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Aouali informs us that Barbara has been to the surgeon and they are getting her to have more biopsy test. All in all she is still in the waiting mode but handling it very well.

Helen is being trained by the ducks in the brook behind her house to bring out bread when they see her :-)

Lynne has had a busy time on the farm, with chicks, racoon invasions, and snakes! She is also writing a report for her county about school dropouts, which will be used to create a new programme for the county. She's also had a visit from Gathel, who brought some German tea with him, which he got when visiting Tina :-)

Johnny reports that Tara, his girlfriend, is now a state registered news! Yay :)

Casey has lost one of his parakeets. Not a huge surprise - Sammie had a breathing problem just a few days after we brought her home this past April. He could have taken her back and got another, but they'd have just destroyed her, so he decided to keep her and make her life as comfortable as possible, however short that may be.

AllieAnne has a new job starting on the 15th of July as a software tester and document writer!

Lisa has given us a long post about recent events...Tyler, her son, has arrived in the UK and will be with her and Graham for seven weeks. Soon-to-be-step-son, Chris kindly gave up half of his room for him :-) Chris also had a summer ball on Friday, wish Lisa describes as "very posh".

Furthermore, should anyone decide last minute to turn up to the wedding, then the details are: July 24, in Devizes at 3pm. And should anyone want to join in a Magical Mystery Tour to Liverpool to visit some Beatles haunts, then contact Lisa or Graham :)

Hernan has managed to get through his prensentation with flying colours - he says he got a '7', the highest mark, ie, 100% :) The project took 2 and a half years to research, create and get working :) (Ed: no I don't know what it is -- Hernan doesn't say!)

Paul and Laura are crossing the pond, but only for a week - they will be here from September 19 -> 27th. Any one wishing to meet, then please get in touch! Laura also tells us that Travelsecrets have some really cheap airfares... :-)

Paula has had a company outing, which she says was really fun :) She goes on to say: "We were broken up into 4 groups (I was in the milky way group- yes, we were all named after candy bars). Our group first had to cross a mine field. There were two boxes with a "mine field" inbetween and we were given two planks of wood and had to figure out how to get across. Needless to say, we got blown up a few times before we managed to get across.

Then we were given a compass and some instructions and had to find out way to the next destination. Now, keep in mind that this is the Netherlands, so you're never more than a few meters away from civilisation. I wasn't too worried about getting lost. That's just not possible in this country, even for a seasoned AGMer who's attended AZAGM. :-) ", and so it goes on... :-) But she thinks she'll never have a need to build a catapult in her life :)