>Oh, I remember... the guy from Guatemala with a NZ girlfriend! So you ended up with NZ Steel? Good for you! I'm on my way back to the frozen East Coast USA this week (global warming strikes again?) but drop me a line if you like.

Yep, it's still on strike. They flatly refuse to put the globe back on the burner. We got an inch of show this Saturday, and it still lingers in the corners. Had an hour of sunshine this morning (at about -3C), but the chemtrails covered the sky rapidly, so it's gray all day. Feels like a commandbutton, depressed.

The lousiest winter I had here. The Canadians seem to have forgotten how to close the gates - probably snowed in above the hinges - and the draft keeps us cold.

Endure, endure. Just a few more weeks.