Ruthie managed to leave her passport in the back of a taxi in Aberdeen at the beginning of December. Thus followed an hillarious conversation with Grampian Police: “So how did you get back to England without your passport? Bwa ha ha…” leaving Ruthie thinking that Hadrian had the right idea. Now £72 lighter and anticipating the requirement for a blood sample and rectal examination, Ruthie awaits the arrival of her new passport containing a photo that looks like Myra Hindley in order to comply with the new biometric requirements.
Apologies that the blog is a little law lite at the moment. Most lawyers naturally spend Christmas at their second home in Zermatt, thus tumbleweed continues to blow around the temple well into January until the people that really count manage to haul themselves back.
Ruthie has some new and extended themes for the new blogging year. “Change the world by..” will be a series of posts about minor changes you can make to your life and your practice which will have a big impact on your standing and productivity and “Obscure Law” which will be posts about unusual areas of legislation. Bizarrely a post I wrote for Geeklawyer about the law relating to public conveniences attracted a huge amount of interest. I’m sure Freud would have some comment to make.
Happy New Year to all readers. And if anyone would like to offer to take me somewhere exotic, I will shortly have a passport and be able to go.
you could come to Canada and I could show you the delights of a Canadian Winter. You Brits are wimps when it comes to sub-zero degree weather… mind you, we are due for a chinook shortly, so it should be relatively balmy, by Canadian standards.
Hmm. why the hell not? What are you doing last week of January?
Are there any slopes near you? I’m a dead keen skier/boarder.
About an hour’s drive northwards (about 100km) there are several ski “resorts” like Blue Mountain (if you want to google it).
As Geeklawyer may have mentioned, 100km isn’t much of a distance for most Canadians
I am still recuperating from surgery (which I had in November) but I am traipsing about and should be able to travel about.. but I can’t drive, you’d have to
Toronto also has over 80 ice rinks that you can skate on, for free. And if you are up for it, Quebec City (in our french province) is celebrating it’s 400th anniversary and they have a huge Winter Carnivale – how’s your french?
French? Dire. Quebec does sound cool though. I’ll just shout louder in English. No problem with driving: I’m a good driver. If you can drive in London you can drive anywhere and I understand there are only two cars every ten miles on the road in Canada. Question is, do you trust me with your car? If not I can hire something swanky to chauffer you around in.
I’ve asked to come but been told to f**ck off and die
you need to work this out with Mistress Ruthie