TsuiDF wrote: On Nov 1, 7:03 pm, LFS <la...@DRAGONspira.fsbusiness.co.uk> wrote: The Halloween decortaions were gross, though. Having toured my brother and sister-in-law's neighbourhood on Halloween whilst escorting nephew and niece on their cheerful mission of confectionery extortion, I wasn't sure whether they were gross (my first impression) or bizarrely fascinating

tony cooper wrote: On Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:03:51 +0000, LFS <laura@DRAGONspira.fsbusiness.co.uk> wrote: You need Gladys, the amazing GPS device (a Garmin iQue) that saved us in the wilds of Indiana This Hoosier broke out in a loud guffaw reading this. Back country roads in the dark are scary places to drive when you encounter the sinister clip-clop of an unlit

LFS filted: I do like visiting the US. The natives are friendly (of course, it helps that I can speak AmE so fluently after years of reading aue), it's so easy to park, the plumbing works and everything seems such good value. I even found myself checking the property ads - we could afford a mansion. I spent a whole day at the Art Institute in Chicago and saw Anish Kapoor's "bean"