LATEST MOAN FROM YOU AND ME - 2021

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    Why haven't you had the serfs keeping the road warmed? Honestly, standards are dropping.
     
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      That's what happens when you give them one day off every six months :doh:
       
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        When I was a lad we got one day off every century, if we were lucky. :heehee:
         
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          The next 'panic buy':

          Experts predict the price of bread in Britain's supermarkets could continue to rise with the price of wheat having reached a nine-year high in the last year.
           
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            Followed by freezers to keep the bread in and then toasters.
             
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              @clanless over here during the first wave and lockdowns, many young mothers jumped on a fad and were taking to baking bread. The flour and other baking supplies were getting cleared out of the shops. I've baked my own for many years and I wasn't too upset about the smaller (5kg) bags of flower disappear because the bakery size (20kg) started showing up because those places had lost their restaurant clientelle and weren't buying. It upset me that the rest of the supplies were scarce. Now, the aisles are jam packed. There was no reason for this nonsense as the stores never stopped selling bread, rolls, whatever and had plenty on the shelves.

              Right now flour from Manitoba is flooding the shelves. £5 for 10 kilogram bag.

              The outrageous skewing of demand had to have hurt the wheat farmers and now they've got excess to dumpmon the market. Not nice! Although I am liking the discount as I use a bag every month.

              They're talking boosters over here. From what I can see it is just that. Talk.

              @Victoria I feel there is a big difference between the types of gatherings and the consequences involved. Thanksgiving is usually just close family and friends getting together and that is the reasonwe didn't have a big jump in infections in the weeks that folowed. But after Diwali, the numbers started soaring again. Understandable because it is thousands getting together at their place of worship, not just small gatherings. I'm guessing your government is treating all holidays as potential large gatherings?
               
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                Yes, I would think so. As a Catholic country, family are important and very large. They also get together frequently but holidays bring them from all over the country and beyond. Many Portuguese work abroad and always come home for the holidays.
                 
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                  I stepped outside to clear a bit a snow between the house and one of the greenhouses. Got a bit of a chill but that quickly went away when I read this headline!
                  Jihadi Jack's parents ask Canada to bring the Brit here
                  I cannot understand why these people think we should take their terrorist son to our bosom. The father (born Canadian) hasn't lived here for several decades and Jack never laid a foot on our soil. :mad:
                   
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                    I got told off in the Poundshop today because I went to the self service the wrong way, I said to the lady, well where are the Signs and Arrows on the floor then, plus where's the Hand Sanitiser. Idiot.
                     
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                      I think we should let America deal with him, preferably in a state that still has the death penalty.
                       
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                        Dear Amazon,
                        you missed us because you didn't knock or ring the doorbell. We were in all day.

                        Thanks for letting me know that you left the parcel into a safe place I allegedly told you about. Firstly, we have never had a discussion regarding a safe place of my preference.

                        Secondly, we don't have a black bin.

                        Thank you for organising a surprise treasure hunt in the garden- we found the parcel in the grey recycling bin that thankfully was fairly empty and clean. I also appreciate your careful approach to my privacy in not filling in any personal (or indeed, any other whatsoever) information on the card.

                        Best wishes,
                        Selleri
                         
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                            @Selleri I normally have good service from the company we order our birdfood from. They have instructions to leave it in the front porch, which they have been doing for years. With the last delivery the driver didn't use any common sense. He stuck the 30kg box up against the front door so that I couldn't get out to open it before removing the contents.

                            The door opens inwards, as I think most front doors do, but I'm not able to bend forwards and downwards and lift 30kg :old:. So I had to go out the back door, walk around the house to cut the box open and remove the contents. They now have much clearer and precise instructions :paladin:.
                             
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                              I've had parcels left with neighbours, not saying which neighbour though, so I just have to wait for a knock on the door. Also had left with "neighbour" and "handed to resident" when both neighbour and resident are the same front door mat.
                               
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                              • pete

                                pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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                                Just seen Boris in parliament, ranting on about turning around illegals boats in the channel.
                                I think he has finally lost it, the idiot needs to be put back in his straight jacket and locked back up in his cupboard.
                                Talk about a gibbering idiot.:frown:
                                 
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