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    we are the mods…

    Since Genius Of The Week was very much enjoyed last time, here’s another gem. The many and varied ways that people think it’s appropriate to address a complete stranger with whom they have never even spoken provide hours of entertainment every week, and this one even apologised. Bless. After four days in Edinburgh followed by ten days at home it’s…

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    one more week till halloween…

    And it’s almost time to start packing again after six days spent buggering about between cinemas turned out to be more tiring than I’d anticipated, and this plus a delayed train on the way home made for an unproductive few days, to say the least. Next year I may revert to last years’ modus and just hole up in my…

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    it’s the most wonderful time of the year…

    It’s the end of the week when the weather inevitably resumed normality, and I count myself lucky to only have got soaked twice given that it’s been a busy one. Fingers crossed that it picks up a bit before the usual Bank Holiday deluge, when I will be safely out of the way in the Empire (as was) for the…