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Simon Mayo

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I know. Old joke. Hey ho…Hope the weekend was a good one. We had brunches and lunches and then saw the new Terminator movie. All of which was rather fun, including old Arnie. Explaining the plot and how Skynet took over the world to child 3 was quite a moment…

Holiday season for some already, still to come for most but another fine week lined up for you on Drivetime starting today with another Book Club offering. This one is The History of Us by Annie Barrows-you can read some of it here. It is 1938, small town America and steamily hot. We are in West Virginia (where the country roads take you home to the place you belong etc), specifically Macedonia which is 150 years old. In America of course this counts as ancient and we join a number of families all of whom have secrets aplenty, all brought to the surface by Miss Leila Beck a hoity-toity young madam who is writing the town’s history. Hear more from Annie after 6

And how about PLUTO oldies? The New Horizons probe is flying past the dwarf planet. Its 5 billion mikes away and has taken many years so it seems like the least we can do. So we are off doing some space exploration, rendezvousing at 5 first...

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