A bit behind...

With a heavy workload at work recently, weekends have been busy and mostly consumed with catching up with work stuff, so I'm a bit behind with family news. Here's the update: -

• G has now had 30 driving lessons, no sign of a test yet, all her mates have passed so she's pushing on to get nearer to taking a test, come on G.
• Caroline is recovering, still feeling uncomfortable at times, but still not able to drive.
• Alex has had a parents evening, he's doing exceptionally well and is about a year ahead of where he needs to be. He got a £5 pocket money bonus.
• Angus has been to the dog groomers and is skipping round the place like little lord boufont.
• We went to the Halle on Saturday night (valentines) and had a lovely time. Went to the casino afterwards and came home later than we expected, today we're knackered.
• I'm loving the six Nations Rugby and am watching it all avidly. I did some sponsorship on the perimeter boards, which turned out OK, hope you all saw the Brother ads during the game.
• I'm nearly finished with series one of The Sopranos and have upped my Lovefilm subscription to keep unseen DVD's coming quicker as I'm enjoying it so much.
• Buy of the week has to be a knife sharpener which has made things much easier in the kitchen at home.
• G has been flogging stuff like mad on e-bay as she is liquidising her assets so she can go out.
• I've been ill. Got a nasty throat infection, took me out the game for about five days (looks like I've passed it on to Caroline - whoops).

So, plenty still going on.

New Land Speed Taxi Record

I arrived in Frankfurt today, I'm typing this while I wait for my e-mail to sync. I'm lucky to be here really, my taxi driver hit 203km/h on the autobahn from the airport (126mph is the conversion in UK measurement), adrenaline is brown so they say......

It's quite common for these sorts of speeds to be achieved whilst taxing on the continent, Brussels I think was the most hairy I've ever done, as it was a similar speed with zig zagging on top!

One thing I will say is that the taxi's here are immaculate. No rusty old heaps which make worrying noises when you drive, drivers in fleecy track suit bottom/combo tops and cars which stink of cigarettes. Some of the cabs in Warrington couldn't hit 50mph, let alone 126mph.

So, the efficient Germans win the taxi war 1-0.