The Harrowing Tale, or, Why I Don't Do Secret Santa

By popular demand ;), the tale of Secret Santa in primary school.

( The Tale Dramatic under here )

Anyhow, have had the last two days off [Bueller? Bueller?], using up some time before year's end. Took a little trip out to Carousel since my local bookstore is small and I've also not found what I wanted at the city ones. Surprisingly for Carousel it wasn't crouded beyond normal, even at midday. Had some luck, Dymocks had the Engines of Destiny their city store no longer had, and also Tales from the Captain's Table (which I had no idea was coming out here at all[/cynicism] anytime soon). Also the K-Mart had a copy of Peacekeeper War (thank you person who put it facing out on, well, technically the wrong shelf, but they were all like that) which I'd pretty much forgotten about after writing it off as "not gonna find it on this side of the country"; and a copy of Nineteen Eighty-Four which I'd planned on getting.

Well, back to work tomorrow. Since the kiosk is closed until after new years, that means I have to wander beyond building walls to the lunch places around. Including the make-your-own-roll place. What culinary experiments shall be tomorrow's lunch? Already gone the chicken-swiss cheese-curried egg route this week...

Dad's time in the Lowland Gunners

So last night calliopes_pen and I were talking and the subject of where our Dads had gone in their Army days came up. Since they'd both been in Germany, but not entirely sure when, I thought I'd go to the source, and ask Dad. And this is what he said.

Regiment: 40th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
Battery: 129 (Dragon) Battery

( Kind of organised timeline under here )