14th April. Things Go Bad.

" HONESTLY all that GOOD food WASTED!!!!"... I can hear Mother now. The plug had come out of the freezer under the stairs... prob quite a while ago by the look of things, or rather the smell. The resulting putrifaction mixed well with Tiddles new trick of using the area immediately behind the freezer as a sort of litter tray without the benefit of the absorbency of the litter. Bleach seemed to answer well to the task. That cat is going senile now and if I was willing to stand the ensuing hiatus with IB would dispatch it myself. Although to be fair to Tiddles she's been very cheap to run. It's just like people, the pre war generation, formative years on what was largely organic then rationing till 1956 no burden at all on the state until the last lap. Sooner or later Elected Dispatching is going to have to be brought in and why not rationing? This obesity epidemic should be tackled head on 2 ounces of butter a week, four ounces of meat and no sugar.

5th April "The World's Toughest Ironman"

I must say it recently came as a bit of a surprise if not to say shock to find that IM Lanzarote is dubbed the world's toughest bla bla bla... I mean my hand had been forced by Fat Boy, there's no way I could have him trumpeting about doing it. So in a continued spirit of bitter rivalry I find my self with only about 6 weeks to go before the dreaded heat, hills and headwinds. Course FB has had a lot on what with newfound domestic bliss, romantic trips to New York, The Wedding and financial stuff, which may have left him less prepared than he'd want and naturally heavier. Nothing like the bad old days you understand but... Even so largeness has its own peculiar advantage. It's one thing cycling uphill but coming down - you wanna see him go! YEEEE - HAAAAH!!!!