The Grey Room

if my lightsabre glowed at both ends I think my daughter and her boyfriend would be the least of my problems

Ah, so you saved yourself a trip to Swine Town, eh?

Well done!  Once you enter our lovely town, there's no turning back...

Welcome back Dean - hope you're feeling all rested (hmmm - driving holiday in England...? Rested....? )

Correction - you have my sympathies; have a hug (purely platonic, of course )

darqdean wrote: Luckily we dumped dropped her boyfriend at Winchester Station and let him find his own way home.

Oh dear - the struck out word above indicates to me you may not be 100% enamoured of your daughter's choice of paramour... tell us more; we won't say a word.

Edited by Jim Garten - September 03 2007 at 03:24

did most of the driving through Brittany, which was oddly relaxing (like Cornwall but without the traffic) - 'twas the drive to and from Poole that did it for me, I keep forgetting how congested & claustrophobic our roads are compared to anywhere else. (Just don't mention caravans. )

darqdean wrote: Back to the Fish & Heather Findlay comment several 100 pages back, as far as I know Heather called off the wedding a couple of months ago (http://www.the-company.com/email/e2007-05-30.htm), which was sad because Fish's blog on the engagement was very touching.

I've not seen that before - that's a very frank and open explanation re the wedding cancellation; I guess that's what's known as wearing your heart (of Lothian??) on your sleeve.

chopper wrote: darqdean wrote: did most of the driving through Brittany, which was oddly relaxing (like Cornwall but without the traffic) - 'twas the drive to and from Poole that did it for me, I keep forgetting how congested & claustrophobic our roads are compared to anywhere else. (Just don't mention caravans. )   That reminds me of our holiday in Brittany a few years back. We drove around for 2 weeks and only came across 1 set of road works which (weren't causing any holdups), then as soon as we got off the ferry in Portsmouth... straight into a major jam.

Same thing when we were in Newfoundland this summer - looooong highways with very little traffic (or tarmac, in a lot of cases ); what is it though with these countries with long straight highways & virtually no traffic that they feel the need for ridiculously low speed limits (60 mph on Nfld)??

darqdean wrote: Back to the Fish & Heather Findlay comment several 100 pages back, as far as I know Heather called off the wedding a couple of months ago (http://www.the-company.com/email/e2007-05-30.htm), which was sad because Fish's blog on the engagement was very touching.

I think it's been a hard time for the guy , we went to the (non) wedding turned album launch party, a very odd day indeed.......although I must say the album (13th Star) is INCREDIBLE, and as usual for Fish, all the better for a little heartache!!!

Geck0 wrote: 60 MPH slow?It's a safe speed to drive, Jim.  Just 'cause you lust over Petey's Kawasaki, doesn't mean you can ride with him in the Newfoundland sun on a long and distant highway... dreaming about sheds.

Trust me, when you are on a highway where you can see to the horizon in both directions, and there is no other traffic at all, 60 mph seems mighty slow...

As far as lusting over PR's Kwaka is concerned, my biking days are well behind me (16 years to be precise); I have neither the inclination or the courage to do so these days - your average car driver wouldn't notice a bright orange elephant covered in twinking lights in his rear view mirror, let alone a motorbike.

Geck0 wrote: Toyah has an album coming out later this year, just so you know.