Day: 23 November 2024

A form of self torture? – sorting out my clothes

 I have accumulated a motley collection of shirts, trousers ('pants' to my US readers). T-shirts with long and short sleeves, underclothes - some of which I could tactfully say were of the era in which they were  purchased. I have laid them all out in my living room, every last one, and they are a sorry site. I have 24 shirts mostly in good condition but I only wear half a dozen of them. Do I...

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My first and last order of an American breakfast at Wetherspoons.

Now don't get me wrong, I'm a great fan of the chain and have breakfast or some sort of food there (Midsomer Norton branch)  maybe twice a week. You know exactly what you're going to get, and pretty much how much you are going to pay. Their prices do vary from branch to branch I suspect depending on their rates and expenses but in general they knock the opposition into a crooked hat. (The phrase...

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