Oh no!
Keep going until the January sales, little washing machine...

We got a Samsung when we moved 2 years ago, and we've been very happy with it.

Aww, ded of cute!

Many of the Glasgow children surveyed are native speakers of at least two *native British* languages, a concept that often fries the brains of London-based pundits

"You want a chip?"
"Aye pal, gies here"

Congratulations you have just spoken to someone whose first language IS NOT ENGLISH.

Yet Reform's xenophobia and England's British exceptionalism has cooked brains so thoroughly they've forgotten they're even talking about Scotland.

Tubes = grommets?

Oh, interesting - your prompt sounds a bit like "Morning Pages", which my colleague who's a MHFA has recommended!

Happy big birthday for yesterday!

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a teacher - mostly because Mum had been one. I knew Dad was "an engineer", but not what this meant except Maths which I was only middling at.
I pivoted to law & then publishing after my P7 teacher laughed because I didn't have the patience to teach. She was right!

In my home (parents grew up in NW England) the similar phrase is "it's like Blackpool Illuminations oop ere! *"

*as the lights went abruptly off in an unoccupied space

(Blackpool is a seaside town with a long promenade) www.visitblackpool.com/things-to-do...

"Wow, what size of stick do I have to trade to get this treat again?"

Oh, same - in fact, if I'm still awake when Sailing By comes on, I'm almost guaranteed to doze off before the switch off.