A Sunny Day in London Town..

Hop-diggedy-dog... IT IS SUNNY! Yes, ole Man Sun has come to visit, Sun is pretty clever because he can and does shine his golden torch on several places at the same time, WE are here in Knightsbridge but he could be, and I hope he is, shining his light on Debi-in-Sheffield and on those norty Goaty Folk in north Kent.

And as it is a sunny day, I have a feeling that SHE is going to scamper off with ole Wicker Trolley, really those two are so bad, at the slightest sign of a 'good' day off they run ... either up or down our street and away they go.. and now ole Wicker doesn't squeak any longer I am unable to know which way they go.. off on a jaunt without ME. When SHE was working I always used to go with HER if SHE had car.. all over England WE used to go to see clients, restorers or suppliers, it was a jolly and very merry life.

Dearest Debi-in-Sheffield got up very early this morning and sent HER an interesting piece of information. SHE has sent it onto Lesley-in-NYC. Now there is a Gurl who goes down and underground a lot, SHE hasn't heard from Lesley for ages, but bless-her-heart for she wrote a very nice comment about MY Blog right at the beginning when I first started it last December but WE haven't heard a word from her since.

She writes the 'UNOFFICIAL GUIDE BOOK TO LONDON' which is a truly marvellous guide book and this is THE ONLY GUIDE BOOK TO LONDON YOU WILL EVER NEED... I wrote that in BIG letters so that YOU would all see it properly AND remember the title.

Our Gurl Nora, aka Lesley and Tom's (Lesley's husband) daughter is now living back in NYC, she was in Bali for a year, she works with silver and semi-precious stones and is selling her work. .. yes, apparently her work is being much admired.

WE LURVE to hear of people doing well and especially OUR friend's children.

But back to today, SHE spoke to The Wizard a couple of days ago, he has been so sick, poor Wizard. He has had blood tests and so the doctor knows there is nothing 'nasty' going on but he feels very 'crook', as they would say in Aussie language. SHE promised him that SHE would get him some stuff from the MARVELLOUS Herbalist in Streatham Hill. So that is where SHE will go with ole squeak-free Wicker.

Did I tell YOU about Gill-up-the-street, well, she is isn't up the street at the moment because last week she flew to Thailand to meet up with a couple of people and do business. She had only been there a couple of days when her bag was snatched off her shoulder, yes, Dear Reader, she was 'mugged' in Bankok in the business area.

The bag had her wallet with her credit and debit cards, her iPad and both of her Blackberries, she had two because one was her UK one and the other one had her sim card for the Far East, she does business in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Bankok.

Poor darling Gill, she emailed HER in panic and shock, the folk she is staying with in Bankok are being LESS than kind or supportive. The email gave HER all relevant details, SHE called Orange and spoke to their Customer Service and the man was extremely helpful and said "give me her email address as I need to verify this account with her but we will put a temporary stop on this phone immediately, when we have verified what YOU say to be true, we will MELT the Blackberry"...

HOOOORAY... did YOU know that if YOU have a mobile, which is classified as a Smartphone, that your service provider can do this? It doesn't even matter if the norty thieves change the sim card, if YOU tell your service provider as soon as the mobile / cellphone / portable (as the French call them) is lost or stolen, they can, by remote control render the phone to be just a piece of plastic and metal.. the magic piece of information that the companies need is the IMEI number, this is UNIQUE to every computer or telephone .. mobile, YOU know what I mean.. do YOU know the IMEI number of all of your electronic equipment? It is VITALLY important that YOU do, YOU may not take your computer out of the house but for safety sake, log all of the IMEI numbers of electrical gadgets somewhere safe.. and I don't mean on your Laptop...

And Barclays Bank were very quick to be helpful..

NOW.. I have let YOU into TWO very valuable pieces of TRUE information.. or rather, IF YOU have been reading MY Blog and concentrating, YOu will have absorbed TWO pieces of truth.. the first was that Peppers are PERENNIALS, the second was in this post about YOUR IMEI numbers..

DRUM ROLL please... the third is the origin of the name 'Chuck Wagon'... ok, which one of YOU knows the answer?

A 'REDY' will be awarded to the first person who posts the correct answer into MY Comments box. Now as this is an on-line Blog, the REDY, which is one of MY highly prized TAIL feathers, cannot be posted BUT .. whoever wins this quizz will be known as 'The Person Who Got One of MY RED FEATHERS'... so go one YOU lot, rattle those cells, give ole brain, a good shake and give ME the answer.... Remember MY motto, if YOU don't use it, YOU will lose it!

OMELETTE? WE are having EGGIES for break-the-fast. ZOOM ZOOM, stomach rubbing, wings a' flapping, this is mighty good news.. Wagons are a'rolling.. yes, it is off to el cantina for US..

Bye Bye, Dear Reader, WE hope that ole Man SOL is a'shining wherever YOU are.

GeeGee Parrot.
February 15th, 2012.