Ayn P via Tom Lehman
Mr. Morgan, an Emmy winner on TV, also appeared in more than 100 movies.
Can't make it today gents, thanks.
Al, two words for you: Intellectual Property.
I trust you had your patent application underway before releasing your design ideas to the world via the photo. I've already seen it posted on Youtube, Facebook and VidTweeter...8^) cheers, Mark
Perhaps Wednesday?
This is the only pic I got on Friday: 8^) cheers, Mark
This is the only pic I got on Friday: 8^) cheers, Mark
P,
Lest I forget to tell you, the gals will join you on the 11th. What time would that be from…? G
hi there bill, don't die of shock but its really from bev &kev. i guess the reason for not writing to anyone
is kids, they have grown up & gone. bev is the main letter writer here, i guess i am just a bit slack.
actually your name comes up here now and then we say i wonder what happened to bill.
we hear from fred ensom and he lets us know whats happening. well first of all we are glad you
have your health back again without it lifes the pits. well bev and myself have lived here in perth now for
29 years, its good to us. we adopted 2kids from korea they turned out good. i retired 6 months back
and bev finishes on dec 22. our health is still good but every now and then something happens.
anyhow bill i will leave it at this and will get bev to write next she is better at it.
enjoy thailand and keep in touch best wishes from bev &kev ( merry xmas & a happy new year)
is kids, they have grown up & gone. bev is the main letter writer here, i guess i am just a bit slack.
actually your name comes up here now and then we say i wonder what happened to bill.
we hear from fred ensom and he lets us know whats happening. well first of all we are glad you
have your health back again without it lifes the pits. well bev and myself have lived here in perth now for
29 years, its good to us. we adopted 2kids from korea they turned out good. i retired 6 months back
and bev finishes on dec 22. our health is still good but every now and then something happens.
anyhow bill i will leave it at this and will get bev to write next she is better at it.
enjoy thailand and keep in touch best wishes from bev &kev ( merry xmas & a happy new year)
Hi Bev and Kev!
Trust you are both well. Had a birthday message from Bill Dempster and he included note you sent along to him. Tina and Trevor will be here in Jan/Feb for skiing and the Pethers, from Bunbury, as well, so we hope to have a re-union! Although we'll be in Australia for almost six weeks, unfortunately we probably won't be able to manage Perth and environs! Any chance you will be in Adelaide/Melbourne or Sydney when we are around? I can send along our itinerary, if so.
Trust you are both well. Had a birthday message from Bill Dempster and he included note you sent along to him. Tina and Trevor will be here in Jan/Feb for skiing and the Pethers, from Bunbury, as well, so we hope to have a re-union! Although we'll be in Australia for almost six weeks, unfortunately we probably won't be able to manage Perth and environs! Any chance you will be in Adelaide/Melbourne or Sydney when we are around? I can send along our itinerary, if so.
Look forward to seeing you both whenever you decide to visit Vancouver! Until then, Happy Christmas and a Healthy New Year to you both and Lisa and David, from Cora Lee, Chloë, Clara, Dusty and Maggie, The Devil Cat! Fondestos and Cheers, Patrizzio!
Hi Peggster and Mr Fixit!
Trust you are both well. Thanks for birthday and Christmas wishes. Much appreciated. Look forward to seeing you both whenever you decide to visit Vancouver! Until then, Happy Christmas and a Healthy New Year to you both and rest of family and friends from Cora Lee, Chloë, Clara, Dusty and Maggie, The Devil Cat! Fondestos and Cheers, Patrizzio!
Trust you are both well. Thanks for birthday and Christmas wishes. Much appreciated. Look forward to seeing you both whenever you decide to visit Vancouver! Until then, Happy Christmas and a Healthy New Year to you both and rest of family and friends from Cora Lee, Chloë, Clara, Dusty and Maggie, The Devil Cat! Fondestos and Cheers, Patrizzio!
Hi Patrice,
Glad to hear you had such a wonderful birthday, indeed as you said a what a
whirlwind of activity!. I'm glad you approve of the bicycle enhancement
package and will mull over the additions while I sip my next latte.
You did tell us about your gathering and I had it marked down, however I
still don't know what time it is or what we should bring. Please let us know
and we'll be there with bells on!. Take care, Al
Hi Patricio,
Trust you are well. Lovely stained glass picture with your Christmas message. Done by Matthew? Had a lovely chat with Lynne about a week ago now. He mentioned you have a goodly number of people attending yoga. Cheers, Patrizzio!
Hi Xavierino!
Trust you are well and that exams/assignments are finally over! Guess you will be heading back to the "818" hood shortly! Better hurry home before Alejandro consumes all of the Christmas shortbread!!!
Onward! Fight!! Love and Cheers, Poppa "We Don't Need Mo Stinkin' Sistas Tellin' Us What To Do And How To Do It" San!!!
Dear Patrick
December 5th is very special day in the world...
It's your birthday!!
Happy Birthday to you (^o^)/
Cheers!! from Japan.
Glad to hear you had such a wonderful birthday, indeed as you said a what a
whirlwind of activity!. I'm glad you approve of the bicycle enhancement
package and will mull over the additions while I sip my next latte.
You did tell us about your gathering and I had it marked down, however I
still don't know what time it is or what we should bring. Please let us know
and we'll be there with bells on!. Take care, Al
Pat, I must confess that Nancy and I thought we'd better get ourselves in the RIGHT MOOD to sing happy brithday to you on the phone yesterday, and what better way to start than to crack into a bottle of the copious stocks of David Caffaro reds downstairs. Well, it turned out it was hard to resist a second, indeed, a third bottle, there were so many different varietals to try and they all tasted so darn good. Finally, when we looked up, neither of us could remember WHY we were drinking the wine other than it made a lot of sense.
I was a TAD groggy this morning, but as I was putting together sandwiches and taking care of the cat (different operations, I should make clear) I FINALLY remembered that we had planned to wish you a happy birthday...I know it's awfully lame to just say "Happy Birthday" via Gmail a day late and you didn't even get any of your own wine (true, there are a few bottles left...so far) but well, you know, we Americans, living in this soft climate, we start getting pretty low standards, eh? So anyway it looks like the best we can do is to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to a VERY VERY JOLLY GOOD FELLOW!!!!
your formerly favorite Berkloids
Cactus and Donna Florida....
Bitter dregs, but nevertheless fond saluatations and Crocodile Tears, I suppose!
Hi Donna Florida and Cactus, former friends and certainly Uppity, Presumptuous Berkloids!
Bitter dregs indeed! It's quite obvious that I'm going to have to find another bonded warehouse in the new year! I can hardly wait to be at Villa Vicente when Vincenzo is pulling an early shift at the bakery and Donna Florida is planting indigenous species, somewhere in the Berkeley Hills, giving me the opportunity to despoil your wine cellar!!! Thanks anyway for the insulting rendition of For He's A Jolly Good Sucker...I can only hope you overhangs were 10+ on the Richter Scale!
Must really apologize for having taken so long to reply but life has been a veritable whirlwind of social activity over last week and more. As you know and I now know, from "bitter" experience, I celebrated my 64th birthday just a week or so ago, last Tuesday, December 6th, and Cora Lee underwent corrective foot surgery, week ago this past Friday. Those two events alone have kept us hopping, (literally, in Corinne's case), so to speak!
I received some wonderful presents for my 64th. I started it off by going on a glorious ride around Stanley Park with Whirlygig. It was reasonably foggy/misty, but not particularly cold, and city looked absolutely wonderful, shrouded as it was, sounds seemingly muffled. Giorgio left me at Macdonald and Point Grey as he had errands to run to get ready for his coming ski trip to Rossland. I continued on out to UBC and along Marine Drive to 41st, making my way towards Arbutus and Dino, my barber, owner of Economy Barbershop on corner of 41st and West Boulevard. Had to do a bit of dipsy-doodling around some of the Kerrsidale streets beforehand as I had decided I'd ride 64K to celebrate my birthday. Stopped with 64.64K on the odometer so that was my first birthday present to myself!
After being shorn by Dino, wished him a Happy Christmas and made my way back towards home, down Macdonald and then east on 2nd, stopping at 2nd and Burrard, at Modern Nails, for a pedicure! Enjoyed a delicious back/shoulder/neck pummeling in the massage chair while I was having my feet pampered. My second birthday present to myself! By the time pedicure was finished it was just after 5:00pm so I raced home to have a quick shower as I needed to be ready to curl with Flamin' and Sarge at 6:15pm. They collected me and we made our way to VCC, now in the facility built for the Olympic/Para-Olympic events.
We had a great game, managing to steal one point every end, often just a squeaker, for the first five ends. On the sixth, the opposition scored their first point but clock had run out so we shook hands and repaired to the bar. It was our mini-Christmas Party with pizza and beer. League fees cover costs for such food and one pitcher of draft per team. Pizza came from Camy's Pizza and they were divine, particularly the Butter Chicken! I had ordered a large cake from Costco and after everyone had feasted on the delicious pizza I gave a couple of "Attenzziones" and then thanked Team Johnson for allowing us to win on my birthday. Then I proceeded to lead the gang in a boisterous round of For He's A Jolly Good Fellow! My third birthday present to myself! Everyone enjoyed the short sing along and the cake and so it was loads of fun, celebrating my 64th with 64, (16 teams in our Granville Island League), curling friends.
Back home, Flamin' and Sarge came up to have a birthday drink and I opened a number of presents. Everyone was most impressed with the magnificent, enormous Christmas cake Robo Ray had left for me day before my birthday, and I mentioned that he'd been keeping us abreast of recipe and shopping for ingredients over rides during November. Whirlygig had left two very nice bottles of wine and a book on our patio, just before our ride that morning. Flamin' and Sarge gave me a super malt, Arran, The Amarone Cask Finish, 50%, spice and warmth in the mouth, extremely well balanced with a most satisfying Amarone finish, so we needed a couple of snorts to make sure it was as good as we thought it was! Cora Lee presented me with a Sirius Satellite Radio so that I can listen to commercial-free music, talk and comedy on our road travels. Basically it's really a present for her so that she can read without having me interrupt her, continually asking her to look for a static-free station of play a certain selection on the iPod!
