<-- With the risk of upsetting an awful lot of Queenslanders, but, under the circumstances of Blues supporters suffering a lot of stress over the past 15 years or so, fairness demands that we publish Neil Thurlow's post of the week... Mea culpa if I cause anyone a repeat of palpitations... Ed. ☺
 
There's a victory, and defeat; the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself. Plato
 
Gerald's post of the week: We all love to spend money buying new clothes but we never realize that the best moments in life are enjoyed without clothes. [you refer to a nice hot shower, aren't you, Gerald? ☺ Ed.]
 
I recently called an old friend, the proverbial, rusted on Engineer, and asked what he was working on these days.  He replied that he was working on "Aqua-Thermal treatment of ceramics, aluminum and steel, in a controlled environment."  I was impressed, until, upon further enquiry, I learned that I interrupted him washing the dishes in hot water, under his wife's supervision...