Sinister: Re: Echo's Answer (A duck's quack)

[Calumn]

Hello there you lot!

On 20/06/2008, Gillian Kirby <the_sad_witch at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Do you still exist, Sinister? Moreover, do I? Why silence?

I'll quote, if I may...

"Cogito, ergo sum" (Latin: "I think, therefore I am") - Rene Descartes
"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and
remove all doubt." - Abraham Lincoln

I have, at least on Sinister, followed Honest Abe's tenet scrupulously
for a long while now but finally my operation has been completed and I
have had my scruples surgically removed!

I'm glad that sinister is still alive and kicking (occasionally like a
Croatian penalty taker!) and after Gillian's query I decided to type a
quick missive to reassure you all that: Yes, I'm still here. Yes, My
badges (when I wear them) are always upside-down. Yes, I'm still in
the same job (nearly 10 years - a new record!) Yes, I'm happy and
healthy and neither wealthy nor wise and Ooh! I'm getting married!
(I'll not bore you with the details but a good part of my decision was
"If it's good enough for Struan...")

Some of you I have kept in touch with "off-list" (albeit with varying
degrees of success) and some of you, to my eternal shame, I have not.
My bad, mea culpa and oops: I suck at keeping in touch, rest assured
that when and if I see you it'll be just like old times ;-)

I have just read this the customary three times, I'll hit send now and
go watch CSS on Jonathan Woss.

Calumn

PS - I just thought I'd mention the fact that I'm still in love with
Aruni J's Sweet and Sour Tofu
(http://www.joannou.net/topofthestairs/sinifood/arunij.php#tofu)
although I have to admit to substituting chicken for the tofu, it all
tastes the same anyway ;-)
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