For her part, Chloë claimed she wanted to to prolong the gift giving so she was planning to give me my present from her on the weekend, while Maggie promised not to wake us up before 8:00am for a month! This, plus all the wonderful wishes, cards and email, from friends near and far, and I certainly counted myself a very fortunate Birthday Senior, (if not Boy), indeed!
We held a mini-Christmas Open House/Welcome to Vancouver/Birthday Party this past Sunday. Close friends, Kathleen and Steve, from Melbourne, are here for a month, visiting friends and family. They have been staying with us since they arrived on Wednesday, Decemebr 7th and de-camped to her Mother's in Burnaby, a week later. We will be staying with them, mid-March, shortly after Flamin' and Sarge arrive in Melbourne. They live about 30 minutes south of Bendigo, in a tiny hamlet, North Harcourt, about 20 minutes north of Castlemaine, only about 90 minutes north of Melbourne itself, with new highway, completed since we were last there in 2006.
Flamin' and Sarge were planning to attend celebrations once they returned from Whistler. Flamin' had arranged to take ski lessons and on Saturday morning, shortly after session began, she hit a patch of ice and fell, not really doing any damage. However, a few moments later, another student in class came flying over same small rise, lost her balance and went flying, making a landing, with her ski boots right into Michele's back! The impact knocked Flamin' further down the slope and then the "slammer" drove into her, yet again, helplessly carried along by momentum on the icy slope, following after the "slammee", her newfound punching bag/brake! Long and the short of it is that Flamin' sustained two cracked/broken ribs, #9 and #11, as well as some considerable soft tissue trauma. Not sure of the all the details but she will be allowed to go back to work on Monday. She was in terrible pain, barely able to move on Sunday and was popping Chloë's Tylenol 3's, overlefts from her tonsillectomy, about two months ago now! She did make a brief appearance that evening but only stayed long enough to knock back a stiff rum 'n coke poured by ex-Navy, No Good, (NG, Norman Glen), Dusty Durston!
In addition to the gifts I'd received earlier in week, cycling friend, Big Molly, gave me a hilarious framed "photo-shopped" cover of Cycling World and a glorious green lycra cycling shirt that is really too, too good to wear, at least for riding! Chloë gave me some snazzy cycling shorts, (more zippers than a Hell's Angels' leather jacket), once again, so stylish I can only wear them to Church on Christmas Eve! (This "pretend" refusal to wear stylish garments drives The Sisterhood nuts!")
The Island Inn was also the fortunate recipient, from Famiglia Banks, of a huge container of leek soup, (last of the leeks from the garden, I gather), and a quarter round, or so, of one of the giant red cabbages we've enjoyed, from their garden, over the Fall. Clarisse had baked two Angel Food cakes for my birthday, slathered in chocolate pudding icing. Discovered I was nine years younger when I blew out the candles as The Sisterhood could only find two "Fives" in drawer when it came time to decorate cakes! Also noticed that Robo Ray had more than one piece of cake but refrained from making an issue of it as Sylvia mentioned he is rather testy these days, the cold temperatures getting to him! As well, he is fretting over the expense of having had his two bikes over-hauled and to recoup the outrageous expenditure is now working on a web-site to make PsCyco-Socks, (He wears large socks over his cycling shoes!), available on-line! Perfect stocking stuffers or indeed, perfect stockings, particularly the XXL, to hang on the mantlepiece! Nevertheless, a grand time and loads of fun visiting and celebrating with wonderful friends and family!
For her part, Cora Lee has done very well since having surgery on her right foot at Mount St Joseph's. Pleased to report that operation went extremely well, (slightly more than two hours under the scalpel!), and the Canadian Patient has been relatively pain-free ever since coming home. It is more comfortable for her to sleep on couch in living room, her right leg raised on some enormous pillows, a comforter keeping her cosy, along with Maggie, purring like a 50hpr outboard, atop her tummy. I am rather chagrined to have to acknowledge that so far she has been a model patient, both undemanding and courteous to her caregivers. Whether this will last after her pain medication prescription is exhausted remains to be seen!
This past Monday, at noon, I drove her to a scheduled post-operation appointment with her surgeon. She was more than a bit concerned as she lost her balance getting up off the couch that morning at 5:00am to go to the bathroom. She inadvertently put all her weight on the foot that isn't to have any weight bearing for next six weeks! She was very concerned that she had done some serious damage to her toes. Fortunately, Dottore said all was fine, x-ray taken after surgery showed all was well and fall/misstep didn't do any damage, other than to cause excruciating pain for some time! (She probably did it on purpose. Good excuse for more pain killers!) I parked at Safeway on Broadway and Macdonald and skateboarding on her nifty, mini-four wheeler, kneeling with her right leg on padded support, she managed distance from office across the street to car with little, if any, difficulty. I suggested that she do shopping for fruit and vegetables at Young Brothers, (Broadway and Trutch, hardly five blocks west!), and I'd run a few other errands before collecting her. Bit of eye daggerage, Dear Reader! If looks could kill!
Back at The Island Inn she settled onto couch and I took out the recycling. Met neighbours, Dianna and Bob, who moved into Harbour Terrace this past July. Bob had his left knee replaced two weeks ago and is still using a walker. I invited them in to say hello to The Canadian Patient and they compared notes on pain medication, bowel movements and the like! I suggested that we hold races in the hallway, placing bets on the walker vs the mini-bike. Even have extra bike helmets in case of spills or dirty racing moves!!!
Tuesday night she was getting up from toilette and thought that she was going to fall so she grabbed the towel rack on the wall, to steady herself, and ripped it right out of the gyp-rock! Wonder Woman, fighting inanimate objects wherever they lurk! No evil coat-rack, nefarious picture frame or villainous lamp stand is safe from her all seeing eyes and deadly stumbling! Dusty came over next day to inspect damage and I wondered if we should move the rack up when re-attaching it. He replied, rather testily, that it would have been be better by far if she simply hadn't grabbed onto it in the first place. And this is his first born!!! Of course I could never agree with such a cruel statement of fact!!!
Took in White Christmas: The Musical, at the Stanley on Thursday night. It was a wonderful production, energetic and spirited cast and ensemble. Terrific music, of course, and all of the choreography, tap-dancing atop a piano, per esempio, was just delightful, even thrilling. Everyone enjoyed it immensely. Took a bit of effort to get The Injured and Recovering Sisterhood to the theatre. Sarge drove Cora Lee and her Mom, as well as Flamin' and Nicole followed in her car with Dusty and I, dropping us off. Helped Cora Lee into her seat in "handicapped" section as she had use her "skateboard" while Sarge parked a block or so away. Nicole had found a spot shortly after she pulled away and called her Dad to let him know that she was offering Valet Service! Saving space until he arrived, she pulled out and he pulled in. Slick!!!
I walked over to Arts Club Box Office that afternoon to pick up tickets that Corinne had been able to exchange for seats that would allow her leg to be elevated. Usher was extremely helpful and provided two stiff, foam cushions to act as a foot rest. Funnily enough there was another young woman beside us with her leg in a boot. She had an injured achilles tendon but ultra-sound showed but a 25% tear so her dottore said she only had to wear it for two weeks. Unfortunately, Flamin' had to leave at the Intermission as she was in too much back pain, exacerbated, I suppose by having to sit through almost 90 minutes of Act I. Nicole came to fetch her so after the performance there was room for everyone in Sarge's vehicle. Dusty and I were pleased as otherwise we'd have had to walk home in the cold and the rain.
Quiet evening last night as together with Rosie and Dusty we watched Sherlock Holmes with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law. Everyone, except Dusty, had seen it when it came out so we wanted him to see it before going to sequel. Think I even enjoyed it more the second time as I could appreciate what was going to happen and concentrate on how events unfolded.
Tonight we are having two tables of bridge at The Igloo, The Penguin's abode on Maple and Broadway. Used to play doubles with Janet Scott. Her Mom, Gladys Knight and the Pips, is in town for hols and we have played with her on a number of occasions. Should be fun, especially as I have "fabulous" bridge prizes, purloined from he re-cycling area in our parkade! Re-gifting Never Sleeps!!!
Off to the Aquatic Center after I run Her Ladyship's shower. Molto difficile to aid in the bathing process when Mistress Nibs insists I am to be blindfolded while she annoints herself with unguents and scented oils. Bit like the Blind Leading the Lame and Halt! Onward! Fight!! Fondestos and Cheers, Patrizzio!
Bitter dregs, but nevertheless fond saluatations and Crocodile Tears, I suppose!
Hi Donna Florida and Cactus, former friends and certainly Uppity, Presumptuous Berkloids!
Bitter dregs indeed! It's quite obvious that I'm going to have to find another bonded warehouse in the new year! I can hardly wait to be at Villa Vicente when Vincenzo is pulling an early shift at the bakery and Donna Florida is planting indigenous species, somewhere in the Berkeley Hills, giving me the opportunity to despoil your wine cellar!!! Thanks anyway for the insulting rendition of For He's A Jolly Good Sucker...I can only hope you overhangs were 10+ on the Richter Scale!
Must really apologize for having taken so long to reply but life has been a veritable whirlwind of social activity over last week and more. As you know and I now know, from "bitter" experience, I celebrated my 64th birthday just a week or so ago, last Tuesday, December 6th, and Cora Lee underwent corrective foot surgery, week ago this past Friday. Those two events alone have kept us hopping, (literally, in Corinne's case), so to speak!
I received some wonderful presents for my 64th. I started it off by going on a glorious ride around Stanley Park with Whirlygig. It was reasonably foggy/misty, but not particularly cold, and city looked absolutely wonderful, shrouded as it was, sounds seemingly muffled. Giorgio left me at Macdonald and Point Grey as he had errands to run to get ready for his coming ski trip to Rossland. I continued on out to UBC and along Marine Drive to 41st, making my way towards Arbutus and Dino, my barber, owner of Economy Barbershop on corner of 41st and West Boulevard. Had to do a bit of dipsy-doodling around some of the Kerrsidale streets beforehand as I had decided I'd ride 64K to celebrate my birthday. Stopped with 64.64K on the odometer so that was my first birthday present to myself!
