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Alan Medic Wrote:

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> Competing in the annual Dwarf Cup with my

> brothers. Great venue this year in Mougins,

> France. Only time we see each other. This will be

> its 17th year.


Does this involve seeing how far you and your brothers can throw each other?...

UncleBen Wrote:

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> Do you have 6 brothers? Dare i ask what the Dwarf

> Cup is? All answers accepted.

> I fear this thread could lead to multiple

> suicides. . .


Well only 5 remaining as Doc passed away at the tender age of 14. Its origins arose when we had a meeting after our parents passed away. Everyone wanted to keep the plaques of Snow White and the lads which were on our sitting room wall for years. We decided to compete for them every year.


Why might this cause multiple suicides?

red devil Wrote:

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> Alan Medic Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > Competing in the annual Dwarf Cup with my

> > brothers. Great venue this year in Mougins,

> > France. Only time we see each other. This will

> be

> > its 17th year.

>

> Does this involve seeing how far you and your

> brothers can throw each other?...



Not so far but anything can happen and usually does.

If I was to try to identify the most prominent of the numinous shadows that have shimmered through the gloom of this miserable year, it would probably be the lumbering truth that I'm not dead yet. I am aware that it's hardly a highlight and, according to a surprising number of religious authorities, is much worse than the alternative, but it's the best I can do. That's not to say that the embers of hope haven't vomited the odd spark of schadenfreude, and Mr Huhne's charmless antics in particular have added a little spice to life's bitter gruel. But, on the whole, I'm not sure it's been worth bothering.


It is possible, at a stretch, that I might be unusually left of cheerful. But I'm inclined to suspect that UncleBen is right and that most people, if prompted to count their blessings, might find it sufficiently hard to reach the single digits that a trip to the South-West of Eastbourne would seem comparatively profitable.


There are consolations, albeit of a negative sort. I do not sell insurance, thinktank policies or indulge in Street Art (a phrase that, for some reason, inspires thoughts of salt mines), which means I can, more often than not, get some semblance of sleep at night. And the passions I am slave to are easily, if not cheaply, slaked, putting me, at a rough guess, amongst the top 4% of the undemanding. But however askance I gaze into the debilitating decades ahead that pave the way to inevitable death, I can't see much that's pretty to look at. Not even Eurovision.

Christ - what a fecking dismal thread :( Life is what you make it - fill it with dismal thoughts and you reap what you sow.


We have shoes on our feet and food in our mouths - anything else is a bonus. My highlight so far is sitting in the Grape and Grain in Crystal Palace with great friends listening to stupendous live jazz. Many months to go :)

Alan Medic Wrote:

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> Competing in the annual Dwarf Cup with my

> brothers. Great venue this year in Mougins,

> France. Only time we see each other. This will be

> its 17th year.


I can't claim it as a personal highlight. but I was touched by this post.

I don't know what the Cup exactly involves, but the longevity and the only time the brothers see each other...


Good luck with the cup, Alan M, hope it all works out as small as as you all want it.

Annette Curtain Wrote:

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> I've done some cracking 'blow-offs' this year

>

> I think the 3-35 yesterday was the best though

>

> Really special for those down wind as I trailed

> along Brick Lane


Admin. note: Please move to the wind chimes thread.

As of yesterday, I'm really liking my garden. It's the first year I've been able to use it since moving in. I'm learning about plants and have found all kinds of gems hidden in the jungle. Many were planted back in the 1970's by a former owner and it's been really rewarding unearthing them all from what was a complete jungle. It takes years to mature in the way it has done and feels special. It's also private, hardly overlooked in summer and almost like another room.


I can see me going the way of Titchmarsh shortly.

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