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I had pancakes again today (today's the right day right?). They came from a mix and tasted horrible.

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The bin days page of the local council website for my postcode is in my bookmarks bar for that very reason. Then I have to write it on the back of my hand so that I haven't forgotten again by the time I get to the bottom of the stairs!

Luckily, when I moved here, where there's a different recycling system to my old house, I found a really easy way to remember which bin was which. We have an all-black bin, and one with a green lid - and "green" = "environmentally friendly" = "recycling"!

...Except that it's the other way around! I was putting stuff in the wrong one for weeks before my landlady noticed.

I went into Tesco's for the ingredients of pancakes and came out with tea cakes, so today is now Tea Cake Day.

Eek! Not too much of a shock to the system, I hope.

Yeah , there is different recycling system to my old house as well - it's nuts.



Wheelie bin - general household rubbish which cannot be recycled
1 food waste caddy
1 white 90 litre re-usable hessian bag - for cardboard and cartons
1 white 90 litre re-usable hessian bag - for plastics, cans, tins and foil
A black box with a lid for paper and textiles.
A black box without a lid for mixed glass only.
A small white reusable bag for household batteries.
2 x green 90 litre re-usable hessian bag - for garden waste

^ That's rather like it was at one of my old places. Not exactly convenient in a back-to-back terrace fronting straight onto the pavement with a kitchen that felt crowded if the cat joined you in there! There was hardly any room on the pavement on collection day, because the back-houses of the terrace had to put their stuff out front of ours, too.

Goalkeeper was my position in days of yore. On one occasion, in a match at university, the ball fell to an opposing forward about 3 yards out, and he smashed it on the volley. It struck me full on the nose, and flew over the crossbar. My teammates congratulated me for a 'brilliant' save, but I knew very little about it - it probably looked as if I'd headed the ball off the goal-line. It didn't do much good, as we lost the game 7-1.

On my day I was capable of the odd bit of brilliance, but there were a lot of disastrous experiences. My first game for the school team (under-13s) was a 7-1 defeat at Manchester Grammar, and I recall an 11-1 thrashing at Queen Elizabeth's Blackburn as well.

Mustn't grumble. It's five days a week but most of my shifts are three hours long. It's definitely one of the better jobs I've had. Do you have a Boyes near you?

If we all shop there and mention Fluffy, do we get a discount.. or do you get a bonus for increasing the footfall?

I'm all for recycling but this has been a big change for me

I was always reserve goalkeeper but I hated going in goal but it was better than not playing. I am a natural midfielder.
I was really bad at football in school and at under 16's. I joined the pub league in my 20's and found my calling. I could go from being one of the best player on the pitch to being sent off in the first 5 mins for calling the ref a c**t

I can confirm that all you get is strange looks when I said "Fluffy sent me"

No discount, sorry and no bonus, they are quite strict. And they knoweth not my Fluffiness.

Then I know a little ditty that you might appreciate (don't know why I didn't think of this before)...


And now that I've remembered them, here's Thyme Machine's Video Page. Total nutty nonsense from Lancashire about teenage delinquent seagulls, zombie best friends, and the disco where every song is a song about Star Wars.


Oh yes - I'm quite likely wearing Boyes undies right now! It's number 3 on my list for buying clothes after the charity shops and the market, so it's very high-class by my standards!

Hello UK people. I'm a UK person. I have a ZX Spectrum to prove it.

ZED ECKS. Not ZEE EX.