A cold wet windy West Australian Sunday, what more could you ask for, especially when you planned to tidy up more of the backyard so that it will look more attractive to potential house buyers.   I am going to finish today's entry and then off to bed with a nice cup of soup and a book (Boof is already there, smart dog)

May already, my how time flies when you are having fun. My ticket and accommodation has been booked for SUBCON and I am looking forward to to the Meet and Greet on Friday night but I will not be attending the Ball on Saturday night.  It is good to see that there are more than normal nominations for the National Executive this year.  The Executive has been distracted this year, addressing the Constitution and other issues, and have not been able to address more important issues, let's hope that the next 12 months allow them to move the Association in the right direction with the support of ALL members.  The SAA's current Constitution does not give many options for voting, only those attending the AGM may vote.  The candidates are:

• President: David Sandquest and John Head

• Vice President: Max Hardy, John O’Brien and Lloyd Blake 

• Secretary: Peter Smith and Noel Robinson

• Treasurer: John Rana and Robert Wilson

The new site is doing exceedingly well and it seems that a majority of our regular visitors have placed it in their 'favourites'. The number of of daily visitors has reached an average of 280 a day and growing.  The problem at the moment is time, I still have just under 200 email in my 'pending' tray, so please be patient if you are waiting for a reply.  Thanks again for your support.

Around the Traps

Tony Vine reports that wife Cathie is making sure but slow progress after undergoing a major operation and thanks the members of the association for thinking of them at this time. The prognosis is good but Cathie will need regular tests over the next few years to ensure that the cancer does not reappear. Tony said "Please pass on our thanks to all for the support and best wishes, its times like this that you really appreciate the Naval family."

John Lennon has surfaced, but unfortunately has reported that wife Valerie has been through a traumatic period. "Just a short note to let you know what has been happening on the home front in the last couple of months. In February my lovely wife Val found a lump in her left breast, we saw specialists, had scans and biopsies, and all was announced, no problems, just a cyst! However, our own doctor saw her and said "I don't like lumps!" and arranged surgery after our holiday We went to Victoria for two weeks holiday in April with friends from Sydney and spent a week at Val's favourite place on the Murray near Echuca, and tried to say that everything was okay. On our return Val underwent surgery and a small lump was sent off for biopsy. They had found a cancerous cell, and they say it is most probably "not invasive". The specialist was very optimistic, and eased our fears somewhat, but Val has been booked in to have "remains of cells around the edge" removed and also radiography checks to see if lymph nodes have been affected. She'll be in for a couple of days. We are being very positive about this, we have kept all this mainly to ourselves, because we didn't want to upset anyone unduly and get all uptight about things. So, that is the main reason we have been keeping a little to ourselves in the past few months, and we hope that all goes well for Valerie next week, take care mate, and good luck with the new site, have enclosed a photo from our village debs ball." Our thoughts are with you both.

Australian Service Medal (ASM) with Clasp
The Australian Service Medal (ASM) with Clasp SPECIAL OPS was awarded to naval personnel who had been aboard submarines, on trips as specified by CDF. It has come to our attention that there are still a number of ex-submariners from the RAN who haven’t applied for their ASM with Clasp SPECIAL OPS. Brett Hinton discovered his eligibility by visiting the Veteran's Affairs page and said "Followed your link in one of the Chief's Logs and applied for my medal on the 10th May 2007. It arrived 21 May 2007. Could you please list the names more openly in the log and advise those eligible to go to Department of Defence website and a do site search for from AC 694, fill it in and fax it to Directorate of Honours and Awards - 02 6266 1065."  Are you entitled?

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David Horne has returned from his trip to Gallipoli "What a wonderful trip to Turkey, really enjoyed myself. Can't speak highly enough about it. I've now had an invite to the Decommissioning of HMAS Ipswich and HMAS Townsville after 25 years of service on Friday 11 May. I get to put the medals on again, but this time in a lounge suite and not cold weather gear as we did a couple of weeks ago."  Dave was interviewed by channel 7 on completion of the Dawn Service at ANZAC Cove.

Dave Luck reports that he has spoken to Ken Brazier and he is back home in Kilmore. A bit of the ultra quiet state and he should be OK. Dave said "You can't keep a greenie down !!!!!!!"  I recall a different problem "You can't get a greenie up!!!!"

