**SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT**

 The Curmudgeon will be out of town from today until Sunday and away from his (temporary) office.

This means that he will not have access to his off-limits Mac or his temporary laptop computers making blog posting difficult.

We are sorry about this inconvenience and appreciate that this will create a vacuum for regular readers.

I suggest that you go to: RICHARD'S BASS BAG or to ROBERT THE VERY SILLY SINNER AND TOILET CLEANER for your daily fix .......... on second thoughts it might be more interesting to step outside and watch the grass grow.

TTFN