Replies to Wanda - Ealing - Happy Birthday Liz - My Gran

[hamster8 at hotmail.com]

Thanks for your concern, Wanda.

Very usually, however, you just ignore this sort of thing.  It's been 
part of life for so long that it's just not worth bothering about.  
You just somehow *know* it will never happen to you.  Life goes 
on ... we get desensitised, and the only times I really stop to think 
about this sort of thing is when it's really bad, like the Omagh 
attack a couple of years ago.

For the record, I was at a very nice party, with some very nice 
people, where I had some very nice drinks ... on the other side of 
town in a place called Wood Green, so wasn't affected in the 
slightest.

I have opinions on British royalty that are best not stated here ... 
but anybody who can get to 101 and still knock back enough gin to 
stun a horse deserves my respect.  Hats off, Liz!  And it's my 
Grandmother's birthday tomorrow, as well.  Yay.  She's not quite as 
old as the Queen Mum, of course, but she, and the family generally 
have just had a rather nasty couple of weeks in which she's been in 
hospital, having a hip replacement.  She's on the mend, and is 
already up and pottering around the house, so it looks like things 
are on the up, which is a good thing, as she'd been in tremendous 
pain for some time.

Al

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Correction.  Last week's column mistakenly identified a source.  The 
European Commission President is Romano Prodi, not Buffy the Vampire 
Slayer.  Second Hand regrets the error.
-Prague Post.  Czech Republic.
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