Dave Holland is jet setting (again). "We are off to see our 6th Grandchild for the first time and do a little travelling around the USofA which includes the Space Shuttle launch on 8th June and a visit to Graceland's. Looking forward to the break, but will be online to keep an eye on business and read 'up-periscope'.

Dave Luck's story about the Periscope Photography course brought back memories of when I did the similar course with Peter Chegwidden, (Cheggers) in Sydney. We had words in the dark room the first time, but it was hands off from there on!!!! Ha! Ha! (Gi-day Cheggers) The photography skills were put to good use both with Admiral Peter Briggs on Otway and 'Woolly the Bull','Tricky' Dicky' & 'Mickey' Dunne on Orion. Still have many of the photos shots for my retirement plans.

Wish we had digital cameras in those days - as an example - we went to Beijing last month and took 900+ photos - also - just a heads-up - go to Beijing - the shopping is as good as it was in Honkers in the 60/70's if not better - a must do for rabbits. (heads-up - you can get a cardboard box from local china post offices and send 15kg of 'rabbits' back to Australia for $50 - ours arrived 3 weeks after we left).  Bye the way - we took a rabbit to the great wall , but guess what - there are rabbits there - bugger - off to bed, to many reds - writing crap now - !!!  Hoo! Roo! for now."

Ken Williams has sent this photo of his jolly running brother 'JJ' who is in the UK on exchange with our pommy mates. Ken said it was hard to tell it was him without the fishnets and makeup. I agree mate, but it is interesting to see his attempt at looking intelligent in front of HRH.  Or was he deep in thought on what to wear to HRH's pissup that night, can't be seen in the same dress again.

Two married buddies are out drinking one night, when one turns to the other and says, "You know, I don't know what else to do. Whenever I go home after we've been out drinking, I turn the headlights off before I get to the driveway.  I shut off the engine and coast into the garage. I take my shoes off before I go into the house, I sneak up the stairs, get undressed in the bathroom, stick my foot in the toilet and pee down my leg to prevent splashing sounds.  I ease into bed and my wife STILL wakes up, and yells at me for staying out so late!

"His buddy looks at him and says: "Well, you're obviously taking the wrong approach. I screech into the driveway, slam the door, storm up the steps, pee hard into the toilet water, then use the full flush, throw my shoes in the closet, undress in the bedroom, then jump into bed, slap her on the ass and say!, WHO'S HORNY????!!!" and she acts like she's sound asleep. It Works Every Time!!!

Tom and Laurie Johnson have left the ACT after finally selling their property and are now residents of Bargo (NSW).  If you are interested in buying in this area I suggest that you hang on for a few months, property values are bound to drop drastically over the next few months. Tom celebrates his (80th I think, he is much older than I) Birthday today.

I had this link sent to me but the stupidity and greed of people did not surprise me, you meet them every day.  The article reports that Nigerians are scamming Australians of millions with Queenslanders leading the race, being had to the tune of $500,000 per month. Even after being robbed of their life savings, the victims of Nigerian e-mail scams refuse to believe they have been duped by fraudsters.  Not even warnings from police can convince them to stop sending money out of Australia as they hold onto the dream of overnight riches as a result of a huge inheritance, lotto win or once-in-a-lifetime investment opportunity. I know a fool is born every day, but why are we all moving to Queensland?

A visitor from England wrote "I am afraid I haven't had a real chance to look through your site properly. Oddly enough my great grandfather served and died on a RAN submarine during ww1. The reason I write is I am a student at university studying sociology and preparing a presentation for Tuesday morning. I was wondering if you get this email in time and it is not too much trouble if you might be able to answer this question as I have had no luck finding the answer on the internet. My presentation is regarding gender roles and the British military. I understand that women are not able to serve on submarines, whilst I can see there are logistically many reasons why it would be difficult for both men and women to serve on a submarine (such as lack of privacy etc, as I hear submariners sleep 6 hours on and 6 hours off alternately etc with someone else) the reason given for the British Royal Navy not allowing women on submarines was apparently medical. They say in their official FAQs that : 'For health reasons relating to breathable air mixtures, service aboard submarines or as mine clearance divers continues to be precluded'. I was hoping you may be able to enlighten me about what this is about? Although I am concentrating on Britain's armed forces, I am sure I heard that other navies allow women on submarines and I have never heard this reason before. I was just a little confused as to what it means about air mixtures? Do women need more oxygen or something per litre of air? and how can this be, if other navies allow women on submarines. Thank you very much I do appreciate the assistance."  I was able to point Clare in the direction of a few References.  I was surprised with the RN's reasons.  I know that we had a visit from an RN Commodore not long after the RAN embarked down this path to determine if the RN should follow the RAN's lead (as it normally does).

