One of my staff skived off to watch Man Utd play a while back and I docked his pay, when he protested with "but I love Man U" I simply retorted "when Alex Furguson rings me up to ask how you lot are doing on a Saturday, I'll take an interest in his."

I bought a 3 year old .177 and paid £500.00. That was from Dave at Staffordshire Custom Rifles, keep an eye on his website as he gets them in now and again.

Minus 12 yesterday, minus 1 today, sunrise is 11.40, sunset 14.20. Deep snow everywhere, the lakes are frozen solid. Finland, back to England on Sunday.

There's loads of parents here wanting to empty Santa's sack, I'm worried about their moral standards.

Finland, I've told the wife that although Saara is from here, the X Factor isn't on tonight.

To be honest I've got a thermal suit and my Swedish Army parka on with a furry hat and gloves and its only my face that feels cold. The air is drier so the damp doesn't soak everything through but how they would survive winter without tourism is hard to imagine. There's no visible wildlife, just rei...

For cool try this BBF, I'm in Finland, it's -14, the snowmobile is ace and I've got duty free whiskey, then home for Christmas and 3 weeks in Goa should see us into Feb and the back of the worst weather.

If you can run Linux, try it.

TenMetrePeter wrote:So Xmas eve seems a bit humbug then...

Curry at 18.30, the highlight of the week.

I'm banned from going anywhere near ours, I keep pinning targets to it and shooting the decorations.