After being shorn by Dino, wished him a Happy Christmas and made my way back towards home, down Macdonald and then east on 2nd, stopping at 2nd and Burrard, at Modern Nails, for a pedicure! Enjoyed a delicious back/shoulder/neck pummeling in the massage chair while I was having my feet pampered. My second birthday present to myself! By the time pedicure was finished it was just after 5:00pm so I raced home to have a quick shower as I needed to be ready to curl with Flamin' and Sarge at 6:15pm. They collected me and we made our way to VCC, now in the facility built for the Olympic/Para-Olympic events.
We had a great game, managing to steal one point every end, often just a squeaker, for the first five ends. On the sixth, the opposition scored their first point but clock had run out so we shook hands and repaired to the bar. It was our mini-Christmas Party with pizza and beer. League fees cover costs for such food and one pitcher of draft per team. Pizza came from Camy's Pizza and they were divine, particularly the Butter Chicken! I had ordered a large cake from Costco and after everyone had feasted on the delicious pizza I gave a couple of "Attenzziones" and then thanked Team Johnson for allowing us to win on my birthday. Then I proceeded to lead the gang in a boisterous round of For He's A Jolly Good Fellow! My third birthday present to myself! Everyone enjoyed the short sing along and the cake and so it was loads of fun, celebrating my 64th with 64, (16 teams in our Granville Island League), curling friends.
Back home, Flamin' and Sarge came up to have a birthday drink and I opened a number of presents. Everyone was most impressed with the magnificent, enormous Christmas cake Robo Ray had left for me day before my birthday, and I mentioned that he'd been keeping us abreast of recipe and shopping for ingredients over rides during November. Whirlygig had left two very nice bottles of wine and a book on our patio, just before our ride that morning. Flamin' and Sarge gave me a super malt, Arran, The Amarone Cask Finish, 50%, spice and warmth in the mouth, extremely well balanced with a most satisfying Amarone finish, so we needed a couple of snorts to make sure it was as good as we thought it was! Cora Lee presented me with a Sirius Satellite Radio so that I can listen to commercial-free music, talk and comedy on our road travels. Basically it's really a present for her so that she can read without having me interrupt her, continually asking her to look for a static-free station of play a certain selection on the iPod!
For her part, Chloë claimed she wanted to to prolong the gift giving so she was planning to give me my present from her on the weekend, while Maggie promised not to wake us up before 8:00am for a month! This, plus all the wonderful wishes, cards and email, from friends near and far, and I certainly counted myself a very fortunate Birthday Senior, (if not Boy), indeed!
We held a mini-Christmas Open House/Welcome to Vancouver/Birthday Party this past Sunday. Close friends, Kathleen and Steve, from Melbourne, are here for a month, visiting friends and family. They have been staying with us since they arrived on Wednesday, Decemebr 7th and de-camped to her Mother's in Burnaby, a week later. We will be staying with them, mid-March, shortly after Flamin' and Sarge arrive in Melbourne. They live about 30 minutes south of Bendigo, in a tiny hamlet, North Harcourt, about 20 minutes north of Castlemaine, only about 90 minutes north of Melbourne itself, with new highway, completed since we were last there in 2006.
Flamin' and Sarge were planning to attend celebrations once they returned from Whistler. Flamin' had arranged to take ski lessons and on Saturday morning, shortly after session began, she hit a patch of ice and fell, not really doing any damage. However, a few moments later, another student in class came flying over same small rise, lost her balance and went flying, making a landing, with her ski boots right into Michele's back! The impact knocked Flamin' further down the slope and then the "slammer" drove into her, yet again, helplessly carried along by momentum on the icy slope, following after the "slammee", her newfound punching bag/brake! Long and the short of it is that Flamin' sustained two cracked/broken ribs, #9 and #11, as well as some considerable soft tissue trauma. Not sure of the all the details but she will be allowed to go back to work on Monday. She was in terrible pain, barely able to move on Sunday and was popping Chloë's Tylenol 3's, overlefts from her tonsillectomy, about two months ago now! She did make a brief appearance that evening but only stayed long enough to knock back a stiff rum 'n coke poured by ex-Navy, No Good, (NG, Norman Glen), Dusty Durston!
In addition to the gifts I'd received earlier in week, cycling friend, Big Molly, gave me a hilarious framed "photo-shopped" cover of Cycling World and a glorious green lycra cycling shirt that is really too, too good to wear, at least for riding! Chloë gave me some snazzy cycling shorts, (more zippers than a Hell's Angels' leather jacket), once again, so stylish I can only wear them to Church on Christmas Eve! (This "pretend" refusal to wear stylish garments drives The Sisterhood nuts!")
The Island Inn was also the fortunate recipient, from Famiglia Banks, of a huge container of leek soup, (last of the leeks from the garden, I gather), and a quarter round, or so, of one of the giant red cabbages we've enjoyed, from their garden, over the Fall. Clarisse had baked two Angel Food cakes for my birthday, slathered in chocolate pudding icing. Discovered I was nine years younger when I blew out the candles as The Sisterhood could only find two "Fives" in drawer when it came time to decorate cakes! Also noticed that Robo Ray had more than one piece of cake but refrained from making an issue of it as Sylvia mentioned he is rather testy these days, the cold temperatures getting to him! As well, he is fretting over the expense of having had his two bikes over-hauled and to recoup the outrageous expenditure is now working on a web-site to make PsCyco-Socks, (He wears large socks over his cycling shoes!), available on-line! Perfect stocking stuffers or indeed, perfect stockings, particularly the XXL, to hang on the mantlepiece! Nevertheless, a grand time and loads of fun visiting and celebrating with wonderful friends and family!
For her part, Cora Lee has done very well since having surgery on her right foot at Mount St Joseph's. Pleased to report that operation went extremely well, (slightly more than two hours under the scalpel!), and the Canadian Patient has been relatively pain-free ever since coming home. It is more comfortable for her to sleep on couch in living room, her right leg raised on some enormous pillows, a comforter keeping her cosy, along with Maggie, purring like a 50hpr outboard, atop her tummy. I am rather chagrined to have to acknowledge that so far she has been a model patient, both undemanding and courteous to her caregivers. Whether this will last after her pain medication prescription is exhausted remains to be seen!
This past Monday, at noon, I drove her to a scheduled post-operation appointment with her surgeon. She was more than a bit concerned as she lost her balance getting up off the couch that morning at 5:00am to go to the bathroom. She inadvertently put all her weight on the foot that isn't to have any weight bearing for next six weeks! She was very concerned that she had done some serious damage to her toes. Fortunately, Dottore said all was fine, x-ray taken after surgery showed all was well and fall/misstep didn't do any damage, other than to cause excruciating pain for some time! (She probably did it on purpose. Good excuse for more pain killers!) I parked at Safeway on Broadway and Macdonald and skateboarding on her nifty, mini-four wheeler, kneeling with her right leg on padded support, she managed distance from office across the street to car with little, if any, difficulty. I suggested that she do shopping for fruit and vegetables at Young Brothers, (Broadway and Trutch, hardly five blocks west!), and I'd run a few other errands before collecting her. Bit of eye daggerage, Dear Reader! If looks could kill!
Back at The Island Inn she settled onto couch and I took out the recycling. Met neighbours, Dianna and Bob, who moved into Harbour Terrace this past July. Bob had his left knee replaced two weeks ago and is still using a walker. I invited them in to say hello to The Canadian Patient and they compared notes on pain medication, bowel movements and the like! I suggested that we hold races in the hallway, placing bets on the walker vs the mini-bike. Even have extra bike helmets in case of spills or dirty racing moves!!!
Tuesday night she was getting up from toilette and thought that she was going to fall so she grabbed the towel rack on the wall, to steady herself, and ripped it right out of the gyp-rock! Wonder Woman, fighting inanimate objects wherever they lurk! No evil coat-rack, nefarious picture frame or villainous lamp stand is safe from her all seeing eyes and deadly stumbling! Dusty came over next day to inspect damage and I wondered if we should move the rack up when re-attaching it. He replied, rather testily, that it would have been be better by far if she simply hadn't grabbed onto it in the first place. And this is his first born!!! Of course I could never agree with such a cruel statement of fact!!!
Took in White Christmas: The Musical, at the Stanley on Thursday night. It was a wonderful production, energetic and spirited cast and ensemble. Terrific music, of course, and all of the choreography, tap-dancing atop a piano, per esempio, was just delightful, even thrilling. Everyone enjoyed it immensely. Took a bit of effort to get The Injured and Recovering Sisterhood to the theatre. Sarge drove Cora Lee and her Mom, as well as Flamin' and Nicole followed in her car with Dusty and I, dropping us off. Helped Cora Lee into her seat in "handicapped" section as she had use her "skateboard" while Sarge parked a block or so away. Nicole had found a spot shortly after she pulled away and called her Dad to let him know that she was offering Valet Service! Saving space until he arrived, she pulled out and he pulled in. Slick!!!
I walked over to Arts Club Box Office that afternoon to pick up tickets that Corinne had been able to exchange for seats that would allow her leg to be elevated. Usher was extremely helpful and provided two stiff, foam cushions to act as a foot rest. Funnily enough there was another young woman beside us with her leg in a boot. She had an injured achilles tendon but ultra-sound showed but a 25% tear so her dottore said she only had to wear it for two weeks. Unfortunately, Flamin' had to leave at the Intermission as she was in too much back pain, exacerbated, I suppose by having to sit through almost 90 minutes of Act I. Nicole came to fetch her so after the performance there was room for everyone in Sarge's vehicle. Dusty and I were pleased as otherwise we'd have had to walk home in the cold and the rain.
Quiet evening last night as together with Rosie and Dusty we watched Sherlock Holmes with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law. Everyone, except Dusty, had seen it when it came out so we wanted him to see it before going to sequel. Think I even enjoyed it more the second time as I could appreciate what was going to happen and concentrate on how events unfolded.