Three couples on holiday in Spain around the hotel breakfast table, an American couple, an English couple and a couple from Glasgow. The American man says to his wife "Pass the honey,...... Honey".  The Englishman, hearing this and keeping it going, says to his wife  "Pass the sugar, .......Sugar".  The man from Glasgow not wanting to be outdone says to his wife, "Geeze the milk, ya cow.

Jean Gutterson of Kaikohe, New Zealand asked "Hey guys I mentioned in a discussion with people from over here that I always saw the submarine.  I visited the submarine that is at Darling Harbour, I was there 2 years ago and went to the museum. I also mentioned that there was a submarine museum miles away from the water, please make me out to be a good AUSTRALIAN and know what the hell I'm talking about."  I have advised Jean that she did see the RNrs at Penguin, yes Onslow is at Darling Harbour and pointed her to articles about Holbrook.  I also advised her that the RNZN also has a squadron of ewe Boats.

William van Leeuwen of Victoria asks "Can anyone help me? I am trying to get hold of some working drawings of the Australian j class submarine. I wish to build a scale, dynamic diving, radio controlled model."  If anyone can help please let me know.

Dan Jordan sent the following information on health issues that may be of assistance to readers "Back on line after a spell in the tropics, thought I'd let you know. In relation to the kidney stone sufferers I suggest that they Google 'dissolving kidney stones' on the web. For anyone interested in alternative cancer cures a look at 'apricot kernels' or 'vitamin B 17' is worth a read . Finally, for weight problems, I found lots of good information under 'coconut oil'. I study alternative medicine and I have read a lot in these areas and in fact I use apricot kernels and coconut oil at the moment." I am going to check out the coconut oil when I have put the Log to bed, thanks Dan.

Les Thurgood reported "While in Seniors Information/COTA office in Flinders Lane on Tuesday afternoon to use their computers for printing, a bloke came in to check on what his TPI card gave him free on V/Line. Spoke to him re his TPI and he said to me your name is Thurgood isn't it? Said yes and he said were you on Onslaught? Said no, but did do a couple of days day work on her when I was on Otter and Onslaught was in refit (Pompey I think but could have been Guzz when I was finishing off my Killicks course at Drake). Rather surprised at this, as I did not recognise the name or his face at first. Len Brennan. But he remembered me from then 1965 or 1966 (probably 1966). Also remembered I was an RO. He would have been in the second lot to go over to UK for boats. Not sure which branch. Has not kept up any contact with any association or other navy contacts. Just thought I would let you know, in case someone has been looking for  him. I was surprised he remembered me from only a brief acquaintance over 40 years ago." He definitely does not have Old Timers, I have trouble remembering faces after 40 minutes!

Rear Admiral Tony Whetstone, in an email to the RN SM Museum, wrote "Regret to tell you that Lt. Cdr Rowland (Bill) Sykes died last week in Star and Garter Home, Richmond where he been for many years and became a friend of Bill Jewell, Thermopylae's first CO. Served with me in HMS Thermopylae from 1953 to 1955. Submarine Museum should have record of his other boats." Bill was 78and also served in Aeneas and Solent, during the period 1950-1958. He was given a Private Funeral.

The following article was written by Bob Head (The Eternal OD), pictured here with the missus in 2005.  I ignored the comment he makes about Chief Stokers as he was only a ring bolt kicking deck ape and knows no better.  Bob used to live on a barge before moving to Mazarron in Spain and rumour has it that his ability to navigate resulted in it sinking, and he moved to avoid embarrassment.

