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WHENEVER there’s an ‘occasion’ at Chez Clement – Herself’s birthday or something like that – you will always find me ready to push the boat out and give her a bit of a treat.

Spring must be on the way, we’ve had our first customer of the season in with suspected flat tyres, but which fortunately only needed pumping up.

FIFTY pints is a fair whack of lager by any stretch. And I should know: I was lucky enough to be on the winning side of a bet in 2007 involving (a) the incinerator, (b) a States debate, and (c) a stake of 50 pints of Carling.

From Nick Palmer. PROFESSOR Demaid (JEP, 18 February) once again asserts that incineration is mostly better than recycling.

THROUGH a combination of habit, defiance and neglect, a major road on the edge of town has gradually been turned into a car park at certain times of the day.

It’s interesting to see how much heat is being generated over the arrival of our new landmark fiery furnace at La Collette.

JERSEY Rugby Club lost 21-13 to Barnes on Saturday, which means their best hope in London Division 1 this season is third place.

THE chief executive of St Lawrence home shopping firm Flying Brands has resigned, eight months into the appointment.

A third surgeon at the General Hospital is under investigation.

From Brian Hotton. IN his letter (JEP, 18 February) ‘A blizzard of blunders at Bellozanne’, Professor Demaid asks: ‘How did the States get it so wrong?’