THE BRITISH THREAD II

How abour Riff Clitchard and the Hadsows.

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I was half paying attention to ITV's Sex, Lies and A Very British Scapegoat - presented by Andrew Lloyd Webber, concerning the Profumo Affair.

I caught a rather seedy looking Tom Mangold say something close to --"How ludicrous had it got when Christine Keeler was asking the Minister of War, presumably on the short stroke, whether the United States would allow Germany to have nuclear weapons."

I didn't stick with it, saw the beginning only. I had no idea how accomplished Stephen Ward was; artist and osteopath, picker-up of women.

I can't stand Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Sorry to hear that Syria murdered that doctor guy from the UK.

Hopefully Assad will end up in the International Criminal Court when all this is over with.

It's understandable Mac. You have to get good at something when you look like that.

Somebody has to say it so I suppose it had better be me.

The preliminaries to the 4th Test Match at the MCG were a definite sign that we are being gradually deprived of our wits and that there is not so far to go before we might reasonably be considered to be completely mad.

Like every in the past, this happens today again



Boxing Day (in Germany called the "Second Christmas Day) is here traditionally one of the busiest days on trains - since many travel back then. (Ages ago, there were even extra trains before and after the scheduled long distance trains.)
And we don't close our complete railway system at. Repairs are being done all year. If a line has to be closed, buses take over the service.

Just wondering, why nearly all is closed - how do people get to the stadiums today? (We don't have football now - winter break.)

There's always a way.

A little less than 14 hours to cycle to Cardiff

Talking about stadiums, how about the record crowd at Melbourne's Cricket Ground today, more than 90.000 watched the first days play of the 4th Test. Score by the way is England 6 for 226 at stumps.

Damn, I should have set off sooner, I'll just have to be content with listening to it on the radio.

Never been much of a cricket fan, a lot less of one now. Having said that Saints are having a lousy run right now.

Big storm, widespread flooding, and no staff available- all at home eating and drinking.
Some landslides on tracks.
Wrong kind of snow.
Leaves on line.
Too many foreigners clogging up the system.
What part of "emergency" is so hard to understand?

Without this, the papers would have nothing to write about.

Fierce winds stopped the ferries to Dunoon, near where I'm staying, from Tuesday. Glad I came up on Monday. We're heading back to the mainland tomorrow, in case the weather turns again.

Yellow warnings for wind and rain for tomorrow.
Make the best of that bad weather ...

Last I heard, Dunoon was ON the mainland.

Hahahahahahahaha

Sorry we've not organised some better weather fror you, Margo.
Are you staying in Scotland for Hogmanay?

You're right, of course. Dunoon is on the mainland, (kinda) , but it's a bloody long way to get there without ferries.
Yes, weather has been less than wondrous. But apparently this is fairly typically Scottish. The ladies in the woollen shop at Inveraray yesterday were commenting on how mild it is! Bah!
Back in Largs now after a spectacular (in both food and price) lunch yesterday at Loch Fyne Oysters.

It's not raining, so far today. Head south tomorrow and home on NY Day