Hi everyone
Gelgit, will try and send the rain troll (this one is definitely not a fairy!!) your way .... we are getting a bit fed up with it here!
Teardrop - glad you are feeling a bit better in yourself. So great to have a 007-looking son!! I'm a big 007 fan - have all the books, most of the movies and an aspiration to own an Aston Martin!! Although I have to laugh - I currently own a Ford Ka (red!), which is a piece of junk, but Ford have paid some astronomical amount of money to have the Ka be the Bond car in the next movie! (which has got a green/sustainability theme apparently - the evil enemy tries to steal the worlds water!)
Ian Fleming must be rolling in his grave!!
Actually I'm into spy things generally, so Louise I'm jealous of you seeing Max Smart even if you had to change seats! Hasn't been released here yet - think it must be ext week though.
DG - forever grateful for this thread! Thanks!!
I was interested the other day - inspired by Hannah's story last week (or was it the week before?) about ringing up the restaurant and checking out whether they had AF wine, I rang up the place where I am hosting a small-ish (work-related) function next Thursday. It is 5-7pm and I had already ordered the nibbles, but I decided to ring them up and ask about drinks. They offered to send me the wine list, to which I replied that as it was a work-related meeting, that probably most people wouldn't be drinking (and of course they will be, but I figure that as its my function and I'm paying, I can throw my weight around at least a little!!), and what did they have to offer in the way of non-alcoholic drinks that weren't juice! She named a few options, which were fine, and I thanked her, but then mentioned one particular new brand (a NZ one) which is fizzy water with juice and
no added sugar 
. And she rang me back yesterday to say that they had decided to stock it, and it was partly because more people were asking for non-alcoholic drinks now. (I think this is a growing trend here - the number of people with drinking problems has grown so large that it has now been identified as a public health issue).
I'm feeling quite stroppy today (in a good way!!). Must be because of the "sleep through the night" sleep that I had last night. I cant remember when I last had one of those, and I just about wept when I woke up and realised that I had had 7 hours of straight sleep. It is a real sign to me that my body is starting to heal itself.
And a thought from my hypno for all you americans - celebrate the 4th of July as a day of independence from alcohol!!!
I'd better go and churn through some work!! Have great day all!!
mame