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Good morning, Elle!
So...I was right about the red shirts?
I wonder how that got in my head?
I shall rest on my laurels for the rest of the day!
I think I may find out a bit more about Garibaldi.
Will see what's on YouTube about him.
I am almost ready for collection by La Bamba.
Good luck with Everyman, and stay away from Facebook!

Hi, Rusty!
I am not sure whether or not you will be home yet?
I hope you had a good chat and enjoyed your breakfast/ brunch?
Did you have a bacon roll- or did you branch out and try something different again?
I am thinking of maybe a yoghurt for lunch?
Or perhaps some soup...?
The Everyman is done...with a doubtful parsing, but I am working on that one!
I have the Sunday paper here...so may do one of those puzzles.
I am waiting for my daughter .......

Good evening, Elle!
I had a ham and cheese omelette at Pine Cone today, and it was very tasty!
They have a sale on just now.
50% off all the Christmas stuff!
Been a bit overcast here today, but not cold.
Well done with the Everyman!

Good evening, Rusty!
Our lovely day has continued throughout!
We have indeed been fortunate....but I think all this good weather will end soon, as rain seems to be forecast for much of this coming week.
Your ham and cheese omelette sounds good!
We have had a great family day!
It is good for us all to spend time together.
Great fun - if a tad shattering!
I am now about to phone my cousin for our weekly chat!

Hello, Elle!
It is a bit rainy here!
But it is warmer.
My omelette was very tasty!
Is your family still there?
I have not been out since morning.
Hope all is well with your cousin!

Hi, Rusty!
I am sorry about your rain.
Ours is due to start at 8am in the morning - I could do without that, when walking the dog!
No, the family is long gone!
They usually leave by 6 o'clock at the latest , so that the children can be in bed by 7.30 pm.
And it's school again tomorrow!
Half term is finished now.
Have you been watching the Olympics today?
Anything of note to report?
I have not had the TV on at all today - so not even heard any News!

Hello, Elle!
I watched a bit of the Olympic Games.
The curling, mainly.
Team GB women got beat from Sweden.
They will have to up their game with Canada still to play.
There was a controversial incident with the last GB stone being penalised, but it looked OK on the replay.
I do not think it affected the outcome though, as the Swedes had the hammer in the final end.
My TV is often off all day, and when it is on, I have it on mute.
Just watching the golf.
Hope Bubba makes it!

Hi, Rusty!
I have belatedly been catching up with the News......
Did you see that a Russian medallist, Alexander Krushelnytsky , has been caught out by a preliminary doping test?
He may now lose his Olympic medal ( a Bronze for Curling) - and rightly so , if he is found guilty.
I would have thought that the " non-flag carrying, cannot win medals for their country" Russians would have been ultra- careful and would have stayed well away from prohibited drugs......especially under the circumstances ?
The drug in question is apparently "meldonium", the drug that Maris was penalised for using,
Russia is never going to escape the slur the country is rightly under if this continues.
This is also a blight on such Russians as may hopefully be genuinely "clean",

Good morning, Elle!
A fine morning here!
Yes, I read about the Russian curler.
I think all sports and most countries have cheats in them.
And good PR departments making excuses for them.
The fact that there are Russians at the Games is a fudge by the powers that be.
The major sponsors of the Games have said nothing.
Bubba has won the golf!

Good morning , Rusty!
Dreich here!
I have returned home from my walk with a somewhat poggy dog!
I think the powers- that- be will open Sample B today to see if that, too, tests positive for the Russian Athlete?
He apparently is saying that someone may have spiked his drink...or some such tall story......
I am drinking coffee and eating my apple and cheese.
I shall run the hoover around for a quick tidy.......then take a look at the crossword.
We have the Thames Water official coming at noon.
That should be interesting......
Well done, Bubba!