Jason 'Shedwick'(!), as Matt Mussie appears to have re-christened him, is working himself into a right old tizzy, as pranksters (Matt and Bosko) have plastered the Close and the Parade with pictures of a bikini-clad Katrina taken from the garden shed catalogue.
Taking it entirely personally, he's huffing and puffing (with steam coming out of his ears) striding about the locality ripping down as many of the pictures that he can. Mind you, other people's attitudes aren't helping much - Mike and Mick (to name but two) are finding it all rather a giggle!
Jason demands to know whether Mick is aware of the posters' origins:
"Did you see anyone sticking these up?" (No! *posters*, not fingers!)
"Not me, Jase. Only just got here."
"Yeah, well, you and your mate thought it was funny when you wrapped me chips up in one, didn't you?"
"Yeah, well...they're <indicating towards the posters> not down to me. No way."
Jason screws up one of the posters in disgust as Mick, chuckling away, continues: "Just as well, I've got me own copy, eh?". Whipping a shed brochure out from his back pocket, he laughs.
"Where did you get that?" exclaims Jason, indignantly.
"There's a promotion down at the cash and carry. Almost makes you want to buy a shed!" says Mick, as he continues to chuckle away.
"GOD ALMIGHTY" cries Jason, waving his arms in the air, as he senses that he's fighting a losing battle.
It's probably fortunate for Katrina, that she's gone away and is therefore out of Jason's reach (but maybe not earshot) - especially as she's got Nikki with her to shield his phone calls.
Over at the bungalow, Margi's still trying to coax some romance out of Greg, albeit unsuccessfully. They blame their difficulties on Margi's frequent trips away. Greg does still maintain his romantic side, but for now, it seems to be reserved for Susannah. He's even resorted to buying sexy 'welcome home' gifts. That's 'welcome home, Susannah', not 'welcome home, Margi'!
There's trouble brewing over at the chippy, where it seems that people are boycotting it due to the rumours about it being the source of the food poisoning. Mick's getting worried, but not half as worried as Sinbad is, once he'd heard Mick say: "I could lose everything I've worked for and it'll all be down to you".
'Trouble' is still a watchword for Matt and Bosko at the moment. Their major problem is Jerome-shaped and as threatened, he's been back demanding his three hundred quid. Although, the boys have managed to acquire some more aggregate and are working through their existing orders, it's nothing compared to the amount of agg they're getting from Jerome. Fortunately, Jerome's wobbler was dissipated by Ryan who bunged him fifty quid to put him off from demanding the rest of his 'investment' for a while. Now the lads have *two* debtors and still no computer. They decide that the latter problem has to be resolved first, although how this will be done is still open to debate.
Lindsey, who for months has breezed about, doing a fine impression of a hard-nosed business woman has returned from her course as... well, a hard-nosed business woman. She's somewhat miffed to find that Susannah has gone on holiday without her knowing and gets even more steamed up when Jacqui declares that she'll be doing the same on Friday.
Once she'd calmed down slightly, Lindsey offered to keep an eye on Bar Brookie whilst Jacqui was away and Jacqui was forced into a bit of quick thinking in order to decline the proposal. Notwithstanding this brush-off, Lindsey still strode across to the cafe-bar and told Mike that she'll be looking after things in Jacqui's absence. Oh, come on, you *knew* that she would, didn't you? Anyway, Mike quickly puts her right and R'Linds slinks of in a huff.
Jacqui tried to probe Lindsey as to who 'Ian' was. It seems that someone going by this name has been constantly phoning the club and asking for her. Lindsey dismissed the calls as from someone who just happened to be on the same course. Hmm, we'll see about that...
Jacqui was also busy trying to sort out Katie's life. Well, her love life, at least. Katie told her about Ryan and his daughter - a problem which Jacqui gave little thought to, before venturing: "Dump him. Get shot before you get involved."
That's probably good advice, Katie. Yeah, bin him, chuck him, shed him (oops, sorry Jase!).
Summary © 1999 Graeme Selway
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