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I didn't believe in global warming until I noticed something strange was happening to Marmite. Years ago it was really sticky and you could always find just one more scraping somewhere in the jar, time and time again. Now, and this must be down to warmer weather, the sides of the jar are clean when you run out as it seems to have a softer consistency. I've yet to see a more important or convincing change due to global warming than that.

Our cat Tiddles has received a Christmas card from Mother-in-laws cat Mr Pickles. I think I've married into a family of lunatics.. :)

I went to the City Hospital today to see my daughter who has given birth to her first child. It was a girl and she named it Phoebe, which was my Mums name. It weighed 6lb 6oz and was born at six minutes past ten. Mmm, three sixes doesn't look good, does it...lol. They are both fine and my grandaughter is a little beauty.

It warmed up more centuries ago and then cooled down again and in actual fact is cooler again now than it was a few years ago. It goes in cycles...and for anyone who is worried the hole in the ozone layer has reduced quite a bit too.

So he is a ghost chaser of sorts the car he hit was a KA ka 1. (in ancient Egypt) the supposed spiritual part of an individual human being or god, which survived (with the soul) after death and could reside in a statue of the person.

I've still got the wife that I married in 1965.It will be our 49th anniversary in January and she's still going strong..........Well,sometimes. :-) Baz

And you will have to stop calling it IT .

My wife's mate used to work at bell Fruit and did a few stints sorting the machines at Sun Valley. that's where she met her husband who worked there. It's also where she lost him to the young girls who worked there.

Father Christmas was not in a very good frame of mind - in fact he was very depressed. That morning after breakfast, Mrs Santa had told him that her Mother wasoming over to stay 'for a few days' and he knew that would be for several weeks, and as Christmas was approaching her visit was the last thing that he wanted. The Elves had neen playing up and had gone on strike for more pay. The replacement elves Santa had put in were much slower and the number of toys that had been made was way down. Father Christmas went to visit his Reindeers and found that two of them were pregnant an

'The ka of Gifford Hillary' by Dennis Wheatley wus a good read.

I said I'd never have a cat: Back in 2006, where we kept the bin used to flood when it rained hard & we put the bin on 4 bricks to raise it up a bit. One night I went to put some rubbish in the bin I heard a noise from underneath, when I shone a torch two yellow eyes were looking back at me. That's how we got Tiddles & I changed my mind about having a cat, mind you she tries to eat us out of house & home.. :)

Can your cats unwrap them too? And do they say not handkerchiefs again?

Many congratulations Michael ! But please refer to your new Grandaughter as "she" NOT "It" !

My missus wraps pressies up for our cats ! I'm not the only one who's mad then !

My wife's saying to Tiddles "look what Mr Pickles has sent you" I'm thinking "beam me up Scotty." Tiddles of course couldn't care less, cats have got more sense..

And at 2.15pm it will be 11.12.13.14-15

After eating a whale, an eskimo weighs about 5000 lbs.

Congratulations Michael. It is always wonderful to welcome a new life into your family. Welcome Phoebe,such a lovely name.

Congrats Micheal those little gems are what makes life sweet

Sorry to report that I have been getting continuous 500 error messages this morning when i click on topics and then i am lucky to get back on site. Not sure if i will be able to sign out. Very sorry you are having to deal with these problems, I am sure we would all help if we could. We do appreciate all you are doing.

I think this may help her. How to Do Zen Meditation

Great news, Loads of love and fun coming your way. Best wishes to you all.

Congratulations from me too ...

Congratulations Michael, it's a wonderful feeling that we experienced just 7 months ago.

Rob.L #6 Still got the cobbler's last which was found in the father in law's shed after his passing. The wife can remember her father actually repairing shoes for the family using the last. Had the last bronzed and it is now a door stop at the front door.

Wow, Carni. Didn't know you can get 'lectric ones. This one goes back to the middle of the last century. Handle's been stuck up with superglue a few times.

Nothing electrical but loads of me dads old tools from the fifties - Cramps, planes etc. All with names like Stanley and Bridges (separately).

You reminded me we used to have Barley Sugar twists as well, I remember having contests to see who could suck them in to the sharpest point. Oh Happy Days

Final picture. I took this after driving toward Cooke City which is the north east entrance into Yellowstone park. I was about twenty mile from Cooke City when the coyote ran across the road and vanished into the long grass at the side. Moments later it emerged with this in its mouth. The "IT" was in fact a baby Badger. After the coyote trotted away the mother came out and gave chase. I managed to get snaps of the chase as it zig-zagged up the side of a mountain and over the top by which time the baby was dead