Black Spot Cough & Ambulance

In Treasure Island, pirates are presented with a "black spot" to officially pronounce a verdict of guilt or judgment. It consists of a circular piece of paper or card, with one side blackened while the other side bears a message and is placed in the hand of the accused. It was a source of much fear because it meant the pirate was to be deposed as leader, by force if necessary—or else killed outright.

In my case, it's not a piece of paper, but a stain, or rather several, caused by using Jenolite (or phosphoric acid, as we experts call it) to convert rust. Stains the hands hideously - and probably not good for my health. Did the other GT6 mudguard yesterday - after having done it once on the n/s, doing it for a o/s was a piece of cake. Usual procedure - original inner half and replacement outer.

The cough mentioned in the title wasn't really a cough. It was a noise I made while we were watching TV last night. Hay looked at me, rather surprised at the sound. I said it was meant to be a cough, but I simply couldn't be arsed, and so it was hence a prelude to a cough.

We went out for a family meal on Saturday night, which turned into a bit of a medical emergency. There was Hay and myself, Hay's sister and husband, No.1 Son and Hay's dad and his partner. We'd just finished the main course when Hay's dad's partner keeled over (she's 89). Turns out she had a massive drop in BP for some reason and simply passed out. Ambulance was called and arrived within 20 minutes, which was very impressive seeing as we were out in a countryside pub. No serious damage done, but we thought we had a bereavement on our hands. They didn't get back from the hospital till 5am Sunday.