But I digress….

It is so damn hot. I dragged the mower over what passes for a lawn earlier today and lost about 8 pints of fluid in the process. I then came inside and drank several pints of water and got a headache. I then took two Ibruprofen and then peed…and so on. The circle of life.

In a related matter, I recommend the book “Fast Food Nation” to anyone who can get hold of it. The name of the author escapes me for the moment, but the their description of how the ingredients in the products of some of the Fast Food companies are manipulated to put most customers on the “salt-sugar-drink-pee” cycle will ring true with many of you. Have you ever eaten a burgar without a drink? Me either. Try asking for fries without salt next time, it really annoys them - as does asking for drinks without ice.

So a cracker of a weekend comes to a close. How cool is life when the most fun I had was carrying 6 bags of gravel round the back of the house. On the plus side, mum’s flower bed/rockery now looks great and promises to be maintenance-free. It was her birthday after all and sometimes the best presents are the ones that surprise. I was certainly surprised it looked so good. I am not gifted in the horticultural area.

It looks like it will be hot again tonight. The fan has been on 3 hours and will probably be on all night. Its funny, but it reminds me of those hot nights in Dover, when my Lower 6th study was the small cupboard to the right of the 3rd form dorm. Room for a bed and a desk and a chair and my good humour. Still it was home for a while.

On a final note, I had a nice Email from a guy called Eric Goddard in Australia today. It started with those always welcome words that compliment my website the memories it brings back. He was a Dukie of the 60s and has only been back during the 1986 summer holidays. I extended my usual invitation to a swift 10 or so at The Britannia Bar, but we will have to wait and see.

Ta Ta

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