Re: What are the odds, Ken?

On 24/9/07 16:01, "Alan Brand" wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:32:47 GMT, Sazz <sarah_n@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
>> Alan Brand wrote:
>>> On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 04:04:50 -0400, kd***ton@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> 
>>>> KS , forget trips;  would like to go into exile girl
>>> 
>> Which gives me the perfect entry to slide in a personal update. I'm
>> exiling myself for the next 6 months: I'm going to India! I have
>> ... a major logistical challenge which is constrained by 2
>> climates (Himalayan winter, subtropical summer),

IKWYM. Arriving in Niger dressed for a Parisian winter is a bit of
a shock, but not as much as arriving in a Parisian winter dressed
for a Nigerien dry season.

>> 6 months, and a 20kg hold luggage limit.
> 
> I'm jealous (especially of the ex ... btw, do you want him sorted when
> I'm better?) Pity about the 20kg limit - you'd barely get Stort in
> that, certainly not me.

Oi!  I'll have you know that my Keep Fat programme is going well.

>> But hey, it'll be an adventure.
> 
> Almost as much of an adventure as me taking Jan for an Indian lunch to
> celebrate our anniversary last week ... since our local curry shop
> closed we have to make a 108.6km round trip. But who's counting?

So, paranoia, anxiety, and panic can be beaten off by a damned good
curry, eh?

>> You'll find 
>> me (and probably the odd trip re****t) on facebook, or I've got a new
>> yahoo address which people who know me can probably work out - both
>> names plus a "dot", uk variant, and I'll share it with a couple of
>> people to make sure they have it.
> 
> Oh B*gger - does that mean I'll have to bite the bullet and join
> Facebook? The email addy instructions were much too complicated for me
> at the moment.

I'm not and won't be on Facebook.  There's something about these
social networking sites that I just don't get.  And the paranoic in
me wonders what Facebook are (or are potentially) getting out of it.

>> -Sazz, off, off and away girl
> 
> Bon voyage ... I'll think of you doing a Gracie Fields impersonation:

Ditto, except for the Gracie Fields bit.

Stuart