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The authors' are Graeme & Ally Bain, Ally being the Dad! Graeme will outline his interests & hobbies together with some personally details. Ally will include details of his history, which will include details of his two brain operations. Needless to say, the details aren’t pleasant so prior to reading it you may wish to consider the effect they might have on you.

Graeme & Ally Bain, picture taken in 2002

Diplomacy is a board game based on Europe in 1901 with seven ‘Great Powers’. To win, a country has to control Europe! Initially the game was played face to face & as many enjoyed playing, it became obvious that it can be played by mail. They still continue however via the Internet there are many sites that host the game & the communication is through e-mails. Due to that you might be writing to people who come from any country.

Tropical fish is an enjoyable hobby! More often than not the eyes are distracted from watching a TV programme. Does that pose a problem? Nope! You might laugh to know one tank is in a bedroom. Having five tanks certain fish have to be in one & not the other due to the fish requirements. The link should outline the reason as well as having pictures.

Due to a variety of reasons, one being that I gave up smoking on the 8th March 2006 however did put on weight, I decided to run long distances races with half-marathons & marathons being the main aim. On 30th October 2006 I ran in the Dublin Marathon & used that event to raise money for Moulsham Grange Children Centre, which is in Chelmsford, Essex. By clicking on marathon you’ll see how my training is doing together with other aspects of it.

Cacti are succulents but not vice versa as some succulents are not cacti. If you're lost, it'll be explained therefore link to the page. Within the page, certain non-cacti succulents will be shown however most are cacti. Everyone has a personal feeling but mine is that flowers on cacti are more attractive than normal flowers.

Miscellaneous Links has a list of Web Sites where people we know have their own site or have an involvement in with the site shown. The reason they are in this section is due to their site has little to do with the above topics but are worth looking at. It’s true that some of them listed helped us fix any problems we had with writing this site.

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