We want time to continue to market and sell the property.

They unanimously said this is a bad thing and they couldn't see why a city would down-zone it to agriculture if they wanted to develop it.

I've never had so much fun in a court of law.

I Sellotape whole tins of sardines to my face at night, attach two squeezed lemon rinds to my armadillo-skinned elbows, and put cucumber on my eyes. By the time I'm finished, I look like a fruit salad with added fish. In the morning, the pillow is pretty much a write-off.

My husband passed away a long time ago, and of course a lot of people have courted me. I've been taken to dinner and also to things like Larry Hagman, in particular years ago. And more recently, of course, little Hugh Jackman - and he's too young for me though, frankly.

I've decided the secret of parenting is benevolent neglect.