CLOSED - THANKS to all customers for the last few years

I assume JeffMack is being worked hard these days haven't seen
him about for a while in here or Hilary guess she's busy too.

I'm still here lurking, Bunny Girl, although I don't post as much. I'm in an exceptionally good mood as, in the last 10 minutes, the postie has just brought one of those letters which have been the subject of much press over the last few days and says that my daughter has won a place at a top Grammar school.

:o)))))))))))

Oh great news Hilary!!! Well done to her!!
And another one of those Mum worries out of the way for you,
at least now you know she's going where you obviously are
delighted to see her go, no mean feat these days trying to
secure a school you want!

Thankyou Bunny,

As you say, Secondary School transfer is a major concern for parents nowadays. I must admit that I had a bad night's sleep through anxiety last night. And on top of that, you've got Capita successfully managing to screw things up!!

Congratulations, Hilary (and daughter, obviously!) I was watching that story on the news thinking it sounded like some Mad Hatter's Lottery. I'm glad somebody won a decent prize!

Little Willie: on my way to get my hair cut this morning, I placed a small bit of encouragement on the Lambykins Light Fantastic; aka the 12.40 at Durbanville on Saturday. Please tell Sweet Revenge we have every confidence in a good result for her.

Grizzle, drizzle AGAIN here this morning. Jacket potato weather. Now what to put with it.....

Thanks P.,

I went through exactly the same thing with my son last year ..... as a parent you just feel so helpless. My daughter is at school and doesn't know herself yet. She was trying to pull a sickie this morning so that she could wait for the post.

Sometimes I wonder if it was better when it was simply a case of
either you passed an entrance exam or not and beyond that you went
to the school designated for your area of residence.

I remember when we moved here - we did so at short notice - and I was
going rapidly round the twist trying to get both my lads into schools
that were halfway decent. With the youngest one, when it came to secondary
he didn't initially get a place, I appealled and he want on the waiting
list, technically he didn't have a place anywhere for
the Sept. for a while, then after a couple of anxious months we
were told due to someone turning down a place, he had secured a place -
at the local nearest secondary which fortunately I wanted for him.
Total nightmare and I'm very glad I've 'been there and done that' now
and don't have any more kids to try and steer through it.

A bottle of bubbly for Hilary! :>)

Hilary doesn't like bubbly, bunny......why don't we share it? (I'll edit this before hilary sees it, with luck!)

It'll go well with jacket potato, caviar and sour cream. With a sprinkling of chives...

Too late .... I saw it.

:o)

OK, that's three for a bottle of chanmpagne. So time for a second bottle anyway. Who else would like a glass?
:)))

LOL well I have to admit to being a complete heathen, I only
like bubbly if it has orange juice in it! :>)

Bottle of Cava then for bunnykins ...and a jug of freshly squeezed blood oranges..... That should make the ears perk up nicely!

Yes, and one for opto too, of course.....

LOL the ears perk up and the body slump to the floor Priscilla, just
a glass of that stuff is enough for me, I can only be excessive with
Cab Sauv' or Shiraz Cab' or 'fizzy water' like Asti Spimanti or Lambrisco!
Yeah I know, no staying power, a total light-weight - LOL ;>)
Now brandy I can drink - odd that isn't it, tolerance built up over
the years I suppose.

Nothing wrong with being an expensive date, bunny!

(Start saving, opto! This bunny drinks bottles (yes, BOTTLES) of the finest brandy!)

opto's just turned a very strange greenish/grey colour.

No Priscilla I haven't turned anything that's my natural colour :-)

No, Opto knows he's safe :>)
Actually at the risk of sounding a cheap date, Tesco's brandy
is OK too - all goes the same route ;>)

;>)
I'm waiting for Dave to appear and tell me he's got a consignment
of brandy at a reasonable price now, if I want to stock up!

It always tastes better if it goes via someone else's wallet first, bunny! But given his pallor, could you pass opto a snifter of brandy, please?

Well unfortunately it looks as though the global flyer mission is going to fail, I posted earlier that I felt they had a fuel problem and they have now confirmed that they think they have lost a lot of fuel, they now have insufficient to complete the mission without good tail winds. The global flyer soon heads out over the Pacific and they will want to decide how bad the fuel situation is before they start that long crossing. If they terminate it then Steve will probably land in Japan but if they do start the pacific flight they will continue to review it and if necessary terminate the attempt in Hawaii.

I hope the tail winds pick up and the attempt succeeds but if it does fail its really an indication of how difficult there pioneering flights are. Remember this is being driven by brilliant private individuals who are putting their reputations, money and lives at risk, they don't have to do it but in my opinion the world is a much better place thanks to people like this.

No problem, one small brandy for you Opto, medicinal purposes as
Priscilla is worried about you.

Agreed Spacie.