Dearest Sir Goose, did I actually say that? Or merely which I prefer, I'm now worried about what other details I may have revealed to the world.

I, too, am looking forward to some lively (and wildly bizarre) exchanges on here over the winter.
Got another 5/6 weeks before I have to seriously start dealing with those Office Christmas parties. I recently catered a Goth/Vampire themed wedding, all very normal apart from a request for 'loads of cheesy footballs, until I saw the wedding cake (I don't do cakes) it was covered in black icing and decorated with little bats and spiders webs. When the couple cut into the middle of it it gushed blood all over, it had been filled with a red berry coulis

2. Never drink in a pub with a flat roof. (shamelessly stolen from Mr Field of the Leeds board)

Sandra., do you mean 'souped' up cars lol!

Had a mini cooper (I called it Bess) years ago that had all sorts of lights flashing which I ignored, a dodgy petrol guage (caught me out a few times), a smudged fingerprint on the left headlamp (it was a barstool to fit), but it had a top speed of 90mph and she earned me loadz of money re mileage allowance (in my auditing days). Then one day, on my way to Portsmouth she blew up (literally), should have heeded those warning lights but I got 95,000 miles out of her. Best car I have ever had. Tried out the new mini but it was too 'clinical' for my liking.

David Weir is an animal.

Speaking of the paralympics I'm so glad that channel 4 have taken it seriously and have actually done a bang-up job over it as I did fear the worst when I saw they were showing it.

The Sports Personality of the Year Award(s) will be interesting this year, it'll need more than the usual hour or so!

There'll be 3 or 4 who'll miss out, who would have strolled it in any other year.

Rory McIlroy?

Indeed.
Also the team award will probably be between team GB and ParalympicsGB and I wouldn't like to make that decision.

TBH if any more than 1/2 are from anything other than TeamGB/ParalympicGB I'll be suprised

Channel4 have pumped a lot of money into the coverage and marketing of the Paralympics to their credit. Although they've exceeded my expectations too.

The only downside is seeing my drinking friend and fellow polar bear on TV every night, getting paid to wisecrack and basically wander round the Olympic Park doing what he wants. Very jealous.

I'm pretty sure you alluded to that, otherwise I wouldn't have remembered, I recall thinking at the time that you must have some sort of magic fanny.

How's the bike going Sandra