Went for a drive on Monday evening, Bank Holiday Monday: took Mrs W and Dima to a place on the Thames called Goring. Nice place with an excellent riverside set of pubs and restaurants. We parked the car and started legging it towards a pub for a drink and a meal. As we neared the place Mrs W said she couldn't stand the smoke ... what smoke? It sounded too lively, too! So we moved on and found a very quiet place on the river that served excellent food for carnivores. The food for veggies consisted of what seems to be the statutory veggie dish of the day PASTA. Everywhere I go these days there is often only one veggie starter, one veggie main course and the main course veggie alternative is just about always pasta. So I had that then: passable. Mrs W and Dima were delighted by theirs. The puddings were fine, though! DW

A friend of mine from the good old US of A has sent me a news clipping that had slipped my net: Know this chap?? Apparently a teacher has been arrested in the UK for possession of compasses, protractors, and straight edges. It is claimed he is a member of the Al Gebra movement, bearing weapons of maths instruction. DW