Blimey. Quite a weekend. Sita & Tanya’s b-day party on Saturday was extremely well attended by with tons of lovely people dropping by. No dancin’ till 3 am this time round, just campfire songs in the garden. I recently let the neighbours know we’re moving so they’re probably counting the days, just like us. There’s photos to come. Anyroad, Breakfast on the wharf the next day; we got there at 11:31 and just missed the breakfast menu, almost prompting a Falling Down type reaction from Matt if not everyone. We had clam chowder, prawn cocktail salad and suchlike, then watched sea lions and starfish for a bit. Starfish aren’t fish, so what are they? Sits reckons they’re stars. A quick google for ’starfish’ and ‘phylum’ yields: Echinodermata… Not something we’d’ve worked out on our own on Sunday morning…
Then off home for a DVD marathon of the first series of Peep Show and further barbecuing with Monica and Daniel, a whistlestop tour of Santa Cruz by night with cocktails in Red. Kill Bill 1 & 2, and bed before you knew it.
Today was sedate, and now I’m at work unable to work. Definitely need a good night’s sleep- there’s going to be quite a lot going on as I try and pass on the tricks of the trade to various people in the next 4 (FOUR! FOUR! FOUR! FOUR! FOUR!) days. Alrighty, cannot think right now, time to head home. ‘Tis Tanya’s birthday today and we’re off out for a quiet drink later on maybe that’ll clear things up a bit. or not.

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I get Martin Luther King Day and Sita gets Memorial Day. Bar-b round ours again. Weather depending… looks like Sat’ll be a hot day and cool off nicely for the evening. I’m trying not to get used to this…

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How cool would it have been to have a Nigerian con artist on my guestmap? I have vivid memories of studying Nigeria in Geography and colouring along the coastline in a 3D blue pen. Something about Bilharzia snails too. Or was that the Aswan High Dam? anyroad, here’s my email from Africa. Click on “More” below for the full correspondance between me and Maru from Lagos:

Good Day,
I develop an interest on your items been displayed. my mode of payment is through western union money order,please send me your full information if you are ok with this mode of payment, and i want you to know that it will be pickup the item via fedex immediately you recieve approval confirmation from Western Union Money Order that payment has been approved because my customer are really in need of two of this items, please send me your full name and address and phone number so that i can proceed with payment IF you agree with this terms.

Thanks.

Gwyn Fisher to Mary May 23 (1 day ago)

Hello Mary,
My full name is Gwyn Fisher and you can reach me by phone on 831 XXX XXXX. I’m a little confused on whether you want to buy all the books or just the two you mention. If you just want two books then that’s fine because they don’t weigh much. Sending all the books (internationally?) would be too much trouble and cost for me to package them and fedex them,

Call me or send an explanatory email as to your intentions,

Many thanks,
Gwyn

Mary Claudys to Gwyn (16 hours ago)

the two will be ok,so kindly add the shiping fee to the total amount. thanks.pls reply soon because i nee those books urgently.

Gwyn to Mary Claudys (14 hours ago)
Hi Mary,
All the books are still for sale. Please tell me: Your full name, address & country,
Which two books you are interested in.

My full name is Gwyn W. Fisher, I’ve never used Western Union before so, tell me what you need to know and how to do this. Thanks,
Gwyn

Mary Claudys to me : 12:24 pm (6 hours ago)

My full name is Maru Claudys i reside in lagos nigeria,i will love to buy all the books.I was fortunate to
make a lot of sales today in my store and i really give glory to God for this. In this case i’m trying to get out tomorrow to refill the store and i fill if you could sell out the whole books with a discount this might just be a favour to my side.Abouit the shiping,dont worry,i have a fedex account i will do the pickup scheduling,you are just to package it.Let me know the total fee for all and know when to make the payment.As soon as i make the payment to western union,they will send you a notification mail through the email given t them by the buyer to let you know that sum amount were paid in your name by a (buyer by name …) and they will send the money order to the address given as soon as they receive the tracking number of the shipment puting the two party in a safe transaction. As soon as they receive the tracking number they will send you an unconditional approval mail which will let you know that the money order has been sent to your address and you will receive it in 3-7 days upon receipt of the shipment iformation. Thanks.

If you are still interested, kindly let me have your full name and address wuth your phone number so tht they can contact you with a call should there is any error.Thanks Mary.

Gwyn Fisher to Mary, (bcc:sita) (5 hours ago)

Dear Maru,
Sorry, no deal. It sounds far too complicated. Next time you’re in the Santa Cruz area, feel free to drop by. Thanks for your enquiries.
love gwyn