2008 - Autumn

[Sweder]

It's like being winked at by some old hag.

Some of us cling to that desperate hope old bean

Have to agree with your observations on Finnish chaps. I have a few customers from that region and they are to a man dour in the extreme. Must be something to do with lack of sunlight. Or perhaps that their national identity is associated, in the English-speaking world at least, with The End.

Well done on the running/ gym commitment and the alcoholic abstinance. There's a positive vein in your writing that suggests this is the real deal. Weight dropping off seems to be the preserve of youth doesn't it? I've been plodding steadily pretty much throughout the year yet remain stubbornly over weight. I guess it's a case of living with what you have and getting fit around that. Literally in our case.