New Bridge for Old (or; How to re-design an O Boats Bridge)
One fine day in May 1971 Her Majesties Submarine Opportune SSK20 was quietly weaving along at various depths about two hundred miles south west of the Sicily Isles. Our gainfull employment was to test sonar arrays, which were later to be part of the 2000 series sonar sets. El Capitano feeling bored and unhappy with two thirds of his motley crew tucked up in their smelly pits decides to close up the attack team and practice on a poor unsuspecting passing merchantman that had just happened along our part of the South West Approaches. We tumble out of our bunks and gallop off to the Control Room, looking out of course for a Senior Rate or Officer coming in the opposite direction down the 24-inch wide passage to trample over.

Oh! me, I was the Leading Hand of the forward mess, Rader Plotter 2 and Navigator’s Yeoman together with various other tasks assigned to me by people various, but I must admit to an aversion to Chief Stokers, GI’s and Jossmen. Arriving at my allotted position on the front side of the back plot, I donned my regulation head set and mike, scooped up various chino-graph pencils, slide rule and assorted protractors. Had the Sound Room and Local Operation Plot loud and clear and off we go building up a picture of the target. The Captain is on the attack or forward periscope, the signalman is shadowing his movements reading off angles and bearings as required. Other than the Captain did not have his cap on back to front it was just like the movies, loads of tense people talking in hushed tones, when required, practicing what they were trained to do, convert a skimmer into a submarine.

For a reason known only to God and his able assistant our Captain, he, that’s the Captain not God, suddenly stood back from the periscope and says, “I am incapacitated, First Lieutenant take over the attack”. Well you could have heard a pin drop or even a Leander Frigate pinging away at Portland, so steps forward the man of the moment Lt. Tom Le Marchant, later to be Captain SM10. Very soon he is gripping the handles of the attack scope and getting into the attack. Old ‘Mr. I Am Incapacitated’ is on the search or aft periscope checking on proceedings. Unfortunately this instrument is four foot shorter than the attack scope so spends a long time under the surface where the Captain can see only a milky green haze.

The proceedings are now reaching a climax (don’t even go there) and we prepare to fire water shots at the target i.e. fire the water in two empty tubes out, this makes the fore-endies, TAS Weapons ratings, feel involved in the proceedings. Then Tom Le Marchant orders the Coxswain on the one-man band (combined helm and planes) to take us to 200 feet. The bow down angle increases and we had just about reached 100 foot when the most almighty bang and the bow down angle increase. All water tight doors and bulkheads were slammed shut about 2 seconds before the Engineer Officer gave the order. All compartments reported no damage or flooding but we carried on going down.

Now one of the laws of physics is as a submarine goes deeper the water pressure compresses it, this makes it heavier, which make it go down faster, which compresses it further, this of course makes it heavier. I will leave the rest up to you, suffice it to say; us that had sight of a depth gauge thought well how deep can we go. The ballast pump was pumping away for all it was worth and as we reach 800 foot, well it may have only been 700, the Captain ordered Main Ballast to be blown. Up we popped like a champagne cork no chance of a one all round look on a periscope or sonar search for surface contacts which is normal when coming up from deep. Being the soul who sat just about under the tower I was ordered to test the tower for flooding then open the lower lid. Then open up the upper lid, this would not open fully due to various bits of metal and fibreglass, which had previously been the bridge and front end of our fin. Up goes the outside wrecker, skilled tiffie, to cut away the wreckage so that the OOW and Lookout could occupy the radar mast well as a temporary bridge.

It was soon discovered that the merchantman, recently out of dry dock, yes a 2-foot by 1-foot new zinc anode was embedded in the fin, had taken off the front upper area of the fin. Later investigations concluded that the 1st Lieutenant had been over estimating the range putting us closer to the target than anticipated. Both our periscopes were well dead and we were ordered to Portsmouth for dry-docking while new scopes were fitted then calibrated.

Six weeks minimum we were told. Well every cloud has a silver lining, I had been married only four months and lived near Guildford, after bunging the chart correction unit in HMS Dolphin 200 duty free fags to correct my charts, and the staff at Guildford Royal Navy and Royal Marines Recruitment Office a bottler of rum I was duly drafted to the same recruitment office and shown as RA for the only time in my naval career.

Dartmouth abandons submarine breakwater plans
Canada's Chronicle Herald reports that the Dartmouth Yacht Club has sunk its plans to buy three of the Oberon-class submarines sitting in Halifax Harbour after the project’s cost skyrocketed to $2.2 million.  The club wanted to use the vessels to extend the breakwater surrounding the marina.

