Other nonsense

  • My London cake tins
    Caught sight of these and thought they were rather good.... My London set of cake tins, Angel Cake and Victoria sponge - £26.99 the pair. Av...
  • We did it!
    We bought our flat from Belle Mere and moved in. We spent 12 years doing it up and then we bought it! It’s marvelous. I was worried I wouldn...
  • Advent Calendars 2024
    The past few Christmases I’ve made TheGR a beer advent.  A different beer for each day, wrapped and labelled.  But this year, I'm shoppi...
  • I want one...
    Lou Lou mini Louis Ghost chair by Phillipe Starck I went in Conran on Marylebone High Road before Christmas and there was a stack of mini - ...
  • Diet Trial PART 2
    My tests came back with intolerances to yeast and egg white, so I am to avoid both for 4 weeks starting from the 15th June. The dietian said...
  • Mean reds
    People around me are having a terrible time, ranging from bad backs, divorce, murder, threatening neighbours, losing family homes to alcohol...
  • Terrible Twos
    Erbie is two and has been since the end of August, lately he has been showing signs of the ‘terrible’ frequently bandied about with ‘twos’...

Quote of the day

‘They tuck you up your mum and dad...’
Anon - after Larkin

“Philately will get you everywhere”
WEM

“It’s not the despair, I can handle the despair. 
It’s the hope I can’t deal with”
Clockwise

“Each new friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.”
Anais Nin

‘Come on Dover move your bloomin’ arse’.
Eliza Doolittle