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Malone's 'It's A Small World' will be next, a look at some of the places, near and far, that she has visited. This talk was originally called 'Blue Sky Thinking' as that's what Malone spent much of her time doing, but had to be changed as some people said they'd expect tips and discussion on various management initiatives.

Grunger is busy with the Spite Girls tours just now. It is hoped that she will pop in to give a brief talk, provisionally called 'The Pie's The Limit'.

As the evening draws to a close, guests will leave to some random chanting from the highly-acclaimed 'Birds Of Pray' (see post 605). These sisters aren't just doing it for themselves, they will delight us too.

Malone

That is a wonderful programme. So rich in content and great variety. I should be delighted to talk about markets and I will start to work on some scripts.

Albert's Hall will be a great venue. I think it is in Kennington rather than Kensington. Only one letter different but the areas are worlds apart. If it is the place I am thinking of, it is next to The Oval, so if Tyke is watching cricket there, he might be able to pop in and give a talk about his favourite grounds, or perhaps Yorkshire Puddings.

I am away at the end of June but I hope I don't miss this amazing event that you have worked so hard to put together.

Thank goodness that is over. I have left the tour, though it is continuing. The girls decided that as I no longer have the right "image", I should have a backstage role, wardrobe repairs, press officer, sound consultant etc. That was rather unkind, but the pies have had an effect. There were many "sound issues", but I have always felt that the sound we made was an issue itself.

I have missed many interesting posts while away, so will reply to Malone and jigjag later when I have caught up.

Grunger

It's a relief to know that your ordeal is over. I am not surprised that you were underwhelmed with the new roles assigned to you. You can rest assured that PU never shunt members off into inappropriate, demeaning areas.

Jigjag

I'm glad the suggested programme meets with your approval. Thanks for the additional London information. Roy and Albert were rather vague about the location of their hall.

Tyke

Although cricket gets on my wick(et), I know that many PU members are fans. There's a place for you on our event if you wish to join us onstage.

grunger

It's good to have you back, in a role to match your talents. These are considerable, but I didn't realise that they extended to carpentry. I would have no idea how to repair a wardrobe, but luckily, I have never needed to.

Malone

Thank you for your interest in my Pie Chart. It has pride of place in the centre of my kitchen notice-board. It shows photos of various pies and the ingredients.

Next to it is my Pi Chart. This shows the ratio of the main ingredient of each pie to the secondary one. So, for example, Steak to Kidney, is a ratio of Pi to 1. Of course, bakeries use a ratio of 22:7 for Pi(e), but I feel this is not accurate enough. I use Pi to 10 places of decimal, 3.1415926536.
This is shown on the chart, but years ago, I created a mnemonic to remember it.

"How I like a pizza, pineapple or tomato, bacon and cheese."

The number of letters in each word represents the value of each digit. This idea is used by many people to remember Pi to hundreds of places of decimal, but surely, in the kitchen, 10 is enough.

Grunger,

My eyes usually glaze over at any mention of numbers and if Pi is involved I sometimes run for the hills - but your Pi Chart stuff was so interesting, I found myself engrossed. No wonder the chart has pride of place!

jigjag

I loved the Ivor Berger story. I really was not encouraging you to eat anything there, my remark about the wholesome food was not meant to be taken seriously. Thanks for the wardrobe repairs joke. I must tell that to the girls, if I see them again.

Rosalind

I liked the analysis of the "cheese" in the Big Mac. Interesting that they don't admit there is any cheese in it, just including the small fraction in the unspecified items.

Malone

Glad you liked the Pi, if not the Pie. I think making up your own mnemonic is more satisfying than the standard ones - easier to remember too.

At school, we had to learn a ridiculous one for the order of the planets. It started "mercifully venerable earls........." but that was all I could ever remember. I have managed for years on:

"My very elderly mother just showed us nine planets" which is neat and accurate. Of course I don't accept current nonsense that Pluto is not a planet.

grunger

I'm pleased you liked the Berger story. I knew you were joking about the food - I just had a coffee.

Your Pi/Pie posting was brilliant, and I like your mnemonics, neater than the ones I use. I agree about Pluto. The planet was named after Popeye's old adversary, so it is real enough