On Tuesday, March 30, 2010 7:21 PM [GMT+1=CET],
Dorothy Robbie <[email protected]> tweaked the 
Babbage-Engine to tell us:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian" <[email protected]>
> To: "Canal list George" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 5:55 PM
> Subject: [canals-list] Harnser Trip Report
>
>
>> Date -30 March
>> Day - Tuesday
>> Start - 1030 Wormleighton Radio Mast
>> End - Napton Home Moorings
>>
>> It was a full moon last night but you couldn't see it because of the
>> cloud. When I took the dog out last thing it was fine drizzle, he
>> wasn't too impressed and went on strike, digging his paws in and
>> putting his head down. The third time he did this I gave him another
>> pull and ended up taking a lead and collar for a walk, leaving a dog
>> on the towing path looking at me, as soon as I stopped and turned
>> round he picked up his collar and we walked back to the boat. This
>> morning when we got up it was still raining.
>> This clock change is giving me a problem, half of me is on summer
>> time and half on winter time still, the other half hasn't a clue
>> what its doing.
>
> Are you claiming to be a man-and-a-half?

If Brian is a man-and-a-half, then perchance he can answer the question 
which has been bugging me for about forty years viz. if it takes a man and a 
half a day and a half to dig a hole and a half, how long will it take a fly 
with clogs on to walk through a barrel of treacle?

-- 
Dave Larrington
<http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk>
YEEEEEHAH. AIN't GOT NO HOOVES!

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