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Having published two memorable anthologies "Voices On The Verandah" and "The Way We Were", CTR Publishing continues with their winning formula in this third offering of stories that enrich our Community. Editors Lionel Lumb and Deborah Van Veldhuizen have created a richly layered book comprised of anecdotes both sad and joyful, insightful yet entertaining. The book is star studded throughout with illuminating stories of childhood in India, to hardships and successes of lives lived in foreign lands.

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ere's one submitted by Marian and Henry Holley.

Absolutely hilarious!

 

Have you been following the Formula 1 season this year? Did you watch the fiasco at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium on Sunday? What was your take on the race?

I have goaded myself into a frenzy about it and you can take a look at my comments in my Calendar entry on this site.

Have a look ...

 

Update: 22 September 2008

McLaren-Mercedes and Hamilton's appeal against the 25 point penalty disallowed as 'Inadmissable' - whatever the hell that means!

 

Update: 4 November 2008

"The boy Hamilton dun it!"

With 7 laps to go, Hamilton was sitting comfortably in 4th place (he only needed to finish 5th) when the rain arrived. Alonso (running second) and Räikkönen (3rd) pitted for 'wets'. Hamilton and Vettel (in 5th) followed their lead on the next lap. Timo Glock, Toyota, elected to gamble and go for the line with his 'intermediates' and that allowed him to move into fourth place, shoving Hamilton back to fifth. Then young Vettel drove the race of his life and overtook Hamilton with two laps to go, relegating him to sixth. Sixth was going to lose Hamilton the championship, and the race was on!

Hamilton tried to regain fifth, but Vettel was just too good to allow him to pass.

Last lap. Massa was in the lead. He took the chequered flag to win the race on his native soil and in front of an adoring and partisan crowd. It also meant that he was going to be crowned world champion! The Ferrari team in the pits started to celebrate. All the cameras were focussed on Massa and team Ferrari, but they'd taken their eyes off the race!

Glock was in trouble. His gamble to stay on 'intermediates' was proving to be ill advised. He took over 54 seconds to complete sector 2 of the last lap. He may even have run off the circuit during that sector, but there were no cameras to capture that moment. This was all the time that Hamilton needed. He and Vettel, just ahead of him, roared past Glock in the last 30 yards as if he was standing still.

WOW! What a finish! Hamilton crossed the line in fifth place which gained him enough points to win the championship with a 1 point margin.

Congratulations, young man, you deserved it.

Feast your eyes and gorge your memory with these delicacies. They still exist today, but if you look at the various regional dishes I am sure you will recall some of your favourites from yesteryear.

For the talented ones, or the lucky few that can still manage to produce the same dishes in your kitchens, all I can say is that I am totally envious of you!

Enjoy!

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Ten years after Penguin published "Anglo-Indian Food and Customs", the tenth anniversary edition of the same title has been released.

This edition, an expanded version of the original, contains more recipes, further anecdotes, and sketches by the noted graphics artist Jim Peters.