He’s convinced that these strange stories that Julius Caesar reported about the British people being cannibals, holding wives in common and other "odious practices"<\/em><\/strong> as he puts it were not actually the practices of the Celts who Caesar met but those of the people who were here and were displaced by the Celts when they arrived.<\/p>\n Furthermore he thinks that he can prove it too and I shall be interested to see how he manages to do it, bearing in mind that if there are no written records of the Celts there are likely to be even less for the people who were here before.<\/p>\n In here I carried on with the extraction of files until my cleaner arrived to fit my anaesthetic patches. She had only just finished too when the taxi arrived. 12:15, 15 minutes early. Not that i’m bothered though because the sooner we start the sooner we finish (in principle). <\/p>\n It was the young chatty driver who came for me today but he didn’t have much to say for himself which is a shame because the time passes more quickly when you are having an interesting discussion.<\/p>\n First in at the dialysis centre I was, and first to be coupled up. Julie the Cook had left a message for her colleagues and they applied the ice pack too before they plugged me in and although it did hurt, it didn’t hurt as much as it has done in the past.<\/p>\n There was football this afternoon, TNS v Hwlffordd. Hwlffordd are pushing Penybont for second place following Penybont’s dramatic collapse of form but TNS demolished them with some ease and the 5-1 scoreline was not flattering TNS at all.<\/p>\n Hwlffordd played some pretty football at times but it was all to no real purpose and they didn’t look threatening at all. For all the distance between Aberystwyth and Hwlffordd in the table and in the style of play, Aberystwyth’s showed much more dogged resistance last week that Hwlffordd did today.<\/p>\n Emilie the Cute Consultant was there today and she said “hello” to me, but that was about the extent of her interaction today. No-one else spoke to me until it was time to be unplugged.<\/p>\n The driver who brought me home was the young girl who brought me home several weeks ago. We were talking about food and I found, to my surprise and to hers too, that we are both vegan. She immediately asked if she could come round for a meal and who am I to refuse such a request?<\/p>\n Mind you, I’ll believe it when I actually see it.<\/p>\n My cleaner watched as I ascended the stairs and once I’d sat down and recovered my strength I had my disgusting protein drink.<\/p>\n Tea tonight was one of those weird chili burgers on a bap with salad and baked potato followed by date bread and soya dessert. It was the first time for a fortnight that I’ve actually felt like eating a proper meal.<\/p>\n So there’s some dictating to do and then I’m off to bed ready for tomorrow. I have a busy day of baking and there’s some fruit that needs transforming into juice and pur\u00e9e.<\/p>\n But while we’re on the subject of glass bottles … "well, one of us is" – ed<\/em> … I used to collect them if they were any good and reuse them for other things. One day I found a really nice one.
\nIt was rather dirty so I went to rub it clean and suddenly a genie appeared out of the neck.
\n"You have released me from the bottle and now I am yours to command"<\/em><\/strong> he said. "Give me 100 gold pieces and I will answer any two questions"<\/em><\/strong>
\n"Blimey!"<\/em><\/strong> I said. "That’s a lot of money for two questions, don’t you think?"<\/em><\/strong>
\n"Yes"<\/em><\/strong> replied the genie. "Now what’s your second question?"<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n
