'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe

We had a power blip the other night - about half an hour. Jolly hard to accurately finish the movement of fork of spaghetti to mouth in an unexpected blackout. Am now keeping a torch nearer to hand....

Of course, Nelson (not the Admiral) was brought up without electricity - they didn't get it at the farm until about 1980. He claims that's why he likes ALL the lights on in the house - reaction to youthful life in the gloom. That's also why we have an old-fashioned meths-driven meccano engine....