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Hi, Rusty!
I have been talking to my daughter for the past hour!
She always phones on her way home from work...and we had extra time to chat tonight, as the original train had "broken down", so she was going home by a circuitous route!
Fortunately, her husband had gone to collect the boys from Holiday Club and nursery.
Well, your friends will have arrived by now.......
Are you all meeting up tomorrow?
Perhaps going to the Pine Cone?
You will be pleased to see them.
Re Venice...do you like those photos I sent of Burano and the Leaning Tower?
Aren't the colours superb?

Good evening, Elle!
Still raining!
Yes, my friends are here.
Staying in a hotel down town.
There is a good chance we will meet up tomorrow, but they have many folk to see when they are here, and graves to visit etc.
We shall see what happens tomorrow.
Yes, the pics of Burano and the Tower are very good.
Must be a few buildings a bit squint due to the soggy ground, you'd think?

Oops, Rusty!
That was weird...just noticed after I'd posted that your name was still up as the last poster , instead of mine!
I am sending this to see if the line-up adjusts.....

Hello, Elle!
I never knew there were so many leaning towers in Italy!
They seem to have cornered the market!
Thanks for the link.
Hopefully I'll see my friends tomorrow.
They went straight to see my pal's Mum when they arrived.
She was delighted to see them and they said she is much the same as last time!
Yes, I am forever changing the order of the posts.
There is a glitch in the system.
Malone mentioned it the other day, too.
A bit annoying!

Hi, Rusty!
I have learned quite a lot about Italy in the last twenty-four hours!
How long is your son staying in Venice?
I've heard folk complain about the irregularity in the posts, but I have never seen that happen before.....
I always have my Settings on "latest post first"?
I seem to recall your having said that the irregularity didn't show up then?
But it certainly did this evening!
Ah well, it was but a slight hiccough!
Fireworks have been going on here all evening....and tomorrow there is a big official Fireworks display up in our local park...
Oh dear! my poor dog!

Hello, Elle!
I do not know how long they are staying in Venice, but I suspect they may leave on Sunday.
I don't "think" the irregularity shows in latest post first, but it always does in oldest post first.
A bit of a glitch!
I have heard one or two fireworks tonight.
They are annoying!

Good morning, Rusty!
I am just back from my walk.
What a day!
The rain is pelting down, and we have very heavy winds whirling the leaves, twigs and smaller broken branches around the park, like a dervish!
Dog and I are giving good imitations of drowned rats!
I am glad to be home...and here I shall stay!
I hope the weather is not this severe in your neck of the woods?
Any word from your Norn Iron friends?

Good morning, Elle!
It is a beautiful day here.
Bright blue sky and not a breath of wind.
It rained during the night, though.
I went for a walk earlier, after I left ASDA.
I was too early for my paper!
May get one later.
I am meeting my pals from o'er the water soon.
Miss O is doing the driving.

Hi, Rusty!
Oh, that's good!
Have fun...talk later

Hi, Rusty!
I am not sure whether or not you will now be back at home?
I hope you had a great time with your friends …..and a good catch up personally on all the news?
Lucky you with the lovely weather!
It is still very wet here with fierce winds.
May it rain on all the fireworks!!
A nice crossword puzzle today, I thought?
I have answers for every clue , with only a few still requiring partial parsing.
I shall come back to those later ......inspiration may strike!