<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><DIV>1 Download dictation and plug in foot pedal, headphones etc. Try to ignore basset glaring from his bed at your feet at the obvious disturbance this is causing.</DIV>
<DIV>2 Start dictation. Notice that basset has got up and has walked into the kitchen, where he is standing pitifully</DIV>
<DIV>3 Take headphones off and follow basset into kitchen. Get a tiny biscuit from tin, walk back into lounge, put it on his bed. Basset sits down. Put headphones back on</DIV>
<DIV>4 Take a deep breath as basset leaves bed once more with a definite HURRUMPH and heads for the back door which (of course) isn't open</DIV>
<DIV>5 Get up and let basset out into the garden where he happily finds old bone</DIV>
<DIV>6 Sit back down, put headphones on and type for a few minutes. *Frown*. Better check on basset. Take headphones off and look out window to see basset staring balefully back.</DIV>
<DIV>7 Start typing again. *Frown* Not happy about this. Check again. Basset missing. Check back door to find basset staring in indignantly, with face almost pressed up to glass. Suppress laughter.</DIV>
<DIV>8 Open back door and say 'come on in'. Basset lays down in doorway so door cannot be shut. Go and get bone from outside and bring it into the lounge with basset trotting behind.</DIV>
<DIV>9 Place on basset bed. Put headphones on once more,start typing and try to ignore the fact that basset has got up with bone in his mouth and is heading to the (unopened) back door. </DIV>
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<DIV>*Sigh*</DIV>
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<DIV>Becky, Morse and Pumbaa ATB</DIV></div></body></html>