Comments on: Jock Reads “Him” http://bocktherobber.com/2007/07/a-story-for-the-twelfth Offending everybody since 2006 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:32:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Bock http://bocktherobber.com/2007/07/a-story-for-the-twelfth#comment-3006 Bock Sat, 14 Jul 2007 09:14:00 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2007/07/a-story-for-the-twelfth#comment-3006 <p>Sam: We all knew he had only a short time, and even to record a single story was a great strain on him, so we were lucky to get what we got.</p> <p>Having said that, after Jock finished reading the Sailor, Eamonn and I took him for pints of Guinness in our pub of choice and had a great night. </p> <p>Many pints. Many tall tales. Long night.</p> Sam: We all knew he had only a short time, and even to record a single story was a great strain on him, so we were lucky to get what we got.

Having said that, after Jock finished reading the Sailor, Eamonn and I took him for pints of Guinness in our pub of choice and had a great night.

Many pints. Many tall tales. Long night.

]]> By: Sam, Problemchildbride http://bocktherobber.com/2007/07/a-story-for-the-twelfth#comment-3000 Sam, Problemchildbride Sat, 14 Jul 2007 05:58:56 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2007/07/a-story-for-the-twelfth#comment-3000 That was great, Bock. Great pacing and description. Jock had a great voice to tell it with too. I was listening to it in a dark room with my eyes shut and feeling like a wee girl getting a story again when the screen went blank from my not moving the cursor for a bit. The glow stopped coming through my eyelids and I was plunged into a blacker darkness right as he was bricking up the wall with the lantern behind it. Then <i>his</i> torch went out. Spooky-making it was. I can see why you miss a man like that. He seems not to have forgotten his sense of play and childhood wonder even at his age, when some people are never ever children again past age 18. He has the kind of voice you could listen to all day - sort of patrician crossed with avuncular. Good on you for getting the recordings you did. That phonecall from him the day before he died must be poignant for you - and heartbreaking - it sounds like he knew what was coming. I'm glad he was a well-loved man. Did he have any family? That was great, Bock. Great pacing and description. Jock had a great voice to tell it with too.

I was listening to it in a dark room with my eyes shut and feeling like a wee girl getting a story again when the screen went blank from my not moving the cursor for a bit. The glow stopped coming through my eyelids and I was plunged into a blacker darkness right as he was bricking up the wall with the lantern behind it. Then his torch went out. Spooky-making it was.

I can see why you miss a man like that. He seems not to have forgotten his sense of play and childhood wonder even at his age, when some people are never ever children again past age 18. He has the kind of voice you could listen to all day - sort of patrician crossed with avuncular.

Good on you for getting the recordings you did. That phonecall from him the day before he died must be poignant for you - and heartbreaking - it sounds like he knew what was coming. I’m glad he was a well-loved man. Did he have any family?

]]> By: Bock http://bocktherobber.com/2007/07/a-story-for-the-twelfth#comment-2999 Bock Sat, 14 Jul 2007 01:38:01 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2007/07/a-story-for-the-twelfth#comment-2999 Guys: No point in making individual replies to most. Many thanks for listening to the story. Enjoy if you like and pass it on. Eolai: Sadly no. Jock died a few days after recording this one. Knudsen: Our Twelfth is to do with Jock's passing. Those other mad fuckers can fuck off, cos they have nothing to do with us. Guys: No point in making individual replies to most. Many thanks for listening to the story. Enjoy if you like and pass it on.

Eolai: Sadly no. Jock died a few days after recording this one.

Knudsen: Our Twelfth is to do with Jock’s passing. Those other mad fuckers can fuck off, cos they have nothing to do with us.

]]> By: old knudsen http://bocktherobber.com/2007/07/a-story-for-the-twelfth#comment-2994 old knudsen Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:42:44 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2007/07/a-story-for-the-twelfth#comment-2994 the Scots are always the ones to ask,"are you a Rangers or Celtic fan?" they know its the 12th. Bands from all over the world go to NI to march, remember last year when someone had the smart idea to march to Dublin and were surprised when some Irish fellas threw rocks at them? the Scots are always the ones to ask,”are you a Rangers or Celtic fan?” they know its the 12th. Bands from all over the world go to NI to march, remember last year when someone had the smart idea to march to Dublin and were surprised when some Irish fellas threw rocks at them?

]]> By: Eolaí http://bocktherobber.com/2007/07/a-story-for-the-twelfth#comment-2989 Eolaí Fri, 13 Jul 2007 17:16:30 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2007/07/a-story-for-the-twelfth#comment-2989 That's quite something Bock. How many more of those have you up your sleeve? It's only lunchtime in the US, but I'll go to the cupboard for a glass of Drambuie in honour of your friend Jock now. That’s quite something Bock. How many more of those have you up your sleeve?

It’s only lunchtime in the US, but I’ll go to the cupboard for a glass of Drambuie in honour of your friend Jock now.

]]> By: savannah http://bocktherobber.com/2007/07/a-story-for-the-twelfth#comment-2987 savannah Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:00:57 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2007/07/a-story-for-the-twelfth#comment-2987 here's to you, sugar! *raising a glass* here’s to you, sugar! *raising a glass*

]]> By: Sassy Sundry http://bocktherobber.com/2007/07/a-story-for-the-twelfth#comment-2985 Sassy Sundry Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:14:00 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2007/07/a-story-for-the-twelfth#comment-2985 Sorry to hear about your friend, Bock. It sounds like he was a good soul. Sorry to hear about your friend, Bock. It sounds like he was a good soul.

]]> By: Fat Sparrow http://bocktherobber.com/2007/07/a-story-for-the-twelfth#comment-2981 Fat Sparrow Fri, 13 Jul 2007 06:00:41 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2007/07/a-story-for-the-twelfth#comment-2981 "<i>It contains a complete Ulster-Scots dictionary</i>" I will agree that a dictionary would be helpful for most Ulster-Scots. Or spell check. I'm not naming names, mind you. “It contains a complete Ulster-Scots dictionary”

I will agree that a dictionary would be helpful for most Ulster-Scots. Or spell check. I’m not naming names, mind you.

]]> By: Primal Sneeze http://bocktherobber.com/2007/07/a-story-for-the-twelfth#comment-2980 Primal Sneeze Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:18:11 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2007/07/a-story-for-the-twelfth#comment-2980 Enthralling, Bock. A wonderful way to mark Jock's passing. Enthralling, Bock. A wonderful way to mark Jock’s passing.

]]> By: hzc http://bocktherobber.com/2007/07/a-story-for-the-twelfth#comment-2979 hzc Fri, 13 Jul 2007 04:18:45 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/2007/07/a-story-for-the-twelfth#comment-2979 the link works fine....wonderful stuff! the link works fine….wonderful stuff!

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