Hi Gangue,
Here we go, another week rolling on. On the Arachne front, version 1.69
is sitting here on the machine looking perfectly stable till I try to
run the .asf script, or modify it to run another .asf script. Then it
crashes with the xswap bug! Never mind, I'm going to do md arachne169a
and then I'll be ready for next week VBG 8>}
No word from Michael about him buying the Pils when I get to Prague
either!
For the Brits, here we are, week before Christmas and still no offers of
pantomime! For the rest of the world, pantomime is like cricket, but on
stage. It's hard to explain just what it is, but it usually has a woman
playing the part of the hero, and two men playing the part of the ugly
sisters, and a celebrity doing his act all in the middle of a FAIRY
TALE!
Never mind, welcome to the 43rd President. Or is it the 43rd time
they've tried to decide who is President? Now we're back to pantomime
again!
Next week will be Christmas. For those of you who have Christian
beliefs, Merry Christmas. Remembering that this list has lots of people
from lots of countries, with lots of different beliefs, can I say, from
Ella and myself (Ella is she who must be obeyed) may YOUR particular God
go with you, and as the world wide web draws us ever closer to-gether,
then please take care and may the next year be better than last. I wish
you all you wish yourselves.
Spaeaking of she who must be obeyed, she is gathering to-gether the
ingredients for her famous "Clootie Dumpling" which is a Scottish
fruity, cakey, puddingy sticky sort of thing, absolutely delicious with
cream, ice cream or custard. The calorie count is astronomical but it
tastes superb. This used to take hours to prepare and involved steaming
the Dumpling in muslin cloths but nowadays the "Big Zappa" (microwave)
is pressed into service and the whole thing gets done in minutes.
The smell of the Dumpling wafting through the house is almost painful,
but it will be ready for testing (has to be tested folks!) in about 15
minutes. I said to Ella, "it'll put inches on my waistline" but she
sniffed, looked me up and down and replied "What waistline?".
Oh well, that's life. The temperature outside has fallen drastically
to-day, and it's about been at freezing point all day. There's a big
full moon out there, so it's gonna get even colder later on. That's my
excuse for Dumpling Testing and I'm sticking to it folks!
Bye for now, more thoughts soon
Regards
Mel
