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Part 1 of a round-up:

• On Christmas Eve, met up with some old friends from school and church (David and Ric) for drinks. Caught up on the events of the last few years of their lives. Ric convinced us to go to church on Christmas Day at least for social reasons. I showed up at the end of the service and found quite a few people that I remembered, and that remembered me.
• Received the following presents: the Massive Attack DVD; various CDs; The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson; chocolates; socks labelled with Homer Simpson saying d'oh; money.
• Met various of my relatives for Christmas dinner and so on, for the first time in a year, including my cousin-once-removed, Zoe, who is nearly 3 and much more mobile and talkative than the last time, and my grandmother who sadly seems to be slipping back to Zoe's level in many ways. Had a good meal, though I missed the chance to eat chicken without guilt as I didn't know that it was free-range.
• Phoned other school-friends who hadn't responded to my earlier emails or voice-mails. Paul and Jamie were busy; Greg had got married and moved to his wife's native Florida, but I got a new phone number for him so was able to talk for a while. I might meet him and his wife when they come back here to deal with immigration paperwork.
• Headed north with mum to see my other aunt, uncle, and grandmother. Talked about the impending arrival of Nattie (I suppose it's the done thing these days, said my grandmother of our cohabitation), how to buy Skodas (aunt and uncle have a Favorit estate, mum may get a Fabia), and various other things. Mum brought a new nightie for her mum and cut it down to size. I took photos, which are currently being processed.
• Went home via an a.f.p meet at the Angel, Islington. Had a few drinks (mostly Coke though), talked to a few people, wore Ruthi's tiara briefly, then continued on my way. Train was slow, but I arrived home around 10 and found no burglary had taken place, which was good.

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From Florida With Love

[(Anonymous)]

Aha!! I see I have made it into the entries of my esteemed colleague, Mr Ben!!!

Thanks for the call, amigo... it was appreciated. Is Jamie and Paul Lord and Napleton? Haven't spoken to or seen Jamie since college, and I bumped into Paul once or twice, but probably about a coupla years ago... ;o) Feel free to give them my email addy if you (and they) would like...

Just managed to get hold of a computer, but it's two years old... I've added some RAM and it seems to function ok-ish... I've had to resort to using AOL to connect, as our cable modem hook-up isn't hooked up yet... possibly won't be until Feb. Poo. I keep getting kicked off... off well... *sigh*

Anyway, now that I'm sort of online, I can remain in a little more contact! And I can also do some much needed web-work!!

Anyway, that's all for now, my friend. Talk soon!

Greg

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