Mr Spider - sounds a good mixture Hope the Hoegaarden has helped

I'm actually just having some 'Black Bottle '. I felt in need of it and couldn't justify opening a bottle of Glenfiddich just for me .

And that's a fate worse than death





well to the bank balance that is

I use DropBox - a friend and I can pass documents on which we are working, for the other person to proof read - it works very well. I'm able to make alterations to the document and it's then corrected - as if by magic - on the other computer some 400 miles away.

Since I installed it I've had no communications from them. Dropbox - marvellous

I really really like the colour ones - particularly # 3 - the sun and mist are very atmospheric

Don't get missing stuff - it's just that some seems inordinately delayed

#s 3 and 6 are my favourites - love the detail on the feathers and quills

Interesting curve on his neck - almost as if he's looking quizzically at you

Gwyn

We are talking about Royal Fail here - anything can and does happen

I can send a letter to daughter #1 and one to my GodFather on the same day - both in London , both second class ,both from the same pillar box, and with identical contents , one will get there the next day and the other can take up to 6 days to get there .

My feeling - delayed in that warehouse that was filled with sacks and sacks of mail that were kept there because of the weather giving problems .

Royal Fail [ we are told ] had huge bundles of undelivered and un-sent-on stuff that had to be dealt with as the weather eased .

My own feeling , which of course could be wrong , was that once they started on the backlog the top of the pile was dealt with first and it's just taken a very long time to get to floor level.

One of the big problems , of course , was not being able to fly mail out