Sunday 6 December 2009

Opening or is it Re-Opening?



After much talk and believe me much thought, I have decided to keep at this blogging business.

I will not be discussing any of the happenings of the past days if you don't mind, in fact the quicker I put them to the back of my mind the better for you and me or I'd bore you all to death! Suffice to say I now feel reasonably confident my safety is as assured as it can be.

Temporarily I have some willing helpers. I can't really refer to them as 'assistants' because their abilities are far above mine, but they have kindly offered their services and naturally, as any blogger would, I locked them up in a padded room complete with a luxury M & S hamper each, before they could change their minds.

For a few weeks my own posts will be reduced as I do need a rest, but I'm more than satisfied my stand-ins will delight, frustrated and perhaps even rile you. Do try to leave them a comment or two, it can get lonely in here sometimes.

On the subject of support may I thank the hundreds of you who sent messages. Your kind words and encouragement persuaded me there is a need for an older voice, particularly a female voice and no one should be silenced by threats from anyone.

Two bloggers in particular deserve a mention - the incomparable Anna Raccoon for her persuasion skills (plus top of the range hospitality) and the incredibly tenacious WhollyRude who, with her IT skills, has put her blog at risk to help with on-going investigations. They know without them I wouldn't have returned. My gratitude to both of you. Yes I know they are both female so that's another one for the l-ist and I'm not ignoring the contributions of top class English bloggers.

I'm ploughing my way through messages and I will reply. Should I omit you for any reason a reprimand will not offend - feel free.

Standards must be kept, mustn't they?

So sit back, who knows what's going to develop here? If nothing else I'll continue to state my opinion of any particular situation that develops throughout the UK and beyond. That is my right.


53 comments:

RantinRab said...

Hurray!

Good to see you back.

Hammer said...

This is excellent news. :)

Anonymous said...

Hear! Hear!
Well said and good to see you back ;-)

subrosa said...

Auch thanks Rab or is it Rob on Sundays? x

subrosa said...

Thanks Hammer, I appreciate that.

subrosa said...

Gotty you couldn't say anything else could you or I'd be rude to you . ;)

Ted Foan said...

Phew! Thought we'd lost you. Keep going gal!

BellgroveBelle said...

Glad to see you back! All the best!

subrosa said...

Will do my best Ted. Thank you.

subrosa said...

Auch Belle, thank you. That means a lot from you believe me. I think we may just crack this male/female culture at this rate. :)

Wrinkled Weasel said...

A welcome back, and a sigh of relief. xxx

Corrugated Soundbite said...

Good on you.

I'm very new to this blog, but have enjoyed an interesting trawl through your archives :-)

* Reminds me. Must buy thesaurus. *

The Big Dollop said...

Rosa

I try to live by the "mantle" of never letting the b@st@rds grind me down - great to see you doing likewise.

TBD

banned said...

Welcome back subrosa

Mark The Skint Sailor said...

Glad to see you blogging again. Welcome back.

McGonagall said...

Ye'll have had yer tea then?

WV = coamones

Apogee said...

Hi SR
Welcome Back.
Think the Big Dollop put it very precisely,Great to see you back.

Cheers

D.

muddypaws said...

you've cased some stooshie, lass.
what some folks'll do get ratings up, eh?

seriously though, welcome back.

Barking Spider said...

Good to see you here again, SR, welcome back and well done!

Quiet_Man said...

Welcome back, you've been missed.

David Farrer said...

Yeah!

JuliaM said...

Good to see you back! Nil carborundum illegitimi... ;)

CrazyDaisy said...

Subrosa,

What a belated Birthday present, thanks. And there was me telling Pete Wishart on Friday night what the scum Unionist Media were up to, his son was disgusted!

Runrig were braw, great to see you back and I'm sure WhollyRude will nail his bahookie!

Crazy Daisy

Daniel1979 said...

Welcome back!

Dick Puddlecote said...

Welcome back. Great that you didn't let the bad guys win. :-)

Conan the Librarian™ said...

Lets get stuck right intae them Rosa!

brownlie said...

subrosa,

Great news and welcome back - the place would not be the same without you!

Anonymous said...

You know that your very welcome back.

Now get the other slaves to do the work for a week or two and I am sure that you writing hand will start to inch.

Subconsciously I know that I need to write when I scratch my left buttock with my right hand.

Must be religious or something. Oh dear, the self righteous troll will be spitting blood and referring me to the Peoples' Friend.

Alan Smart said...

good to see you back online - and now with cousins!

Captain Ranty said...

Magnifique!

Great to have you back in the trenches!

CR.

wv-caring. How apropos!!

The Last Of The Few said...

Big Hugs

Constantly Furious said...

Excellent!!

Oldrightie said...

Bloggers triumph again!

Lallands Peat Worrier said...

A welcome return!

Speaking feministically, we can't afford to lose any of those women writers we have to greasy-keyboarded inquisitors.

Joyeux Noël!

Quinie frae Angus said...

Well here's another wifie to throw in to the ring, so it would appear that the activities of certain greasy-keyboarded inquisitors have spectacularly backfired. We are merely growing in number and strength!

Hello Subrosa, really nice to see you back again. I only joined this blogging business because of you.

Looking forward to further cyber communications!

Quinie frae Angus said...

Haven't got my own blog yet but it's not an impossibility.

subrosa said...

Good morning all. Hope you don't mind if I do this 'en block' to thank you for the kind words.

Richard Thomson said...

Welcome back! Glad to see reports of your demise were exaggerated.

Clarinda said...

Delighted to see that normal service is resumed. Terrific!

But hark.... do I detect the whiff of scorched feathers - could it be that someone has cooked their own goose a little unwisely before the festive season?

Stewart Cowan said...

What a nice surprise to see you back, Subrosa.

Jockdownsouth said...

Great to see you back SR! They cannie keep a guid yin doon!

Dark Lochnagar said...

Welcome back, Girlie!

forfar-loon said...

Excellent news SR! Great to have you back! :o)

Cruachan said...

The Subrosa also rises!
Good to see you back.

Vronsky said...

This might all have backfired badly for the Herald, NoW and Labour. You can probably count on a lot more help now (disclaimer: even though I don't agree with you about practically everything).

subrosa said...

Thank you all. The return is the result of powerful persuasion and speedy actions of excellent professionals.

subrosa said...

Vronsky, I know you don't agree with me about much, if anything, but I'm more than happy to publish any thoughts you do have on any subject.

This medium should be used for all sides of the debate and we should make the most of it.

Tcheuchter said...

Just read the good news (we run on West Highland time here in Lochaber). Glasses are even now being raised in your honour.

subrosa said...

Auch Tcheuchter, I'm becoming embarrassed now, but I thank you for your flattering comments.

Jess The Dog said...

Huzzah!

Welcome back!

I knew this great day would come, like 1945 after the grim days of 1940...

Sorry, a bit late with this, but Mon and Tues have been blogging-lite for me!

subrosa said...

Auch Jess, that's kind of you to go to the trouble of writing. Many thanks.

Hope it's not bad health that's kept you quiet.

Anonymous said...

I've only just realised you're back! I should stay in more. I have an excuse in that it's very dark way up North at the moment so it can be hard to see the screen.

Welcome home, and keep those fingers tapping!

subrosa said...

Many thanks LI, very kind of you. It is dark way up north here too, not quite as far as you of course. I'm beginning to long for the 20 hour daylight days of summer, but we're nearly at the cusp, so onwards and upwards we go.

I'll do my best.

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