How can I join?

Unless a relative gives your kids one of the stupid elves and they are disappointed every Christmas that it does not move or do mischief. I still don't do it but unfortunately some of this stuff is part of the Christmas zeitgeist

Two separate people sent me this recipe a couple of days ago in recognition of my belief that everything tastes better with marmite. Going to try them for xmas
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/no...

May all your memories of him be as happy as he looks in this photo

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I never know when a reaction emoji is appropriate!

Absolutely agree with the point you made - if you include patients in the discussion about retention and preservation, it would be a paradigm shift...

The grotesque spectacle of a Labour government — a Labour government! — promoting the idea of stealing from refugees to appease the far right

Wrangling a toddler is almost exactly like looking after a dog imo

I quite like the Bookmory app just as a record of what I've read, though I don't use it to share

Ah, the euphamistically termed 'legacy issues'

As someone starting to look at the options for secondary for my kid, the challenge is getting any openness from schools about the scope of their discipline policy when you visit them as a prospective parent. I'm appalled by these kind of sanctions, but 'internal exclusion' etc seem to be so common

There were piles of pumpkins here a week ago, but it seems that on Halloween morning, they are all disappeared and replaced with Xmas crap. Not too much rain, the girls had a lovely time...outfits looked good but will send pics of the more honed versions for the anderson's Halloween party later

All grist to my 'grumbling about halloween' mill

Ah, thank you! Was looking for anything that I could carve with the kids on my day off work, but I think I have convinced them that making 'spooky cupcakes' is a suitable activity, before I get to the face paints so we can go trick or treating in the rain🙄