But the cost forced management to choose another option, said David Langlois, chairman of the club’s breakwater committee. "You can get a submarine for a couple of dollars," said Mr. Langlois, referring to a vessel that was sold to a Quebec museum for $4. "But to take them from under the bridge, transport them to the . . . yacht club and get them cleaned up and onto (special) beds turned out to be too expensive for us."

This spring, the yacht club contacted the Department of National Defence, saying members were interested in buying the submarines. The department received a proposal but no decision had been reached, said Tina Crouse, a department spokeswoman.  The club will soon revoke the request, Mr. Langlois said. "We will send a letter acknowledging that we no longer have any interest in (the submarines)."

One of the club’s neighbours said people who live in the area should have received more information about the decision process.  "We would not have had the angst we’ve had for the last month with rumours flying one way and the other, and really causing a lot of turmoil."

For more than 51 years, she has looked out her sunroom window at the 49 square kilometres of peaceful seawater in Wrights Cove. So it came as a complete surprise to learn that the cove might be marred by rusted submarines, she said.  "They said they could acquire them for $400 apiece, which I thought was ridiculous," she said.

Shrinking Submarine Force Tied To High Cost Of Iraq War
US Senate representative Joe Courtney published this article that blames the US President's current plan to build just one new Virginia-class submarine per year through 2012 ignores the Navy's warning that the United States should have no fewer than 48 ...

On Jan. 20, 2001, the day President George Bush was sworn into office, the United States Navy consisted of 315 ships. Despite the president's professed support for a strong national defense, by September 2006 that fleet had fallen in size to 276, driven by anemic shipbuilding budgets in that timeframe. This past January, the president submitted a budget to Congress that continues this decline with a proposed seven new ships to be built in 2008. Given the shelf life of an average ship as 30 years, simple math demonstrates that his policies will result in a U.S. Navy with a total fleet size of 210 ships in a short period of time.

It may be that some observers and military planners support this policy and the resulting effect it will have on American national security and our shipbuilding industrial base. However, the downward trend of the Navy is not happening in the context of a real debate about maritime security threats now and in the future, but rather it is happening as a consequence of the expanding, voracious demands of the war in Iraq.

To put this into perspective, the newest class of attack submarines, the Virginia program built in Connecticut, was scheduled to be produced at a modest two-sub-a-year clip starting in 2002 at a cost of $2.5 billion per submarine. That schedule has been pushed back over and over again to 2012, by the Pentagon and the last few Congresses despite the progress sub manufacturers have made in reducing the cost per boat. This has occurred at the same time we are spending $9 billion a month in Iraq and at the same time the Chinese Navy is producing 2.5 submarines per year.

Retirement takes its toll
During the height of the Cold War in the 1980s, the United States Navy was building up to five new submarines per year. Obviously, the maritime threat was vastly different in that era and the goal was to have a fleet of 100 submarines. It is important to note that our present fleet of 52 submarines is a holdover from that time.

Just as rapidly as the Los Angeles-class submarines of that era were built during the 1980s, so too will be the rapid rate at which they will be retired in the next decade. That is when the real impact of the president's shipbuilding budgets from 2001 to the present will emerge in the form of a shrunken Navy.

The Navy's official position is that a fleet of fewer than 48 submarines will put our nation at risk as other nations such as China are rapidly accelerating their submarine programs.

A nation left vulnerable
The president's current plan to build just one new Virginia-class submarine per year through 2012 ignores the Navy's warning that the United States should have no fewer than 48, since the president's plan results in a dip far below that number, to 40 submarines for an extended period of time, leaving our nation's security quite vulnerable.

The president's neglect of our naval force not only jeopardizes America's status as a premier maritime power, but also has eroded the shipbuilding work force of this nation that is holding on by its fingernails.  Over the last two years, about 2,000 workers have lost their jobs at Groton's Electric Boat facility due to the anemic one-sub-a-year building program. Given the skills required for submarine production, these jobs are not easy to replicate. As an admiral recently stated to me, the unique team of designers and builders have a set of skills that exceed those of the scientists and engineers that make up our space program. They are able to create a vessel that keeps 150 sailors alive for up to 120 days at a time in conditions that otherwise would not support human life.

