Boadicea's Chariot

I am not struck so much by the diversity of testimony as by the many-sidedness of truth.
Stanley Baldwin

Goodnight everyone, sleep well.

As some may know I am an advocate of Sainsbury’s ‘Three Fruit’ marmalade, a combination of grapefruit, oranges and lemons. I actually prefer this to their Seville range of marmalade as the mixed fruit variety has more of a kick. Anyway, I tried it out on PapaGuinea Junior yesterday morning. Perhaps it takes years to acquire the taste of bitter marmalade and this trial no doubt was a stepping stone. Whether or not he realised this is seventh heaven is another thing but by the expression on his face at Step 7, I would say he was unsure.

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Continue reading “Seven steps to heaven (Toast and marmalade)”

Neil Diamond

How unbelievably grubby and sordid; plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.

A young man who isn’t a socialist hasn’t got a heart; an old man who is a socialist hasn’t got a head.
David Lloyd George

Goodnight everyone, sleep well.

Yesterday we left the UK after a three month visit. We’d had our last decent Indian meal and proper fish ‘n’ chips… and on Monday I bought (yet another) new suitcase to accommodate  our contributions to the British economy.

At  7.30 am we got the taxi to Heathrow. I was dreading the check-in. Normally there are long queues which I’ve managed to avoid in the last few years by booking-in on line – this time I had no access to a printer. Regs state clearly: two suitcases, 20 kg per person and 7kg hand luggage. We had three suitcases of unknown weight, and four computers and a pile of books in our hand luggage … Continue reading “Home Again!”

Neil Diamond

Right then, by popular demand (Soutie, JW and me), these are the grids as presently constituted.

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The Ship Spotters’  Roll of Honour

HMES Walton identified by Boa and Ferret

HMES Bach Boa

HMWS  David Byron Ferret

HMES Delius OZ

HMWS Bob Seger Soutie

HMES  Turandot OZ

HMES Melba Soutie

HMES Sibelius OZ

HMWS Muse Nobody (under appeal by OZ)

HMWS Slade  Ferret

HMES R.V’-Williams OZ

HMES Verdi OZ

HMWS Megadeth Soutie

HMES Mikado OZ

HMES Mahler OZ

HMWS Toto OZ

HMWS Police Soutie

HMWS Heart Soutie

There seem to me to be very few facts, at least ascertainable facts, in politics.
Robert Peel

Goodnight everyone, sleep well.