I feel old.

[slemslempike]

My feelings about Wordscraper depend entirely on whether it is me or my opponent who scores 500+ points on the first go.


I really like buying a new diary for the academic year. Partly I like transferring all the scrappy notes from the end of the previous diary into their rightful dates, but also I like seeing what useful numbers and data they've provided for me at the front. This diary has made me slightly cross because I didn't realise until afterwards that it doesn't have a tube map, which is one of the few things I actually use.

I do have:

• Religious festivals.


• Notable dates.


• Numbers for LEAs etc.


• Travel information (including HOVERCRAFT, which still sound brilliantly exciting no matter how mundane the actualiy).


• National information, which has not only the public holidays and time difference for countries, but population and air miles from London. Yet not telephone prefix, which might be more useful.


• Conversion tables, which always seem a good inclusion, but I have never ever used.


• Sunrise and sunset times for London. I don't live in London, and I can't remember the last time I saw sunrise from either direction.

But the best thing of all is the list of Text Abbreviations. This is obviously an indispensable resource for the educators of our nation's youth trying desperately to get down wit da kidz.

It starts with the information that "1" is used in place of "One", and continues with things that aren't really specifically text abbreviations such as FAQ, AKA, ASAP, and one which I think is annoyin - WUCIWUG for WYSIWYG. And anyone who hasn't cottoned on that "x" is a kiss has probably got intimacy issues.

Then it has abbreviations that I have never seen used and frankly suspect them of having made up. Are these instantly understandable to you? Sorry, I mean RDSIU2U?

AAM
BYKT
CID
CMI
F2T
HAND
IAE
IYSS
NRN
PUKS