etc. well written, well detailed, deigned and composed well, good descriptive expression to it! Well done, blessings, Roy.

 Comment Written 18-Sep-2014

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reply by the author on 19-Sep-2014

Thanks bro I see a funny review after yours with a funny rating always appreciate your comments love you in Him, Mate. I reckon as a fellow Aussie you probably understand me better also as a bro in Christ ha!

reply by royowen on 19-Sep-2014

You're most welcome, Geoff, Roy

reply by the author on 20-Sep-2014

Changes made to primary/Middle School chapter and also Word 2 chapter

Comment from 4hisglory

Good

Sounds like you have had a very interesting life. I'm sorry for your ear problems and difficulties getting work. I hope things get better in the next chapters of your book.

Your writing is very interesting and that's what makes us read on. However, some events are confusing and maybe not complete. Sometimes we know our whole story and tend to leave things out that our reader may not know.

Also, I suggest that you use only capital letters for actual personal names and not titles. You could use italics instead to stress your points.

Thank you for sharing your personal story with us. Keep writing, you have much to tell.

Blessings, LaVonne

 Comment Written 18-Sep-2014

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reply by the author on 19-Sep-2014

Hi thanks for coming by. Will work on your suggestion and hope the poor old four can get a friend hehe. I understand what you are saying in the comment "Sometimes we know our whole story and tend to leave things out that our reader may not know." I am often coming back and adding more as it comes to mind. You are coming in after a rather exensive revision and moving around of stuff to more reflect the sequence of the way things happened in my life. Can't remember if you have been here before or maybe you reviewed one of my poems or something.
Cheers appreciate your comments.

reply by the author on 20-Sep-2014

Hi friend have made alterations and hopefully improved things in here should you care to look again and thanks for your help.

reply by the author on 20-Sep-2014

I also made some changes to Primary and Middle School chapter