And here in Britannia, despite the ever-enshrouding-cloud, it's a kind of sweet Christmas, the terrestrial tv, as in particularly the BBC, is showing +double+ helpings of Wallace and Grommit, plus Dad's Army, plus Doctor Who, plus Stanley Baxter, there is an air of gentle humour about, against the lack of daylight, and the flu, which hath stricken many. I have an overload of pork pie with egg, cheese savouries, Stilton and port, antique brandy, mince pies and carol services, it's like being in parts of A Christmas Carol, although I don't do goose. Merry Christmas to all Dave -- David Bircumshaw Website and A Chide's Alphabet http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/ The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk