[dogscoff]

You spawny get, I havn't had a holiday since September and am really feeling it.

Well it's our first holiday in two years (and probably our Last for another two=-) but we had an unprecedented chance to splash out at the travel agents so we did. And decided to take the opportunity to get married while we were at it- less hassle and expense than doing it at home.

Sri Lanka? where were you? I thought it a rather lovely place indeed when I went there back in 1997

Yeah, it still is. There's a real sense (or there was to me) of growth and increasing prosperity over there. Things are pretty hard for a lot of ppl there but you get the feeling that it's getting better.
And the food, the scenery, the wildlife, the local beer and the climate is just superb. I had a fantastic time.

Congratulations, I had no idea that your young lady (assuming that it is a young lady) had had the poor sense to agree to marry you I assume you caught in a moment of weakness, such as when she was shopping for shoes or something.

Actually it was her idea. We booked the holiday/ wedding then bought a ring back on April 1st. Then we texted/ mailed our friends/ family and they all thought we were joking=-)

We need some getting thoroughly drunk round here.

Right, in that case...

*Dogscoff stands up and walks toward the cliffs above the beach. He finds a particular spot, turns due east and starts counting his steps. The others look on in bewilderment. Eventually he stops and starts digging a hole in the sand. Within minutes he has struck something solid. Rollo and 'Tig help him excavate a large wooden box, which upon opening contains 36 bottles of finest Vaxin Absynthe.

"One of my emergency stashes."

'scoff pops the top off a bottle of the green stuff and passes it round.