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Jeremy Cheng
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Jeremy Cheng

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Megycal said :
I picked up our grocery order this morning and it all went smoothly. They notified us by email which items had been substituted and with what ( all were acceptable ). They also let us know which were unavailable if we'd said do not substitute ( only 2 things ) and which items were short dated ( only the stir fry vegetables which are use by tomorrow ). I am impressed and plan to carry on using click and collect for the foreseeable future.

I'm not sure if this counts as shopping but we booked a cruise this morning. Its to replace the one cancelled last year and thanks to the extra 25% they added to our future cruise credit ( we could have opted for a refund ) we have booked a higher grade cabin, oops I should say stateroom because that's what the company call them. :P Its a cruise to the Norweigian fjiords although the route is slightly different to the one we booked for last year. Its due to sail this September and we're 99.99% sure we will have had both covid jabs well before then due to our age. *fingers crossed*
The cruise means I will have to go clothes shopping ( once we're able to ) because I told my husband I needed things to go with the upgraded cabin ;)

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25-Jan-2021 05:19:28

FiFi LaFeles

FiFi LaFeles

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Ordered a small bench with storage underneath to go in the lean-to outside the back door.

Mostly it's just for sitting on to get our Wellies on/off - hitherto we'd just plonked down on the bottom step which is not great in bad weather as the step is wet from footfall so always ended up with a damp arse.

I thought it was quite an attractive little thing but the Ole Man says it looks like a commode :(
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25-Jan-2021 11:50:17

Stoat King

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I am reminded of something I saw out of the corner of my eye many years ago in a shop window. The shop was in a dingy part of London and was a shop that sold what I would describe as 'tat'.
But this object was so strange I did a double-take.

It was a sculpture that doubled as an ashtray.
It was of a famously evil (this is debated by some) and controversial figure from history lying in a hammock supported by a building he was associated with. The building was covered in skulls, guns and grenades. He was swigging from a bottle of whisky in one hand and had an item of drug paraphenalia in the other.
The icing on the cake was that it was an alarm clock as well as an ashtray.
Why? Who thought this was a good idea?
I mean in the unlikely event you are a supporter of this person, he was famously anti-alcohol and drugs.
So, literally something to offend everyone and super-bizarre to boot.

I bought nearly all of their stock of them. Made great 'wtf'-style gifts.

25-Jan-2021 12:44:52

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