Neighbours

I was going to blog about something interesting, fascinating and eye-opening today (those in the know will know that this heralds a huge outpouring ont he exact working of the second valve mechanism on a bass trombone).

But instead I thought I'd share my great news - I've kicked my "Neighbours" habit!

Ever since my last knee op last year, I began to be sucked into the Ramsay Street world for the first time since I was a kid at school. Suddenly, the antics of Toadie, Connor, Sky and Susan (still the yummiest mummy on TV) became vitally important. My lunch breaks were timed for 1:45 so I could catch the afternoon showing (not a chance I'd make the evening one), and I used to throw a strop if someone was watching Trisha or Richard and Judy or whatever other arse was being pumped out by ITV at the time (although I did make way for McGyver if ever that was on - come on! It has Brian Blessed in it!).

I became a spoiler junkie, checking www.neighboursfans.com every day, sometimes more than once, to find out what was happening (as a result, I still know what's going on in mid-September in Australia).

But the new job has gradually fixed this. For one thing, I have to take a late or early lunch, thus missing the vital 1:45 slot. Secondly, after the plane crash, it just lost interest for me. True, they had an evil twin storyline, which reminded me of the happy days of Sunset Beach, but it just wasn't the same.

Todya I realised that the Neighbours Fans website has vanished off my "most-visited" links site. And I can breathe a sigh of relief. Until I notice that URL floating terribly near the top of the list...

www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/archers