Gee, thanks for all birthday wishes. Especially to Dada; it was very nice to get a special pome just for me!
I needed the good vibes as just after Herr Plug and I had arranged to go for a romantic lunch a deux cos it was so sunny..... I got a call from a neighbour of my dad's to say he was in a total tizzy as his heating (!) had failed. So I phoned Scottish Gas who are total stars

. Long story, but it turned out his boiler was "At Risk" so when Plug

and I got there at 1 pm not only did I have to phone a joiner to get a man out to quote for new ventilation for the boiler (which meant getting my trousers soaked as I was multi-tasking while I was on the phone as I was filling dad's pond with the garden hose at the same time), but I had to fix his mobile phone, take his laminator to bits (thus cutting myself with a craft knife and getting blood all over my clothes), and replace a printer cartridge.
And the old fool had forgotten it was my birthday
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!
But the great thing is that now I can get newted
because I don't have to go to Thumper Country tomorrow!!
But you, Catzvp, are still in deep, deep trouble 