Tonight we are having two tables of bridge at The Igloo, The Penguin's abode on Maple and Broadway. Used to play doubles with Janet Scott. Her Mom, Gladys Knight and the Pips, is in town for hols and we have played with her on a number of occasions. Should be fun, especially as I have "fabulous" bridge prizes, purloined from he re-cycling area in our parkade! Re-gifting Never Sleeps!!!
Off to the Aquatic Center after I run Her Ladyship's shower. Molto difficile to aid in the bathing process when Mistress Nibs insists I am to be blindfolded while she annoints herself with unguents and scented oils. Bit like the Blind Leading the Lame and Halt! Onward! Fight!! Fondestos and Cheers, Patrizzio!
Hi Patricio,
Just to keep you up to date...
Cheers,
Peter
The shares are selling quickly, so if you've had thoughts of participating in this, you'll need to act now...
Here's Kevin's message:
Its only been five days and 14 members have already signed up to the Shelter Point Cask offer.Those individuals have already been asked to forward their contact information and $ 250 cheques to Kevin as soon as possible.There are now only 6 shares left and these will likely go fairly quickly so don't delay. Some have enquired if it's possible to split a share e.g. take a 2.5% or 1/40th share for $ 125 and the answer is yes as long as they do so quickly.
Once the shares are sold, the opportunity will end.
Hi Favourite Naramtains!
Trust all goes well with you folk. Thanks for update on Shelter Point JDP! Nor sure if you have heard from K/S but give us a shout if there is a chance we can connect when you are passing through Vancouver. Fondestos and Cheers, Patrizzio!
Hi Favourite Naramtains!
Trust all goes well with you folk. Thanks for update on Shelter Point JDP! Nor sure if you have heard from K/S but give us a shout if there is a chance we can connect when you are passing through Vancouver. Fondestos and Cheers, Patrizzio!
A BLESSED CHRISTMAS TO MY DEAR FRIENDS
May this season be one in which you give and receive
Joy like a fountain
Peace like a river
Love like an ocean.
Do send your news; I love to hear from you.
God bless you richly now and in the New Year.
Agneta
Hi Agneta!Joy like a fountain
Peace like a river
Love like an ocean.
Do send your news; I love to hear from you.
God bless you richly now and in the New Year.
Agneta
Trust you are well. Lovely stained glass picture with your Christmas message. Done by Matthew? Had a lovely chat with Lynne about a week ago now. He mentioned you have a goodly number of people attending yoga. Cheers, Patrizzio!
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Happy belated birthday Papa! Hope you have a great time celebrating. I'm doing fairly well in Colorado despite the harsh weather, we were below zero a few days ago. I'll miss having you and Nana around for the holidays. Love, Pierre |
Hi Xavierino!
Trust you are well and that exams/assignments are finally over! Guess you will be heading back to the "818" hood shortly! Better hurry home before Alejandro consumes all of the Christmas shortbread!!!
Onward! Fight!! Love and Cheers, Poppa "We Don't Need Mo Stinkin' Sistas Tellin' Us What To Do And How To Do It" San!!!
Dear PatrickDecember 5th is very special day in the world...
It's your birthday!!
Happy Birthday to you (^o^)/
Cheers!! from Japan.
Happy Birthday, Patrick! Sorry for sending you a message a day later. Hope you had a great party!! Cheers from Japan!
Hi Toshi!
Thanks for the Birthday Card and lovely wishes. Much appreciated indeed! Must really apologize, once again, for having taken so long to reply but life has been a veritable whirlwind of social activity over last week and more, what with visitors and post-op blues!. These two events alone have kept us hopping, (literally, in Corinne's case), so to speak!
Not sure if this "translation" from Google Translate makes any sense to you but thought that I'd see what you think!
こんにちはトシ！
バースデーカードや素敵な願いをありがとう。非常に本当に感謝！本当に返信に時間が服用したが、生命は先週より、どのような訪問者や術後ブルースと！以上の社会的活動の真の旋風をされているため、再び、謝罪する必要があります。単独でこれらの2つのイベントは、私たちは（文字通り、コリーヌの場合）、ホッピング保持している、いわば！
しないでくださいGoogle翻訳からこの"翻訳"はあなたにどんな意味があるが、私はあなたの考えを参照してくださいねと思った場合！
We held a mini-Christmas Open House/Welcome to Vancouver/Birthday Party this past Sunday. Close friends, Kathleen and Steve, from Melbourne, are here for a month, visiting friends and family. They have been staying with us since they arrived on Wednesday, December 7th and de-camped to her Mother's in Burnaby, a week later. We will be staying with them, mid-March, shortly after Flamin' and Sarge arrive in Melbourne. They live about 30 minutes south of Bendigo, in a tiny hamlet, North Harcourt, about 20 minutes north of Castlemaine, only about 90 minutes north of Melbourne itself, with new highway, completed since we were last there in 2006.
我々はこの過去の日曜日のミニクリスマスオープンハウス/バンクーバー/誕生日パーティーへようこそを開催しました。親しい友人、メルボルンからのキャサリンとスティーブは、友人や家族を訪問し、月にここにいる。彼らは年Decemebr7番目と彼女の母のバーナビーで、一週間後にデキャンプに到着したので、彼らは私達と滞在している。我々はまもなくFlamin'とSargeはメルボルンに到着した後、それらを3月中旬に滞在されます。彼らは我々が2006年に最後のがあったので、新しい高速道路で、メルボルン自体の北約90分、完成した、キャッスルの北約20分の小さな村、ノースハーコート、で、ベンディゴの南約30分住んでいる。
Flamin' and Sarge were planning to attend celebrations once they returned from Whistler. Flamin' had arranged to take ski lessons and on Saturday morning, shortly after session began, she hit a patch of ice and fell, not really doing any damage. However, a few moments later, another student in class came flying over same small rise, lost her balance and went flying, making a landing, with her ski boots right into Michele's back! The impact knocked Flamin' further down the slope and then the "slammer" drove into her, yet again, helplessly carried along by momentum on the icy slope, following after the "slammee", her newfound punching bag/brake! Long and the short of it is that Flamin' sustained two cracked/broken ribs, #9 and #11, as well as some considerable soft tissue trauma. Not sure of the all the details but she will be allowed to go back to work on Monday. She was in terrible pain, barely able to move on Sunday and was popping Chloë's Tylenol 3's, overlefts from her tonsillectomy, about two months ago now! She did make a brief appearance that evening but only stayed long enough to knock back a stiff rum 'n coke poured by ex-Navy, No Good, (NG, Norman Glen), Dusty Durston!
Flamin'とSargeのは、ウィスラーから返された後、お祝いに出席するために計画された。 Flamin'は、セッションが始まった直後に、スキーのレッスンを取ると土曜の朝にするように配列していた、彼女は氷のパッチをヒットして落ち、実際に損傷をしていない。しかし、しばらく後に、クラス内の別の学生は同じ小上昇を飛んで、右ミッシェルのバックに彼女のスキーブーツで、彼女のバランスを失い、飛行を行って、着陸を作ってきた！影響は斜面をFlamin"さらにをノックしてから、"Slammerは、"彼女の新たにパンチングバッグ/ブレーキ、"slammee"の後に続く、なすすべもなく氷の斜面上の運動量によって運ば、再びまだ、彼女に運転した！長い間、それの短いはそのFlamin"持続twoひび割れ/肋骨、＃9と＃11だけでなく、いくつかのかなりの軟部組織の外傷。すべての詳細の確認して、彼女は月曜日に仕事に戻らなければならないが許可されるか。彼女は、ひどい痛みに日曜日に移動することはほとんどできるようになり、現在は約二ヶ月前、クロエのタイレノール3の、彼女の扁桃からoverleftsを飛び出るいた！彼女はその晩少しだけ姿を確認しなかったが、唯一の硬いラム酒'Nコークスは、、元海軍でダスティダーストンを、ノーグッド（NG、ノーマングレン）を注いだないバックをノックするのに十分な長滞在！
In addition to the gifts I'd received earlier in week, cycling friend, Big Molly, gave me a hilarious framed "photo-shopped" cover of Cycling World and a glorious green lycra cycling shirt that is really too, too good to wear, at least for riding! Chloë gave me some snazzy cycling shorts, (more zippers than a Hell's Angels' leather jacket), once again, so stylish I can only wear them to Church on Christmas Eve! (This "pretend" refusal to wear stylish garments drives The Sisterhood nuts!")
私は以前の週で受信したい贈り物に加えて、サイクリングの友人、ビッグモリーは、私に囲まれた陽気なサイクリングの世界のカバーと本当に身にあまりにも、あまりにも良い輝かしい緑色のライクラのサイクリングシャツ"写真買い物をする"、与えたライディングには、少なくとも！クロエは私にいくつかのおしゃれなサイクリングショーツ、（地獄の天使"革のジャケットよりも多くのジッパーを）与えた、もう一度、そのスタイリッシュな私はクリスマスイブに教会にそれらを身に着けることができる！ （おしゃれな衣服を着用してこの"ふり"拒否は、姉妹のナットをドライブ！"）
The Island Inn was also the fortunate recipient, from Famiglia Banks, of a huge container of leek soup, (last of the leeks from the garden, I gather), and a quarter round, or so, of one of the giant red cabbages we've enjoyed, from their garden, over the Fall. Clarisse had baked two Angel Food cakes for my birthday, slathered in chocolate pudding icing. Discovered I was nine years younger when I blew out the candles as The Sisterhood could only find two "Fives" in drawer when it came time to decorate cakes! Also noticed that Robo Ray had more than one piece of cake but refrained from making an issue of it as Sylvia mentioned he is rather testy these days, the cold temperatures getting to him! As well, he is fretting over the expense of having had his two bikes over-hauled and to recoup the outrageous expenditure is now working on a web-site to make PsCyco-Socks, (He wears large socks over his cycling shoes!), available on-line! Perfect stocking stuffers or indeed, perfect stockings, particularly the XXL, to hang on the mantlepiece! Nevertheless, a grand time and loads of fun visiting and celebrating with wonderful friends and family!
