I'm not getting anything

[Mary Fisher]

[PoP]

1939. Quick mental calculation.......21 again :)

You leave your muscadet alone. He's done nothing to hurt you..... ;)

PoP

[Mary Fisher]

x 3 + 1

There's no way I'd go back to being 21. Mind you, I wouldn't mind being able to do time trials still.

No, that's the arthritis :-(

Mary

[Dave]

There must have been, my mother was born that way on, in the early years of the last centaury.It's as close as you can get to being a Yorkshire woman. ;-)

Dave

[Mary Fisher]

Mine was born around that time but in Harrogate. Not the place one usually associates with that sort of funny stuff ...

She's still alive but now lives at the other side of the hill. Now there's a funny thing!

Mary

[Terry]

Mary Fisher wrote: under that subject heading! But in my list of messages/posted subject headings it showed as "Not getting any"!

I must admit I did a bit of a double take. When I first read it! And I was surprised; Mary being very much a respectable lady.

But reminds me of a story about messages that were sent to and from the once very isolated 'outports' (equivalent I guess of the Australian 'outstations', of this Canadian province by means of a daily radio broadcast called "The Doyle Bulletin".

Typical messages were along the lines of; "Fity bags of salt on S.S. Kyle for (delivery to) you at Port Saunders next voyage. Contact ships agent for details". Or; "Beth left hospital expects return home Sunday by Hudson's motorboat. Please meet (her) at Rushoon." etc. etc.

Today we've got telephones the internet, mobile and satellite phones etc. etc. so the Doyle bulletin is long gone. It certainly served a useful purpose and also on occasion averted tragedies which were all too common in inshore fishing from remotely scattered communities.

One, often quoted, message, was read as follows; "To my husband. Not getting any. Better come home." It should have read; "To my husband. Not getting any better. Come home."

:-)

[Mary Fisher]

Who's been spreading such a vile calumny?

I shall go no further ...

Mary

[Mary Fisher]

I'm wondering if I'm getting it now.

Mary

[Colin Wilson]

Not at all - test failed :-}

[geoff]

In message , Mary Fisher writes

Can't hear any heavy breathing yet ...

[geoff]

In message , Mary Fisher writes

Well, if you don't know, you probably aren't