>
> I've been very busy for the last 11 months, working and getting my
> finances in order and then (since October) finding and getting settled
> into my new -and hopefully only temporary because it's not very good -
> place.
> ADSL broadband access here is likely to be slow so I've switched to Virgin
> cable (which seems to be very temperamental - ho hum ...). Had lots of
> email losses due to Demon seemingly cancelling my account right from the
> moment I told 'em I was moving. Bastards! At least they stopped taking my
> money straight away, which is more than my ex-landlord did. I discovered
> she'd taken two more months rent out after I moved. Still haven't had my
> deposit back either!
>
>
> Just back from a trip to Taunton in Devon for my Nephew Chris's wedding.
> He's in the Royal Marines, currently in Afghanistan getting shot at by the
> Taleban in Helmand, and happily firing mortars back at them.
> He and his wife Becky, who he's been with for 4 years now, were planning
> to get hitched in May when his tour ends, but they decided to bring it
> forward to when he got a weeks home leave in order to take advantage of
> some vacant married quarters places that had come up.
> The wedding was really good. Quite a few there despite the short (a few
> weeks) notice. It was a church do with the reception at Somerset County
> Cricket clubhouse which is just by the church. Weather was cold and
> squally so the bulk of the official photos were taken inside the church
> after the ceremony. The photographer was a snidey git I thought. Always
> making slightly nasty "humorous" remarks as he posed his subjects and (I
> found out later) very lucky not to get thumped by one of the ushers,
> Amir -an old school friend of Chris's who is of Asian descent - when
> snapper remarked "Blimey, did you bring one back with you?".
> Loads of good unofficial photos were taken too - hopefully they'll get
> shared around and if anyone is interested I'll post links.
> One of Becky's workmates had the most incredible laugh - It sounded like a
> mule having a fit! Whenever she got started, nobody could help joining in
> ... It was incredible.
> Grub at the reception was good. Drink was plentiful and free at the bar
> for most of the evening (and afterwards still relatively cheap). Speeches
> were short and pithy and everyone was friendly. Chris's brother Russell
> was best man, carried out his duties flawlessly and remained unusually
> (for him) well-behaved. I was even persuaded to dance a couple of times.
> Relatively hangover-free in the morning, I felt obliged to try the FEB at
> the hotel. It was merely OK. Tasty enough but insubstantial. Plenty of
> china visible and the sausage (just the one!) was tiny. At 7 pounds 50 a
> pop it should have been a more generous plateful, I thought. Still, my
> brother was paying for it.
>
> --
> Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are
> putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.
>
> Mike Harrison(toomanyoogles)babbleomaticatgoogleoogleoogleooglemaildotcom