Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

Trying a few lifestyle changes here, partridge, like the good boy I am.
The quack suggested a more "Mediterranean" diet and lifestyle. When I commented that I am a master at sitting on terraces arguing, drinking enormous quantities of wine and smoking very high tar cigs, he suggested I was being facetious and said he meant tomatoes and olive oil.
So now I have much fewer cigs, less salt on my food and free range petrol in the car.
Funnily enough the consultant is a cricketer and understood my reactions perfectly. I asked when I could return to cricket. He said next season, until I told him who I played for and at what standard. He smiled and said I could play next week. ;-))

Best wishes from me Alan. No more rants just lie back and chill out!

Speedy recovery Alan. Keep up with your witty form, nothing like a smile on the face. Gus.

Thats the other good thing.
No-one now shouts at me for having an afternoon nap..........fantastic.
They say laughter is the best medicine, and it helps, but for a bad infection you just can't beat Penicillin.

HA
Would keep out of banking and housebuilding stocks for a while too.
Don't want too many anxious moments for the near future.
hope you have a speedy recovery.
Alex

Keep taking the tablets.
Speedy recovery.

I'm writing to someone in Wales who is called Non. M or F? Where's Dil? He'd know.

Non is female T.O.K., it is a derivative of Nona, who was the mother of the patron saint of Wales, David.

Non is female T.O.K., it is a derivative of Nona, who was the mother of the patron saint of Wales, David.

Hmm, no it wasn't worth repeating really was it?! Got a twitchy finger this evening, I wonder what else I can do with it?

I know a male Non in West Wales, not sure if it's short for anything.

I have a non-male wife but that could be confusing matters more?! Male Non could be short for Goronwy, though that would usually just be Gron, or it could be just a nickname. Best to address your letter "To whom it may concern" T.O.K.!

The 'old' Welsh translation of Non, by the way, is Stream or Current.

Iechyd da.

Could be Non de Plume, then its only a pen name so it doesn't matter.
And if one gets it wrong is it a non sequiter????
Perhaps its a sheep.
Or in the great Welsh traditions of Jones the Steam for railway drivers and Jones the shop for grocers it might be a teacher called non the wiser.
If there were a family of them could it be non plussed?
Or just like many shorten my name to Al, it could really be no-one.
Confusing, innit?

Non, mais ouis.

Thanks for the help guys. I cowardly circled the problem with the salutation "Dear Non XYZ"

Smart move T.O.K.!

How bored am I??????
I don't think I can stand another 6 weeks of not being allowed to work. Its driving me bloody nuts!!!
Might start a new thread on here for mortgage related issues, just for something to do. You know, technical questions, market forecasts, market news, current best deals etc.etc.
Just for something to do!!! I am so bored. any thoughts on how I can occupy my time??

Alan, I'll swap with you.

Errrm, isn't that sort of work related Alan and therefore against the rules laid down by those who know how you should be looking after yourself? How about a health thread where we can all have a good moan about our various ailments? Your episode would make a very good start to it!