Re "my weasel" he's often very clever, but gets frustrated and then he bites and causes all sorts of problems. I have a great empathy for him. By the way he's bitten me more than once.
did you know that if you remove the turntable, ants will survive in a microwave - unless they are unlucky enough to be in the grid like hot spots to start with - go on, try it.
By the way, andyc, I'm reading Malcolm Lowry's "Hear Us O Lord from Heaven Thy Dwelling Place", whose title comes from a Manx fishermen's hymn. You no doubt know that.