Hi there Tractor Man -Oh yes, I miss the snow in same way I miss the £5000 a year I spent heating the house just up the road from your farm. The same way I miss being unable to drive the car because it's stuck in the snow and burst pipes and chimneys catching fire and the Conservative government and the EEC and wellies that, no matter how many pairs of sox you wear, freeze your feet off and rain dripping in every window and Watford Electronics and Archimedes World and traffic jams and the nice well-mannered British drivers and everyone called Kevin and Mr Bean ( which unfortunately is shown in Oz from time to time ) and Welsh Male Voice choirs and Brookside ( sorry Alice ) and M&S Quiche and a complete lack of fresh reasonably priced mangoes and asparagus ( recently 6 bunches for a pound ) and clouds and rain and more rain and more rain and Richard & Judy and overpriced lousy restaurants and fox-hunting and the hilarious class system with the even more hilarious royal family ( who if we are honest are only there because they had a bigger sword than their neighbours ) and chip butties and bagpipes ( of which Brendan Behan said - 'The only good thing about bagpipes is that they don't smell too') and reps and Andrew Lloyd Webber and . . . . .
Love to all
Colin Thompson - colinet@ozemail.com.au
PS - If I have failed to insult someone, please don't take it personally. I'm sure you'll be got round to eventually
