Canny lass

Thank you for your good wishes. I have to admit it could have been better. We have been without Telephone and electricity since Sunday morning. Fortunately the bar relies on neither ( we have plenty of ice outside). Telephone back on now and electricity promised tomorrow.

Chaos with Internet here as well. One Company in particular being 'attacked' - as it's described on the news. Someone, somewhere is bombarding the Company with data and the system cannot cope. All sorts of strange things happening - and not just because of the sherry!! Don't worry about the upside down images. Just be thankful you're not getting underlinings, crossings out and capital letters floating about all over the Place.

These two are the right way up, Maggie. Somebody must be putting water in the sherry!

Because - either Maggie is posting these pics upside down OR I'm seeing them upside down. I'd like to know which.

Maggie, One of us has to get off the sherry!

Maggie, Have you been at the sherry already?

He did some fantastic covers! Truly an all time GREAT!

Very best wishes for a happy Christmas and New Year. Centre of the universe you say, Malcolm. I like that! I usually refer to it as the Mecca of the North but as of today it's the centre of the universe for me too.

Better late than never. Hope it was a good one!

Going down the garden to eat Worms. That brings back memories of the Girl Guides and and camp-fire sing songs with Miss Craigs!

I can remember that one, HPW. Salt, mustard, vinegar, pepper, carlin, palm, paste-egg day. Carlin, palm and paste-egg day I could understand, as they all had something to do with Easter, but I couldn't see any Connection to Easter among the others. Can anybody remember the skipping 'song' Jelly on a plate Jelly on a plate Wibble wobble, Wibble, wobble Jelly on a plate.

Sorry Brett. Here being Sweden, where we are extremely proud of these two Girls. Tipped to be as big as ABBA. Enjoy the performance.

You'll really enjoy their show! I've seen them twice here.

... and from me too! Hope it was 'rememberable'.

I've obviously had a very sheltered Life.

That's brilliant Maggie!!

Caution is to be highly recommended when considering overweight people for surgery. The risk of coronary thrombosis, pulmonary embolism and post-op complications increase by a staggering 75% for overweight people. Should it be banned? - No. Should they be advised to lose some weight Before surgery? - Yes. It's for their own safety. They shouldn't be banned from flying either but if they use 2 seats - which I've seen happen - then they should pay for 2 seats and not lift the arm rest and use half of the seat belonging to the next person, which I've previously suffered on a five hour flight. Something that annoys me even more is when I, at 58 kg wet through, am charged at the check-in desk for 2½ kilos overweight while the man in front of me in the queue weighed at least 140 kg. His luggage wasn't overweight so there was no extra charge for him.

Wonderful to hear from you again, Pete!!!

I like all the British Christmas carols! Usually have them blasting away in the kitchen when I do my Christmas baking.

My cat loves it! Hasn't managed to Catch any yet but he's having fun trying.

Oven shelf wrapped in a blanket was the usual hottie for me.

Where is this Maggie?

Never experienced that, Paul, but I was often subjected to a very strange hair-drying procedure so that my newly washed hair would be thouroughly dried Before going to bed (That's probably the reason I never experienced frosty hair). I had long hair which my mother dried by ironing it between two sheets of newspaper. I had the tops of my ears 'singed' (there's a Lovely Word) a few times. Was this perhaps the fore runner of the modern day Electric straightening tong?

Thanks Adam. I might get some sleep now!

Can somebody put me out of my misery? That Sainsbury's advert, didn't Paul McCartney once do something similar in a video? What was the song????