Royal Oak

I know, works out at 5 quid each, which is still 1/3 as much as I used to pay for OJCs up until about 5 years ago.

I changed my mind back again. My weakness sickens me.

I just went through the rigmarole of setting up an account, selecting 13 CDs, to be told a $65 order would cost $31 to ship to the UK. Changed my mind, probably for the best.

General Dreedle Colonel Korn Major Major

No woods round here, but then, few Telegraph readers, either. My "porn in the woods" experience was at Abney Hall in Cheadle, not so far from you Bill! I grew up in a Telegraph-reading household. My dad changed to the Times in the late 80s, principally for the crossword. My mum still takes the Telegraph however.

The loss of "porn in the woods" made me laugh.

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I think"Dis Here" would sound pretty cool. Probably been done already.

I bought this album on the strength of Rooster's recommendation. While I don't much dig the original album, I agree that the bonus session is ace. It almost makes me want to start smoking dope again!

Some tenor saxophones somehow not present in my collection: Lucky Thompson - Lucky Strikes Rashaan Roland Kirk - Kirk's Work Lockjaw et al - Very Saxy

Due to my recently reduced powers of concentration, I decided to go back to my childhood and read "The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole" by Sue Townsend. Still on the "easy reading" tip, started Bill Bryson's "Down Under".

Langer wasn't very happy about that being made public, not when he'd be facing all those blokes on the county circuit in the weeks ahead. I don't know if you listened to any of the tests on BBC's Test Match Special, but Langer's old mate Hayden did quite a bit of commentary. He came across a nice enough bloke, but boy did he talk some crap. If he wasn't endlessly regurgitating management speak about "execution/skills/processes" (he's obviously read a lot of self-improvement books), he digressed constantly about food, or children's films. One could almost hear his co-commentators squirming at times.

I hadn't realised there was a cricket thread here! Although I am not a huge fan as there is no culture of cricket in France, I have enjoyed watching the last match of the series and I am chuffed England beat the Aussies. What a beautiful performance from Stuart Broad. But have you ever seen a more arrogant muppet than Flintoff?!! I didn't know that guy until last week but never before in my life had I felt this irresistible need to punch somebody's face! His body language and his silly postures when celebrating really made me cringe. Is this guy really a national hero? If it is the case, no wonder that English sportsmen have got the reputation of being arrogant. Anyway, it's nice to see the whole country delighted and elated by the victory. Next stop: Football World Cup? Come on France and England! Very interesting article about Fred by his former England team-mate Matthew Hoggard here: www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/current/story/422066.html/

Sorry, I can't have any criticism of Flintoff. If ever there was an Englsih sportsman worthy of the hype, it is (was) Fred. The most wholehearted, talismanic English cricketer since the equally-mythical Ian Botham. I remember watching him bat in the second innings of the Edgbaston Ashes test of 2005 and it was simply mesmerising - all this after disclocating his shoulder early on his knock. I think the pedalo incident added to his lustre if anything.

Yes, two consecutive home series now won. It's almost a shame to see a once-invincible team made to look mortal. I only hope for their sake that the Aussies' decline isn't as steep as that of the West Indies post-1991 (or thereabouts). You'd have to think Ponting's captaincy is at an end, but he showed a lot of character and good grace in defeat.

North now gone.

Helena Bonham-Carter Tim Burton Richard Burton

P J O'Rourke's "Holidays In Hell" Out of date (a lot has changed since 1989 after all) and I wouldn't necessarily agree with O'Rourke's politics, but funny and pithy anyway.

I agree. Two thousand (pounds, not dollars) for a vaccuum cleaner?

then you would have enjoyed today's conversation over lunch at work more than i did... (the subject was "when did you first realize that "michael jackson" (as read and pronounced in german) and "michael jackson" (as pronounced correctly on tv and on the radio) were one and the same person?" surprisingly many people could contribute their experiences...) Would that be pronounced something like "Mish-ale Yack-zen" in German? Been a long time since my German O level, and I've spoken very little since.

Robert Graves's "I, Claudius" (or "Clavdivs" as I used to think as a kid. Saying that, i often wondered who the hell "MUFC" was, and why he was always writing his name on walls).

Are you supposed to give the first answer that pops into your head? I ask, because the longer I look at these things, the more I just see inkblots.

Interesting that the UK's "hotter than average Summer" long range forecast of a few months ago has now been cancelled by the Met Office! Rained almost all day today.

My analyst told me That I was right out of my head

They all look like pelvises to me.........(worried)