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Hiya Giulia. I'm off work today - burnt out a little over the last few weeks with so little sleep and complete madness to deal with during the days - so have time to read, nap and watch a few DVD's.

How are you doing, my lovely friend? What's goin' down in Groovetown? x

And, Man ALIVE, your house looks inCREDIBLE! It must be extremely satisfying building your own gaff exactly as you wish it. How wonderful!

Whoa! Cool avatar, Charm!

I'm currently reading Narrow Dog To Carcossonne by Terry Darlington. It's a true account of a retired couple sailing their Narrowboat across the English Channel to France and down to Carcossonne. The 'Narrow Dog' of the title is Jim, their Whippet. It's a lovely story.

I've not had a lot of time to chat on the forum lately - I seem to be exceptionally busy at the moment. I run two scout groups (10-14's and 14-18's) and two sets of something we have here in England called the Duke of Edinburgh's Award (one at school and one with my 14-18's). The DofE is great fun and is excellent at developing young people by introducing them to volunteering, physical activities, learning new skills (an instrument, for example) and getting them out into the hills on expeditions (my personal favourite!).

I'm hoping that you finish your thesis soon, so you can relax with your feet up, a good book in your hand and a large glass of some excellent beverage of your choice beside you!

Good morning, Frankie. It's been a while since I popped by to say hello to my first friend on here, so here I am, doing just that.

How are you? How's life?

Hoping you're very well. Have a great Sunday. x

Hiya Jessi. Just dropping in to say hi. How're you doing? Hope all is well. x

Yeah! What the hell is that thing about JimJam bottoms??? Only yesterday I saw some teenager walking past my house in Spongebob Squarepants PJ's! I thought she must be a bit special and that her parents were a bit remiss...

Hi Andrea. Just whizzing in to say hi and see how you're doing. I am sitting very quietly in my living room, trying to generate an atmosphere of calm because I have picked a cat up from the RSPCA today - he's called Frank - and he's currently hiding under the bed in the spare room. I'm hopeful that a chilled vibe might entice him down.

How're things with you? What's new? 'Owt or nowt? x

Hoooooo. So, nope, I just drove along the M5, the A30 and the A39 to Helston, then along some other road to Porthleven. I pop down two to three times a year. Love it. The weather was gorgeous.

Funnily enough, I hate Social Networking Sites also. Take things like this for example: Kathryn (my cousin) is soooo happy that she's found her favourite sofa in Borders available

Kathryn is soooo pleased to be arriving home after the trials of shopping

or

Kathryn is soooo down on this whole walking the dog in the rain issue

WHO CARES, YOU NARCISSISTIC MORON?!?

And what's with all the sheep throwing? If someone chucked a sheep at me, I'd be tempted to punch them in the teeth, the bloody idiots.

Anyway. How're you doing? It must be difficult with OH being 3,000 odd miles away.

I have it on good authority that one wears a velvet frock coat over an all-in-one 20's bathing suit with Hunters wellies and a tiara. Accessorise with a collection of toothbrushes and figs linked with blu-tack around the neck.

You'll be the talk of the town! x

Morning Nicola. Yep, all's reasonably well with me. I seem to be amazingly busy, but then that keeps me out of mischief.

What's new witchoo, lady? I'm hoping everything is groovy for you. x

Aloha. Just popping in to say Hi. So there you are.

Good morning, CW. How are you doing? I have returned from Cornwall where the sun shone, the beer flowed and the books...erm...read well(?). I was due to drive back this morning, but something made me decide to come home last night. Upon waking this morning, I discovered the world had turned completely white and silent.

It would have been a total pain to come home today. How lucky am I?

What's happening in Groovetown, Lady? x

Ahoy there. I have (rather fortuitously) returned from Cornwall 12 hours early and have awoken this morning to find the world covered with about 6 inches of snow. I'm not even sure why I decided to drive back last night!

How are you doing? x

Hey Rach! I hope you've had a good one, also! What's new witchoo? x

Weird. I've found it now, thanks Janet. I couldn't find it before on the 'Find all threads started by...' bit. Like I mentioned before, I can be a bit of a knucklehead sometimes! D'oh!

Hope you've had a relaxing day.

Morning Janet. I hope you're well and having a good weekend! I'm just dropping by to see if you know where the thread "On How Women Are Portrayed In The Media"'s gone. I can't find it. I might well be being incredibly dim, which wouldn't be unexpected, to be honest. If so, sorry about this...

Anyway. Have a great Sunday - I'm at a Scout presentation thing this afternoon at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire. Should be fun.

Take Care.

Yo, Rach! How's it going? La la la la la (that's me doing my little 'Hey! It's Rach!' song)

That's all, folks!

Excellent books in your 'About Me' bit, Lady. Good work.

Hiya Kelly. How're you doing? x

I'm sure it will be. They're all switched on round these parts. I notice you're a running man. Myself, I'm a walking man, but over hill and mountain, so consider myself reasonably active.

Saying that, I'm pretty sedentary at the moment!

Norwegian Wood. Excellent novel. I'd be interested in seeing if you agree with my review (Mac Reads, first entry, I think).

Hope you're enjoying it and that you're very well.

Good man. Good call. Good work!

Hope you're well, fella.

Hello, my friend. I've not popped by for a while, so thought I'd say hi and see how things are. We had real fun with the flippin' snow during the early stages of this month. I hope you weren't affected during that day when loads of people were stranded.

What's new in your part of the world, fella? I think we're still coming down in three weeks or so and I cannot wait. It's been nearly two years since I visited the family's place in Porthleven. I spend most of my annual leave doing Scout stuff or the Duke of Edinburgh Award. I'm actually lucky I've got this week coming up. I need the break.

Maybe a beer might be in order, if we can arrange things around each other? No worries if not, mind. But beer is always good.

Hope you're very well, mate.

Hey there, Scarlette. Just a quickie to say aloha and that I hope you're okay.