Er... Jenny, I don't think "I'm driving" will quite work as far as I'm concerned! ( Apart from driving folk up the wall, of course - I'm an expert there! ) As for alcohol - I've no objections there; I serve a LORD who turned water into wine - and it was top quality stuff, by all accounts! But my sight's bad enough when I'm sober; I never drink to excess, just in case my mobility lets me down. Anyway, one thing I've learned over the years is that you try to keep an empty bladder if you are visiting! That's why I try to make the caffeine addict my last call; next stop, home and relief - in more ways than one! -----Original Message----- From: Jenny Coupe - Email Address: jenny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent On: 28/09/2012 13:40 Sent To: guide.chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Email Address: guide.chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [guide.chat] hello Hi all I have had a very busy week so am just catching up. 159 emails take some catching up !!!! Carol, pleased you managed to get some shoes, just think kids shoes don't have VAT, one up to you. Phyllis congratulations on your first grandson, a source of expenditure for life . did the floods have anything to do with the name ? Jim, I have had to drink that thick black tea,Older Asian folk boiled tea with milk and sugar , slightly worse was "Camp"coffee made with hot milk. Best of all was a tumbler of very sweet sherry , I could usually get away from this saying I was driving.. Hope that doesn't sound ungrateful people were very kind. Hope all you northern people have escaped the floods. love Jenny C ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2441/5295 - Release Date: 09/27/12