northeast wrote:A 'dry' Hogmanay for you, then .... or for the Missus?

Me, hardly drink anyway and doctors have asked me to not at all. I'll have a small dram at the bells though

You will have a job finding a lump of Coal,
At least Cochrane’s managed to deliver which bearing in mind today’s shipbuilding automation module building etc etc seems to be a bit of a never ending saga.