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Alex Patterson | ad1935ap~AT~gmail~DOT~com

It was the filling mechanism at fault and it wasn’t in use at the time
Best Wishes to all
Alex

Tue 30-Dec-2025 21:16 - New Brunswick

Bruce Graham | bsgraham~AT~btinternet~DOT~com

May I add my seasonal wishes to the others - all 3 of them.

Alex's journey, or at least the final phase sounded eventful. I hope it was the toilet filing mechanism that was faulty and not the outlet.

Memories of those years of yore when the River Tyne was full of ships which all sounded their sirens at midnight on New Years Eve.

Mon 29-Dec-2025 18:24 - ruskington lincolnshie

Alex Patterson VUA 1946 - 1951 | ad1935ap~AT~gmail~DOT~com

Hello dear readers, (there must be three or four of you out there), and Mike of course,
Allow me to wish you all a happy, healthy and prosperous 2026. I am texting this from my granddaughter’s home in New Brunswick courtesy of a Christmas gift flight from my daughter Katherine. The flight was uneventful until about 15 minutes from landing at which time I noticed water flowing down the central aisle towards the back of the ‘plane. I was intrigued of course and somewhat alarmed. There was no announcement or explanation and we landed safely. Then there was an announcement. The first class toilet was overflowing, and the cockpit was a couple of inches deep. And when the ‘plane was coming in to land, its orientation caused the water to flow down aft through the passenger area. Fortunately for us we had already picked up our carry on luggage. Katherine went on line only to find how precarious the situation may have been. The pilot. was unperturbed, complaining about having to write an incident report !! Thank goodness we were on final approach … it may have been a different outcome had we been earlier in the journey. We’re flying back on New Year’s Day so I'll take this opportunity to hope for more input next year and maybe an infusion of new contributors.
Cheers
Alex

Mon 29-Dec-2025 15:37 - North York, Ontario, Canada

Backhouse

Beware microwaves bearing gifts. All sorts of things might happen.
Cheers, Neale.

Sun 28-Dec-2025 21:08 - West coast

Alex Patterson, VUA 1946 - 1951 | ad1935ap~AT~gmail~DOT~com

Season's Greetings to Mike and all our readers,
Just heading off to the Canadian Maritimes, Dieppe, New Brunswick, to be exact, to stay with my granddaughter Kaitlin's family and see my grandson-in-law and three great-grandchildren. It's fine and sunny here in North York, no snow here, but we'll arrive in snow in Moncton. I see that the Mariners are still top of their league with a couple of points to spare. I had a nice small party here on Sunday with my three daughters. One of the gifts I received was a box of Liquorice Allsorts. After the girls had gone I thought I'll have a few of those. They were absolutely rock hard. I'm not going to risk my teeth I've had for 90 years on a couple of L.A's. So I went onto AI and asked if I could restore them. Answer was back in seconds "Wrap a few in a damp paper towel, microwave for 5 seconds only and enjoy. I must admit I was a little suspicious that 5 seconds in the m/wave would have any effect. But after my burning fingers recovered, they were delicious (not my fingers, Backhouse, the allsorts) so once again Chat GBT came to the rescue.
Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year to anyone who sees this. and once again,
Lang may yer rum Leek (deliberate),
Alex

Thu 25-Dec-2025 17:14 - North York, Ontario, Canada

Neale Backhouse | neale1447~AT~gmail~DOT~com

Once again,Merry Christmas Mike, and to our small Band of Brothers.Let's hope we light up the New Year!
Best wishes, Neale.

Thu 25-Dec-2025 02:00 - Victoria BC

Neale | neale1447~AT~gmail~DOT~com

Thanks Alex, but you forgot to report the score. I'm afraid it was pain, not glory for Toronto. Dodgers won 5 runs to four to take the series 4 games to three. Much angst felt in Canada over the weekend!
One thing I agree with Alex about the game (having never played the game) is the continual spitting from all the players. It's non stop. The only players who refrained were the two Japanese imports on the Dodgers team. Maybe spitting is not approved of in Japan. Certainly in their Asian neighbour, Singapore, it earns you a fine.
Anyway try again next year, Bluejays, you have the talent.

Mon 3-Nov-2025 19:20 - Victoria BC

Alex Patterson, VUA 1946 - 1951 | ad1935ap~AT~gmail~DOT~com

Hello Neale and all the regulars,
I found myself in a bit of a quandary last evening, while watching the game. As a current Torontonian and former Angelino my loyalties were somewhat divided. Say 51% for Toronto and 49% for L.A. However when I tuned in and found Toronto in the lead, I found myself to be a loyal, devoted and lifelong fan of Toronto. Unfortunately they couldn't hit the ball for toffee and the only thing the Manager could do was wait until the camera was on him and spit out his tobacco juice. The only Toronto player who really impressed me was Kirk, the least athletic looking of anyone else on the field. But he looked like he meant business every time at bat. But I should mention Guerrero, who looked as though he wanted to be there and tried his usually successful best. It occurred to me that Toronto might be better off using cricket bats, instead of baseball bats. I'm sure the 'Merch" shop would be disappointed with all those leftover 'Championship Winners' tee shirts, hats etc.
So I'm now left to my part time fanship of the Mariners and NUFC.
Howay the Dodgers,
Alex

Sun 2-Nov-2025 17:20 - North York, Ontario, Canada

Neale Backhouse | neale1447~AT~gmail~DOT~com

On the odd chance that anyone is still interested, The LA Dodgers squared the series in Toronto last night in dramatic fashion. Coming into last night's game six, Toronto, who had won Wednesday night's game in LA and were leading the series 3 to 2, needed one more win to clinch the series.
Before a frenzied Toronto home crowd the visiting Dodgers were leading 3 runs to one in the bottom of the 9th inning. Toronto had runners on second and third bases and one man out,so they need their next batter to bring both of these runners home to tie the score. As an analogy imagine playing rounders as we did at school.
On the next pitch the batter sent the ball deep into left field and right into the glove of the left fielder. Two out. The fielder immediately fired the ball to third base and caught the batter charging from second base. He didn't make it and was tagged out. Three out and game over!! The home crowd were stunned to silence. The thousands watching in Los Angeles were jubilant.
So now it's do it all again tonight in game seven.
This time there will be a winner, even if they have to play all night.
On that note I think it is only fair to allow our man in Toronto to report on the final outcome.
So it's over to you Alex. Will it be pain or glory?

Sat 1-Nov-2025 21:57 - Victoria BC

Alex Patterson, VUA 1946 - 1951 | ad1935ap~AT~gmail~DOT~com

Neale...and the Blue Jays won again, they only need one more win. I watched the last half of the game, that's because I was out for coffee with one of my girls. But I have been a real fan for most of this week.
Howay the Blue Jays
Alex

Thu 30-Oct-2025 04:34 - North York, Ontario, Canada

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