Re: Normal Service has been restored

On Thu, 04 Aug 2005 20:39:35 +0100, when I was considering the Great Exhibition
of 2051, I'm sure I was interrupted by Mike Ruddock saying ...
>
> This mornng we collected a folding camper to replace the one
>stolen about three weeks ago.

Hurray!

>Thanks to my daughter's skilful use of
>ebay we paid about half what we were prepared to pay.

Offsprung can be useful sometimes,

>It is a newer
>model than the one stolen and in far better condition. It is now
>shackled to a concrete post in the backyard of the house.

I suppose it may be excessive (and a bit risky) to pin a note to your gate
saying that those who had borrowed the earlier one need not return it.

> It will be named Bede (its predecessors having been Aidan and
>Cuthbert (2)).

A.. C... E...


--
Stephen Tilley, TBMG, EPIC, CNLTTA, SPL
"Quitters never win. Winners never quit.
But those who never win and never quit are idiots."
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