So I'm sat on the laptop, talking on MSN to a friend when the doorbell rings. It's my neighbour from 2 doors up - Nancy. She has noticed the 'For Rent' sign outside our house - for her this is the first news of Jo and I returning to the UK.
She muscled her way into our front room and proceeded to spend 10 minutes effusing about how wonderful it has been to have us in the neighbourhood, how we bringen her life etc etc.
A year in the US has taught me valuable lessons about Americans, the first being how extremely friendly and sociable they are.
Nevertheless I found it amusing that this nutty old bat, who I've taken lengths to avoid, and have spoken to maybe only once in a year, poured her heart out to me in this way.
Sociable? Maybe. Insane? Yes. I suspect she's been having daily tea parties with a small effigy of me.
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