Morning all
Thus far Ellen was a bit of a damp squib here
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Probably mostly down to the track, and direction of the winds, which meant we got maximum protection from our “shelter belt” and the landscape! Not really a damp squib for the 194,000 homes and businesses without power!
Hoping the worst of it missed y’all too …
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Aha! Note the wording 
Theaker was who you heard—but left shortly after recording the album. All the (mimed) promo appearances featured his replacement, a certain Mr C Palmer.
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That’s so sneaky, joe!
Soo xx
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And of course you can’t actually see under the cowl! The “proper” LH grip is a clue, though.
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Mebbe to you, matey 
Has your parcel arrived?
The compulsory trivia question:
What’s in there?
Soo xx
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We had a drama today
I was chatting by phone with my friend when her 6 year old announced that a strange man had called
When he was admonished for opening the door the wee cub got upset
So B rang off to give healing cuddles
At that moment a delivery courier rang our doorbell and proffered a big bag of parrot food
A different man to the usual drivers we get so he had needed directions
One small boy taught not to open the door to strangers a mystery solved and a parrot fed for 3 months
It just brought home the innocence of wee boys and the need to instill a sense of caution into them
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Oooh, I know, Miss, please, Miss, ask me, Miss…
Answer
Molecules from Kyoto
didn’t say it was a complete or useful answer, did I?
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BTW - the ‘yodelling bit’ was thanks to this lot: Focus - Hocus Pocus .
I may go back to bed.
Soo xx
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I really shouldn’t have read your answer, Gus
Soo xx
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Any small boy worth his salt would point out that one can’t tell whether or not it is a stranger without opening the door.
Instead of parrot chow, it could have been sacks of LEGO…
[Gusly grinnity]
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Gus
This small boy has all of his elder siblings Lego as well as his own to play with
Basically two whole rooms and half a garage full of the stuff
And he puts each kit back in the box with all its bits and pieces with it
Helicopters cranes bridges fairground rides the lot all put away after he has used all available lego to build edifices with
He even puts batteries on to recharge!
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Truly an infant paragon.
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Para’ not gon. Para’ just dived headfirst into sacks of para’ chow.
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No paragon - B is just determined that expensive kits either get sorted and put away or they vanish and are not found for weeks
I admire B’s methods with the brood
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We have stayed overnight in Hotels/Gasthauses in Guenzburg on the way back from Carinthia.
Bluddy Normous Legoland there
Carinthia. xx
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I cannot picture you in a Legoland dear chatelaine
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You could build some splendidly normous nats…
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Don’t worry, Twellsy, I wasn’t actually in there!
I think that the Nats would be very heavy, Dunnock
Carinthia.xx
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That’s a relief dear - the thought of you on a Legoland funfair style ride is harder to imagine than a sparrer in socks!
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