And an early start tomorrow to test the new Eurostar border. The customs house on the cover looks very like the douanes on the internal French border at the top of the Jura between France and the Zone Franche surrounding Geneva but politically in France. Dsmantled however since CH joined the SM.

I once went on a school trip to Speke Airport (as it was tyen) - I come from the Wirral

In Liverpool they used to say:;a man gets on a bus at the Pier Head and asks "Is this bus hoping to Speke?" "Dunno mate," comes the reply from the conductor. "It's not said a word yet."

Looks like Speke Airport

I justvfeel sorry for the snowperson's nose

Schade, nicht dabei sein zu können

I have known the name Ernest Marples from a very early age as he was MP for my home town of Wallasey

Even on my own desk I joke about the "civil service test" - I have five equally important and urgent tasks to deal with but the time and ficus to deal with only one, maybe at a stretch two. How do I decide what to focus on knowing the consequences for the others?

Keeping good company

When I was a student at Cambridge an Ametican at the gates of St John's asked me if there was a rest room somewhere. I had never come across this euphemism and had no idea what he was looking for. I gestured vaguely in the direction of the JCR and said, I'm sure you could sit down and rest there.

When I was a student at Cambridge an Ametican at the gates of St John's asked me if there was a rest room somewhere. I had never come across this euphemism and had no idea what he was looking for. I gestured vaguely in the direction of the JCR and said, I'm sure you could sit down and rest there.

Enjoy