Moving in to our new permanent home: the next meeting, Tuesday 7th February at 7.30pm in the Library's new Meeting Room .

Hi Scribblers,

Just a reminder that our next meeting is on Tuesday 7th February at 7.30pm in the Library. Access is now available by stairs as well as the lift to the upper floor and so we will be using the new meeting room for the first time.

The homework theme is DECEPTION which should be written in an historical genre if possible. At the meeting we will discuss how you feel about using a theme word together with a genre.

Two brief notes, the social proved another success with 14 of us attending. If you missed it, then there is another one coming up on MONDAY February 27th to help mark someone's birthday.

Jack

Jack's scan was cancelled until he has a minor operation already planned for March. Once this is over, Jack will then have his scan and hopefully he will begin to return to normality. The good news from Caz is that he has started to get his appetite back, and when Alex and I called in to see them, Jack was very chirpy.

PC Viruses

Morag has warned that a new virus strain of the Trojan Horse has been detected by her Norton Anti Virus system in an email and attachment sent to her. Whatever you do, don't open any attachments from anyone you don't recognise. Even if you do recognise the sender it may well be advisable to email back for clarification of the content before opening it.

'Plug ins'

From Les and Joan a warning about a possible cause of housefires -

The insurance investigator said that a Plug-In fragrance device, in the bathroom was the cause of the fire. He said he has seen more house fires started with the plug-in type room fresheners than anything else. He said the plastic they are made from is THIN plastic. He also said that in every case there was nothing left to prove that it even existed.

When the investigator looked in the wall plug, sure enough the two prongs left from the plug-in were still in there. Her sister-in-law had one of the plug-ins that had a small night light built in it . She said she had noticed that the light would dim and then finally go out.
She would walk in to the bathroom a few hours later, and the light would be back on again.
The investigator said that the unit was getting too hot, and would dim and go out rather than just blow the light bulb. Once it cooled down it would come back on. That is a warning sign .
The investigator said he personally wouldn't have any type of plug in fragrance device anywhere in his house. He has seen too many places that have been burned down due to them."

Feedback on Homework placed on Website

Talking of Les don't forget that he would like some feedback on the homework that was posted on the website, and also that from Kate too.

Until Tuesday

Keep Scribbling,

Dave