PAUL:	Time for us to check on our Cabot correspondent in Bristol, Eng., 
	BCN's low man on the totem pole, Norman Parmenter.

	He's on the line now, and surprise surprise, he's below decks on the 
	Matthew, the suspect replica of John Cabot's trusty scow !  Hey, Norman.

NORMAN:	( SPEAKING VERY DELIBERATELY - HE SOUNDS SEASICK )  Hi, Paul.

PAUL:	What's happening ?

NORMAN:	Sea trials.  In every sense of the word.

PAUL:	Norman, is that a queasy stomach doing somersaults I hear?

NORMAN:	( STRUGGLING TO KEEP LUNCH IN ITS PLACE )  Everything's fine, 
	Paul, let's just get on with it.

PAUL:	What is it with the signal we're 	getting here?  Is that the 
	(mimicking 	it)  shhhhiiib do zhhore wa-wa-wa 	radio?

NORMAN:	Ya, ya, ya, ya ya.

PAUL:	Woah.  That's rough.  So what's happening with the Matthew, hey, 
	England's mother ship, the goose that laid the Empire's golden egg 
	in North America ?

NORMAN:	It doesn't look good, Paul.

PAUL:	I can tell.

NORMAN:	We're bobbing around in Bristol Channel here now.  They're 
	having trouble stablizing her.

PAUL:	That would give it the pitch and yaw and pitch and yaw, 
	back and forth, and up and down. 

NORMAN:	Yeah, that appears to be one of the problems.

PAUL:	And that's just in Bristol Channel.  Wait until you get out 
	on the open seas ... phew ... the roll and dip and up and she 
	stops ... and then sideways...

	And then you're out there for a couple of weeks, and you get in the 
	doldrums, not moving, or you're going around and around and around in circles.

	And then the deep penetrating stench wafting up from the bilge.  
	What is that smell, hey?

	So ... how are they going to ... aim it at Nfld ?

NORMAN:	Good question, Paul.

PAUL:	Well, Norman, when you find out the answer to that one, 
	give us a call.

	But the best thing for you to do right now is get some eggs 
	down inside you.

NORMAN:	Eating is out of the question.

PAUL:	That's the mistake many people make when they're as sick 
	as you sound.  Make sure there's something in you to come up. 
	Big breakfast. Beans, sausages, a few fried eggs.  Man, I'm getting hungry.

NORMAN:	Paul, I got to go.

PAUL:	There's nothing worse than the dry heaves.

NORMAN:	Paul, I can't ...

PAUL:	Oh, oh, but make sure the eggs are good and fried. 
	You don't want to see any of that white look like jelly ... ooohhh.

NORMAN:	That's it, Paul.

PAUL:	Wait now, Norman.  I got another question ... Norman ?

Anyway, that's Norman Parmenter, the man from BCN on the Cabot Trail in Bristol, England.