tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post8641556689916455687..comments2024-03-26T18:01:57.609+00:00Comments on Inky Fool: Distress signals 2M.H. Forsythhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01464964455944509750noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-23253536197205201262009-11-25T10:57:22.428+00:002009-11-25T10:57:22.428+00:00Never been able to find it? Never? It's St Bar...Never been able to find it? Never? It's St Barnabas-in-Soho, number 1 Greek Street. I can't remember what the exact wording of the sign outside is, but it's lovely and Victorian: distressed ladies or bewildered matrons or something. I got it up on <br />Google Streetview, but as with New Years the resolution wasn't good enough. Wander over there at lunch.<br />Couldn't distressed mean dis-tressed, ie shaved? Same as unlocked. In that case the "distressing scalp treatment" of yesterday would simply be a haircut.M.H. Forsythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01464964455944509750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-35125481942863809972009-11-25T10:34:29.486+00:002009-11-25T10:34:29.486+00:00Think you are right about this, poor people just a...Think you are right about this, poor people just aren't distressed any longer. <br /><br />Came across a beautiful title: "The Works of the Long-Mournful and Sorely- Distressed Isaac Penington". <br /><br />According to Wikipedia, Penington is a writer who "deserves to be read more widely within Christianity", although it also warns that the works "while read in bulk can seem repetitious".Everet Lapel (P.hD)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14191121752821385700noreply@blogger.com