Richard Klaus:  

Life New News: The trip to England went well. Took British Midland to Manchester, and rented a car from Avis at the airport. Haven't driven on the wrong side of the road in 25 years, but it all came back quickly. The Peugot 207 would not be my first pick for a car, but at six bucks a gallon for gas, the little car averaging 45 MPG was great. Went out to Portmadog Wales, there are a couple of small steam railways, and the village that the TV show The Prisoner was filmed in. Then down the coast to Taylin and another narrow gauge railroad. Went on to Cardiff to a great outdoor museum, then a mad dash up to southern Scotland, and Edinbrough. Didn't really have the time for Scotland we should have, so that's another trip. Of course you can't go to the UK without seeing London so we got back to Manchester and turned the car in a few days early, then caught a train to London. Don't ever take a car into London, traffic is a total pain, and you're charged at 8 pounds per day toll for every day the car is in London, they do this off cameras, and they photo everything. For those of you who haven't been to the UK, it's worth the time, you don't need to rent a car, the train system will get you everywhere. To those of you that have tipped a pint in a London pub that's older than this country, well I don't have to tell you, and you that haven't, well I can't, you just got to go there. All right back to the old stuff: OK so I don't stay in touch well. As most of you reading this might now, after Skyline Grade School, I went on to Lincoln High, for a short and undistinguished effort a education, lets face...Expand for more