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Hello again, Elle,
14, the "being heard" bit.
Marshall sounds like marshal.

Hi, Rusty!
"Much too young to remember"?
Flattery will get you everywhere!
But very true, of course!
I have a dim memory of learning about it though, but didn't recall the name.
I have been watching "15 to 1".......recorded earlier...... but managed to fall asleep before the end!
I do this...then am wide awake for ages and end up going to bed very late....a vicious circle!
And of course I am always up early! but then I like getting up early and going out early too.
I think the early morning walk is one of the best times of the day!
We have no plans for the weekend.......daughter and family are going away to visit her best friend.
We need to go to Poll Hill Garden Centre, but May Day weekend is perhaps not the best time to go, as it will be crowded.
How about you?
Any plans?

Hello, Elle!
I'm too young to remember it. too.
i read it in a book!
Miss AOW is collecting me at 11 tomorrow.
My friends from Norn Iron are here for the weekend.
I am meeting them Sun or Mon.
Other than that, I have no plans.
There has been a bit of a row about young Issy.
Some magician says she has copied his tricks and he was auditioned before Issy and got four "Yes's" from the panel!
Always something up with that show!

Good morning, Rusty!
A lovely morning here - and very much warmer!
You have quite a lot organised for your weekend.
It should be good!
Are you and Miss ATW heading to the Pine Cone for a bacon roll?
That is a funny business about young Issy's act?
I checked it out on Goggle after you told me about it, and it seems that a magician who previously auditioned for the show says that Issy copied his tricks, and he is involving a lawyer to defend his "rights".
Oh dear!
It is hard to know what to believe?
Certainly the acts are obviously shown out of auditioning sequence.......you can tell that the show is "patched together" by what Alesha and Amanda are wearing!
There is certainly a lot of jiggery - pokery goes on, on BGT!
I distrust a lot of it, which rather spoils the show for me!

Good morning, Elle!
A bit cloudy up here.
Yes, Pine Cone today, I think, but Miss ATW is the driver and the boss!
The acts in BGT are not "live" yet.
I liked young Issy but we do not know what has happened in the background.
Could it be sour grapes from the other magician?
There is a children's choir on tonight.
Hope they are good!

Hi, Rusty!
According to the news article that I read, the complaining magician auditioned for the judging panel first (before Issy)........was enthusiastically acclaimed and got four "Yeses" from the judges!
But his act has not yet been shown....this is what I meant by the auditioning being shown out of sequence.
And if you take note....Alesha and Amanda often appear in different clothing and with different make-up, in apparently the same show!
So the acts are from separate recording occasions and are put together.
I cannot see how, now, this other magician's act , can be part of the BGT show?
If his act and that of Issy are so alike?
Plagiarsm sounds plausible- but from whom?
Maybe we shall learn more......?
Anyway......Miss ATW will be with you soon.... it is nearly 11am.......
Have a good time!
Enjoy your bacon roll!

Hello, Elle!
We went early to Pine Cone.
Miss ATW was finished early at the gym.
She had a Stornoway black pudding and fried egg roll.
I had a bacon roll.
Was very nice!
Well, regarding Issy and the other lad, we only know what he is saying, don't we?
Is any of it true?
Issy looked a very accomplished young magician to me.
I am off out for a dander.

Good afternoon, Rusty!
I am glad that you and Miss ATW enjoyed your outing to the Pine Cone!
How far afield did you go on your walk?
As you so rightly say, who knows who is telling the truth about BGT's escapades?
Maybe the answer is just to take what we see at face value....... and just enjoy it?
Never mind the pros and cons.....
I am done with intrigue!
Now, the crosswords!
I have finished the 15 x 15...but have about six yet to parse.... I am thinking on those......
Just about to have a coffee, then going out for a walk.

Good afternoon, Elle!
I dandered for half a hour and came home.
No horse in the field today.
Yes, I am looking forward to the choir in BGT.
I finished my puzzle.
Quite tricky, I thought, today.
A couple of new words for me, too.

Hi, Rusty!
I must mark this off on my calendar!
Two quite astonishing things have happened!
Firstly........ and definitely worthy of a mention........
I have won my battle against the HMRC!
They have finally admitted that they were in error!
I now have - in writing - a separate letter to me - and a second one to my husband - absolving us of all culpability in late payments / accumulated debts etc to the HMRC!
I must admit that I had got to the stage of thinking that this was never going to happen!
After all, we are now two years into the matter!
It just shows that one should persevere against all apparent odds!!!
And secondly...........a little black mouse just ran across the floor..........?
Reincarnation?
A doppelganger?