he welcomed me to the club and formally invited me to become a member , which of course i accepted it would have been a total waste of everybodys time if i had refused , and then after signing the register it was obviously over the yard arm time somewhere in the world , as it was drinkypoos all round , along with some nibbly things ; whatever happened to cucumber sarnies ? , after of course first looking out of the window at the rys lady s , now resplendent in her gleaming new white ensign .