Clary's Travel Digression

Nah, Bex was a favourite aspirin in the 50s & 60s in Oz ... Noone takes it now, but the saying ( taking a Bex & a good lie down) persists.

LOL - perhaps Walter's type would do you more good!

I confess to a glass of wine or 2!

YAY, good, since we aren't getting any gossip from u + Margo at least we can imagine you drinking! I would so love a glass of wine now - praps I can take a bottle into myhotel room or is that very louche!? Drinking alone is OK at home but ...

Ah, but Clary you are not alone! We'll tip a few with you!

I just wish drinking alone was more fun than it always turns out to be. But Clary you definitly deserve a glassulettekin in the boudoir.

Hi acw -- That made me laugh... that "our" Clare is your oldest chum but not vice versa. THAT could be taken more than one way!

Have you had a change of religion recently, or was this an ecumenical Easter for you? Catholic Nuns in Worcestershire? Quite impressive that a fire was lit in the cemetery... seems pagan somehow.

Hi Piffka! I think in her customary obscure way, acw is saying that she has no chums older, or who go back further, shall we say, than me; but she knows that my oldest chum is someone I met when I was four!

uh-huh... well, that's what I figured, but still, it made me laugh!

I subscribe to the Girl Scouts motto... one of 'em, anyway....

Make new friends, but keep the old,
(One is silver & the other, gold.)

Having a friend since you were four is, indeed, amazing.

Just for you... (I got some new software!)

Clever as Rick...Click a Server... Crevice Lark.

Vera Clickers, Servile Crack (yeuch), Evil Crackers, Viscera L. Erck...

And what glorious names can you make for yourself?!

Clary

There is no hot gossip about Ms Margo's visit. It was simply a very pleasant 3 days in a very shut down city (Melbourne) which was enjoying an Easter snooze. We ate & chatted & walked, then ate & chatted some more in different parts of the city. Very relaxing.
Of course I had to bring margo to my abode so's she could meet Flatty, the wonder cat. He behaved with great decorum, despite being interrupted during his midday nap.
The weather was beautiful & mild. If you know Melbourne it could have been much worse!
This is the first time I have met a fellow A2Ker "in the flesh" & I must admit to being a trifle nervous before arriving at her hotel. But it turned out to be a pleasure & fun .... despite, on margo's impulse, heading into a shoe shop in Bourke Street (when the shops FINALLY opened on Monday) ... This was supposed to lead margo to buying shoes, but instead I ended up with a little red pair, which were a trifle more expensive than usual. I was determined to get margo to buy something. anything, in retaliation, but no go! She is very skilled & encouraging others to purchase while remaining extremely level headed herself!
Margo is a very independent person & very easy going & open. So I didn't feel it at all necessary to impress or play the tour guide. (Which would not have been easy with almost everything shut!) Most of all it's good to put a character & a face to margo postings. My only regret was that she didn't have the Possum person with her.

It sounds great, and I hope you go on enjoying those shoes! A warm, relaxed Melbourne .. mmm! Flatty is an intriguing name for a cat - a nearmiss roadkill?! A flatmate? Or just flat in character (I don't believe that)!

Yes, it was a good few days, Clary.

"Flatty" is a shorter version of Flat Cat, rescued by my former partner during one of his "leaving home" episodes. He lived in a flat/apartment where this cat adopted him. Poor Flat Cat was in very bad shape. He was BADLY in need or rescue, I can tell you ... A mess!
To cut a long story short, my ex returned to the family abode with Flatty in tow ... One of our many twisted attempts at reconciliation. But that didn't work, so he left again ... & no prizes for guessing who inherited Flatty.

I'm no good at anagrams, my brain isn't wired up that way.
Clary, did you do these yourself out of your own head, or use a clever electronic device/ program/ software?
The software between my ears is a bit too squishy.

McT

There is free software to be had, McTag, so that you too can amaze your friends.

I chanced upon it after someone sent me a series of anagrams:

GEORGE BUSH: When you rearrange the letters:

HE BUGS GORE


DORMITORY: When you rearrange the letters:

DIRTY ROOM


EVANGELIST: When you rearrange the letters:

EVIL'S AGENT


PRESBYTERIAN: When you rearrange the letters:

BEST IN PRAYER


DESPERATION: When you rearrange the letters:

A ROPE ENDS IT


THE MORSE CODE: When you rearrange the letters:

HERE COME DOTS


SLOT MACHINES: When you rearrange the letters:

CASH LOST IN ME


ANIMOSITY: When you rearrange the letters:

IS NO AMITY


MOTHER-IN-LAW: When you rearrange the letters:

WOMAN HITLER


SNOOZE ALARMS: When you rearrange the letters:

ALAS! NO MORE Z''S


A DECIMAL POINT: When you rearrange the letters:

I'M A DOT IN PLACE


THE EARTHQUAKES: When you rearrange the letters:

THAT QUEER SHAKE


ELEVEN PLUS TWO: When you rearrange the letters:

TWELVE PLUS ONE


PRINCESS DIANA: When you rearrange the letters:

ENDS IN A CAR SPIN

etcetera

Piff

Snooze alarms, that's amazing. No more Zs, alas.

But you didn't give the link to the software, if indeed you have it.

Thanks for the info.

McT

McTag, I found it by googling the Bush anagram... I don't have the exact link since I downloaded the free software, but the title is Anagram Genius. Here are some of the better ones for my name. (There are some awful ones, too!)

Any intrepid cake......Pricey, kinda neat... An arty, kind peace....

Thanks Piff, I will.

I invite you to my new thread (see here

http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=22872&highlight=

) about the rebuilding of the Frauenkirche in Dresden.
Good article.

Next time, I'll post Possum to Melbourne. He's not such a good traveller, though!

He doesn't go into shoe shops, either!

Wanna pair of red shoes!