Btw I always get the 2 litre bottles of Pepsi Max for Able. He glugs it out of a pint beer mug.

72 cans should see you over Crimble-time, eh!

Glanced at reviews. Some people made same mistake as you. Others say they're ideal for children's party, or to use as a mixer with spirits. There are 1 or 2 who find them the right size for them, for a quick drink - folk with a gastric bypass or small bladder mebbe. Or p'raps for kids' lunch-boxes.

Bugger! While I was switching words around to reduce the character count in the above post, I left those oldsters' apostrophe in the wrong place, & we can't correct stuff on here, once posted. I abhor my own grammatical errors; my apologies!

'5 Sainsbury's finds' - really? Hardly discoveries, they're surely items available in any supermarket. I doubt Sainsbury's are better than anybody else's, other than Asda, or maybe Aldi/Lidl. Guess she just wanted to brag she shops at Sainsbury's!😆(Natch cooked chickens are only available instore.)

Heehee! Mind you, only one person can use a sink at a time, and most folk just leave pans and crocks to drain nowadays, rather than dish-towel drying. It was a decent gesture on his part, anyway. Well brought up family!😊

I've related before that the last time I met up with Lesley, it was at a Wetherspoons which she and her late husband had loved, in Manc city centre. The bitter was chilled to glass-frosting temp., my 'award-winning' vegan meal was a dish of tepid slop, + natch loos were a trek away, upstairs. Aagh!

Sad but true. My old friend has loved line dancing for many a year; it usually goes along with wearing cowboy hats, boots etc., & liking Americana, which in turn tends to go with tr*mpism. I was careful not to bring him into the confab!

I find a light Geordie accent pleasing. Obviously a strong accent, with slang and dialect specific to Newcastle and its area, those not from the NE simply can't understand😊.

On the other hand, it IS inconsiderate/rude, to turn up at a party with nothing; polite guests bring a bottle, a thoughtful gift, or maybe an item of food. It's the throwing a party and ASKING for contributions that's weird - but I wouldn't say 'selfish'.

Haha yes, 'milady' is a bit extreme. Avoiding showing your Geordie roots by saying 'pet'☺️? Oddly, service personnel usually address males as 'sir', but call women 'madam' less often.

Speaking of hope, I rang my remaining friend from long ago. She's very social; goes line dancing, ffs. & thinks Fartage is our only hope; also is a denier of man-made climate change😏. Didn't argue; no point.Probably has lost interest, now I've told her I can't meet up for jolly social chinwag. Good!

I'm sure they do. But they likely have a sad feeling of inevitability, that its being a matter of profits, it won't make any difference in the end. We can but hope...

Round here, younger people often address elderly blokes as 'dad', as in 'Y'ok with that, dad?' when handing over a crate. Hasn't happened to Able yet; he does look younger than his age. But he dreads the day!😀😆

We're both ready for Xmas then! Able is less spry than he once was, bringing stuff in; can't leave by door, as he has to take or tip it out of crates to give them back, & there's not room in the vestibule. I tell him, ask the driver to bring them in, but he'd still have to empty the crates himself.

Haha, yes - it was wildly popular. But I've always preferred less artificially frenetic shows, and have never liked being told 'That was a joke' by audience laughter, be it canned, or 'live' but egged on.

Piece was about US TV, but many Brit sitcoms wouldn't work today, simply because they're of their time. The lines between funny, cringeworthy, & unacceptable are always fine ones, & today's audiences seem unable to distinguish between scripts mocking bigotry, and those enabling or supporting it.