Guest, Q, this is not a country without bags of plain flour. We have a choice of plain or self-raising. Always have had as long as I can remember. I can't believe I'm spending this much time talking about flour! No doubt the hobbits would have argued about anything and everything, just like we do.

It's a strange thing - you're going along making shopping lists, paying the rent, wondering what to have for dinner, worrying about your family, then you get on Mudcat and you find yourself delving into encyclopaedias and cookbooks, reading tea packets, encouraging people to give up smoking, following Sinsull's adventures with his roof on the other side of the world, wondering if Rock Chick's mother is going to find her old flame, hunting down old songs, and generally trying to make a difference to all the world's problems, and you realize what a gift Mudcat is. It takes you out of yourself and opens you up to the world!

That's my thought for the day.

Jenny