CLOSED - THANKS to all customers for the last few years

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.

The burrow is experience email problems - they arrive but
stubbornly refuse to leave! Where's that carrier pigeon?

In the le cresuset casserole, bunny. Gently stewed since about 10am.

Why haven't I seen anything on the news about this global flyer, spacey?

Ah bun and curses - so i'll have to wait for AOL to resolve
it's email bottle neck then - gave this sort of thing up with
the car!

P you will !

Bun, how did you get the car to send your emails? I know it's a sort of delivery system, but, err.....

Oh Priscilla, what a thing to do to pidgeons!!! I prefer the breasts thinly sliced and gently stir fried, leaves much more flavour in them :-)
Thanks for the brandy it is always good for the colour, perhaps if I had another I may aquire a nice warm glow.