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The draining costs of the war in Iraq have an impact on our nation's domestic needs and on our defense infrastructure. Make no mistake about it — the Bush budget and his war policies will jeopardize further losses to a uniquely skilled work force that our national security infrastructure will not be able to reconstitute overnight.

This past week the House of Representatives approved a $588 million investment in the initial components of an additional Virginia-class nuclear submarine, which is what I have advocated for in Congress since I was first sworn into office. This is a good first step toward developing a more robust submarine force and funding two submarines per year. This summer, the House will be asked to consider funding last week's authorization, for which I will continue to fight. We must reverse the trend of a diminished naval force.

Royal Navy orders new submarine
A nuclear-powered submarine to be called HMS Audacious was ordered yesterday.  It is the first time the Royal Navy has had a warship with this name since the First World War. The last was a battleship that was mined and sunk in 1914.

The latest incarnation is the fourth of the Astute class, which will replace Swiftsure and Trafalgar class boats. The first three, HMS Astute, HMS Ambush, and HMS Artful, all built by BAE Systems, will cost a total of £3.65 billion. The first of them, HMS Astute, is to be launched next month.

The 7,800-tonne Astute class submarines are the largest and most powerful attack submarines ever built in Britain. They are 320ft (97m) in length and equipped with Tomahawk cruise missiles and Spearfish torpedoes.

Sydney's submarine mystery
The latest chapter in an enduring sea mystery is being played out a few kilometres off a Sydney beach.Navy divers are scouring the wreck of one of three Japanese midget submarines from World War II. They're using still and video cameras to record everything they see to help piece together the last movements of the submarine and its two-man crew.

It's revived memories of the day 65-years ago when the sub sank a Sydney Harbour Ferry and killed 21 people.

The submarine is in depths so great the divers only have between 10 and 15 minutes to gather their footage and to cut away fishing nets covering the Japanese midget submarine.

The divers are also cutting their way through 65-years of history. Helping historians and archaeologists to go back to when the subs last cut through the water during World War II. hree of them brought Sydney to its knees. Terrorising the population as they made their way up the Harbour in search of key war targets.

The midget submarines here had only been used once before and that was at Pearl Harbour just six months before.  So when they turned up on Sydney's doorstep the authorities were very, very keen to find out about them in terms of their technological aspects, their speed, the armament, the operating systems. A lot of intelligence study was done of the two recovered midgets and of course the third one had got away and was never found.

The wreck was only found last year and the good news is that the hull is undamaged, so pristine that divers are carefully trying to find the undetonated demolition charges before poking around inside. The Heritage Office is still researching the size and nature of the scuttling charges. We know there were two on board the submarines used in the Sydney attack. We know they haven't been fired because the hull is in tact. And in terms of the management of the wreck it's very important to know where those charges are likely to be and also their potential volatility.

Even though at this stage the wreck is not planned to be moved in any way, we need just to do a risk analysis, a risk assessment of the state of those charges. And they are likely to be considerable, up to 135 kilograms of TNT we believe.

Today's explorations have given further hope that the two submariners Sub Lieutenant Katsuhisa Ban and Petty Officer Mamoru Ashibe may lie entombed within their craft. Divers are treating the wreck as if the crew are on board and there is some evidence that they are likely to be. They key element at the moment is the access ladder which the crew needed to pull down from the conning tower area into the control room so they could climb out of the craft, is still in its up or stowed position, which indicates that they didn't attempt to exit the craft.

Fresh from the shower, a woman stands in front of the mirror complaining to her husband that her breasts are too small. Instead of characteristically telling her it's not so, he uncharacteristically comes up with a suggestion.  "If you want your breasts to grow, then every day take a piece of toilet paper and rub it between them for a few seconds".

Willing to try anything, the wife fetchs a piece of toilet paper and stands in front of the mirror, rubbing it between her breasts. "How long will this take?" she asked.  "They will grow larger over a period of years," the husband replies. The wife stopps. "Do you really think rubbing a piece of toilet paper between my breasts every day will make my breasts larger over the years?"

Without missing a beat the husband says "Worked for your arse didn't it?"

He's still alive, and with a great deal of therapy, he may even walk again although he will probably continue to take his meals through a straw.
 

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Come on Boof, it is bed time, let us go and read the latest chapter of Mills and Boon.............

Sunday, 20^th MAY 2007

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