アイランドインはまた、巨大な赤キャベツの一つのようにニラのスープの巨大なコンテナのFamiglia銀行からの幸運な受取人、、、（庭からネギの最後、私は収集）、および四半期円形、または、いた我々"VE秋にわたって、彼らの庭から、楽しみました。クラリスは、チョコレートプリンのアイシングでslathered私の誕生日には2つのエンジェルフードケーキを、焼いていた。私はロウソクの火を吹いたときにケーキを飾るために時間が来たときに姉妹だけ引き出しの二つの"ファイブ"を見つけることができるように私は9歳年下がわかりました！また、ロボレイはケーキの複数部分があったが、シルヴィアは、彼は、不機嫌ではなく、彼になって寒さ、これらの日です述べたように、それの問題を作る控えていることに気づいた！同様に、彼は上のクロースホールドととんでもない支出を回収するために彼の二バイクを受けたことの費用を上にフレッティングさが今（彼は彼のサイクリングシューズで大きな靴下を身に着けている！）、PsCyco-ソックスを作るためにウェブサイトに取り組んでいる、オンライン上で利用可能！確かに完璧なストッキングの詰め物や、完璧なストッキング、特にXXLは、mantlepieceにハングアップする！それにもかかわらず、壮大な時間と楽しさの負荷が訪問し、素晴らしい友人や家族と祝う！
For her part, Cora Lee continues to do well. This past Monday, at noon, I drove her to a scheduled post-operation appointment with her surgeon. She was more than a bit concerned as she lost her balance getting up off the couch that morning at 5:00am to go to the bathroom. She inadvertently put all her weight on the foot that isn't to have any weight bearing for next six weeks! She was very concerned that she had done some serious damage to her toes. Fortunately, Dottore said all was fine, x-ray taken after surgery showed all was well and fall/misstep didn't do any damage, other than to cause excruciating pain for some time! (She probably did it on purpose. Good excuse for more pain killers!) I parked at Safeway on Broadway and Macdonald and skateboarding on her nifty, mini-four wheeler, kneeling with her right leg on padded support, she managed distance from office across the street to car with little, if any, difficulty. I suggested that she do shopping for fruit and vegetables at Young Brothers, (Broadway and Trutch, hardly five blocks west!), and I'd run a few other errands before collecting her. Bit of eye daggerage, Dear Reader! If looks could kill!
彼女の部分については、コーラリーはうまくやって続けています。この過去の月曜日は、正午に、私は彼女の外科医と、スケジュールされたポスト操作の予定に彼女を運転した。彼女は5時に朝はトイレに行く時というソファから立ち上がって彼女のバランスを失ったとして、当該ビットを超えていた。彼女は誤って次の6週間の任意の重量の軸受を持つことではない足の上のすべての彼女の体重を入れて！彼女は非常に彼女が彼女のつま先には、いくつかの重大な損傷を行っていたことを懸念していた。幸いにも、Dottoreはすべてが順調と言った、手術後に撮影X線写真は、すべてが順調だと/つまずきがしばらくの間非常に激しい痛みを引き起こすこと以外、いかなる損害を行っていない落下披露！ （彼女はおそらく意図的にやった。より多くの鎮痛剤のための良い口実！）私はパッド入りの支持で彼女の右脚にひざまずいて、彼女の気の利いた、ミニ4輪にブロードウェイやマクドナルドやスケートボードにセーフウェイで駐車し、彼女は越えてオフィスからの距離を管理少し、もしあれば、難しさと車の通り。私は彼女が若い兄弟、（ほとんど5ブロック西のブロードウェイとTrutch、！）で果物や野菜の買い物をしないことを示唆し、そして私は彼女を収集する前にいくつか他の用事を実行すると思います。目のdaggerageのビット、親愛なるリーダー！目つきで人が殺せるならば！
Back at The Island Inn she settled onto couch and I took out the recycling. Met neighbours, Dianna and Bob, who moved into Harbour Terrace this past July. Bob had his left knee replaced two weeks ago and is still using a walker. I invited them in to say hello to The Canadian Patient and they compared notes on pain medication, bowel movements and the like! I suggested that we hold races in the hallway, placing bets on the walker vs the mini-bike. Even have extra bike helmets in case of spills or dirty racing moves!!!
バックアイランドインで、彼女はソファの上に定住し、私はリサイクルを取り出した。会った隣人、ダイアナと今年7月のハーバーテラスに移動ボブ、。ボブは彼の左膝は二週間前に交換しても、歩行器を使用しているでした。私はカナダの患者に挨拶するためにそれらを招待し、彼らには鎮痛剤、排便などでノートを比較！私たちは歩行VSミニバイクで賭け金を置いて、廊下でのレースを保持することが示唆された。であってもゴミや汚れのレースの移動の場合に余分なバイクのヘルメットは持っている！
Tuesday night she was getting up from toilette and thought that she was going to fall so she grabbed the towel rack on the wall, to steady herself, and ripped it right out of the gyp-rock! Wonder Woman, fighting inanimate objects wherever they lurk! No evil coat-rack, nefarious picture frame or villainous lamp stand is safe from her all seeing eyes and deadly stumbling! Dusty came over next day to inspect damage and I wondered if we should move the rack up when re-attaching it. He replied, rather testily, that it would have been be better by far if she simply hadn't grabbed onto it in the first place. And this is his first born!!! Of course I could never agree with such a cruel statement of fact!!!
火曜日の夜は、彼女がトイレから立ち上がって、彼女は彼女が着実に自分自身に、壁にタオル掛けをつかんだように落下するつもりだったと考え、すぐに激痛 - 岩のそれをリッピングされた！彼らが潜む場所で無生物との戦い、ワンダーウーマン！いいえ悪コートラック、極悪なピクチャフレームや極悪のランプスタンドは、彼女のすべて見て目と致命的な障害物から安全です！ダスティは、損傷を検査するために次の日にわたって来て、それを再接続するときに我々はラックの上に移動するかどうか私は疑問に思いました。彼は、彼女は単に最初の場所でそれにつかまれていなかった場合、それははるかに良いとされているという、かなりイライラと、答えた。そしてこれは彼の最初誕生です！もちろん、私は事実のような残酷な声明に同意することができませんでした！
Took in White Christmas: The Musical, at the Stanley on Thursday night. It was a wonderful production, energetic and spirited cast and ensemble. Terrific music, of course, and all of the choreography, tap-dancing atop a piano, per esempio, was just delightful, even thrilling. Everyone enjoyed it immensely. Took a bit of effort to get The Injured and Recovering Sisterhood to the theatre. Sarge drove Cora Lee and her Mom, as well as Flamin' and Nicole followed in her car with Dusty and I, dropping us off. Helped Cora Lee into her seat in "handicapped" section as she had use her "skateboard" while Sarge parked a block or so away. Nicole had found a spot shortly after she pulled away and called her Dad to let him know that she was offering Valet Service! Saving space until he arrived, she pulled out and he pulled in. Slick!!!
木曜日の夜にスタンレーで、ミュージカル：ホワイトクリスマスになった。それは素晴らしい生産、エネルギッシュで元気が良いキャストとアンサンブルだった。素晴らしいもちろんの音楽、そして振り付けのすべては、esempioあたりピアノの上タップダンスは、、さらにスリリングな、ただ楽しいいました。誰もが非常にそれを楽しんだ。劇場に負傷し、回復姉妹を得るために少し努力を取った。 sargeは私たちを降ろした、コーラリーと彼女のお母さんだけでなく、Flamin"とニコールはダスティとの彼女の車に続いて、私を運転した。 Sargeは離れてブロックまたはこれを駐車している間、彼女は彼女の"スケートボード"を使用していたとして"障害者"の項で彼女の席にコーラリーを助けた。ニコールは彼女が彼が彼女はバレーサービスを提供したことを知らせるために引っ張らと彼女のお父さんと呼ばれる直後にスポットを発見した！彼が到着するまで、スペースを節約、彼女は引き出され、彼はスリックインチプル！
I walked over to Arts Club Box Office that afternoon to pick up tickets that Corinne had been able to exchange for seats that would allow her leg to be elevated. Usher was extremely helpful and provided two stiff, foam cushions to act as a foot rest. Funnily enough there was another young woman beside us with her leg in a boot. She had an injured achilles tendon but ultra-sound showed but a 25% tear so her dottore said she only had to wear it for two weeks. Unfortunately, Flamin' had to leave at the Intermission as she was in too much back pain, exacerbated, I suppose by having to sit through almost 90 minutes of Act I. Nicole came to fetch her so after the performance there was room for everyone in Sarge's vehicle. Dusty and I were pleased as otherwise we'd have had to walk home in the cold and the rain.
私は芸術クラブのボックスオフィスに上に歩いているコリーヌは彼女の脚が上昇することができるような席のために交換することができていたというチケットをピックアップする午後。アッシャーは非常に有用であり、フットレストとして動作する2つの剛性、クッション材を提供する。妙な話だが別の若い女性は、ブーツの彼女の足と私の横にあった。彼女は負傷したアキレス腱が超音波は認めていたが、25％のティアので、彼女のdottoreは彼女がわずか2週間のためにそれを着用すると言いました。残念ながら、Flamin'は彼女があまりにも多くの背中の痛みにあったように休憩で出発しなければならない、悪化させ、私は法I.ニコールのほぼ90分間を通して座って持つことは彼女を取得するために来たことで仮定ので、パフォーマンスの後で皆のための部屋があったSargeの車両。ダスティと私は、そうでなければ我々は寒さと雨で家に歩いて持っていただろうと喜んでいた。
Quiet evening on Friday night as together with Rosie and Dusty we watched Sherlock Holmes with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law. Everyone, except Dusty, had seen it when it came out so we wanted him to see it before going to sequel. Think I even enjoyed it more the second time as I could appreciate what was going to happen and concentrate on how events unfolded.
