Billy Bunter was clearly one of those right thinking, enterprising chaps who live life for the momant and to the fullest! a visionary from whom we could all learn much.

i bought a new computer to facilitate my internet needs. after checking out the ultra cheap Eeepcs i descovered that Acer had jumped on the tiny cheap pc bandwagon and made their own. to my untutored eye i seemed vastly superior so i got it. it cost me the princely sum of 20,000 yen. 100 pounds. as i purchased it from the same place that we had got the internet i got a wopping 30,000 yen off. (150 pounds) not too shabby. and it is a rather neat little beast. www.acer.com/aspireone/

im still shaking of a tenatious cough which is sticking around dispite me drinking buckets of a drink which claims, in bold english on the side, to have the power of twelve lemons!

After a love summer of near all sunshine ( though the locals have complained bitterly – not enough 40 days for them! ) and much pool usage (yesterday the pool was quite warm!), the weather changed dramatically for the weekend. Rain yesterday, and cloud today! Most distressing. You must be sending us some of your foul weather. we are going to narbonne plage today to find the sunshine again. I was hoping for at least another month of sunshine and pooling. Figs are coming thick and fast hear – pretty delicious, but there is a limit to how many figs one can consume in a day! Well, time to get Breakfast ready. Rio and Orlo are ‘jouer voiture’ together. I can see it now. In a few months I’ll be able to sit back and relax with the latest DF while they charge around together!!!

Indeed it has been fetid weather these last two days; near constant rain and strong winds. I have taken the opportunity to go for three hour walks on both days which have been more than acceptably enjoyable.
Tomorrow however, providing that it is dry, I shall be hanging myself up on the line.

As I recall, Billy Bunter anticipated his was going to be in the region of £5; so he spent more than half of that in advance, mostly on fizzy drinks and sticky buns; and he was therefore woefully out of pocket when his uncle’s letter finally arrived with a postal order for a mere £1, along with the admonition to ‘spend it wisely’!

You wouldn’t believe how much it’s been raining here. Thick cloud overhead, sodden underfoot. Joe and I are currently planting Kale in mud and covering it with shredded fleeces recovered from the ‘field’.

i haven’t read that in ages! really must update the epic tale at some point.

thats some sound advice Dod, i may look into it. Shane’s seems to be looking for people. on the other hand the Yen is a fickle creature and stockpiles of it might not be the best idea when the big earthquake hits! anyway im doing a bunch more lessons at gaba, so incomings will increase somewhat. a tad draining doing 7 or 8 in a row though.

How much is the catholic postal order for anyway?