Debs.

That`s funny..........it must be a high-risbility jacket!

but not the Fjords?.......unlike Mike (The Stationmaster).

Zut alors!........dans la maison de votre grand-mère?

`Must be my age, for when`er I think of of a Capt, Piccard; I think-first of the Bathyscaphe Trieste.

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That`s when the Rabbi has an initial look!

Sir, present, Sir! Been working 'overseas' this past week; not long arrived home and feeling very tired........Anon.

I initially misread that as "Costcochondritis"..........`doubtless, resultant from spending too much time shopping in a cash & carry! Enough of that ribbing, I hope you feel better really soon, Tony.

The connection must be: "Hobgoblin"

Gorgeous sunny morn` here.........C`mon, let`s go! .......enjoy your day!

`Ey up!

If you`d modelled one with that lovely ex-works (yet working) livery; there`d have been howls of protest about it being "too clean" and "non-prototypical"

"Does not apply to Virgin passengers"

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Does Aditi have Swedish feet?

"How much do you want?.............I`ve already scared the cr*p out of them!"

Spent the day buried deep within the registry of elderly friend`s Win-Vista laptop............the sudden demotion of their user privileges, the appearance of a Windows single-user password requirement (to which the required password was totally unknown) and the resultant absence of any administrator-level access, meant they were locked out of the crippled notebook which then seemed utterly useless. I managed to get access to a CMD line using a bootable Linux utility and after lots of research found what and where to edit and have got things sorted. Several malicious items which were likely to have been implicated, came to light during a deep-cleansing sweep; all now remediated.........over 6 hours of headscratching work in total, but I like a challenge and now I`m feeling satisfied with the outcome.

"I go, I come back!"

It must be my age: as when`er I read the word 'Bosch', I seldom think of electrical wares, for I can`t help but think of Kaiser Bill`s mustachioed-soldiers in their pointy helmets.

I have a box of assorted splinters which I can dig out for you, several wrong-ends of sticks and a large bag of things measured just once before cutting; you`re welcome to them all; absolutely gratis!

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The day has dawned bright and sunny..........The dogs have hinted that a walk should be part of any plan for our day. Best wishes to all, for today and this week........

Fridge on the blink again?

Good job he could fit you so-quickly into his dairy, he must be milking it in after all those storms churning up leaves; `hope he isn`t spreading himself too thin!

Many-many years ago, I drove alone from Cedar Rapids (Iowa) to Baltimore (Maryland) in one, giant 1000 mile/24 hour hit; fuelled only by drive-thru coffee and burgers, tied by the kind of idiotic and ridiculous schedule that only a naive twenty-something could`ve conceived......I even managed to drive-by to see the Whitehouse in DC on the way to the ACL terminal at Dundalk harbour. The kind of mind-numbingly sleepless road-trip, that looking back upon from the weariness of my late 50`s; was utter lunacy to attempt. I feel a sense of dread at just having to drive 50 miles on any journey these days.