I do some of the shopping, some of the washing, some of the cooking, some of the admin. I cut the grass and do occasional unskilled work in the garden. I also do low-level DIY. Not sure I pull my weight but […]

Food is bought as needed. There’s a nice deli cum greengrocer 200m from our door. The butcher is 20 minutes walk. Hate supermarket shopping but it’s a short walk away when there is no other option.

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I tried the Life Of CDs and, good as some of the performances are, I ended up spending ages listening to WTD instead. The Life Of box might have been really good if reduced to 2 or, at most, 3 discs but the lack […]

Comments like this make me anxious. I have a 25-year-old Musical Fidelity X-Ray player which was upgraded by the manufacturer after I’d had it a few years. I love it. But now I’m going to be expecting it to […]

How long can a trip to Aldi take? The suspense is killing me

I’m surprised to see The Life and Music of Richard Thompson in this list When it came out Mark Ellen was quite rough on it and I thought justifiably so. To my eyes, the presentation is ugly, the booklet seems […]

Surely the correct answer is Bob Dylan: The Complete Album Collection Vol. One?

There’s only one way to find out… Sorry! I saw Harry Hill last night and can’t get the nonsense out of my head.

So we have the same score but you’re frustrated and I’m chuffed/relieved. Which is better?

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No house system at my primary school. My secondary school was founded in the mid-1800s by the church and our house names were the names of dioceses with which the school had historical connections – Lichfield, […]

This is a none-more-Afterword kind of exchange. I do like it here!

Well played Mike. Thanks Max. Thanks everyone. Until June…

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Wordle 1,427 6/6* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 As far as I’m concerned, Wordle can go forth and multiply

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