として一緒にロージーと我々はロバートダウニーJrとジュードロウとシャーロックホームズを見ダスティと金曜日の夜に静かな夕方。我々は彼が続編に行く前にそれを確認したかったので、それが出て来たときに誰もが、ダスティを除いて、それを見ていた。私もそれを私が起きるとイベントが展開方法に集中するつもりだったのか理解ができるとして多くの二度目を楽しんだと思う。
Rode to the Aquatic Center, yesterday afternoon, (Just a short swim of 2.5K), after I had run Her Ladyship's shower. Molto difficile to aid in the bathing process when Mistress Nibs insists I am to be blindfolded while she annoints herself with unguents and scented oils. Bit like the Blind Leading the Lame and Halt! Onward! Fight!!
私は彼女の気取っている女性のシャワーを実行した後、アクアティックセンター、昨日の午後、（2.5Kのちょうど短い水泳）に乗った。ミストレスペン先は、彼女がunguentsと香りのオイルで自分自身をanointsながら、私は目隠しをされる時だと主張したとき入浴のプロセスを支援するためにモルトディフィシル。ラメと停止をリードブラインドのようなビット！オンワード！ファイト！
Last night we played two tables of bridge at The Igloo, The Penguin's abode on Maple and Broadway. Used to play doubles with Janet Scott. Her Mom, Gladys Knight and the Pipps, is in town for hols and we have played with her on a number of occasions. Had a wonderful evening, in spite of not having any cards. Dusty and I were players with lowest scores, 8 and 7 on totem pole, respectively. Penguin was Numero Uno, followed by Leggage, Rosie-the-Riveter, Franny, (friend of Janet's), GKP and then Coriandre. Wonderful food, (even came away with Janet's scrumptious vegetarian chili overlefts), and company so not many complaints. Everyone quite liked the Asian noodle salad I contributed. I used about a quarter of the red cabbage, (along with green), freind, Ray, left last Sunday. They insisted on knowing my source for former but I refused to give out his address knowing that they intended to mount midnight raids next summer/fall!
僕たちは昨夜イグルー、もみじとブロードウェイでのペンギンの住居で、橋の2つの表を果たした。再生するために使用することジャネットスコット2倍になります。彼女のお母さん、グラディスナイトとPippsは、祝のための町にあり、我々は多くの機会に彼女と一緒に果たしている。すべてのカードを持っていないにもかかわらず、素晴らしい夜だった。ダスティと私はそれぞれ最低点、トーテムポール上に8と7、と選手たちだった。ペンギンはLeggage、その後ロージー市販のリベット、フラニー、（ジャネットの友人）、GKPとCoriandre続いニュメロ宇野、だ。素晴らしい食べ物、（さらにジャネットのすてきな菜食主義の唐辛子overleftsと離れていた）、および企業などではない多くの苦情。誰もが非常に私が貢献したアジアのヌードルサラダが好き。私は前日曜日左赤キャベツの四半期、（緑と一緒に）、友人、レイ、約使用。彼らは前者のために私のソースを知ることを主張したが、私は彼らが来年の夏/秋の深夜の襲撃をマウントするために意図したことを知って彼のアドレスを与えることを拒否！
Assembled crew could not believe their eyes at fantabulous bridge prizes, (Didn't have the heart to tell them I found them near the recylcing bins at our place!), so I believe my tarnished reputation has undergone a significant re-evaluation, for the better!!! They now spit on beachballs, luggage tags, Corona bottle openers and the like, prizes from O Susannah and Champagne Charlie, our long suffering travel agents. As Legs, (Karen Levine), stated: "You have raised the bar instead of siddling up to it!" Penguin even had gift bags of yummy chocs for everyone so even the sore losers were mollified. Nevertheless, think I'll drown my bridge sorrows in with what little is left of the Irish Cream, (left by Charlie and Susan yesterday for Les Invalides), even if it means rinsing out the bottle with malt!
組み立ての乗組員は信じられないほど素晴らしい橋賞、（私は私達の場所でrecylcingゴミ箱の近くにそれらを見つけ、それらを伝えるために心を持っていなかった！）で彼らの目を信じることができなかったので、私は傷つけられた名声は、重要な再評価を受けていると信じて、用より良い！彼らは今beachballs、荷物タグ、コロナボトルオープナーとOスザンナとシャンパンチャーリー、私たちの長い苦しみの旅行代理店からのような、賞に唾を吐く。脚として、（カレンレヴィン）、次のように述べている。"あなたが代わりにそれまでsiddlingのバーを上げている！"ペンギンも、皆のためのおいしいchocsのギフト袋を持っていたので、さらに痛み敗者はmollifiedれた。それにもかかわらず、それはモルトと瓶を洗浄することになっても、私は少しアイルランドのクリーム、（廃兵院（Les Invalides）のために昨日チャーリーとスーザンが残した）が残っているもので、私のブリッジの悲しみを紛らすと思います！
Today I had a gorgeous ride around Stanley Park shortly after 1:00pm, with Ray. In addition, I wanted to do a swim so l waved goodbye to him at the Aquatic Centre, on return leg. managed to swim just a little over 2 miles, (3.5K), so was pleased as my right shoulder felt quite loose. Home to have a wonderful chicken, squash, turnip, stuffing and mashed potatoe dinner by Clara at their place. Pecan tarts for dessert so we are very spoiled!!
今日、私はレイとともに、まもなく午後1:00後にスタンレーパークの周りの豪華な乗り心地を持っていた。さらに、私はlは戻り足で、アクアティックセンターで彼に別れを振っように水泳をやってみたかった。 （3.5K）、2マイル以上ほんの少し泳ぐことができたので、私の右の肩が非常にゆるい感じと喜んでいた。ホーム素晴らしい鶏、カボチャ、カブ、詰め物とそれらの場所でクララによってマッシュポテトジャガイモの夕食を持っている。デザートのためのペカンのタルトは、私たちは非常に甘やかされている！
Goodbye for now. Clara and Dusty and Chloë and Corinne and Maggie all send fond regards and best wishes for a Happy Christmas and Healthy New Year to you and your Mother and Aunts and Uncles, Toshi. Will be in touch in a few weeks or so. Fondestos and Cheers, Patrizzio!
今はさようなら。クララとダスティとクロエとコリーヌとマギーは、すべてのハッピークリスマスとあなたとあなたの母と叔母と叔父、トシに健康な新年のための好きに関しておよびよい願いを送る。数週間かそこらで連絡させていただきます。 Fondestosと乾杯、Patrizzio！
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Patrick Dunn, pdunn@interchange.ubc.ca Edradour Cask Strength Warrabilla Durif Dailuaine 16 Caol Ila Cask Strength
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パトリックダン、pdunn@interchange.ubc.ca EdradourのカスクストレングスWarrabilla Durif Dailuaine16薫ILAのカスクストレングス
Thanks for the Birthday Card and lovely wishes. Much appreciated indeed! Must really apologize, once again, for having taken so long to reply but life has been a veritable whirlwind of social activity over last week and more, what with visitors and post-op blues!. These two events alone have kept us hopping, (literally, in Corinne's case), so to speak!
Not sure if this "translation" from Google Translate makes any sense to you but thought that I'd see what you think!
こんにちはトシ！
バースデーカードや素敵な願いをありがとう。非常に本当に感謝！本当に返信に時間が服用したが、生命は先週より、どのような訪問者や術後ブルースと！以上の社会的活動の真の旋風をされているため、再び、謝罪する必要があります。単独でこれらの2つのイベントは、私たちは（文字通り、コリーヌの場合）、ホッピング保持している、いわば！
しないでくださいGoogle翻訳からこの"翻訳"はあなたにどんな意味があるが、私はあなたの考えを参照してくださいねと思った場合！
We held a mini-Christmas Open House/Welcome to Vancouver/Birthday Party this past Sunday. Close friends, Kathleen and Steve, from Melbourne, are here for a month, visiting friends and family. They have been staying with us since they arrived on Wednesday, December 7th and de-camped to her Mother's in Burnaby, a week later. We will be staying with them, mid-March, shortly after Flamin' and Sarge arrive in Melbourne. They live about 30 minutes south of Bendigo, in a tiny hamlet, North Harcourt, about 20 minutes north of Castlemaine, only about 90 minutes north of Melbourne itself, with new highway, completed since we were last there in 2006.
我々はこの過去の日曜日のミニクリスマスオープンハウス/バンクーバー/誕生日パーティーへようこそを開催しました。親しい友人、メルボルンからのキャサリンとスティーブは、友人や家族を訪問し、月にここにいる。彼らは年Decemebr7番目と彼女の母のバーナビーで、一週間後にデキャンプに到着したので、彼らは私達と滞在している。我々はまもなくFlamin'とSargeはメルボルンに到着した後、それらを3月中旬に滞在されます。彼らは我々が2006年に最後のがあったので、新しい高速道路で、メルボルン自体の北約90分、完成した、キャッスルの北約20分の小さな村、ノースハーコート、で、ベンディゴの南約30分住んでいる。
Flamin' and Sarge were planning to attend celebrations once they returned from Whistler. Flamin' had arranged to take ski lessons and on Saturday morning, shortly after session began, she hit a patch of ice and fell, not really doing any damage. However, a few moments later, another student in class came flying over same small rise, lost her balance and went flying, making a landing, with her ski boots right into Michele's back! The impact knocked Flamin' further down the slope and then the "slammer" drove into her, yet again, helplessly carried along by momentum on the icy slope, following after the "slammee", her newfound punching bag/brake! Long and the short of it is that Flamin' sustained two cracked/broken ribs, #9 and #11, as well as some considerable soft tissue trauma. Not sure of the all the details but she will be allowed to go back to work on Monday. She was in terrible pain, barely able to move on Sunday and was popping Chloë's Tylenol 3's, overlefts from her tonsillectomy, about two months ago now! She did make a brief appearance that evening but only stayed long enough to knock back a stiff rum 'n coke poured by ex-Navy, No Good, (NG, Norman Glen), Dusty Durston!
