It's a sad day today as, after years of cultivating a magnificent stephanotis in our conservatory we have cut it down to just one shoot and started all over again. Visitors never failed to notice the beautiful plant with its waxy white flowers and glorious scent but it was taking over. We spent an hour unravelling it with the intention of a good pruning but then took the momentous decision to give it the chop. I'm not saying it was big but the lounge which adjoins the conservatory was starting to feel like the black hole of Calcutta and when a Japanese soldier peered through the leaves and asked if the war was over, we realised that its time had come. Tarzan might be disappointed but we're not.
Q What do you do when you find the memory stick that holds your novel, Instanta's accounts for the past twenty years, your entire eBay trading history and your back up of your household finances in the bottom of the washing machine after it's just completed a full cycle.
A Tell Marion you've got a complete back up, get hold of a hair dryer and pray!
And someone up there must like me as I was able to restore the lot. Phew.
An email arrives from son Paul with great news. ITV has sold his creation "The Colour Of Money" to Italy and here is the show's Italian host who does not look like an Italian game show host at all. Does he? And again making sure that they don't follow cliched stereotypes, here is his assistant.
A Couple of words about the new X Factor arena format......... Oh Dear.
I see that the USA has been mourning the death of Senator Kennedy in a big way with scores of bigwigs turning up for his funeral and a plot for him in the famous Arlington cemetery. It's unlike me to speak ill of the dead but, as a father, I could never forgive him for Chappaquiddick. Accidents happen but Kennedy left Mary Joe Kopechne in a car in a creek and did not report it for over ten hours. However forgiving we may be, he should never have held public office after that.I'm sure that her family will not be in mourning.
I've been having a look at the sales for the year which officially ends tomorrow (but as it's a holiday we've already closed the accounts). Our best seller has been the 1500lcd model with sales approaching a couple of thousand.
I'll close with some more of the hip exercises that the consultant recommended to keep the op at bay.
Q What do you do when you find the memory stick that holds your novel, Instanta's accounts for the past twenty years, your entire eBay trading history and your back up of your household finances in the bottom of the washing machine after it's just completed a full cycle.
A Tell Marion you've got a complete back up, get hold of a hair dryer and pray!
And someone up there must like me as I was able to restore the lot. Phew.
An email arrives from son Paul with great news. ITV has sold his creation "The Colour Of Money" to Italy and here is the show's Italian host who does not look like an Italian game show host at all. Does he? And again making sure that they don't follow cliched stereotypes, here is his assistant.
A Couple of words about the new X Factor arena format......... Oh Dear.
I see that the USA has been mourning the death of Senator Kennedy in a big way with scores of bigwigs turning up for his funeral and a plot for him in the famous Arlington cemetery. It's unlike me to speak ill of the dead but, as a father, I could never forgive him for Chappaquiddick. Accidents happen but Kennedy left Mary Joe Kopechne in a car in a creek and did not report it for over ten hours. However forgiving we may be, he should never have held public office after that.I'm sure that her family will not be in mourning.
I've been having a look at the sales for the year which officially ends tomorrow (but as it's a holiday we've already closed the accounts). Our best seller has been the 1500lcd model with sales approaching a couple of thousand.
I'll close with some more of the hip exercises that the consultant recommended to keep the op at bay.
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