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[deptfordmarmoset]

I have sprouts!! Should I pop them on to boil now or am I a bit late?

I've been thinking of making a great big Christmas curry, turkey and all the veg, sprouts included, now that I have to eat it all on my own.

I even tried roasting sprouts a couple of days ago. I did them just a little too long. Still, it's a work in progress....

 

[Reynard]

Splish, splash, squelch, blub, blub, blub...

Everything outside the gate is a sea of mud here today chez Casa Reynard. It's only just stopped raining.

Anyways, I ran a couple of errands this morning, and now I'm just relaxing. I will be going out to Tesco later, but will go about 9 pm to avoid all the hoi polloi. I just want a few festive goodies that weren't in stock when I went previous Saturday, plus a present for a friend's chooks and another for her sheep. That's easy - corn on the cob for the chooks and a savoy cabbage for the sheep.

Then I simply intend on putting my feet up and relaxing for the rest of the week. No stickering for me till Boxing Day.

 

[Reynard]

I've been thinking of making a great big Christmas curry, turkey and all the veg, sprouts included, now that I have to eat it all on my own.

I even tried roasting sprouts a couple of days ago. I did them just a little too long. Still, it's a work in progress....

And why not... If you only have yourself to please...

 

[Reynard]

As the kids are off school, they joined me on the weekly food shopping trip. The kids were great and behaved impeccably. The other customers... wow. During the pandemic, we are supposed to be social distancing, right? So why did I have half a dozen people brush past me to get to the shelves?

We couldn't do the food shop fast enough.

Some people seem to think that wearing a face mask is tantamount to having a virus-proof full-body invisible force field.

Oh, and a note if you are doing your food shop this week, we arrived at Asda for 9AM. If I have to go again this week, it will be in the middle of the night when my wife is at home to watch the kids.

That's precisely why I changed my plans for today. I have no desire to be flattened. I'm short enough as it is...

 

[PeteXXX]

I stuck my head out of the bedroom window to see if I could see the alignment of Saturn and Jupiter but it came back in covered in rain so I guess the answer is, 'no, I didn't see it'

 

[Reynard]

Forgot to say, I saw a type 43 loco and cars earlier (and with another loco attached as well, but didn't get what it was) while waiting at the level crossing up the road. That's very rare on this line. It's mainly type 66 plus various DMUs.

Train was formed mostly of passenger coaches, but there were some solid-sided ones as well. I'm no train buff, but I know some mundaners are.

 

[biggs682]

Billy no mates is on TV as I type this

 

[Tail End Charlie]

I had a flu jab today. I was very brave. I didn't cry.

 

[Speicher]

Billy no mates is on TV as I type this

I was going to watch Wallace and Gromit and their Grand Day out.

 

[Reynard]

My feet are cold.

 

[tyred]

You get a whole second more tomorrow. Have you worked out what you'll be doing with it yet?

I might sit up late and watch the sun set!

 

[biggs682]

I was going to watch Wallace and Gromit and their Grand Day out.

Would have made more sense

 

[Speicher]

Would have made more sense

Followed by Pointless which would also make sense. Boris is very good at not answering the question.

 

[biggs682]

Followed by Pointless which would also make sense. Boris is very good at not answering the question.

They are all good at that

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

They are all good at that

But I thought Johnson was Pointless!