Flamin'とSargeのは、ウィスラーから返された後、お祝いに出席するために計画された。 Flamin'は、セッションが始まった直後に、スキーのレッスンを取ると土曜の朝にするように配列していた、彼女は氷のパッチをヒットして落ち、実際に損傷をしていない。しかし、しばらく後に、クラス内の別の学生は同じ小上昇を飛んで、右ミッシェルのバックに彼女のスキーブーツで、彼女のバランスを失い、飛行を行って、着陸を作ってきた！影響は斜面をFlamin"さらにをノックしてから、"Slammerは、"彼女の新たにパンチングバッグ/ブレーキ、"slammee"の後に続く、なすすべもなく氷の斜面上の運動量によって運ば、再びまだ、彼女に運転した！長い間、それの短いはそのFlamin"持続twoひび割れ/肋骨、＃9と＃11だけでなく、いくつかのかなりの軟部組織の外傷。すべての詳細の確認して、彼女は月曜日に仕事に戻らなければならないが許可されるか。彼女は、ひどい痛みに日曜日に移動することはほとんどできるようになり、現在は約二ヶ月前、クロエのタイレノール3の、彼女の扁桃からoverleftsを飛び出るいた！彼女はその晩少しだけ姿を確認しなかったが、唯一の硬いラム酒'Nコークスは、、元海軍でダスティダーストンを、ノーグッド（NG、ノーマングレン）を注いだないバックをノックするのに十分な長滞在！
In addition to the gifts I'd received earlier in week, cycling friend, Big Molly, gave me a hilarious framed "photo-shopped" cover of Cycling World and a glorious green lycra cycling shirt that is really too, too good to wear, at least for riding! Chloë gave me some snazzy cycling shorts, (more zippers than a Hell's Angels' leather jacket), once again, so stylish I can only wear them to Church on Christmas Eve! (This "pretend" refusal to wear stylish garments drives The Sisterhood nuts!")
私は以前の週で受信したい贈り物に加えて、サイクリングの友人、ビッグモリーは、私に囲まれた陽気なサイクリングの世界のカバーと本当に身にあまりにも、あまりにも良い輝かしい緑色のライクラのサイクリングシャツ"写真買い物をする"、与えたライディングには、少なくとも！クロエは私にいくつかのおしゃれなサイクリングショーツ、（地獄の天使"革のジャケットよりも多くのジッパーを）与えた、もう一度、そのスタイリッシュな私はクリスマスイブに教会にそれらを身に着けることができる！ （おしゃれな衣服を着用してこの"ふり"拒否は、姉妹のナットをドライブ！"）
The Island Inn was also the fortunate recipient, from Famiglia Banks, of a huge container of leek soup, (last of the leeks from the garden, I gather), and a quarter round, or so, of one of the giant red cabbages we've enjoyed, from their garden, over the Fall. Clarisse had baked two Angel Food cakes for my birthday, slathered in chocolate pudding icing. Discovered I was nine years younger when I blew out the candles as The Sisterhood could only find two "Fives" in drawer when it came time to decorate cakes! Also noticed that Robo Ray had more than one piece of cake but refrained from making an issue of it as Sylvia mentioned he is rather testy these days, the cold temperatures getting to him! As well, he is fretting over the expense of having had his two bikes over-hauled and to recoup the outrageous expenditure is now working on a web-site to make PsCyco-Socks, (He wears large socks over his cycling shoes!), available on-line! Perfect stocking stuffers or indeed, perfect stockings, particularly the XXL, to hang on the mantlepiece! Nevertheless, a grand time and loads of fun visiting and celebrating with wonderful friends and family!
アイランドインはまた、巨大な赤キャベツの一つのようにニラのスープの巨大なコンテナのFamiglia銀行からの幸運な受取人、、、（庭からネギの最後、私は収集）、および四半期円形、または、いた我々"VE秋にわたって、彼らの庭から、楽しみました。クラリスは、チョコレートプリンのアイシングでslathered私の誕生日には2つのエンジェルフードケーキを、焼いていた。私はロウソクの火を吹いたときにケーキを飾るために時間が来たときに姉妹だけ引き出しの二つの"ファイブ"を見つけることができるように私は9歳年下がわかりました！また、ロボレイはケーキの複数部分があったが、シルヴィアは、彼は、不機嫌ではなく、彼になって寒さ、これらの日です述べたように、それの問題を作る控えていることに気づいた！同様に、彼は上のクロースホールドととんでもない支出を回収するために彼の二バイクを受けたことの費用を上にフレッティングさが今（彼は彼のサイクリングシューズで大きな靴下を身に着けている！）、PsCyco-ソックスを作るためにウェブサイトに取り組んでいる、オンライン上で利用可能！確かに完璧なストッキングの詰め物や、完璧なストッキング、特にXXLは、mantlepieceにハングアップする！それにもかかわらず、壮大な時間と楽しさの負荷が訪問し、素晴らしい友人や家族と祝う！
For her part, Cora Lee continues to do well. This past Monday, at noon, I drove her to a scheduled post-operation appointment with her surgeon. She was more than a bit concerned as she lost her balance getting up off the couch that morning at 5:00am to go to the bathroom. She inadvertently put all her weight on the foot that isn't to have any weight bearing for next six weeks! She was very concerned that she had done some serious damage to her toes. Fortunately, Dottore said all was fine, x-ray taken after surgery showed all was well and fall/misstep didn't do any damage, other than to cause excruciating pain for some time! (She probably did it on purpose. Good excuse for more pain killers!) I parked at Safeway on Broadway and Macdonald and skateboarding on her nifty, mini-four wheeler, kneeling with her right leg on padded support, she managed distance from office across the street to car with little, if any, difficulty. I suggested that she do shopping for fruit and vegetables at Young Brothers, (Broadway and Trutch, hardly five blocks west!), and I'd run a few other errands before collecting her. Bit of eye daggerage, Dear Reader! If looks could kill!
彼女の部分については、コーラリーはうまくやって続けています。この過去の月曜日は、正午に、私は彼女の外科医と、スケジュールされたポスト操作の予定に彼女を運転した。彼女は5時に朝はトイレに行く時というソファから立ち上がって彼女のバランスを失ったとして、当該ビットを超えていた。彼女は誤って次の6週間の任意の重量の軸受を持つことではない足の上のすべての彼女の体重を入れて！彼女は非常に彼女が彼女のつま先には、いくつかの重大な損傷を行っていたことを懸念していた。幸いにも、Dottoreはすべてが順調と言った、手術後に撮影X線写真は、すべてが順調だと/つまずきがしばらくの間非常に激しい痛みを引き起こすこと以外、いかなる損害を行っていない落下披露！ （彼女はおそらく意図的にやった。より多くの鎮痛剤のための良い口実！）私はパッド入りの支持で彼女の右脚にひざまずいて、彼女の気の利いた、ミニ4輪にブロードウェイやマクドナルドやスケートボードにセーフウェイで駐車し、彼女は越えてオフィスからの距離を管理少し、もしあれば、難しさと車の通り。私は彼女が若い兄弟、（ほとんど5ブロック西のブロードウェイとTrutch、！）で果物や野菜の買い物をしないことを示唆し、そして私は彼女を収集する前にいくつか他の用事を実行すると思います。目のdaggerageのビット、親愛なるリーダー！目つきで人が殺せるならば！
Back at The Island Inn she settled onto couch and I took out the recycling. Met neighbours, Dianna and Bob, who moved into Harbour Terrace this past July. Bob had his left knee replaced two weeks ago and is still using a walker. I invited them in to say hello to The Canadian Patient and they compared notes on pain medication, bowel movements and the like! I suggested that we hold races in the hallway, placing bets on the walker vs the mini-bike. Even have extra bike helmets in case of spills or dirty racing moves!!!
バックアイランドインで、彼女はソファの上に定住し、私はリサイクルを取り出した。会った隣人、ダイアナと今年7月のハーバーテラスに移動ボブ、。ボブは彼の左膝は二週間前に交換しても、歩行器を使用しているでした。私はカナダの患者に挨拶するためにそれらを招待し、彼らには鎮痛剤、排便などでノートを比較！私たちは歩行VSミニバイクで賭け金を置いて、廊下でのレースを保持することが示唆された。であってもゴミや汚れのレースの移動の場合に余分なバイクのヘルメットは持っている！
Tuesday night she was getting up from toilette and thought that she was going to fall so she grabbed the towel rack on the wall, to steady herself, and ripped it right out of the gyp-rock! Wonder Woman, fighting inanimate objects wherever they lurk! No evil coat-rack, nefarious picture frame or villainous lamp stand is safe from her all seeing eyes and deadly stumbling! Dusty came over next day to inspect damage and I wondered if we should move the rack up when re-attaching it. He replied, rather testily, that it would have been be better by far if she simply hadn't grabbed onto it in the first place. And this is his first born!!! Of course I could never agree with such a cruel statement of fact!!!
火曜日の夜は、彼女がトイレから立ち上がって、彼女は彼女が着実に自分自身に、壁にタオル掛けをつかんだように落下するつもりだったと考え、すぐに激痛 - 岩のそれをリッピングされた！彼らが潜む場所で無生物との戦い、ワンダーウーマン！いいえ悪コートラック、極悪なピクチャフレームや極悪のランプスタンドは、彼女のすべて見て目と致命的な障害物から安全です！ダスティは、損傷を検査するために次の日にわたって来て、それを再接続するときに我々はラックの上に移動するかどうか私は疑問に思いました。彼は、彼女は単に最初の場所でそれにつかまれていなかった場合、それははるかに良いとされているという、かなりイライラと、答えた。そしてこれは彼の最初誕生です！もちろん、私は事実のような残酷な声明に同意することができませんでした！
Took in White Christmas: The Musical, at the Stanley on Thursday night. It was a wonderful production, energetic and spirited cast and ensemble. Terrific music, of course, and all of the choreography, tap-dancing atop a piano, per esempio, was just delightful, even thrilling. Everyone enjoyed it immensely. Took a bit of effort to get The Injured and Recovering Sisterhood to the theatre. Sarge drove Cora Lee and her Mom, as well as Flamin' and Nicole followed in her car with Dusty and I, dropping us off. Helped Cora Lee into her seat in "handicapped" section as she had use her "skateboard" while Sarge parked a block or so away. Nicole had found a spot shortly after she pulled away and called her Dad to let him know that she was offering Valet Service! Saving space until he arrived, she pulled out and he pulled in. Slick!!!
