lately. ‘Tve mailbox: It’s enough: to make | any ‘self-respecting colum- nist become a card-carrying memb -of the Conservative ry my: ‘telephone usy @ and a or oe - like tourists. “After ‘all, they’ ve been hosting travellers for a thousand years. The beaches in the Carib- ‘. bean.are lovely, ‘The majori- ty of Europedn beaches are Detween a "Port: cities aren’t clean in either Europe or the. Carib- ‘bean. If I've ‘a “choice - between a dirty Lisbon and a dirtier Port’ of Spain, Trinidad, give me Lisbon. _ September weather in Europe is generally super. It's the joyous start of the hurricane season in the Caribbean. I think rd rather try the Canadian Submarine Service off Newfoundland. ‘If you fancy riots, why bother to visit the Carib- bean? You can have all you Jike in England, probably ‘scheduled right between the tea and the crumpets. ! Now, if my choice was cruise to anywhere, including Bangladesh, and staying home, I'd take the cruise. There just “ain’t nothing like it”: - One of my daughters just asked me, “Why ‘is the food and service ‘better in the Caribbean than in Europe?” Simple. Most of the cruise passengers in. the Caribbean are Americans. Americans are hard-to-please but they spend money like Armaged- don is listed on the stock ex- .@ small child on a holiday? ' out there, you can laugh now I carried on for a few minutes about “Pasteurized - milk is available, use bottled. . water, baby-sitters should be - fine, Southern Europeans love kids” and all the usual ° reassurances. Then I asked, “Are you really sure you want to take After all, he won't enjoy it, ie ‘ won't remember it and will’ | : be a complete pain in the tail to himself and YOU.” - My caller. admitted that: she’d really prefer to leave the baby here but — OK, all you experienced mothers — she was afraid the baby would forget her! In TWO WEEKS. She should be so lucky! I've been in. the motherhood business. for’ eighteen years today and Ill promise her that my kids : have never forgotten me. : They ignored me to the ~ point that they had a = marvellous time with various - sitters and praised the “other: « mother” to the skies for both ~ her cooking and housekeep- ing. One phrase.they never forgot: WHAT DID YOU BRING Us? 0 . Complete selection of auto aids for road-side emergencies. Tire inflator & sealant, car 1 spotiight, safety vest. fire extinguisher, first =} ald book, battery booster cables, gasoline - syphon pump, complete in a vinyl carrying "$35.95 -922-9650—_. 844 Park Royal North, West Va SOLID OAK TABLES bean cruise ships; is st .gringy. But what cruise change. a guaranteed. to be: ‘Detter than passenger ever spends any Another caller asked, 4 anything you'll find: on a time’ on beaches? 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