Life is riddled with a procession of minor impediments

[Peter Wolf]

I have been trying to trace a house i lived in Haslemere in Surrey for a short period sometime in the early to mid 70s which i think was 6 months.I want to retrace my childhood and the house has always stuck in my mind as its some of my earliest memories one of which is seeing red squirrels in the trees at the end of the garden.No one else in my family can remember the address but i can still recall what the house looked like.

Red squirrels in Surrey? That reminds me of a friend who told me that she remembers red squirrels in Greenwich Park. I thought she must be mistaken as I didn't realise they were that far South so recently. What with Grey squirrels introduced in Victorian times, I mean. It's as if the reds died out all of a sudden.

That was 1975 at the latest when i saw them.

We had reds in alexendra park in Hastings when i was a nipper. Dont think there are any now, having been replaced by greys and a few blacks.

This early morning message brought to you by communist paranoia, abduction delusion and the BNP.

SBT

I never saw any red squirrels in St.Helens Woods that i lived next door to from about 1979 as it was grey squirrels but i did see the odd white squirrel which is a mutation.I think the black squirrels are the same rather than an official species.

Its joining the Common Market wot got rid of red squirrels ! 

The only location where they are now found is Brownsea Island.

[Dunk!]

Because I can get to London from my home town in an hour 45mins, yet Leeds, which seems to be about the same distance on the map, takes 3 hours to get to.

And that's with a hangover.

[Christov]

Dropping out of University with zero prospects and undeniably worthless A levels.

FML.


Buuuuuuut if anybody would like to hire me as a writer (comics, screenplays, the backs of condom wrappers), my schedule suddenly became a lot more open.

[Colin Zeal]

I also dropped out of Uni and have shite A Levels. That was nine years ago but I'm now doing a job that I like and which pays well. It's not the end of the world Cristov.

[mogzilla]

... i was going to take mini mog to preston to find a pressy for her mum's birthday but ...the english defense league are having a demonstration at the same time as the united against fascism lot on and i'm informed millwall are coming as well to play preston....

   i expect preston will be on the news at the weekend with all the aggro...


    so its either to chorley or wait til theyve rebuilt preston.

[COMMANDO FORCES]

Let's hope no students turn up as well, or there will be a bloodbath!

[Emperor]

Earlier I fell up the stairs and strained my perineum.

Seems to be no lasting damage, not something I'd like to explain to the doctor, I'm not sure I'd be too enthusiastic about going in the stirrups!!

[Peter Wolf]

Earlier I fell up the stairs and strained my perineum.

, I'm not sure I'd be too enthusiastic about going in the stirrups!!

I dont know how you do that as i tried it and i couldnt get further than 1 step upwards.

Also i would have a rest for a few days before going back on the horse again.

[Mardroid]

Red squirrels in Surrey? That reminds me of a friend who told me that she remembers red squirrels in Greenwich Park. I thought she must be mistaken as I didn't realise they were that far South so recently. What with Grey squirrels introduced in Victorian times, I mean. It's as if the reds died out all of a sudden.

That was 1975 at the latest when i saw them.

Year of my birth! My friend is a few years younger so maybe they died out much more recently than I thought.

[TordelBack]

Earlier I fell up the stairs and strained my perineum.

The wife (no stranger to the stressed perineum) suggests massaging it with pine-nut oil.  She wouldn't do that for me, mind.

[I, Cosh]

Its joining the Common Market wot got rid of red squirrels ! 

The only location where they are now found is Brownsea Island.

And all over Galloway and the Borders: http://www.red-squirrels.org.uk/see-red-squirrels.asp

[vzzbux]

My wife's costochondritis has now intensified, aggravated by a chest infection. The doctor prescribed her Diclofenic sodium on top of her Ranitidine and she reacted badly. Our coutis didn't help the matter and now she is on eighteen tablets a day for the next few months after a visit to A&E, and I don't think we will be having any rumpy pumpy for a while.




V

[staticgirl]

The poor woman! I hope she feels better much quicker than that!

[mogzilla]

woke with a bad back on tuesday which got progressivly worser as the day went on...deep heat hot baths and paramol and its easing on day two hoprefully be well to root for the decs in the attic.

[Dandontdare]

It's the office christmas party tonight and I'm working till 8. All my mates are already out having pre-do drinkies, while I'm sitting here in my best clobber clockwatching and manning a phone that hardly ever rings on a Friday evening.

I do look particularly fine tonight though.