木曜日の夜にスタンレーで、ミュージカル：ホワイトクリスマスになった。それは素晴らしい生産、エネルギッシュで元気が良いキャストとアンサンブルだった。素晴らしいもちろんの音楽、そして振り付けのすべては、esempioあたりピアノの上タップダンスは、、さらにスリリングな、ただ楽しいいました。誰もが非常にそれを楽しんだ。劇場に負傷し、回復姉妹を得るために少し努力を取った。 sargeは私たちを降ろした、コーラリーと彼女のお母さんだけでなく、Flamin"とニコールはダスティとの彼女の車に続いて、私を運転した。 Sargeは離れてブロックまたはこれを駐車している間、彼女は彼女の"スケートボード"を使用していたとして"障害者"の項で彼女の席にコーラリーを助けた。ニコールは彼女が彼が彼女はバレーサービスを提供したことを知らせるために引っ張らと彼女のお父さんと呼ばれる直後にスポットを発見した！彼が到着するまで、スペースを節約、彼女は引き出され、彼はスリックインチプル！
I walked over to Arts Club Box Office that afternoon to pick up tickets that Corinne had been able to exchange for seats that would allow her leg to be elevated. Usher was extremely helpful and provided two stiff, foam cushions to act as a foot rest. Funnily enough there was another young woman beside us with her leg in a boot. She had an injured achilles tendon but ultra-sound showed but a 25% tear so her dottore said she only had to wear it for two weeks. Unfortunately, Flamin' had to leave at the Intermission as she was in too much back pain, exacerbated, I suppose by having to sit through almost 90 minutes of Act I. Nicole came to fetch her so after the performance there was room for everyone in Sarge's vehicle. Dusty and I were pleased as otherwise we'd have had to walk home in the cold and the rain.
私は芸術クラブのボックスオフィスに上に歩いているコリーヌは彼女の脚が上昇することができるような席のために交換することができていたというチケットをピックアップする午後。アッシャーは非常に有用であり、フットレストとして動作する2つの剛性、クッション材を提供する。妙な話だが別の若い女性は、ブーツの彼女の足と私の横にあった。彼女は負傷したアキレス腱が超音波は認めていたが、25％のティアので、彼女のdottoreは彼女がわずか2週間のためにそれを着用すると言いました。残念ながら、Flamin'は彼女があまりにも多くの背中の痛みにあったように休憩で出発しなければならない、悪化させ、私は法I.ニコールのほぼ90分間を通して座って持つことは彼女を取得するために来たことで仮定ので、パフォーマンスの後で皆のための部屋があったSargeの車両。ダスティと私は、そうでなければ我々は寒さと雨で家に歩いて持っていただろうと喜んでいた。
Quiet evening on Friday night as together with Rosie and Dusty we watched Sherlock Holmes with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law. Everyone, except Dusty, had seen it when it came out so we wanted him to see it before going to sequel. Think I even enjoyed it more the second time as I could appreciate what was going to happen and concentrate on how events unfolded.
として一緒にロージーと我々はロバートダウニーJrとジュードロウとシャーロックホームズを見ダスティと金曜日の夜に静かな夕方。我々は彼が続編に行く前にそれを確認したかったので、それが出て来たときに誰もが、ダスティを除いて、それを見ていた。私もそれを私が起きるとイベントが展開方法に集中するつもりだったのか理解ができるとして多くの二度目を楽しんだと思う。
Rode to the Aquatic Center, yesterday afternoon, (Just a short swim of 2.5K), after I had run Her Ladyship's shower. Molto difficile to aid in the bathing process when Mistress Nibs insists I am to be blindfolded while she annoints herself with unguents and scented oils. Bit like the Blind Leading the Lame and Halt! Onward! Fight!!
私は彼女の気取っている女性のシャワーを実行した後、アクアティックセンター、昨日の午後、（2.5Kのちょうど短い水泳）に乗った。ミストレスペン先は、彼女がunguentsと香りのオイルで自分自身をanointsながら、私は目隠しをされる時だと主張したとき入浴のプロセスを支援するためにモルトディフィシル。ラメと停止をリードブラインドのようなビット！オンワード！ファイト！
Last night we played two tables of bridge at The Igloo, The Penguin's abode on Maple and Broadway. Used to play doubles with Janet Scott. Her Mom, Gladys Knight and the Pipps, is in town for hols and we have played with her on a number of occasions. Had a wonderful evening, in spite of not having any cards. Dusty and I were players with lowest scores, 8 and 7 on totem pole, respectively. Penguin was Numero Uno, followed by Leggage, Rosie-the-Riveter, Franny, (friend of Janet's), GKP and then Coriandre. Wonderful food, (even came away with Janet's scrumptious vegetarian chili overlefts), and company so not many complaints. Everyone quite liked the Asian noodle salad I contributed. I used about a quarter of the red cabbage, (along with green), freind, Ray, left last Sunday. They insisted on knowing my source for former but I refused to give out his address knowing that they intended to mount midnight raids next summer/fall!
僕たちは昨夜イグルー、もみじとブロードウェイでのペンギンの住居で、橋の2つの表を果たした。再生するために使用することジャネットスコット2倍になります。彼女のお母さん、グラディスナイトとPippsは、祝のための町にあり、我々は多くの機会に彼女と一緒に果たしている。すべてのカードを持っていないにもかかわらず、素晴らしい夜だった。ダスティと私はそれぞれ最低点、トーテムポール上に8と7、と選手たちだった。ペンギンはLeggage、その後ロージー市販のリベット、フラニー、（ジャネットの友人）、GKPとCoriandre続いニュメロ宇野、だ。素晴らしい食べ物、（さらにジャネットのすてきな菜食主義の唐辛子overleftsと離れていた）、および企業などではない多くの苦情。誰もが非常に私が貢献したアジアのヌードルサラダが好き。私は前日曜日左赤キャベツの四半期、（緑と一緒に）、友人、レイ、約使用。彼らは前者のために私のソースを知ることを主張したが、私は彼らが来年の夏/秋の深夜の襲撃をマウントするために意図したことを知って彼のアドレスを与えることを拒否！
Assembled crew could not believe their eyes at fantabulous bridge prizes, (Didn't have the heart to tell them I found them near the recylcing bins at our place!), so I believe my tarnished reputation has undergone a significant re-evaluation, for the better!!! They now spit on beachballs, luggage tags, Corona bottle openers and the like, prizes from O Susannah and Champagne Charlie, our long suffering travel agents. As Legs, (Karen Levine), stated: "You have raised the bar instead of siddling up to it!" Penguin even had gift bags of yummy chocs for everyone so even the sore losers were mollified. Nevertheless, think I'll drown my bridge sorrows in with what little is left of the Irish Cream, (left by Charlie and Susan yesterday for Les Invalides), even if it means rinsing out the bottle with malt!
組み立ての乗組員は信じられないほど素晴らしい橋賞、（私は私達の場所でrecylcingゴミ箱の近くにそれらを見つけ、それらを伝えるために心を持っていなかった！）で彼らの目を信じることができなかったので、私は傷つけられた名声は、重要な再評価を受けていると信じて、用より良い！彼らは今beachballs、荷物タグ、コロナボトルオープナーとOスザンナとシャンパンチャーリー、私たちの長い苦しみの旅行代理店からのような、賞に唾を吐く。脚として、（カレンレヴィン）、次のように述べている。"あなたが代わりにそれまでsiddlingのバーを上げている！"ペンギンも、皆のためのおいしいchocsのギフト袋を持っていたので、さらに痛み敗者はmollifiedれた。それにもかかわらず、それはモルトと瓶を洗浄することになっても、私は少しアイルランドのクリーム、（廃兵院（Les Invalides）のために昨日チャーリーとスーザンが残した）が残っているもので、私のブリッジの悲しみを紛らすと思います！
Today I had a gorgeous ride around Stanley Park shortly after 1:00pm, with Ray. In addition, I wanted to do a swim so l waved goodbye to him at the Aquatic Centre, on return leg. managed to swim just a little over 2 miles, (3.5K), so was pleased as my right shoulder felt quite loose. Home to have a wonderful chicken, squash, turnip, stuffing and mashed potatoe dinner by Clara at their place. Pecan tarts for dessert so we are very spoiled!!
今日、私はレイとともに、まもなく午後1:00後にスタンレーパークの周りの豪華な乗り心地を持っていた。さらに、私はlは戻り足で、アクアティックセンターで彼に別れを振っように水泳をやってみたかった。 （3.5K）、2マイル以上ほんの少し泳ぐことができたので、私の右の肩が非常にゆるい感じと喜んでいた。ホーム素晴らしい鶏、カボチャ、カブ、詰め物とそれらの場所でクララによってマッシュポテトジャガイモの夕食を持っている。デザートのためのペカンのタルトは、私たちは非常に甘やかされている！
Goodbye for now. Clara and Dusty and Chloë and Corinne and Maggie all send fond regards and best wishes for a Happy Christmas and Healthy New Year to you and your Mother and Aunts and Uncles, Toshi. Will be in touch in a few weeks or so. Fondestos and Cheers, Patrizzio!
今はさようなら。クララとダスティとクロエとコリーヌとマギーは、すべてのハッピークリスマスとあなたとあなたの母と叔母と叔父、トシに健康な新年のための好きに関しておよびよい願いを送る。数週間かそこらで連絡させていただきます。 Fondestosと乾杯、Patrizzio！
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Patrick Dunn, pdunn@interchange.ubc.ca Edradour Cask Strength Warrabilla Durif Dailuaine 16 Caol Ila Cask Strength
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パトリックダン、pdunn@interchange.ubc.ca EdradourのカスクストレングスWarrabilla Durif Dailuaine16薫ILAのカスクストレングス
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