Maybe the thread should win a Ringtons hamper. I can recommend their loose leaf teas accompanied by a couple of their ginger biscuits.

I suppose I could try it out of curiosity but I can’t see how it wouldn’t just be hot brown water. I brew it for about three minutes and have a stainless steel double walled insulated cafetière so it’s nice and hot.

It was a slightly strange place. Another bloke there would only drink one specific beer at home or in the pub and wouldn’t try any other ones as he couldn’t see the point because he liked that one. When I ask […]

Years ago I worked with someone who, rather than use the instant coffee that was provided free, had his own cafetière and ground coffee. Fair enough except that a) he used boiling water and b) immediately after […]

I always keep pegs in a bag when not in use otherwise they get dirty. MrsD made me one specially which allowed me to sing “Bryan’s got a brand new peg bag” while I hung out the washing.

I love Josh Rouse’s music but I completely forgot that I bought that album. This always happens if I don’t have a physical copy. In fact a quick check tells me that I have made eleven purchases of his music fro […]

Somebody, somewhere- I can’t remember, described The Quietus as unreadable writing about unlistenable music which would appear to about right.

Unfortunately it was the rest of us that were the losers.

Young Gun Silver Fox should tick all the boxes for me but I find that I can’t listen to more than four or five songs before I have to give up. I don’t know if it’s his voice, the production or what. I should give […]

No idea about the first one but the I’m sure the second refers to the Washington in County Durham if that helps.

The Shields Springsteen.

Speaking of Royal Mail incompetency, we had a redirect from our old house to the rental property which, when we moved, we had to cancel (no refund) and then set up another one to our new house as they can’t cope w […]

I think it also depends on who is delivering. We’ve moved since the last Evri thread (that’s twice this year: sell and then rent while finding a new house – wouldn’t recommend it unless you like stress) where […]

I bought Rocket to Russia when it came out. There’s quite a few tracks on there even though I probably haven’t played it since the seventies which, to be fair I can say about a number of records. Occasionally bou […]

All the whale from Memphis Once bittern, twice shy Gnus of the world View to a krill

Rock and roll dalmation Lion eyes

No egrets Holding out for a heron

I’m looking forward to the end of year lists from the AW and elsewhere for inspiration. I used to buy about three CDs a month but have only bought three this year in total. One was a compilation (Chip Shop Pop) […]

Proceed straight to a mountain and chop it down with the edge of your hand. Do not pass go, do not collect £200.

The school I went to between 11 and 16 was less than 10 years old when I started there. It was demolished and rebuilt about 10 years ago because it was no longer fit for purpose.