So it seems our chums in the ever-democratic EU are threatening to suspend Poland's

[Sir C]

It's true. I think I'd be dreaming fondly for a cold, wet London day in February before a week was out.

My word. I find it glorious, utterly glorious.

You've got too many Irish genes

[Peter]

I don't think I'd be able to bear the heat in Singapore. Or the crowds.

Well, join me in Penang Hill then. Perfectly secure from the locals with a delightful, cooling breeze.

Lazy evenings in the hlll-top garden overseeing Georgetown and the ships coasting their way to Singapore, bound further east and beyond. We shall toast Francis Light and his ilk before dining at the E&O.

[Burney]

Well, join me in Penang Hill then. Perfectly secure from the locals with a delightful, cooling breeze.

Lazy evenings in the hlll-top garden overseeing Georgetown and the ships coasting their way to Singapore, bound further east and beyond. We shall toast Francis Light and his ilk before dining at the E&O.

Are you hitting on me?

[redgunamo]

What, completely smooth - all over? I expect that's quite a sight when it's all oiled up, isn't it?

Pic?

My betters insist on coconut oil nowadays. It's all the rage apparently.

It's perfectly foul, I've decided.

[Burney]

My word. I find it glorious, utterly glorious.

You've got too many Irish genes

Yes, but you hate the cold, don't you? I rather like it.

[Sir C]

Well, join me in Penang Hill then. Perfectly secure from the locals with a delightful, cooling breeze.

Lazy evenings in the hlll-top garden overseeing Georgetown and the ships coasting their way to Singapore, bound further east and beyond. We shall toast Francis Light and his ilk before dining at the E&O.

Done. In Malaysia the sundowner should, of course, be the stengah. But you know that.

[Peter]

Pfff. Call yourself an Englishman? Sir Stanford Raffles never removed his jacket or loosened his cravat.

.

Nor went by the name Stanford.

Sir Thomas, if you don't mind. And Stamford, not Stanford.

[redgunamo]

Are you hitting on me?

Yes, that's the construction I put on the missive too. It is 2017 though, so there's probably nothing wrong with it.

[Peter]

Done. In Malaysia the sundowner should, of course, be the stengah. But you know that.

Of course. And the tea they pour from vessel to vessel beforehand.

I must always have tea....

[Sir C]

Yes, but you hate the cold, don't you? I rather like it.

I suppose if I lived there I might occasionally miss the cosiness of a roaring fire... but I could manage.