It was Yaxlich who wrote about some of the search words that  led people to his blog and sometimes, out of interest, I look at the google results that bring visitors to click on my site (and then, more often than not,  go away immediately.)

Surprisingly, the words that crop up most regularly are 'yellow basilicon', followed closely by 'normacol'.

As far as I know, yellow basilicon is no longer available but during my childhood my gran and mum used it regularly to draw out offending splinters or even bits of glass. Splap on a good helping, cover with a plaster and leave overnight. It worked like magic.

You could still get it when my children were little and there was always a jar in my medicine cupboard. It's hard to say when it disappeared off the chemists' shelves - or why, for that matter - but I haven't seen any for years. Apparently other people miss it too.

'Normacol' searchers rarely stay to read about Whale's exploits. No doubt they just want straightforward medical data but I do wonder  why anyone would search for 'tetanus jab in bum'.

It's strange how you can become 'involved' with people you have never met. Since blogging I have become interested in all the people in my 'bloggie friends' list and although we don't know each other personally I'm sure we'd have much to chat about if we ever came face to face - and, dare I say I think with most of them it would feel like meeting up with an old friend.

Something strange is affecting some of my favourite bloggers recently. Yaxlich describes it as a lost mojo.

Ever since he found his new job he has lost the will to amuse us with his tales in the third person. Does this mean he is too busy? Provided he's happily occupied then I'm pleased for him but if he's just too tired to muster his thoughts when he gets home then I hope he manages to improve his lifestyle.

Wendz has given up blogging now that she has moved to London. Once again I wonder if it's because she is too busy coming to terms with her new life. Moving is a pretty traumatic experience but changing countries, living a long way from your children and making a fresh start in London must be extremely daunting. It might give her plenty of material to blog about but leave her with no energy to do it.

Guyana Gyal and Keith are both 'resting' for a while. G-G has a unique style and a wonderful sense of humour. I do hope she'll soon bounce back and tell us some more of her stories .

Keith is a whizz on the computer and has created a really interesting background for his blog, Smithy Lane. He can write with humour or with serious commonsense, depending on the topic so I hope he'll be back to share his thoughts with us all again before long.

I'm not going to delete anyone from my list just yet. I'm waiting in hopes.

P.S Take a look at some recent additions: 'Almost American', 'As time Goes by' and 'Millie'.