{"id":1013,"date":"2009-12-25T23:53:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-25T23:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=1013"},"modified":"2017-06-28T08:53:12","modified_gmt":"2017-06-28T08:53:12","slug":"and-a-merry-christmas-to-all-my-readers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=1013","title":{"rendered":"Friday 25th December 2009 &#8211; And a Merry Christmas to all my readers."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>That was what used to be written on the banner of the kids&#8217; comics such as the Beano and the Dandy back when I was a kid. But I remember it more being scrawled upon the wall of the public lavatories at Crewe Bus Station back in the 1960s. Yes, I have fond memories of the toilets at Crewe Bus Station &#8211; it&#8217;s where I learnt a good deal of anatomy simply by reading the notices and looking at the pictures drawn on the walls.<\/p>\n<p>There was a good deal of good poetry too &#8211; forget your Stephen Spenders and Louis MacNeices &#8211; what gem have they ever written that could possibly compare with the lyrical rhapsody of<\/p>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s no good standing on the seat<\/span><br \/><span>The crabs in here can jump six feet<\/span><br \/><span>And if you think that that is high<\/span><br \/><span>Go next door! The b@$t@rd$ fly!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It knocks Wordsworth&#8217;s flaming daffodils into a cocked hat, I can tell you.<\/p>\n<p>So much to my surprise I was up and about by 09:40 this morning. Even more surprising because I didn&#8217;t go to bed until gone 04:00. And today, I have dome exactly zilch. I&#8217;ve not even made lunch and dinner &#8211; just sitting here nibbling on bits and pieces.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lesguis.com\/images\/foto2009\/0912070.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lesguis.com\/images\/foto2009\/0912070.jpg\" alt=\"liz messenger vegan christmas cake sauret besserve puy de dome france\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\"\/><\/a>The most strenuous thing that I did was to wander over to Caliburn and rescue the cake that Liz made for me. And isn&#8217;t it magnificent? It&#8217;s almost too good to cut, isn&#8217;t it? Nevertheless, half of it is now in a Tesco storage container downstairs in the verandah and the other half is up here in a Tesco storage container.<\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s delicious too! It&#8217;s far too nice to eat. It was really thoughtful of Liz to make it for me.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve also unpacked the weather centre that I bought. That will have to wait for a few days to be installed as it&#8217;s quite an operation. It also requires, would you believe, 10xAA batteries to work it altogether. I need to go and have a hunt around to see what I have.<\/p>\n<p>And that was that! And I don&#8217;t care either.<\/p>\n<p>And once again, Season&#8217;s greetings to all of you. 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