....and what else?...well, this morning, I was to remember martin telling pat....that the following would be a 'good idea', so many years ago, now.....after gill had seen 'the makings of a certain movie', let us say...oh and it had made him laugh so much...that I just had to buy that the film-on-dvd, this morning...secondhand - at st Helena's hospice shop upon the high street....and what else?....well, Clacton high street - had a trail of....not 'grit-to-get-rid-of-the-snow' but what appeared to be a bird-seed trail, down to sainsbury's....and a pigeon was 'at work' eating, hungrily, upon that trail....hmmm...let me see....either bird-seed or hamster-food...although, I don't suppose that it matters...because...let me see....at any rate, a seed-trail because somebody had opened a bag of seed and left a trail...that I didn't bother to photograph and now, I am wondering 'why'?...and yes, at the time, I had figured - 'Sainsbury's - they've run out of grit - now they're using birdseed'....because the 'same thing' had happened, some years ago, now - following a snow/ice event upon Clacton pavements.....let me guess - a taschmann number?.....hmmm...or just an advertisement for the pet shop, across the street?...go figure: