2013 Xmas 2014 Missive 2015

From: Andy Kilpatrick

Sent: 22 December 2014 09:18

To: Andy Kilpatrick

Subject: Illustrated Xmas Missive 2014

 

Folks,

Yes, at last  the waiting is over: here is the long-anticipated Kilpatrick Christmas Hyper-Circular.

Don't worry, it's nice and short this year, because we've been too busy to actually remember anything!

 

Instructions (for oldies who don't know how to work computers):

1. Read this exciting email.
2. If you see a blue underliney bit (*see notes), click on it.
3. Gasp in amazement/horror as a strange "browser" pops up and displays an exciting/witty image related (or not) to the text!

 

So here goes, with my  highlights of 2014:

• Hosted various European Teenagers, who got to see the Sights Of London, Cambridge, and, er, Arsenal; and do Teenage Things
• Went to France for an 80^th birthday party, and to see the ET-themed village (pop. ~50) party.  There were a lot of guests and French Activities going on!  Then took the TGV to Paris,  and did lots of Culture and Sophisticated Things.
• We played/sang in my Dad's last concert as choirmaster, in the Buxton festival fringe.  There were some nice biscuits!

• We went to Iceland, and set off a volcano, which is still going.  Cool.  Oh yes, and IcelandAir only show movies with scenes shot in Iceland in them.  

• Josh became a teenager, but is still quite nice, although totally addicted to Minecraft.
• Ellie turned 15.  She finally got a smartphone, so is now lost to us.   She got to have a  go on an alto flute (**see notes).
• Ellie + Josh: the usual music exams, concerts, Controlled Assesments,  and so on.
• Izzy can definitely count to 7 - at least for "how many humans are in my house",  as follows:  one, two, three, four, slightly-worrying, Scary-Scary!, Hide-under-the-sofa-and-tremble-in-fear!!

 

Interesting factoids of the year

• The expression "The Dreaded Lurgy" (which everyone round here has recently had) comes from the Goon Show.    Who knew?
• The science in the excellently noisy movie Interstellar is entirely plausible (hmm), except for the floaty icebergy bit, which reminds me of another movie...

 

Well, that's it folks.

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year,

Andy, Barbara, Ellie & Josh.

Notes:

(*)Ha ha  - You've been Rickrolled J

(**) Actually, alto flutes look like this.