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...when I'm supposed to be packing to go on holiday and it's half twelve already. I'm just back from a Stiff Little Fingers gig in Bridgwater, where I have reacquainted myself with the delights of the moshpit.

Anyway, I will shortly be leaving to spend a week on the barge in France what my parents have a 1/12 share of.

Don't wreck the place when I'm gone, mind.

I made that request a few weeks ago when I headed off to NYC to see Shea and TJ.

You shoulda seen the mess when I got back

Mind you, I'd like to meet the lady who was wearing these And I suspect she's no lady

Have a great time, Six

(Dunno what Gosho's talking about, I don't remember seeing anyone of disrepute round his gaff )

That's because you passed out in the toilet.

Now where does 6 keep his cider?

Humpf Did not. Don't think...

Cider - he'll have it tucked away somewhere. We've got time for a good search

Well - it might not have been you. I didn't ask the name, it was just so inconvenient keep having to move the head to use the toilet.

Stiff lil fingers are still going? cor! Bit long in the toof now, right...hehehe..

So how was the holiday?

My Mum slipped on my Dad's shoes at the bottom of the steps going into the back cabin on the first day and broke a rib, so that made things a bit interesting, but it was very good on the whole.

I have had far too much lovely French food and wine, and have gone up an entire belt notch. In fact, I think I'll go for a quick bike ride before it gets completely dark...

Back shortly.

By the sound of it, maybe the dark is the best place for a quick bike ride!

Paff

Not on my bike it isn't. Since I got my new one, with its fancy suspension seatpost, there doesn't seem to be anywhere to fix a rear light to. I'm going to have words with that Claud Butler when I bump into him...

Now, I have a quandary. I returned from France with a six-day-old beard. Most of which I have just shaved off, on the grounds that it although it didn't look bad, it was just too damn itchy.

A shame though - beards run in the family, my Dad's had one since before I was born. I have, however, for the time being retained a moustache. A proper full-on Zapata job.

The question is, do I retain it?

On the plus side, it's a laugh. And surely one of the plus points of being a single bloke is that I can muck about with my face fuzz to my heart's content? On the minus side, well, I look a bit of a charlie.

Even though people told me that I looked good with a beard a few months ago, I couldn't abide wearing the damn thing for the same reason you explain - it's uncomfortable and itchy. I'm even less inclined towards a 'tache because it just gets in the way when you drink a pint, eat a cream cake or blow your nose.

One's face furniture options are seriously limited when when also shaves one's bonce. Big ole pork chops (on their own) are pretty much out of the question, for instance.

Did you see Weller on the Electric Proms btw? http://www.bbc.co.uk/electricproms/paulweller/

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Or Borat?

It seems the profanity filter objects to the phrase "bu!gger grips"...

No, not the filter. If the filter objected to it you wouldn't have been able to post it in the first place. This is someone with far too much time on their hands and a co-efficient of being offended that is far too sensitive. McKay posted today that one of his journal posts from 18 months ago has only just been hidden for calling someone a Richard head.