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Happy Birthday Dave, have a great one.

Connectrix ? Connetix ? Vaguely familiar, but I'm talking 60's I think.

Oh no I haven't !

No one really knows. Rumour has it that it had both its legs shot off and it had to work its passage all the way back to Bolton.

Nah, as in Peter Green. Once brilliant musician, until he shot an albatross whilst on tour in Manalishi. He was trying to shoot a walrus for its tusk but a penguin nudged his elbow as he pulled the trigger. His career went downhill and he ended up opening a furniture store.

I've no idea, but the writer was Green.

Well in that case, go if you can...a magical place. £10 to get in the grounds. Hundreds of acres of woodland walks surrounding the main gardens, which in turn circle a man made (dam) lake. Various large follies are dotted about, as are hundreds of rare plants and spectacular trees. Further out from the main garden but walkable (or short trip by car) is King Alfreds Tower...250 steps up and you have a view of all that the Hoare family owned. Really is worth the trip.

You dont mean Stourhead do you Chris ?

The farm shop sells some rather evil cider BTW...you can have 'smooth' or 'rough'. Bonkers stuff.

http://www.thenewforest.co.uk/wheretostay.html Burleys nice...several places to stay there, this is our favorite http://www.theburleymanorhotel.co.uk/ Lots of little shops, nice pub, farm shop etc. Brockenhurst lovely too. As is.... Lyndhurst (this place is nearby, Ive heard its nice... http://www.woodlands-lodge.co.uk/?ppc=1&gclid=CJqYzJaXhp4CFWlr4wodnUANqQ ) Lymington (coastal) Beaulieu (on a river) Fordingbridge Its a massive area, lots to see, if you manage to get out of the bedroom.

Transporting cat ? Cat transport ? Cat+Car ? Confused ?

Oncorhynchus

Nur Specs are quite loud even with the baffle fitted.

Are you a left handed proctologist by any chance ?

***HAA I think....overtook me as if I was doing 30, which of course I was.

Very nice.

Bollocks I've pressed the wrong option by mistake. Still, no point in dwelling on it. Onwards and upwards etc.

This is getting me all excited too, and I'm not even buying it.

Hmmm...come to think of it, I don't think I've ever been annoyed by an American.

I've thought about it, but don't really feel the need. The possible problems aren't worth the risk to me.

Oh well, Dads cant be perfect all the time.

I summarised the circumstances to fit the frame....I first met her when I went to see a film at the ABC cinema in Southampton. I was with the son of the Irish landlady I had at the time (1979). In those days the ABC had a bar downstairs, and Jane was one of the barmaids. I chatted her up a bit and, asked her out, she said no. I wrote my address down on a napkin, told her to come see me if she changed her mind. That was the end of that so I thought. Couple of weeks later, I was at my digs and the landlady came up and said there was a girl at the door for me. It was Jane...shed lost the napkin but remembered most of the address...I stayed at number 336, and shed tried 366 and 363 before finding the right one. I was rather pleasantly surprised, and we went out a couple of times, with her group of friends. Id made it known early on that I hated my digs (the Irish landlady was knocking off her brother in law and the fights and arguments were not a lot of fun), and Jane suggested I could stay at her place, as a lodger. Money for her, somewhere quieter for me. 30 years ago now, crumbs almighty.

Along the same lines as Jake... http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1163322.htm Fiat 124 Spider. Dad had one briefly, and I loved it to bits. I could live with this very nicely indeed. I'd try to find one in similar condition that hadn't been americanised though.

She was my landlady. It rained a lot and was a wee bit nippy so we stayed in most of the time. I think we just infected each other TBH.

I wonder if they knew up front.