Marty

Storm Dennis Today wasn't too bad. But it looks as though the worst of the wind might be tomorrow. And my county is one of the ones listed with an Orange Wind Warning... Could be worse. I've nothing planned that needs me to use my car, anyway.

It does seem to work the same as before. Apart from the fact you have to join the club before you can post anything to it.

It's already arrived. But this one seems tame compared to last weekend's.

A is as good as to a blind 🐎 (Sorry. )

Hey, Albert Took me a while to work out CoTT2 had become a club, rather than just a chat... Wondered why I couldn't reply at first to Clo's "Butcher" comment.... Then realised I had to join the club before I could reply.... I'm too old for all these changes (not!)

But what will this butcher do with your heart once he gets it? Sell it to one of his other customers?

And.... to quote our illustrious author: "Don't forget Vee."

You had Cookie wrapped round your shoulders?

Gives a whole new meaning to the idea of a Permanent (Micro?)Wave...

Shaving?

Some people consider dogs to be omnivores, not carnivores... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog#Diet Just saying...

You never specified that

Hi, Albert and Page Getting close to my bedtime...

Shark meat is reported to be tasty... (And you can even buy shark liver oil capsules on Amazon) Just saying....

Just as long as you didn't put one in the microwave to dry it after washing it, as at least one old lady is reported to have done... Urban legend..?

How do you know, Gary?

Just to let you all know that I survived Storm Ciara at the weekend, although apparently it caused seven deaths as it moved on across Europe. My only real problem was running into a flood on the road home from the 21st birthday celebration. By the time I saw the sign warning of the flood, I had already driven into it. I suspect the County Council had put the sign up on a dry part of the road, and the flood had deepened after it was erected. Deciding not to drive backwards back out of it, as I worried that the water might block the exhaust if I did, I drove very slowly, in first gear, the 200 yards or so to get through it. I passed two abandoned cars left in the flood on the other side of the road, and panicked twice when the lights dimmed and the engine stuttered, but fortunately the car kept going. A hairy few minutes; it was after dark and there was hardly any other traffic on the road. I thought I may have had to stay in the car until rescued if it had stalled... And now I see the UK Met Office have issued a warning for Storm Dennis, which is expected to bring more heavy rain and strong winds at the weekend. They do say that it shouldn't be as strong as Storm Ciara. Fingers crossed it isn't, but these storms do seem to be getting more frequent and much stronger in recent years...

Good luck, @Valkyrie! My procedure on Wednesday was done under local. I was told I could watch the monitors showing the process of the catheter as they threaded it up my arm towards my heart if I wished. I most certainly didn't wish!

I'm suspecting that there's still one important thread to be woven into this story's fabric... Possibly something involving a one-armed man (maybe even a villainous one-armed man...)

Hey, young Albert! And... Hi to everyone else, as well. All good here. Mad busy, but will try to pop in occasionally. (In other news, I was in for a cardiac angiogram today. The procedure was a bit uncomfortable, but the results were that there's absolutely nothing wrong with the blood supply to the muscles of my heart. )

Size queen...

Niki gives such good advice. Freddie, Jeff and Vee may be good friends, but I think Niki is really the most important person in Simon's life just at the moment. Maybe he should ask her to read his essay...

That means so much to me! I've learned to cope with the seasonal S.A.D. I think the fact that I know what causes it helps, if only because that means that I know it will pass. I also think that the occasional down times are important. They help make me appreciate the up times more fully.

Ditto to what @Parker Owens said. As for the next stanza: The cure is within reach But penance we must serve Until March heads to April And we round the final curve I usually find that by the second half of February the increased day length is sufficient to get me on to that final curve. Well done, Gary! You captured the mood excellently.

Slowly... But a local builder is supposed to be coming over tomorrow morning to give me some advice.